CFdesign 2011 from Blue Ridge Numerics Selected
Editors Pick of the Week by Desktop Engineering

Designer-friendly analysis system's potential to compress design cycles cited by editor at large.

The CFdesign modus operandi is simple, says Anthony J. Lockwood, editor at large for Desktop Engineering. Give designers and engineers an easy-to-use system to leverage CFD power early and often in their design cycle. Running CFD to study and optimize designs from the earliest stages compresses production cycles, fosters innovation, leads to robust products, and gets product to market sooner.

Although it is high-power CFD, CFdesign operates from the designer's point of view, notes Lockwood. It clears away the complexities of CFD set-up and meshing, for example. Meshing, in fact, is automatic. And CFdesign works as closely with Inventor, Pro/ENGINEER, and SolidWorks as you get.

Over the years I have seen CFdesign grow from a good tool to have to what many believe is a mission critical tool, concludes Lockwood. Any designer who must deal with fluid and thermal issues should make it a point to give CFdesign a serious look.

Read the complete Editors Pick of the Week at Design Study Automation Embedded in the CAD.

Desktop Engineering magazine, which is published monthly by Level 5 Communications, is an industry-leading media brand covering hardware and software engineering solutions for the manufacturing, medical, automotive, aerospace, consumer electronics, process, and other industries. Its readership of 60,000 is 100-percent involved in upfront design processes. Desktop Engineerings website, deskeng.com, is a valuable resource updated regularly with breaking news from the global engineering, design, and manufacturing industries.

Desktop Engineering covers MCAD, simulation and analysis, reverse engineering, and rapid technologies for design engineers and engineering management, said Steve Robbins, executive editor. We focus on computer technologies that enable 3D modeling and simulation.

Each issue of DE offers news updates, hardware and software reviews, articles, and in-depth coverage of rapidly evolving industries, Robbins added. DE delivers information that increases ROI and helps shorten time to market. Whether engineers are working on the latest aerospace project or an industrial designer is creating a new cell phone, DE provides solutions to their day-to-day challenges.

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