CFdesign for SolidWorks

CAD Intelligence

One modeling environment: SolidWorks
Shared mouse navigation controls
Auto flow volume creation and void filling
Auto assignment of boundary conditions and material properties
Associativity includes boundary conditions, material assignments, and mesh sizes
Transfer of CAD environment view attributes, model units, part colors, background color, part names, and material names
Design Study Manager
All the advantages of embedded simulation without the limitations

Automation Tools

CAD Entity Groups
Design Study Builder
Templates

Geometry Tools

Small object removal
Edge merging
Interactive void fill creation
External volume creation with interactive region sizing and placement

Supported Versions

SolidWorks: 2009, 2010, 2011

CFdesign for SolidWorks

It seems every CFD tool on the market today is making the claim that they are integrated with your CAD system. Others try to pitch superiority based on embedding their CFD programs inside the CAD environment. Beyond simply making another claim, we want to provide you with an understanding of how SolidWorks and CFdesign integrate together to provide design engineers with a proven CAD-Driven simulation tool for conducting multi-scenario design studies.

CFdesign became a certified SolidWorks software partner in 2002. Based on market demand, we pioneered functionality to allow SolidWorks models to be read directly into CFdesign, as we do with all major CAD tools. Today our SolidWorks customers can instantly begin a fluid flow or heat transfer design study without having to export or overly simplify their geometry, making the process seamless. The proof that we have a solution that will work for you is evident by the companies using CFdesign for SolidWorks and seeing the process firsthand.

A Few Companies Benefiting from CFdesign for SolidWorks

Cisco Systems St. Jude Medical Northrop Grumman L-3 Security Philips Color Kinetics Siemens Water	Panasonic Trek Bicycles Garmin InFocus Wolf Appliance SureFire	Peerless Pump GE Lighting Bosch Sub Zero WellDynamics Air-X-Changers
CFdesign is in use at over 360 SolidWorks companies around the world.

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“I don’t understand how a company in today’s economic climate can profitably bring new products to market without CFdesign.”

Bob Brandt
VP Engineering
Eastern Instruments
Customer Since 2003

“By using CFdesign early in the development process, we were able to flag thermal management design flaws that may not have been seen until prototyping.”

Ben Hanson
Design Engineer
Wolf Appliance
Customers Since 2004