SimScale

ORIGINAL

Comentarios: APRENDIZAJE, Y CONOCIMIENTO

Puntos a favor:

FACILIDAD, COMPRENSIÓN DE LA INFORMACIÓN, CAMPOS DE CREACIÓN

Contras:

TIEMPO DE CONSUMO EN CPU, ORDENADOR POTENTE

Detailed & Easy

Puntos a favor:

I am an OpenFOAM user and I like the freedom it gives the user to play with the parameters. SimScale offers the same level of freedom but with an interface that's simple and effortless to handle. Since it is cloud-based there isn't any need to download it and even the free version provides a lot of computing hours.

Contras:

I am still exploring the software and have enjoyed every bit of it. I would appreciate if the tutorials emphasize more on the values used while mesh refining as well as Numerics and Simulation Control.

Easy to learn, even without previous FEA experience

Comentarios: I am an electrical engineer by training and don't routinely use FEA software in my current role. However, I had a problem that needed solving, no access to any other FEA packages, so I found SimScale. I probably won't be able to justify a fully licensed version, but the learning opportunity alone on the trial version is well worth your time investment. The ease of use and how quickly I was able to run a basic simulation was amazing. Even importing geometry was easy. Also very helpful is the ability to see how your solution is converging (or not). With that data you can make assessments about time step, mesh resolution, etc. It makes striking a balance between accuracy and computational intensity much easier to judge.

Puntos a favor:

The online tutorials made this software very easy to gain a basic proficiency very quickly. The menu layout makes it easy to set simulation parameters and reduces the chance of missing something that will negatively impact the accuracy of your simulation.

Contras:

So far I've found nothing that I don't like.

SimScale "all upto Scale"

Puntos a favor:

The ability to create the flow region inside the software itself without extraction of it manually.

Contras:

The 3D dynamic flow areas and the rotational area are a bit confusing to understand in the beginning with the reference content that is available.

CFD + Customer Service need work

Puntos a favor:

Speed Ease of use/understanding Complete control; SimScale has built-in options that allows more advanced users better control Customer support responds quickly

Contras:

I worked on a project evaluating SimScale for use in a professional setting and the software was unable to provide accurate results for a simple CFD simulation that I worked on with customer support for quite some time. They were responsive, but seemingly unable to find any issue with my solution that would only converge with unreliable results, if at all. Soon, they stopped responding. It just looks like the implementation of OpenFoam for CFD and the support staff are not at the level they need to be for SimScale to work for us right now. Hopefully things will improve in the future!