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Autodesk CFD 2016 What’s New Event name 2015

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Autodesk® CFD 2016 Initiatives

Faster and Lighter

Geometry and Meshing

Expanded Physics

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CFD 2016 – Faster and Lighter Work faster and smoother, even on the largest models

Element count

New Scalable Solver = ~80% scaling ratio i.e. 8 PCs yields 640% speed-up vs 1 PC

Basic LAN network configuration

Alternate solver enabled via flag

New graphics engine delivers significant

large model performance improvements 15 to 20 X frame rate increase

Largest of models navigate with ease

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CFD Geometry and Meshing Minimize time and effort going from CAD to a high quality CFD mesh

• Quickly find model issues before building your mesh

• Identify geometry gaps, interferences, slivers

Model Assessment

Toolkit

• Rapidly import, repair, and de-feature geometry

• Make quick design changes to explore “what ifs”

• Expanded functionality like ECAD support

NEW CAD Prep Tool –

Autodesk® SimStudio Tools

2016

• Wrap over almost any solid or surface geometry

• Automatically build and mesh enclosing fluid volume

• Labs project graduation

Automated

Surface Wrapper

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Detects and displays potential geometry

faults at the part and assembly level

Helps users avoid costly, time consuming

inefficiencies

CFD 2016 – Geometry and Meshing Model Assessment Toolkit

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Rapid Model Defeaturing and

Simplification

Intuitive Simulation Feature Creation

ECAD Support

Associative Push from SimStudio to CFD

CFD 2016 – Geometry and Meshing Autodesk SimStudio Tools 2016

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Wrap almost any solid or surface geometry

Creates a CFD volume mesh

CFD 2016 – Geometry and Meshing Automated Surface Wrapper

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Expanded Physics Direct solar energy transmission through windows

New Physics, new highly efficient workflow

for the built environment

New material model

Solar heat gain coefficient and thickness

independent U-factor for windows and walls

Localized solar heat flux “imprint” in the

interior as opposed to diffuse radiation

Exterior dome not required

Exterior ambient condition automatically

applied to exterior faces

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Expanded Physics Accurate high-curvature flow modeling

Two new turbulence models SST k-omega RC (Smirnov-Menter)

SST k-omega RC (Hellsten)

Cyclone Separator Coanda Airfoil

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Decision Center

Improved DC visibility (moved up to ribbon tab)

Added summary parts for all material devices

Result entities

Improved naming and identification

Enhanced Design Study tree workflow

Added particle trace AVI export

Adaptive meshing

Speedups via multithreading

Surface autosizing

Improved mesh capture for complex surfaces like

compressor blades, etc.

Improved in-product messaging

More descriptive tooltips, solver notifications, etc.

Top UX Improvements

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