SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation | Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Gain critical insights to enhance design performance with fluid-flow and heat-transfer analysis software.

What Is SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation?

SOLIDWORKS® Flow Simulation is powerful computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software that allows designers and engineers to analyze how gases and liquids flow in and around designs. You can seamlessly simulate fluid flow, heat transfer, and related forces, and truly understand how your product will behave in the real world. SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation enables you to easily compare design variations and make more effective, data-driven decisions.

Make optimizations faster and more efficiently with what-if analyses that provide data-driven technical insights, thanks to direct integration into SOLIDWORKS Design.
Easily set up and understand flow simulation studies without being an expert analyst using an intuitive user interface and built-in guidance tools.
Benefit from this general-purpose CFD tool with a wide range of capabilities, including internal, external, free surface, and multispecies flows; Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids; compressible and real gases; and more.
Evaluate heat transfer performance, including conduction, convection, and radiation, to understand temperature distribution, cooling effectiveness, hot spots, and thermal behavior.
Easily simulate the complex behavior of components like porous media, fans, heat sinks, and more with a vast engineering database and additional modules for HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) and electronics cooling.

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How You Benefit From SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation

Shortened Time to Market

Evaluate and optimize complex workflows and designs. Predicting flow fields, mixing processes, heat transfer, and more before manufacturing can save time and money, and greatly improve product performance.

Direct Integration into 3D CAD

Run fluid simulations as part of your design workflow. You can run CFD simulations directly inside SOLIDWORKS Design during your design process. SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation has the same easy-to-use user interface as the industry-standard 3D CAD tool.

CFD Simulation for Everyone

Benefit from software built for designers and engineers that is perfect for analysts. Designers, engineers, and CFD experts can all take advantage of SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation’s powerful, yet easy-to-use capabilities.

SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation Capabilities

SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation Add-Ins

Electronics Cooling Module

SOLIDWORKS 3D model with simulation data showing an electronics component cooling

As electronic devices become smaller and more integrated into products, heat dissipation and thermal management become key challenges. Proper thermal simulation before fabrication is critical to product performance and time to market. The SOLIDWORKS Electronics Cooling Module is a collection of dedicated thermal management tools that optimize the thermal performance of electronic components and systems.

The Electronics Cooling Module is an add-in to the base SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation software. With an extended tools and materials database, this module gives you insights into the thermal performance of complex electronics.

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HVAC Module

The HVAC Module goes beyond HVAC with advanced radiation capabilities, such as radiation transmission through semitransparent media. This module allows you to investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of ventilation systems by evaluating human comfort parameters, such as LAQI, PPD, and PMV.

The HVAC Module is an add-in to the base SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation software. The HVAC and radiation capabilities available in this add-in will help you optimize air flow inside or around a variety of environments.

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