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Way more intuitive than any other cfd I have used
What do you like best about the product?
The training they provide and the access to engineers is exceptional. The integration with cloud computing works great
What do you dislike about the product?
The fact coming from solidworks CAD files, its not very well integrated
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Its solving flow related problems for us. allowing us to understand what we are expected to see.
Most efficient FEA web service ever!
What do you like best about the product?
Compared to other finite element analysis programs, Simscale offers excellent compatibility with Rhino models. I was able to quickly identify the structural fit, displacements, and interactions of my desired model. Over the past 15 years as an engineer, I've experienced many structural analysis programs, but Simscale is by far the best value for money.
What do you dislike about the product?
When examining external forces for various cases in a single model, I have to re-enter all the boundary conditions, and it would be nice to be able to retrieve the boundary conditions from just before.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our company develops lightweight frame systems for modular buildings. Because we use thin steel sheets, typically around 1mm thick, we need to ensure that buckling occurs within a small range. We also use Simscale to rapidly analyze composite structures by joining composite materials. We create actual mockups, conduct structural tests, and compare the results with Simscale's FEA analysis to establish a basis for evaluation in actual projects.
Furthermore, we are engineering curved façades with diverse geometries that are difficult to analyze using conventional structural mechanics methods. We use Simscale to analyze 1:1 scale models of secondary structures, exterior panels, aluminum mullions, and aluminum sheet panels, which are not part of the main structure, to simulate potential structural defects. Although using a slightly simplified model, we are analyzing architectural façade systems that are very large in scale and include even the smallest components. Simscale's low-cost access to supercomputing power allows us to quickly and easily perform large-scale simulations on a building scale without worrying about infrastructure costs, which is very satisfying for us.
Furthermore, we are engineering curved façades with diverse geometries that are difficult to analyze using conventional structural mechanics methods. We use Simscale to analyze 1:1 scale models of secondary structures, exterior panels, aluminum mullions, and aluminum sheet panels, which are not part of the main structure, to simulate potential structural defects. Although using a slightly simplified model, we are analyzing architectural façade systems that are very large in scale and include even the smallest components. Simscale's low-cost access to supercomputing power allows us to quickly and easily perform large-scale simulations on a building scale without worrying about infrastructure costs, which is very satisfying for us.
Innovative CAE Platform
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use and implement, with great support. Since it is cloud based, you can access data from everywhere, which make is appealing to use within a team.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't think there is anything specific that i could point out. It has all the features one could expect from a CAE platform.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use it mainly to understand fluid distribution within a reactor. I also plan to use for mechanical stability analysis through their FEA function.
Swiss army knife of CAE world!
What do you like best about the product?
The support team is great. Always taking the extra mile to help.
The documentation is good (could always be better).
Public projects section is one of the best features. Act like the github of the simulation realm.
I appreciate that the failed runs are not considered towards the core hours.
The documentation is good (could always be better).
Public projects section is one of the best features. Act like the github of the simulation realm.
I appreciate that the failed runs are not considered towards the core hours.
What do you dislike about the product?
It would have been really good if I could calculate more values in the post-processing. The fact that I had to set all the required results (such as max reaction force of a certain surface over time) before running the simulation, is annoying.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are a relatively small team with limited budget and Simscale is doing a decent job for the price.
Very accurate results
What do you like best about the product?
I love not solving on my PC. The cloud computing is great! The results are most important to me, though. I've run many studies in Conjugate Heat Transfer that have matched the benchtop experiments. The support team is a chat box away. They are live experts. This helps a new user get over the learning curve if their sim fails for some reason. Love this!
What do you dislike about the product?
Downsides of Simscale? Nope, I can't think of any.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The software allows us to only physically make products that we know will work and require very little, if any iterations since we simulated it first.
Experience using simscale for Thermal, Structural FEA and CFD for Robotics
What do you like best about the product?
Very Intuitive User interface. The workflow integration with Onshape makes it very easy to import assemblies for simulating and testing. Cloud based simulation removes hardware restrictions. Very useful to have access anywhere with an internet connection to improve simulations. The Support team is amazing, extremely knowledgeable and documentation regarding different simulation models is very helpful.
What do you dislike about the product?
Slightly cost prohibitive for multiple users. Ability to define local coordinate system after importing the CAD to simulate varying load cases is not implemented, so the coordinate system has to be changed in the original source file.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our robots are deployed in very harsh environments with high temperature deflections and varying load cases. Simscale is helping us better protect our electronics packaging both structurally and thermally as well as allows me to testing different cooling solutions which have not been implemented in the field before. There are also some applications can we cannot test for in our lab where the robot is undergoing dynamic structural loading but Simscale allows us to model and improve our designs.
First months using SimScale
What do you like best about the product?
The technical support and following sessions are provides a smooth and adequate induction to the use of SimScale tool. Also, the platform is intuitive and very well organized to provide a robust simulation experience to the user.
What do you dislike about the product?
To what I have seen and research until now, there is no capability to calculate fatigue failures (number of cycles), under application of periodic thermal, mechanical or combined loads conditions. The results provided from simulations can be used on life predictions models, however, it will be good to have this capability as part of the simulation options in the future.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Design iterations and laboratory testing setup/run time, cost of various prototype concepts, mostly for thermal and mechanical systems/components required for new products development on the low/medium power electronics industry.
Accessible simulation software
What do you like best about the product?
Walks you through the steps required for making a simulation. Pretty user-friendly.
What do you dislike about the product?
Looking at results is sometimes buggy and not so helpful. E.g. "inspect point" doesn't seem to work well since the values are sometimes different than the color-coding indicates. Always I usually have issues with the cutting plane - possible to make the cutting plane invisible? Sometimes I can get this to work but not always.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Often need quick estimates of air flow or heat transfer values to move forward with prototyping. SimScale is good for this.
A great and easy approach to a complex problem
What do you like best about the product?
The ease of use, that it is always available, cloud computing, and the capabilities. Also the customer support is excellent.
What do you dislike about the product?
There aren't much, however, there are some areas that progress could be made, like field function developments and using them as stopping criteria.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
To be able to quickly do simulations and not think about hardware. Basically, it enables us to get straight to the engineering problem.
A little clunky, but gets the job done.
What do you like best about the product?
I like the cloud based feature, and it has the basic tools needed for FEA. Excellent customer support. Fairly intuitive interface if you're familiar with other FEA tools.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't like that you can not alter or change how you interface with the program (i.e.- mouse settings etc). Some settings or options in program are difficult to find. In program modeling editor could be better.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Structural and thermal analysis. Helping me to refine my designs.
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