Dear Dr. Ionut Cristian Scurtu,

I hope you get a piece of better information for selecting the best software in the below link. The pros and cons have well expressed in detail by different perspectives and users.

In my view, I preferred ANSYS software for CFD analysis.

• https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-think-is-better-ANSYS-or-Solidworks

Good work and best regards!

ANSYS

For CFD ansys-fluent (last editions) is better because it is suitable for fluid mechanics FEM projects. Solid works is good for modeling and designing such as machine parts

In my view, solidworks also better for CFD as many industry are using it as a 3D modeling and simulation. By my own experience, it's give good enough predictions.

But ansys is better because it's totally dedicated to simulation.

So, I would recommend ansys only for CFD.

Solidworks is specified as CAD software and is known for designing geometry such as part, surface, etc. As Ravi Kumar mentioned, Ansys is dedicated to simulation. You can design the geometry in Solidworks and import it into Ansys. You should consider the cost of Softwares. Both of them can help you to simulate CFD. Solidworks flow simulation may be easier to simulate CFD but Ansys has more tools to approach the high-credit resultant.

Hope it helps.

Ansys

I will say ANSYS. Ansys is strictly for simulation and modelling while solidworks is better used as a CAD software. You can learn both though..

I used to have Pro E long time ago. Now I am on Solidworks only because it has better GUI than Ansys. I use the models and drawing files and import them in any kind of CFD software too. So I am used to it .

ANSYS CFX is definitely better choice.

For more details and accurate analysis, I recommend ANSYS Fleunt

Solid works

ANSYS

I would say ANSYS as i have worked with both . solid works in good for making parametric models which you can analyses in ANSYS.

Ansys has a more simplified and rhobust computing technique compared to solid works

However, u can use both. Solid works for modeling and ansys for analysis

Both can work for numerical simulation.

However, ANSYS is the most robust numerical simulation software, specifically when talking about the CFD, or multiphysics (such as the solid-fluid interaction).

While Solidworks is the best for the CAD/CAM plus some numerical simulation, I can consider it as motion detection only, but not numerical simulation.

The thing here is that Dassault (founders of Solidworks) have the Solidworks for CAD/CAM and COMSOL for the numerical simulation.

COMSOL is a good competitor for ANSYS, however, ANSYS is still more robust,

Where in ANSYS you can control the whole case and its scenarios, while in COMSOL, the software build some parts of the case for you, hence all the beginners prefer COMSOL than ANSYS since it can help them and build some of the case.

Solidworks is not in this game at all. forget it here

use ANSYS or COMSOL.

The one who is better than all of these software is your own code,

You can build your own code for your case, you can use MatLab, or any other language, and customize your case as you want.

Fluent

ANSYS, I agreed with the comment from Mr Ihab Abu Ajamieh

CFD Analysis is much better to get accurate (real time) results,t that to ANSYS FLUENT is very better to do fluid based problems, if the problem related to turbo machinery then CFX is suggested. Apart from this for meshing ICEM CFD is suggested for any type of anlysis.

Solidworks: for preliminary analysis. -> Easy, not time consuming, helpful during initial stages of design process. Ansys/Fluent (CFD): Accurate, detailed results, time consuming, can be used for final validation, verification.

ANSYS CFX and ANSYS Fluent - the industry leading CFD solutions.

Ansys

ANSYS definitely

As already mentioned, ANSYS has been a massive simulation tool used in the CFD industry over the years. However, it is worth mentioning that ANSYS (like all engineering software) is just a tool in which its accuracy and capabilities significantly depend on the user’s understanding and adequacy.

As already mentioned by many authors, the ANSYS-tool is the best selection for CFD calculation nowadays. Yes, it is actually a highly optimized commercial software for CFD. Moreover, users can update their modeling unit for a particular item by ANSYS, which is not available in the default setting of it, by hooking up UDFs (user-defined functions, which must be written by C++ according to ANSYS user manual ) with the ANSYS main solver. Hence, overall, it a promising software

Ansys is far better than Solid works. ANSYS is the most robust numerical simulation software, specifically when talking about the CFD, or multiphysics simulations

I agree with Nemalidinne Srinivasa Reddy. Solidworks can be good choice for preliminary analysis. Ansys/Fluent (CFD) is choice for accurate results.

Basically Solidworks can be used for preliminary analysis while for accurate and precise analysis Ansys is far better than solid works

Ansys fluent of cfx is much better than Solidworks. For CFD purpose Ansys is better user-friendly as compared with Solidworks.

in my view CFD Analysis is much better than analysis in solid works, the choice is based on complexity of the structure and if it is hydro or turbo machinery problem then CFX is most preferable.

in my view CFD Analysis is much better than analysis in solid works, the choice is based on complexity of the structure and if it is hydro or turbo machinery problem then CFX is most preferable.

Although SOLIDWORKS has made significant advances in numerical modeling and analysis, ANSYS still performs much better, both in processing and post-processing. It is worth mentioning, by implementing enhanced tools of ANSYS for defining functions known as UDF, one can simulate a wide range of problems in ANSYS, which is extremely useful.

Hi,

For CFD simulation,

Please see software ANSYS (CFX or Fluent)(Finite volume-based), COMSOL Multiphysics (Finite element based), Star CCM+, etc. If you love to write code, then try OpenFOAM. If the simulation is related to IC engine then try Converge software.

Thanks!

-Arnab.

Hello,  CFD  does not necessarily mean always the flow of fluid but in more general way , we can appreciate it as a transport phenomenon. As we know, there are various disciplines and domains where transport phenomenon plays a crucial role. It greatly depends on the type of problem you need to solve and also the objective that you interested in fulfilling. Ansys software more or less is like a black box where it has a lot of switches which can be controlled knowingly or unknowingly and understand the flow situation. If you try to know more anybody can go through the manual and guidelines where anybody can sense that the solver they use are robust that can handle diverse problems. I have seen Ansys software is been used by different research for different flow problems, starting from blood flow through artery to turbulent flow in the wavy channel.

On the other hand I also like to thank Arnab Chakraborty for putting some lights on different software and their discretisation schemes. In a nutshell, the type of problem you are doing will guide to select software which is capable to capture the physics behind it. If anybody want more flexibility and clarity about what they are doing then one should go for openFoam or codes which are available in github or internet. Thanks -Supratim