Ansys SpaceClaim

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Cloud-based tool for engineering simulation and 3D designing

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Tharindu
Tharindu
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Fantastic tool with higher accuracy for CFD and Multiphysics simulations

Reviewed on 05/01/2020

Great tool for CFD and FEA with accurate and correlating results with the experimental analysis. I...

Great tool for CFD and FEA with accurate and correlating results with the experimental analysis. I used this tool when I was an undergraduate for fluid flow studies and thermal analysis and now at my work place I am using it for air flow modeling in Mechanical Ventilation.

Pros

ANSYS Fluent gives very accurate and reliable simulation results in Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) analysis. It has an excellent graphical user interface (GUI) where you can easily select the type of CAE analysis and other parameters for most of the simulations while using user defined functions (UDF) to handle complex and customized simulations. Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) analysis is another great feature in this software which enables the multiphysics study of fluids and structure interaction.

Cons

ANSYS requires heavy computational power to give accurate results for complex analysis. Creating complex models in DesignModeler is harder compared to other modeling tools.

Mert
Mert
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  • Industry: Automotive
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Professional Application

Reviewed on 14/12/2020

Im very pleased to use this program because my cad model operations are upon simplfying geometries....

Im very pleased to use this program because my cad model operations are upon simplfying geometries. Spaceclaim make my job easy

Pros

Geometry modifications are very easy, you can simplfy your cad in a short time. There is no product tree, so you just click delete or "f" to delete fillet etc.. Creating cad models is very easy, you just sketch something and just pull it or modify cad with some tools.

Cons

Sometimes you need product tree for some reason. Spaceclaim have not product tree, but you can apply different methods to do what you want to do with tree.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

This is a wonderful suite to perform precise simulation and get accurate results with multiple...

Reviewed on 23/07/2018

Pros

1.) Its topology optimization in a latest update provides accurate results against shape optimization in old versions.
2.) This saves time when running multiple computes to get your desired mesh.

Cons

1.) It requires a wealth of knowledge and experience including theoretical &
practical.
2.) It costs high for learners and does not provide access to full set of tools.

Darwin Reynell
Darwin Reynell
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  • Industry: Oil & Energy
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

An effective, friendly and reliable mechanical component simulation tool.

Reviewed on 07/08/2018

During my mechanical engineering studies, the subjects I most enjoyed were "computer-aided design"...

During my mechanical engineering studies, the subjects I most enjoyed were "computer-aided design" and "Finite Element Method". For this reason my thesis was oriented in the line of mechanical design, "design of a pin-on-disk friction machine", you can apply load states on pieces of interest, determine their stresses, deformations, safety factor, fatigue, buckling between others. In the same way, repeat the process until achieving the convergence of results, redefining the meshes on a particular element. It is simply incredible.

Pros

In addition to all the different types of analysis available to apply in the pieces, you have a really friendly interface. Your pieces can be made in the Ansys DesignModeler program or be imported from other 3D CAD tools. In addition, you have refining tools for meshing to focus on areas of interest, either by its state of charge or its particular shape.

Cons

If the size of the element chosen in the meshes is very small, the simulation can take an excessive time. The issue would be related to the processing capacity of the computer.
It is required to have knowledge of the finite element methodology, to conceptually understand what you are applying in the program.

Sajed
Sajed
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  • Industry: Higher Education
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

ANSYS and Geometry Optimization

Reviewed on 12/11/2018

I have used ANSYS and its geometry optimization tool. I have been involved in developing software...

I have used ANSYS and its geometry optimization tool. I have been involved in developing software packages which uses ANSYS as the solver.

Pros

I liked the feature that ANSYS has added to the Workbench for geometry optimization.

Cons

I belive the modeling part of ANSYS can be improved to be more user friendly, so that it would be much easier to use the powerfull tools that ANSYS provides.

Sumit
Sumit
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  • Industry: Aviation & Aerospace
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

ANSYS Review

Reviewed on 03/07/2019

This software is a very helpful software for my daily job. I use ANSYS structural for my FEA...

This software is a very helpful software for my daily job. I use ANSYS structural for my FEA analysis. This software provides me a very good result with few errors.

Pros

This software has one of the best hyper-elastic material analysis. ANSYS Structural provides the best FEA result. Curve fitting option is best in this software.

Cons

Transition between tetra and hexa mesh can be difficult.

Hiran
Hiran
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  • Industry: Oil & Energy
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

ANSYS for analysis and simulation

Reviewed on 30/12/2020

For simulation and analysis this is the best CAD software one can go for. The Latest version is an...

For simulation and analysis this is the best CAD software one can go for. The Latest version is an add-on with more useful feature to ANYSYS spaceclaim enables the user to get the job done.

Pros

The user can constraint the sketches with spaceclaim design options. New block recording feature allow the user to easily edit the CAD models which are imported from other CAD platform. Analysis is best in this software with detailed stress definition. Simulation of operation is also done.

Cons

Use interface need to improved. Customer support needed with more multi domain representative. Software is bulk for lower configured workstations.

Bora
Bora
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  • Industry: Automotive
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Makes engineering decissons easier...

Reviewed on 19/06/2019

Pros

Ansys WB is quite complex tool with multiple modules. You can make any of the engineering calculations (simulations) here. It works with finite element method. It has too many modules as I only know solid and fluid modules I use them on my both academical studies and design business.

Cons

It is really complex, deep as ocean! Especially if you are working on the remote areas of engineering, it could be a night mare. Customer support knows basics that is OK however they can not always support you on your deep and complex problems. Also on Fluent module is not really capable for "mass transfer".

Prathmesh
Prathmesh
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  • Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Best engineering analysis and simulation software

Reviewed on 09/01/2019

Overall it's great software. Once you get your hands on it, you get your problems solved in no...

Overall it's great software. Once you get your hands on it, you get your problems solved in no time. I'm currently using this software for my BE project in mechanical engineering.

Pros

I loved Meshing tool and graphics shown in modelling. Software has different analysis options like structural,vibration,thermal,fluid analysis and many more. I have used this software for structural and thermal analysis mainly. Great use in Finite Element Analysis. It saves time of experimentation.

Cons

The hard part is to learn all about this software and its features. It's not easy to use and it's bit of expensive software.

Valarie
Valarie
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

3D Modeling and Engineering Design Management Tool.

Reviewed on 10/10/2021

Engineering system and very excellent product that helps on different things on Engineering project...

Engineering system and very excellent product that helps on different things on Engineering project and design simulation.

Pros

Ansys SpaceClaim is a flexible and easy Engineering tool which offers various designing capabilities and easy report generation for the different project operations.

Cons

Dislike about the solution i had none through my whole experience with Ansys SpaceClaim and its capabilities.

Felipe
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Ansys SpaceClaim Overview

Reviewed on 09/06/2023

Pros

In my opinion, Ansys SpaceClaim is a user-friendly 3D modeling software with a straightforward interface, making it accessible to both beginners and experienced engineers. It offers powerful geometry editing tools that simplify the creation, modification, and repair of complex 3D models. While it may have a learning curve for advanced features and limited advanced meshing capabilities, its seamless integration with other Ansys simulation software enhances efficiency in the design and simulation workflow.

Cons

Cons in this software include a learning curve for advanced features, requiring additional training or experience, and limited meshing capabilities compared to dedicated software. However, these limitations may not affect all users and can be outweighed by the software's strengths in geometry editing and integration with other Ansys simulation tools.

Nishant
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Ansys user review

Reviewed on 26/10/2022

Overall experience has been good with ansys and looking to explore it more.

Overall experience has been good with ansys and looking to explore it more.

Pros

Ansys is an application that is mostly used in research and by proffessionals.Also it is used by students to get the accurate results and thus super helpful in performing analysis in the design of material and engineering materials section.

Cons

Least liked part is so much collaboration and we can have a different different tools for that...Sometimesit it lags but its okay since it provides so much advantage over disadvantages.

Harshil
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  • Industry: Automotive
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Let the Computational begins

Reviewed on 01/12/2020

Mind blowing, superb, Over the expectations and knowledgeable

Mind blowing, superb, Over the expectations and knowledgeable

Pros

I love to describe this software because I have used it a lot in my masters studies. In my subject CFD I.e. computational fluid dynamics I have used this software to define a structure and also analyze the flow through it. Space Spaceclaim is very much user Friendly and easy to understood. I took only a week or so to have a good command over Spaceclaim. The different geometries can be easily define and can be specified with given boundary conditions in spaceclaim. The analysis and result section of ansys is the most interesting part as the actual fluid data were analyzed as per the Spaceclaim model. I have created a gear pump in Spaceclaim and also analyze it in detail with a working animation. This all can be possible via ansys. ANSYS can be defined as an Bunch of technologies and predefined technological softwares. For students like me 1 year of free ansys is available on the ansys official website. Every type of simulations were possible with ansys.

Cons

It requires a lot of computation and the time of computation is pretty long as in my case of Analysis of a gear pump, I have to wait for some 15 minutes when there is an initialization of the structure. I know that complex parts are time consuming due to the meshing which is pretty dense. But a faster database is an requirement for the ansys users.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Automotive
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Essential design validation/optimization tool

Reviewed on 30/12/2019

It very capable validation software is used for engineering with having complex interface and...

It very capable validation software is used for engineering with having complex interface and performance failure.

Pros

Various engineering tools for any kind company are offered by ANSYS. It has a great training/help documents with hyperlinks which you can reach easily what you what. You can also create your own models and run it. Very easy to mesh complex geometry of designs. Compatible with other modeling tools such as Hypermesh.

Cons

It has not a user friendly interface. Sometimes it crashes and causes loss of work. Every tool needs license which may be expensive to get all of them. It can be hard to find the issue with your model in Fluent.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Automotive
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Fantastic software for engineering simulations

Reviewed on 17/05/2019

I have used ANSY's for static & dynamic analysis. Tried a lot learn in the beginning correct but...

I have used ANSY's for static & dynamic analysis. Tried a lot learn in the beginning correct but then it's now easy to process any analysis at work.

Pros

Any type of analysis can be done for engineering simulations. It helped a lot during college projects and now continues at work. Integration with different modeling programs improved a lot.

Cons

It's not an easy software so takes sometime to get experienced. But then simulations, CAE works get really easy after learning phase.

Ibrahim
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  • Industry: Airlines/Aviation
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Simulation and designing on Ansys space claim

Reviewed on 21/11/2021

Really nice .. I could do my work smoothly so now I’m recommending it to others by

Really nice .. I could do my work smoothly so now I’m recommending it to others by

Pros

It’s very friendly use and it’s really smooth beside that it doesn’t require high computation power as as advance software

Cons

The Ansys meshing quality is not 100% I still achieve good results but not very accurate but this could be solved by trying other meshing tools inside Ansys

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great interface and mathematical tools

Reviewed on 18/07/2019

CFD simulationos for various purposes

CFD simulationos for various purposes

Pros

The math tools available in the software which make it viabole for a huge range of problems. We'rw an exlcusive ansys partner and work very closely with them on multiple tasks

Cons

Sometimes takes time to solve and converge and ansys meshing isn't very good comapred to the solver

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Legal Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Nice for CAD generation

Reviewed on 12/01/2023

Ansys SpaceClaim is a nice CAD tool and is continuously updated and improved. I recommend it...

Ansys SpaceClaim is a nice CAD tool and is continuously updated and improved. I recommend it specially if you are using other Ansys applications.

Pros

Ansys SpaceClaim is quite a good tool for generating CAD files. It supports 2D and 3D designs and offer a wide range of geometry editing tools. One of the most helpful feature is that SpaceClaim was designed to be easily integrated into the other applications developed by Ansys.

Cons

The only downside of using Ansys SpaceClaim is that it is no a feature-based CAD tool. This becomes an issue if you're used to such applications. Other than that, there is nothing else I don't really dislike.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Civil Engineering
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Ansys model the world

Reviewed on 05/01/2019

I overall I’m very satisfied with this software and would definitely use it.

I overall I’m very satisfied with this software and would definitely use it.

Pros

Ability to solve problems of any kind of difficulty. I use it for heating system simulation and the plots it produces are perfect. Also such simulation can partially replace real experiments.

Cons

Very complicated and not enough practical and cleanly explained tutorials

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Research
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Best engineering Tool for 3D design

Reviewed on 12/02/2022

great experience till now

great experience till now

Pros

I like the most part of the software because from ansys its get easier to do analysis and better simulation.

Cons

only the customer support is not up to the point.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Useful for modeling geometry for simulation

Reviewed on 26/03/2021

I have used solidworks,inventor , fusion 360,but when it comes to simulation it is the best 3d...

I have used solidworks,inventor , fusion 360,but when it comes to simulation it is the best 3d modelling software. my experience quite well using this app.

Pros

this app is recommended for experts for 3d modelling especially when you are using ansys for simulation as advanced simulation can be modelled.

Cons

It requires knowledge of theoritical and practical mechanical engineering.sometimes it crashes if the modelling is complex.

praveen
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  • Industry: Oil & Energy
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Ansys used for FEA of Pipelines

Reviewed on 15/08/2019

Overall its a good experience compared to other softwares used

Overall its a good experience compared to other softwares used

Pros

Ansys is user friendly software to use. I used it for subsea pipelines buckling and walking analysis.
Computation is easy and help page is very useful to find out the application

Cons

It takes more time to compute longer models especially when you have more degrees of freedom and constraints applied to the model

Ali
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  • Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

ANSYS

Reviewed on 26/09/2019

It is a helpful software though it can be more user-friendly.

It is a helpful software though it can be more user-friendly.

Pros

It gives reliable simulation results before manufacturing a device. At each version tries to solve the software problems.

Cons

Sketching a system is harder compare than similar software. The user's help document is not practical because of lacking enough examples.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Automotive
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Ansys SpaceClaim 2023 _ User Review

Reviewed on 11/02/2023

Pros

This CAD module is integrated with different Ansys Simulation modules, making it easy to process the geometry for pre-processing steps. This integration also requires less time to edit and reflect the CAD models into simulation modules.Software developers are coming up with many improvements (for mechanical engineers' ease of work) in every edition.

Cons

This software needs little development towards a user-friendly interface.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Consumer Goods
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Great for simulation and analysis

Reviewed on 09/12/2018

Pros

This gives you the opportunity to program and simulate complex problems. It reduces expensive experimental setup and gives you the ability to outline projects.

Cons

Tough to learn and expertise. User interface is not very friendly for initial learning.