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What is SimScale?
SimScale is an engineering simulation platform that aims to revolutionize the way engineers, designers, scientists, and students design products. The SimScale platform is fully cloud-based and is accessible completely via a standard web browser. The easy-to-use interface supports numerous simulation…
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What is SimScale?
SimScale is an engineering simulation platform that aims to revolutionize the way engineers, designers, scientists, and students design products. The SimScale platform is fully cloud-based and is accessible completely via a standard web browser. The easy-to-use interface supports numerous…
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What is SimScale?
SimScale is an engineering simulation platform that aims to revolutionize the way engineers, designers, scientists, and students design products. The SimScale platform is fully cloud-based and is accessible completely via a standard web browser. The easy-to-use interface supports numerous simulation types including Structural Mechanics, Fluid Dynamics, Thermodynamics, and more.
The vendor says that SimScale eliminates many of the hurdles that accompany traditional simulation tools: high installation costs, licensing fees, deployment of high-performance computing hardware, and required updates and maintenance, by harnessing the power of cloud computing. Users always have the latest version of SimScale. Integrating SimScale into your workflow enables you to virtually test and validate preliminary designs instead of relying on costly physical prototyping.
The vendor says that SimScale eliminates many of the hurdles that accompany traditional simulation tools: high installation costs, licensing fees, deployment of high-performance computing hardware, and required updates and maintenance, by harnessing the power of cloud computing. Users always have the latest version of SimScale. Integrating SimScale into your workflow enables you to virtually test and validate preliminary designs instead of relying on costly physical prototyping.
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| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
| Supported Countries | Worldwide |
| Supported Languages | English |
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Most User-Friendly Option: Users found SimScale to be the most user-friendly option compared to other programs they researched. They appreciated the intuitive GUI, simplified workflow, default mesher, and scalable computational power that allowed them to obtain quick results.
Convenient Cloud-Based Software: Users liked that SimScale is a cloud-based software, as it allowed them to access their work from anywhere and eliminated the need for expensive workstations or PCs. They also mentioned that the meshing and simulation could run even if the internet or computer was turned off.
Helpful Customer Support: Users praised the prompt response from the technical support team and found them helpful in troubleshooting simulations to find bugs. They also mentioned the knowledgeable and responsive assistance they received from the SimScale application engineers, highlighting specific instances where they received solutions with video tutorials made on weekends.
Difficult User Interface for Beginners: Some users have found the user interface of SimScale to be slightly challenging, especially for beginners. They have mentioned that it takes time to navigate and understand the various features and functions.
Limited Functionality for Certain Simulation Types: Several users have expressed that SimScale has limited functionality when it comes to certain simulation types and boundary conditions. While they acknowledge the continuous updates and expected improvements, they feel that there are still areas where the software falls short in meeting their specific needs.
Dependence on Internet Connection: A downside mentioned by some users is the high dependence on a good internet connection while using SimScale. They have highlighted occasional slowness due to internet connection as an annoyance, which can affect their workflow and overall experience with the software.
Users commonly recommend using SimScale for beginners or those working on a thesis due to its easy UI. They suggest starting with the Community license of SimScale for a painless software trial. Users also encourage creating a free account on SimScale to solve engineering simulation problems with the help of courses and support.
Another common recommendation is to try SimScale, as it runs smoothly even with a poor internet connection and provides a SimScale Academy for learning. Users suggest taking advantage of SimScale's tutorials and resources for easier learning. They also recommend exploring SimScale's videos, workshops, and community for learning and support.
Users also highlight SimScale as an excellent platform for advanced computing and thermal simulation, with affordable pricing. They think SimScale offers great usage plans and is affordable compared to other software options. The benefit of storing simulation data in the cloud with SimScale is also emphasized, saving overhead for IT infrastructure and human resources.
Overall, users recommend trying SimScale, particularly for beginners or those working on a thesis, utilizing the Community license for a painless trial, and taking advantage of the tutorials, resources, and supportive community available on the platform.
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April 26, 2018
Powerful, Easy to Use CFD Tool
We are primarily using the CFD functions in SimScale in order to test out several new designs for wind energy generation. It has been critical in formulating several new early design concepts.
- Amazing support team to help with modeling and troubleshooting
- Database of example projects is great for gaining ideas on how different scenarios can be modeled within the tool
- Affordable CFD tool - with computing done in the cloud it allows for complicated modeling to be done without expensive equipment!
- The browser interface is much more intuitive and faster to learn and use than many other CFD tools. Significantly easier than OpenFOAM, which is its backend.
- Great training for new users
- The computing functionality tops out at 32 cores, which is typically more than enough but has caused some limitations in the most complicated CFD scenarios that I wanted to model.
- There have been a few pieces of open FOAM functionality (which is SimScale's CFD backend) that haven't yet been migrated into SimScale, so flexibility in modeling is slightly reduced from open FOAM. But this appears to be changing and evolving quickly.
- The viewer for final analysis is somewhat limited. This is ok because the results can be downloaded and analyzed in full in Paraview, which is fully functional but takes more time than viewing in the browser window.
- We've been able to iterate through a large number of designs more quickly than we would have without a CFD simulation, and also compared to the time it would have taken to prepare most other CFD simulations.
- Affordable price, and it prevented us from needing to invest in expensive computing equipment.
- Help from the support team also sped up the process of modeling different scenarios!
- openfoam and ansys CFD
SimScale is much faster to spin up on than OpenFOAM. Ansys CFD tools are much more expensive! Both tools require expensive computing equipment to run, which SimScale does not!