CONSELF

Challenging for those new to CFD like me, but super-amazing customer service!

Commentaires : Being able to create a new design on CAD, and then CFD test it, is, while expensive for a small business like mine, much cheaper than making a prototype and then performing wind/water tunnel testing. When I compared my results to other wind/water tunnel test results, I found good agreement, which gave me a lot of confidence in the CONSELF results.

Avantages :

I needed a lot of help, but was able to produce some great quality results. LOTS of options to choose from on geometry, mesh and CFD configurations. Customer support was above and beyond, 5 stars plus! If you are an inexperienced user like me, they will get you up and running.

Inconvénients :

Sometimes the system crashed a little more than I expected, but CONSELF never charged me for those runs.

I use software for 2-phase simulation on a hydro intake structure and results were satisfactory

Avantages :

One of the most interesting characteristics of the software is the simplicity and the immediacy with which the application can be used by everyone, with a simple interface. Dedicated tutorials are present and are very useful because introduce the user step by step to the various features of the application. The revolutionary point is that even someone with little or no experience in the CFD field can run a complete simulation in few steps. The results obtained in my experience are very good and reproduce the reality. One of the positive points of the application is surely the availability of the CONSELF teamwork to give advice and help you in case of need. Moreover, the flexibility to modify the CFD code, to create particular boundary conditions by request is certainly a strength of CONSELF. Furthermore, periodical software updates, which improve the application, are continuosly released.

Inconvénients :

The presence of some bugs, above all in the mesh phase creation, represent a negative point that can slow down the analysis, but are solved with the following application update. For a user with a certain experience in the CFD field, the impossibility to modify the code, working on the numerical and algebraical methods or other specific parameters can represent a downside. Furthermore, only the residual chart is present and in some cases, it is not easy to know when to stop the simulation looking only at this one; maybe a monitor chart should be added.

I use CONSELF to perform small simulation, with low computational cost.

Avantages :

It is a user friendly software, and it is possible initialize a simulation in a few minutes. The results are availables in a few minutes.

Inconvénients :

The meshing and post-processing tools need to be developed, due to the low level of the tools it is no possible to perform a complex problem.

Great and practical

Avantages :

I think conself is a great software for its simplicity,clarity and Speed of use.great innovative project!

During my past experience in the automotive industry, I identified Conself as a potential supplier

Avantages :

The great potentialities and versatility of the Cloud Computing; the avalaibility of the Conself Team to support their Customers, also through physically visiting them onsite whenever required, as well as their enthusiasm when exploring new engineering applications; the user-friendy graphical interface; the avalaibility of some tutorials to introduce the user to the implementation of the F.E.M. simulations.

Inconvénients :

As of early 2017, some dynamic structural analyses were not feasible yet from the user interface; however, Conself is committed in an ongoing effort to enlarge the range of applications in which Code Aster has a graphical interface.