What is Upfront CFD?

Upfront means to place at the beginning.
CFdesign is Upfront CFD. Built from the ground up for non-specialist engineers, the software enables trade-off studies at the beginning -- during the conceptual design phase -- of the project.

Flow and thermal simulation tools are integrated within the familiar MCAD process. Native 3D model associativity makes it an excellent solution for undergrad engineering students who want hands-on experience with a full spectrum of design and analysis solutions before graduation.

CFD should be a tool not a career
Expensive. Time-consuming. Difficult. Frustrating. Impossible. These are words we often hear from students and faculty when describing their experience with traditional, finite volume, grid-based CFD applications.

CFdesign makes CFD an engineering tool instead of a career. The software features behind-the-scenes, intelligent algorithms to automate the set-up, meshing, and solution process so that engineering students can fully concentrate on exercising their emerging knowledge of fluid and thermal dynamics within the context of real world product development.

The CFdesign Academic Instruction Program provides a budget-friendly simulation platform where rigorous design studies can be completed as a complement to existing courses without actually becoming a course.

Continuously improved since 1992, CFdesign is the only fluid flow and heat transfer solution built on a comprehensive and scalable architecture that empowers engineering students to independently address even the most challenging projects.