Choose where the study runs
Updated task environments include Gmsh, CalculiX, scikit-fem, and OpenFOAM. Availability and supported formulations must be checked in the actual task. See native CAE setup for commercial application connections, version constraints, and current qualification limits.
Follow the study lifecycle
1
Define the question
Identify the geometry, physical conditions, quantity to measure, and acceptance limit if one exists.
2
Prepare the model
Preserve relevant geometry, assign material regions and boundaries, and choose a mesh suitable for the physics.
3
Run and inspect
Check the solver’s completion state, diagnostics, and the achieved load or time. Inspect the requested response.
4
Establish what the result supports
Evaluate balance checks, refinement, assumptions, and comparisons before using the result for a design decision.
Prepare geometry
Simplify deliberately and preserve the physical regions.
Set up a study
Translate requirements into materials, loads, and boundary conditions.
Create a mesh
Check quality, domain coverage, and boundary assignments.
Structural analysis
Evaluate displacement, stress, and reactions.
Fluid analysis
Evaluate flow, pressure drop, and supported thermal cases.
Results and comparison
Read fields, compare revisions, and preserve reproducible evidence.
Start with a study brief
Plan an analysis before running it