Blue Ridge Numerics Announces CFdesign 2011
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Blue Ridge Numerics Announces CFdesign 2011

CFdesign 2011 provides design engineers with the first Design Study automation embedded in the CAD system

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — September 1, 2010Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc., the leader in upfront CFD software, today announced the release of CFdesign 2011, and the availability for current CFdesign customers to download it from the Customer Portal. New functionality and major enhancements in CFdesign 2011 equip engineering teams with the power to get more done in 24-hours than with other methods. The highly-automated fluid flow and thermal management decision making processes in CFdesign 2011 provides an effective alternative to costly and time consuming physical testing methods that often lack a complete picture of design performance. CFdesign 2011 provides a platform for engineering companies to gain a competitive advantage and sustain critical growth by better utilizing existing personnel and network resources.

The new CFdesign 2011 collaboration tools effectively connect local and global teams. The knowledge sharing features allow team members ranging from the novice to the power user to have flow and thermal management tools available on-demand, and flexible enough to suit their individual needs.

Using CFdesign 2011, engineering teams will have design performance feedback faster which provides a more direct path to product innovation. This allows for do-it-right-the-first-time designs from concept to validation. CFdesign 2011 delivers more of what engineers need in less time than the physical, or digital, alternatives.

“CFdesign 2011 combines our commitment of bringing best-in-class CFD software to the design engineer that include the tools they need to be successful, with a feature-rich software platform that will also help make the company as a whole successful,” explains Derrek Cooper, CFdesign Product Manager, Blue Ridge Numerics. “We have incorporated features, such as automated mesh sizing with instant preview, a suite of design study automation tools, a model-centric workflow, and Web-based collaboration that will help engineers get more done in 24-hours than ever before. CFdesign 2011 helps design engineers compress the design process while expanding their reach. Engineers no longer have to wish they had more time to run additional simulations leading to innovative products with improved quality -- they do.”

CFdesign 2011 Key Features:

One-Click SimulationNew tools added to CFdesign 2011 simplify and expand the use of simulation to every CAD engineer on the team using CAD-entity groups and Design Study Rules to provide a convenient way to have a simulation setup in one-click and begin exploring flow and thermal design options.

Design Study AutomationWith several new features like a CAD-embedded Design Study Builder and design study templates, engineers can now avoid the déjà vu experience of repeating the same process over and over when setting up a multi-scenario design study from within Inventor, Pro/ENGINEER, and SolidWorks.

Remote Solving & Mobile AlertsCFdesign 2011 is built to support the multi-scenario design study process by making it easy to harness all the computational horse power available on your existing network. A new remote solving manager will help you setup and allocate the workload across multiple workstations and alert you via a text message and email when a simulation has started and finished as well as providing solution progress along the way.

Team EnvironmentNew workflow and collaboration functionality equate to getting more of the team involved on every project. CFdesign’s powerful 3D viewer now even works inside your Web browser meaning everyone can evaluate simulation results even when they don’t have a CFdesign license or are not a CFdesign user.

Decision Center - With CFdesign 2011 extracting the data you need to drive design performance just got better. New thermal image camera-like visualization and performance data output options add more muscle to this already robust tool.

An online CFdesign 2011 resource center with informative videos and a demonstration request form is available at: www.cfdesign.com/2011

About CFdesign

Using CFdesign, engineers are able to make insightful design decisions based on fluid flow and heat transfer simulations while continuing to work in their CAD environment. The simulations begin from within the CAD system using the design study manager, and the native model along with its associative information is opened within the CFdesign design study environment. The unique multi-scenario design study environment in CFdesign 2011 allows engineers to view multiple designs at one time and visually compare the different results. CFdesign enables engineers to obtain accurate simulation results early in the development process where the value of true upfront computational fluid dynamic (CFD) software is greatest.

About Blue Ridge Numerics

Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc. is the fastest-growing CFD software company in the world and consistently ranked among the fastest-growing technology companies in North America. The company's CFdesign upfront CFD software integrates comprehensive fluid-flow and heat-transfer simulation into early phases of design and engineering, when companies can dramatically improve product quality, time-to-market, and ultimately profitability through the product life cycle. Learn more at www.cfdesign.com. Connect with design engineering colleagues at: www.upfrontcfd.com.

CFdesign is a registered trademark of Blue Ridge Numerics. Other product or brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.



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