6 Most Used Commercial CAE Software in the Market

Introduction

Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) is one of the fast-growing fields of engineering. In which we solve engineering problems by using different numerical approaches like FEM, FDM, FVM, etc.

But one of the biggest questions in many young CAE enthusiasts which software one should learn to excel in the field of CAE.

Many CAE software’s are available in the market and each software is having its own significance.

Some of them are domain-based, like “OpenFOAM” which computational fluid dynamics software; “MSC ADAMS” is the best Multibody dynamics software, while “ALTAIR INSPIRE” is used for Optimization, etc.

 

Top 6 CAE softwares

Commonly used software’s of CAE

Let’s discuss 6CAE software’s which are commonly used in most industries. There are also other CAE software’s available in the market, but the reason behind discussing only these 6 software’s is; they are used in most of the industries.

They are ANSYS, HyperWorks, LS-DYNA, ANSA, LS-PRE POST, and ABAQUS.

 

The software’s in detail

ANSYS: -

“ANSYS” is one of the most extensively used CAE software in the world. “ANSYS WORKBENCH” contains software of different domains. Some of them are Ansys Fluent, CFX, Static structural, Explicit Dynamics, etc.

The main advantage of ANSYS is that we can access all tools in a single interface.

Ansys is very strong in the field of CFD, Heat Transfer, Structural Analysis, etc.

ALTAIR HYPERWORKS

“HyperWorks” is one of the best CAE software in the world. The software’s like “HYPER MESH, HYPERVIEW, RADIOSS, OPTISTRUCT, ACUSOLVE, MOTION SOLVE, MOTIONVIEW” are part of HyperWorks suite.

HyperWorks is having dedicated software for each and every phase of CAE and for different domains HyperWorks offers different software tools.

“HYPER MESH” is extensively used in many industries, as it is master in pre-processing.

“OPTISTRUCT, RADIOSS, ACUSOLVE” are some of the solvers of HyperWorks.

“RADIOSS” is one of the best Explicitsolvers available in the market.

LS-DYNA

“LS-DYNA” is the industry-oriented explicit dynamics simulation software used for applications like drop tests, impact, penetration, crashes, occupant safety etc.

It is used by the au­to­mo­bile, aero­space, civil, defence and bio­engi­neer­ing in­dus­tries for different applications.

This software is having the great capability of handling very complex analysis easily.

It is having different material& element libraries, which can offer a wide range of applications.

 

     LS-PRE POST

“LS-PRE POST” is an ad­vanced pre and post-proces­sor used in many industries. The GUI of LS-PRE POST is de­signed to be both ef­fi­cient and instinctive.

It is having great geometry editing and visualization capabilities.

It can handle complex models very easily and the GUI look’s so user friendly.

It is strong in both pre-processing and post-processing aspects.

ANSA

“ANSA” is an advanced CAE pre-processing software that provides all the necessary functionality for full-model build-up, starting from CAD data to a ready-to-run solver input file.

It is having the capability to interoperate between models built for different solvers.

It is very strong in pre-processing part.

It can handle complex models very easily. This is the reason, why ANSA is used in many automotive, aerospace, defence industries for pre-processing purposes.

 

ABAQUS

In ABAQUS, we can import a wide range of geometries and meshed models easily.

It provides very powerful modelling and visualization environment.

In single software, we can do pre-processing, Solving and Post-processing.

It is used in many automotive, aerospace, defence industries.

It is strong in both linear and nonlinear analysis.

If you are a CAE enthusiast and willing to make your career in the field of Computer-Aided Engineering, then you must learn a few of this software.

Before learning CAE, the most important thing to understand is one should be aware of all basic engineering concepts. Without knowing the basic engineering concepts, learning the software doesn’t make any sense.

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