before i start i will make it clear i will shorten Computation Fluid Dynamics to CFD throughout the post.
For no particular reason fluid dynamics interests me, and i am studying Physics at college (not the american version of college, the UK's version ) and i would like to end up with a job using computers designing stuff that uses CFD simulation software during the process of developing whatever it may be, valves etc.
So i may aswell start learning it now. So far i have discovered that the most widely used CFD software in the industry is called Fluent, so that is what i shall use. To use Fluent, i also need mesh generation software (quite a few people use Gambit) to create the mesh for Fluent to work with. But to create the mesh, obviously i need some kind of CAD software to make objects that can be saved in the .igs format. IGS meaning: "2D/3D vector graphics format based on the Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES); used by many CAD programs"
So it's pretty confusing stuff. But what i need is some reccomendations of software to use, particulary CAD software that can save in the IGS format.
Thanks,
Oreo.
p.s. I had and still don't have any idea what section this should go in,so OT it is
For no particular reason fluid dynamics interests me, and i am studying Physics at college (not the american version of college, the UK's version ) and i would like to end up with a job using computers designing stuff that uses CFD simulation software during the process of developing whatever it may be, valves etc.
So i may aswell start learning it now. So far i have discovered that the most widely used CFD software in the industry is called Fluent, so that is what i shall use. To use Fluent, i also need mesh generation software (quite a few people use Gambit) to create the mesh for Fluent to work with. But to create the mesh, obviously i need some kind of CAD software to make objects that can be saved in the .igs format. IGS meaning: "2D/3D vector graphics format based on the Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES); used by many CAD programs"
So it's pretty confusing stuff. But what i need is some reccomendations of software to use, particulary CAD software that can save in the IGS format.
Thanks,
Oreo.
p.s. I had and still don't have any idea what section this should go in,so OT it is