In today’s competitive product development landscape, engineering teams must design not just for form and function, but also for performance under real-world conditions. This requirement makes simulation an essential component of every product design process.
Using simulation early and often in development enables teams to iterate on design ideas, identify potential problems before investing in costly prototypes, and get to market faster.
Creo Flow Analysis (CFA) is Creo’s comprehensive computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tool for analyzing liquid and gas flow, built directly into the Creo design environment. Whether you’re designing valves, pumps, HVAC systems, or complex enclosures, Creo Flow Analysis helps you simulate, visualize, and optimize fluid flow and heat transfer—without ever leaving your CAD environment.
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What is Creo Flow Analysis?
Creo Flow Analysis is a powerful, CAD-integrated CFD solution that enables engineers to simulate fluid flow and thermal behaviors directly within the Creo interface. Developed in partnership with Simerics, this tool helps validate and optimize designs, even without extensive CFD experience.
Rather than switching between software platforms or relying solely on physical prototyping, engineers can run simulations within Creo, make changes on the fly, and view the results in real-time. This integration streamlines workflows, reduces costly design iterations, and accelerates time to market.
How does Creo Flow Analysis work?
Creo Flow Analysis is a user-friendly tool for engineers, designers, and analysts. Running a simulation is simple:
- Define the geometry
- Select the type of analysis to run (the mesh is auto-generated)
- Define boundaries
- Add inputs
- Run!
You’re able to interpret the results as the simulation is running, so you can quickly make changes and modifications as needed. And, since it is all completed within the Creo platform, changes are automatically reflected across your model without having to export and import across platforms.
What are the benefits of using Creo Flow Analysis?
Creo Flow Analysis delivers fast, accurate, and comprehensive fluid dynamics simulations, enabling engineers to make informed design decisions earlier. With rapid grid generation and precise results, it allows quick insights into flow, pressure, temperature, and system behavior, including leakage and real gas effects. Its broad capabilities support performance optimization, load calculations, and efficiency improvements. At the same time, its seamless integration with Creo empowers teams to refine and optimize designs iteratively, enhancing functionality, reducing risk, and accelerating time to market.
Creo Flow Analysis includes comprehensive simulation capabilities delivering rapid and precise results to drive optimization.
What are the key features of Creo Flow Analysis?
Creo Flow Analysis is built to offer both depth and usability. Here are the standout features that make it a go-to choice for simulation-driven design:
- Seamless CAD Integration: Creo Flow Analysis runs inside Creo Parametric, so there’s no need for file translation or geometry clean-up. Simulation is directly linked to your CAD model, ensuring accuracy and reducing time lost to redundant processes.
- Advanced Technology Backed by Simerics: Creo Flow Analysis features a high-performance numerical solver that can handle complex geometries, transient flows, compressible and incompressible fluids, and multi-phase scenarios.
- Automatic Meshing: The automatic meshing engine streamlines setup for new users, while advanced meshing and boundary condition controls provide experienced analysts with the flexibility they need. It’s ideal for teams with varied experience levels.
Creo Flow Analysis Packages
- Calculate internal and external flows
- Animated flow results in real-time
- Parallel processing simulation
- Simulate flow
- Heat transfer
- turbulence
Includes everything in basic, plus:
- Particle simulation – simulate individual particles in the context of the flow
- Radiation simulation – heat transfer due to emission of electromagnetic waves
- Species simulation– Simulating the mixing of liquids with similar densities
- Moving / sliding meshing simulation – simulate movement of individual components in a flow analysis
Includes everything in basic and advanced, plus:
- Cavitation simulation – simulates vapor, free gas, and liquid (bubbles) compressibility
- Multiphase simulation – for simulating liquid and gas together
- Multicomponent – for simulation of multiple gases and densities
- Dynamics – simulate interaction of fluids and solids
Accelerate Innovation with Creo Flow Analysis
Simulation is no longer optional—it’s essential. With Creo Flow Analysis, engineers gain the confidence to innovate faster while minimizing risk. Whether you’re developing the next-generation heat exchanger or fine-tuning a medical device, Creo Flow Analysis ensures your design performs as expected in the real world.
Ready to bring simulation-driven design into your workflow? Creo Flow Analysis offers the power of high-end CFD within Creo’s native environment, enabling faster delivery of products to market. Contact us to get started.
