This software is a very helpful software for my daily job. I use ANSYS structural for my FEA analysis. This software provides me a very good result with few errors.

This software has one of the best hyper-elastic material analysis. ANSYS Structural provides the best FEA result. Curve fitting option is best in this software.

Transition between tetra and hexa mesh can be difficult.

We were doing the projectile impact, depth of penetration and brittle material analysis in ANSYS. It is a good software for the simulation of plastic and brittle materials. It provides easy tools to perform analysis. The only area it lacks in postprocessing.

The user interface of the software is very good. It has all the tools to perform Explicit and Implicit Analysis. Mesh generation is easy to use and in the newer version, you can easily create complex geometry. Good software to analyze brittle materials.

The material library is not that updated for explicit materials and it could have been improved. Apart from that, there are fewer tools for postprocessing and it could have been improved. Postprocessing is the most important part of the analysis and ANSYS has some limitations in postprocessing.

SpaceClaim is nice for what it can do well - quick changes to geometry within workbench. But that's it.

Anything remotely more complex than changing the size of a fillet or a hole is going to be a pain to do in spaceclaim. I'd recommend almost any other software instead.

During my mechanical engineering studies, the subjects I most enjoyed were "computer-aided design" and "Finite Element Method". For this reason my thesis was oriented in the line of mechanical design, "design of a pin-on-disk friction machine", you can apply load states on pieces of interest, determine their stresses, deformations, safety factor, fatigue, buckling between others. In the same way, repeat the process until achieving the convergence of results, redefining the meshes on a particular element. It is simply incredible.

In addition to all the different types of analysis available to apply in the pieces, you have a really friendly interface. Your pieces can be made in the Ansys DesignModeler program or be imported from other 3D CAD tools. In addition, you have refining tools for meshing to focus on areas of interest, either by its state of charge or its particular shape.

If the size of the element chosen in the meshes is very small, the simulation can take an excessive time. The issue would be related to the processing capacity of the computer. It is required to have knowledge of the finite element methodology, to conceptually understand what you are applying in the program.

I have used ANSYS and its geometry optimization tool. I have been involved in developing software packages which uses ANSYS as the solver.

I liked the feature that ANSYS has added to the Workbench for geometry optimization.

I belive the modeling part of ANSYS can be improved to be more user friendly, so that it would be much easier to use the powerfull tools that ANSYS provides.

I prefer SolidWorks for 3D modeling over SpaceClaim for a variety of reasons, the most important of which is that I can use the model from the SolidWorks application in a variety of applications. I also find SolidWorks to be easier to model in than SpaceClaim.

I used SpaceClaim to create 2D and 3D drawings. It was very useful and simple to use. It is also simpler than Design Modular (the previous Ansys modeling software) and provides unlimited editing options.

I believe that the software could be improved. When it comes to loading time, it is extremely inconvenient; whenever you want to open a model, you must wait a significant amount of time for it to open.

Ansys WB is quite complex tool with multiple modules. You can make any of the engineering calculations (simulations) here. It works with finite element method. It has too many modules as I only know solid and fluid modules I use them on my both academical studies and design business.

It is really complex, deep as ocean! Especially if you are working on the remote areas of engineering, it could be a night mare. Customer support knows basics that is OK however they can not always support you on your deep and complex problems. Also on Fluent module is not really capable for "mass transfer".

Engineering system and very excellent product that helps on different things on Engineering project and design simulation.

Ansys SpaceClaim is a flexible and easy Engineering tool which offers various designing capabilities and easy report generation for the different project operations.

Dislike about the solution i had none through my whole experience with Ansys SpaceClaim and its capabilities.

Compared with other competitors, Ansys stands out and delivers, this 2D and 3D CAD software is reliable and demands a small amount of time to understand and manipulate with ease all its functionalities, you can create and simulate with quality assured if you input the correct parameters.

SpaceClaim is great for CAD, tutorials within the software allow for fast training, if you have used other CAD software you will easily be able to manipulate SpaceClaim. A great variety of functionalities and controls are available for a fast design. A great pro is the ease of access to mechanically simulate your designs, Ansys has a more powerful simulation feature than other competitors. Boundary conditions and forces are easy to insert. In general, Ansys SpaceClaim is powerful, easy to use, and reliable.

Ansys Spaceclaim demands a considerable amount of computational processing power, check computer requirements before purchasing. Importing geometries from other CAD software can sometimes create problems.

Extremely accurate simulation results

Contains multiple analysis suite packages for all types of analysis; static, dynamic, structural, thermal, model, flow, etc..

Not easy to use at first. Need to understand the setup and process of the analysis to actually run a creditable study

I used Ansys Static Structural during an internship involving FEM Static Structural Analysis and got hands on experience with modelling 3D software on Design Modeler and Space Claim. I also used the Static Structural interface and performed structural simulations. The software is very capable in all respects and I learned why companies enjoy using the product. Following that, I started experimenting with fluid simulations using Fluent, and was even more impressed. I used Ansys Fluent for a research paper during my final year of University, that eventually got published as well.

1) It has extremely clean and simple UI. 2) It has a wide range of functionalities. Personally I used Fluent and Static Structural for my purposes. 3) Most Universities are affiliated to Ansys, thus giving access to Students to learn its various functionalities with ease. 4) Extremely innovative software with UDF capabilities that allows for a lot of customization and very complicated simulations to be performed with relative ease. 5) Would highly recommend for academic as well as industrial purpose.

1) Only issue I had is with the free trial version. The software is amazing in every respect, but the free trial allows for very few mesh resolution. Despite free trial being for learning purposes only, it hinders the ability of a student to learn useful insights from their simulations, such as verifying the accuracy. Ansys should allow Students especially using the free version, to experiment more with the software by relaxing certain constrictions on their free version.

1. Maritime industry fea modelling

1. For startup company it's very nice. New team build easily

1Meshing capabilities , automation, new features

Overal, spaceclaim is a great and complete tool for CAD and CFD model development.

Ansys Spaceclaim is my go-to CAD software for designing parts and building CFD models. It offers a convenient, interactive, and user-friendly experience. The software allows me to create and modify complex geometries with ease, making the design process efficient and effective. Its intuitive interface and powerful tools make it a valuable tool in my engineering workflow.

A big drawbacks of Spaceclaim is its relatively high cost compared to other CAD software options. Additionally, some users may find that the software lacks certain advanced features.

During my engineering, I used several software such as Solidwoeks, Katia or programming on MAtlab and Fortran, but my discovery of Ansys changed and made my work of solving equations for mechanical problems easier. More complex simulations can be modelled with Ansys. Ansys contains several products depending on the application areas. Tutorials of all kinds are available online and free of charge. A free version is available for students.

The only downside is to provide a computing station in order to take advantage of Ansys products especially in 3D modeling.

Overall its a good experience compared to other softwares used

Ansys is user friendly software to use. I used it for subsea pipelines buckling and walking analysis. Computation is easy and help page is very useful to find out the application

It takes more time to compute longer models especially when you have more degrees of freedom and constraints applied to the model

It's a great software for especially engineers that need simulations and calculations to resolve for their problems.

I'm using ANSYS since college as it helped a lot with my engineering projects and now I continue at work for mechanical and structural analysis now.

When I get an error for analysis, I can't find the reason easily. There are huge tutorials for the software but it's not so easy to find the problems solutions.

Quick analysis.

The wide availability of elements for any particular usage and the reliable solver are the major plus points. Variety of boolean operations are very easy to use.

The post processing is not user friendly. The contours and graphs displayed are in old fashioned style. The scriptting is also not comfortable to use.

Great

ANSYS SpaceClaim is a great tool for creating and modifying 3D geometry. It also great tool for preparing geometry for FEA simulation.

It will be great to have inbuilt videos/demos for help with features.

In general, my experience has been very satisfactory, as I have great results using the software. A lot can be done with the available tools and functions. I would like to see more explanation and tutorials inside the app to make learning more dynamic.

The software is wonderful for working with computational fluid dynamics and other heat transfer studies. It contains several tools and functions that automate the calculations and has different ways to carry out an in-depth study of meshes. It has support and communities that you can ask questions in a practical way. It is indicated for engineers in general and professionals in the exact area.

Some tools are a bit complicated to use, I would like to see more explanations and more practical tutorials, with easy access within the software, for a more dynamic handling.

I have used solidworks,inventor , fusion 360,but when it comes to simulation it is the best 3d modelling software. my experience quite well using this app.

this app is recommended for experts for 3d modelling especially when you are using ansys for simulation as advanced simulation can be modelled.

It requires knowledge of theoritical and practical mechanical engineering.sometimes it crashes if the modelling is complex.

Working as a mechanical engineer I was simulating a fluid flow with particles in a pipe.

I used ANSYS Workbench to perform many analysis on complex fluid flow problems with a temperature gradient to calculate the stress on the pipe.

ANSYS can crash pretty easily and lose the current analysis or mesh that was processing. Having a machine with high specs counters this well

Quality of result relies on a good preprocess setup, and thus on the good understanding of FEA.

Very clear and transparent, it makes you understand how FEA works. Lots of help and tutorials online.

Somehow raw environment. Graphics quality is low. Not very user friendly, learning Ansys depends on online help and tutorials

Overall good, it's the software I learned finite element analysis on and still my platform of choice for that type of work. It's not my preferred software for 3D modeling, but if I'm doing modeling in conjunction with analysis, then I do prefer ANSYS mechanical.

I like that there is varied functionality built into the same interface. I like being able to build a model in the workbench and then perform finite element analysis on it in the same software package rather than transferring the model to some other software. The FEA simulations are pretty straightforward to set up and get running.

It can be a little buggy. A coworker and I could run the exact same simulation on the exact same model and end up with different results. Not always sure what the issues are, but could potentially be improved with more user testing.

The best FEA software for Structural analysis and highly recommended for engineers and researchers.

As a civil engineer, ANSYS helps me a lot for my research works during my final year academic period. The GUI is pretty simple and user-friendly. There are plenty of online learning materials available on the internet and it is the best tool for creating a mesh and doing finite element analysis(FEA). The run time for the final results is acceptable when compared to the other softwares like Abacus and etc.

A little bit expensive software in terms of pricing. Still, need some improvements in some specific areas.

Overall experience has been good with ansys and looking to explore it more.

Ansys is an application that is mostly used in research and by proffessionals.Also it is used by students to get the accurate results and thus super helpful in performing analysis in the design of material and engineering materials section.

Least liked part is so much collaboration and we can have a different different tools for that...Sometimesit it lags but its okay since it provides so much advantage over disadvantages.