Ansys SpaceClaim 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Ansys SpaceClaim

4.6

(157)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Ansys SpaceClaim

SpaceClaim enables engineering professionals to remove geometry problems associated with various 3D CAD operations, including repair of translated CAD files, general model defeaturing and complete model editing. It also lets administrators parameterize CAD files and prepare models for 3D printing using a unified interface.

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Ansys SpaceClaim Pricing and Plans

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Ansys SpaceClaim Features

Popular features found in Engineering CAD
2D Drawing
3D Imaging
Collaboration Tools
Data Import/Export
Data Visualization
Design Analysis
Design Management
Document Management
Presentation Tools
Version Control
More features of Ansys SpaceClaim
3D Design & Modeling
Annotations
API
Bill of Materials Management
CAD Tools
Configurable Workflow
Content Library
Customizable Templates
Customization
Data Capture and Transfer
Drag & Drop
Electrical
For 3D Printing
For Manufacturers
Manufacturing Design Data
Mechanical
Modeling & Simulation
Predictive Analytics
Process Control
Project Management
Project Workflow
Real-Time Data
Real-Time Updates
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Reusable Designs
Rules-Based Workflow
Scenario Planning
System Design Tools
Template Management
Third-Party Integrations
Visual Analytics
Workflow Management

Ansys SpaceClaim User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

61%

37%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

3.9

Value for money

4.2

Customer support

4.2

Functionality

4.6

Verified

Reviewer

Oil & Energy

10000+ employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2019

the best FEA software on the market

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Previously 3

Functionality

Pros:

powerful - no competitor can compete with this environment. It's best when it comes to user friendly design, performing actual calculation on server and when doing postprocessing.

Cons:

definitely price tag is rather high. it probably is not that accessible for small business because of that.

Sumit R.

Verified reviewer

Aviation & Aerospace

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2019

ANSYS Review

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.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Pros:

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.

Cons:

Transition between tetra and hexa mesh can be difficult.

Verified

Reviewer

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2018

This is a wonderful suite to perform precise simulation and get accurate results with multiple cores

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

1.) Its topology optimization in a latest update provides accurate results against shape optimization in old versions. 2.) This saves time when running multiple computes to get your desired mesh.

Cons:

1.) It requires a wealth of knowledge and experience including theoretical & practical. 2.) It costs high for learners and does not provide access to full set of tools.

Hiran T.

Verified reviewer

Oil & Energy

10000+ employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

ANSYS for analysis and simulation

For simulation and analysis this is the best CAD software one can go for. The Latest version is an add-on with more useful feature to ANYSYS spaceclaim enables the user to get the job done.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The user can constraint the sketches with spaceclaim design options. New block recording feature allow the user to easily edit the CAD models which are imported from other CAD platform. Analysis is best in this software with detailed stress definition. Simulation of operation is also done.

Cons:

Use interface need to improved. Customer support needed with more multi domain representative. Software is bulk for lower configured workstations.

Bora D.

Verified reviewer

Automotive

501-1000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2019

Makes engineering decissons easier...

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

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.

Cons:

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".

Prathmesh R.

Verified reviewer

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Self-Employed

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2019

Best engineering analysis and simulation software

Overall it's great software. Once you get your hands on it, you get your problems solved in no time. I'm currently using this software for my BE project in mechanical engineering.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

I loved Meshing tool and graphics shown in modelling. Software has different analysis options like structural,vibration,thermal,fluid analysis and many more. I have used this software for structural and thermal analysis mainly. Great use in Finite Element Analysis. It saves time of experimentation.

Cons:

The hard part is to learn all about this software and its features. It's not easy to use and it's bit of expensive software.

Valarie V.

Verified reviewer

Construction

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed October 2021

3D Modeling and Engineering Design Management Tool.

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

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Pros:

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

Cons:

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

Eduardo R.

Verified reviewer

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Self-Employed

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2022

Great CAD, greater Simulation Software

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.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

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.

Cons:

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.

Joseph A.

Verified reviewer

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2018

This can be a frustrating software to use, but has lots of features.

Can be used to solve so many different types of mechanical and structural problems.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Pros:

This software has so many capabilities. It can be used to simulate simple beam bending problems, as well as much more complex problems like bridges and cyclic loading problems. If you get good with the command bar, you can just edit code, and read from the file to run through problems quickly. The help menu is a life-saver.

Cons:

Not everything is intuitive, and with no "undo" button, it can be frustrating. Getting used to the commands takes a little time. Navigating through the drop-down lists takes lots of time.

Nicolas C.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

Used other for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed July 2018

I knew this software for a University course, it's amazing to perform simulations

It has allowed me to simulate and improve some designs that were assigned to me as a project in a university class. Personally I have used it but its complexity means that every time I have to study the software a bit more to use some available tool

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The realism in the simulation models of this software are incredible, since they are very close to reality. The available controls allow to evaluate any variable and part that is desired. It has the option of optimizing results to reach a response that improves the performance of what is being designed and tested.

Cons:

The complexity of the software makes the learning curve quite slow, despite the support found on the internet, some terminology must be known before using the software and it is not described very well in some cases.

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