january 2016 -  mentor graphics corporation today announced the latest release of its leading general purpose, front-loading computational fluid dynamics (cfd) floefd solution offering greater accuracy and user productivity. updated features in this new version include improved mesh handling, an enhanced transient solver, a robust eda interface, and an interface to abaqus finite element analysis (fea) software for stress analysis. engineers and specialists in the automotive, aerospace and electronics markets will directly benefit from the improved accuracy and productivity.

the new floefd product release also features the following:

• a highly improved transient solver allows for faster solution of transient applications as well as higher accuracy for pressure-dominated tasks such as calculating filling/evacuating of a tank or water hammer thereby increasing range of realistic situations that can be modeled.
• a powerful electronic design automation (eda) interface can help users avoid creating pcbs manually. users can now import geometric eda data including copper traces and vias. the interface supports the mentor graphics xpedition (cc or cce), idf and ocb++ pcb design data formats.
• the refractive index depending on wavelength and temperature offers higher accuracy of light and radiation analysis in case materials with complex spectral characteristics are utilized e.g. in automotive lighting industry.
• the ability to visualize rays used for precise radiation modelling allows the user to better understand the impact of the sources on the system, thus helping to find the reason of overheating and suggest the solution faster.
• an engineering task usually requires views from different angles. to support multi-disciplinary analysis, the floefd tool can now export pressure and thermal loads to abaqus for further stress analysis.
• the calculation manager displays all projects currently running and those in the queue, thus allowing users to get a better idea as to where their projects stand and to easily control all calculations running at the moment.

the floefd product is available as a stand-alone and/or a cad-embedded tool supporting popular mcad platforms including creo, catia v5, and siemens nx.