CADSIM Plus vs. Simcenter STAR-CCM+

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CADSIM Plus
Score 0.0 out of 10
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Aurel Systems Inc. is the distributor of CADSIM Plus, a dynamic process simulator based on first principles and heat and mass balancing, boasting high accuracy. CADSIM Plus was conceived for use in the Pulp and Paper industry and has found applications in other domains such as clean tech, chemical and mineral processing, food processing and oil and gas. CADSIM Plus is unique in that it is supported by a CAD front end that enables process engineers to draw a simulation anyway they…N/A
Simcenter STAR-CCM+
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Simcenter, from Siemens, is a suite of simulation tools and software. STAR-CCM+ is a multiphysics computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to study how products operate under real-world conditions.N/A
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CADSIM PlusSimcenter STAR-CCM+
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
CADSIM PlusSimcenter STAR-CCM+
Likelihood to Recommend
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8.3
(12 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
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7.3
(1 ratings)
Usability
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7.3
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
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7.5
(6 ratings)
Implementation Rating
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7.3
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
CADSIM PlusSimcenter STAR-CCM+
Likelihood to Recommend
Aurel Systems Inc.
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Siemens AG
The applications that I have been using it with in terms of flow and energy and temperature distributions and coupled solvers, segregated solvers, these kind of areas if you need that, those kind of solvers, it's very good. It's very robust. Maybe on the combustion side, it could improve, especially if you have these kind of tabulated solvers that you want to use, not the detailed chemistry, then it becomes very difficult to get some results from it. And do you trust the results or not? That's always the question on that kind of application, something that I could think of really fast.
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Pros
Aurel Systems Inc.
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Siemens AG
  • If you get your knobs well in the case setup, It is reasonably accurate to compare with any test data.
  • It is good for repetitive workflows where you can greatly benefit from automation in the code.
  • Single Integrated Platform can save your ass to move back and forth between multiple codes.
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Cons
Aurel Systems Inc.
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Siemens AG
  • Implementing physics like Cox-Voinov model
  • Mesh related stability issues
  • Chemical & plasma physics
  • Integration with other products from Siemens (similar level as we have with Abacus)
  • Speed up the lagrangian solver
  • Improved guidence on uFluidics & evaporation models
  • Interoperability (HEEDS, AMEsim, System Modelling Workbench but also with non siemens products and open source codes required for LBM, DSMC, PIC, DFT...
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Usability
Aurel Systems Inc.
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Siemens AG
Great single window GUI
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Support Rating
Aurel Systems Inc.
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Siemens AG
Our designated support engineers do a proper job. On the outdated Help file and training material there is a lot to gain
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Implementation Rating
Aurel Systems Inc.
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Siemens AG
It is super easy when it comes to implementing it.
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Return on Investment
Aurel Systems Inc.
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Siemens AG
  • Time saved in creating a inhouse code, tens and tens of hours.
  • Time saved in experimental setup, tens of hours.
  • Does add some time in testing to confirm star is doing what you think it's doing, but an overall net gain in productivity.
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ScreenShots

CADSIM Plus Screenshots

Screenshot of Power Island SimulationScreenshot of Mineral Processing CircuitScreenshot of P&ID living drawing

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Screenshots

Screenshot of Multiphysics Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulationScreenshot of Car aerodynamics CFD simulationScreenshot of Integrated Design Exploration and OptimizationScreenshot of Fully integrated CFD based topology optimizationScreenshot of Multiphysics CFD - Electric Motor CoolingScreenshot of Multiphase Flows