Certified and Supported Commercial Solvers

Certified Solvers are defined as follows:

  • The Intelligent Light team has performed successful, comprehensive test on datasets generated by this solver.

Supported Solvers are defined as follows:

  • Users have successfully read datasets generated by this solver into FieldView.

Solver Name/ Company

Version

File Type

FV Parallel Compatibility

Status

ABAQUS/Simulia

www.simulia.com

6.7

.odb (native solver)

--

Under development

AcuSolve/Acusim

www.acusim.com

1.7e

(Prod Release)

.Log (native solver)

--

Certified

1.7e

(Prod Release)

.fv

(translated to FV-UNS)

Yes

Certified

ANSYS-CFX/ANSYS

www.ansys.com

11/12

.fv (FV-UNS export)

--

Supported

AVUS

Air Force Research Lab

--

Native Solver File

--

Supported

BANFF/Reaction Engineering Int’l

www.reaction-eng.com

--

PLOT3D

(converted)

Yes

Supported

CFD-ACE/ESI

www.esi-group.com

--

PLOT3D (translated)

Yes

Supported

CFD++/Metacomp Technologies, Inc.

www.metacomptech.com

7.11

(Prod Release)

.fv (ascii)

(translated to FV-UNS)

 

.fvb (binary)

(translated to FV-UNS)

--

Supported

CFDesign/Blue Ridge Numerics

www.cfdesign.com

--

.uns

(translated to FV-UNS)

--

Supported

CGNS Structured

--

.cgns (native solver)

--

Supported

CGNS Unstructured

--

.cgns (native solver)

--

Supported

COBALT/Cobalt Solutions, LLC

www.cobaltcfd.com

4

(Prod Release)

.fv

(translated to FV-UNS)

--

Supported

DROP3D/NTI

www.newmerical.com

--

.uns (FV-UNS export)

--

Supported

FENSAP/NTI

www.newmerical.com

--

.uns (FV-UNS export)

--

Supported

FIDAP/ANSYS

www.ansys.com

8.7.3

.uns (FV-UNS export)

--

Certified

FLOW3D/Flow Sciences, Inc.

www.flow3d.com

9.2

(Prod Release)

.flsgrf.dat

(native solver)

--

Certified

FLUENT/ANSYS

www.ansys.com

6.3.26

(Prod Release)

.cas/.dat

(native solver)

--

Certified

6.3.26

(Prod Release)

.uns (FV-UNS export)

Yes

Certified

FOAM

www.foamcfd.org

--

.uns

(translated to FV-UNS)

--

Supported

FrontFLOW/Numerical Flow Designing

Red

.uns (FV-UNS export)

Yes*

Supported

Blue

.uns (FV-UNS export)

Yes*

Supported

FUN3D

Nasa Langley Research Ctr

--

.uns (FV-UNS export)

--

Supported

GASP/Aerosoft Inc.

www.aerosft.com

--

PLOT3D (translated)

--

Supported

GLACIER/Reaction Engineering Int’l

www.reaction-eng.com

--

PLOT3D (translated)

Yes

Supported

GUST/Aerosoft Inc.

www.aerosft.com

--

.uns

(translated to FV-UNS)

--

Supported

HAVOC/Corvid Technologies, Inc.

www.corvidtec.com

--

.hvc (native solver)

--

Certified

KIVA

Los Alamos Natl Lab

3

.uns

(translated to FV-UNS)

--

Certified

4

 

--

under development

LS-DYNA

www.lstc.com

9.71

.d3plot

(native solver)

--

Certified

NPARC/WIND

[Structured]

--

.cfl/.cgd

(native solver)

--

Certified

OpenFOAM

www.opencfd.co.uk/openfoam/

--

.uns

(translated to FV-UNS)

--

Supported

OVERFLOW

Nasa Langley Research Ctr

--

PLOT3D

Yes

Certified

PATRAN Neutral

--

[ - ] (native solver)

--

Supported

POLYFLOW/ANSYS

www.ansys.com

3.11

.uns (FV-UNS export)

--

Certified

PowerFlow/Exa Corporation

www.exa.com

4.1a

(Prod Release)

.uns

(translated to FV-UNS)

--

Supported

PW Common File

--

.restart

--

Supported

SCRYU/Tetra

Software Cradle

www.cradle.co.jp

4

.uns (FV-UNS export)

--

Certified

STAR-CCM+/CD-adapco

www.cd-adapco.com

3.x

.uns (FV-UNS export)

**

Certified

STAR-CD/CD-adapco

www.cd-adapco.com

3.x

.uns (FV-UNS export)

Yes

Certified

4.x

.uns (FV-UNS export)

Yes

Certified

Tetrex

--

.uns

(translated to FV-UNS)

--

Supported

UH3D Data

--

[ - ] (native solver)

--

Supported

UH3D Geometry

--

[ - ] (native solver)

--

Supported

USM3D

Nasa Langley Research Ctr

--

.uns

(translated to FV-UNS)

--

Supported

VECTIS

Ricardo Corporation

 

 

 

under development

WIND US

 

 

 

under development

* Frontflow (Red and Blue)

  • Support for Partitioned File Parallel Format

** STAR-CCM+/CD-adapco

  • Single grid export not suitable for FieldView Parallel; CD-adapco working to resolve with next release