Caedium Comparisons

What is Caedium Comparisons?

Mix and match various Caedium Comparisons add-ons to suit your needs and compare prices.

View Caedium Comparisons files

Tabbed toolbars

View and share sym and brep 3D model files

Interactive geometry selection

View 3D outlines

View Vectors

View flow lines

View stereoscopic 3D images

View and compare results from multiple simulations

Undo / Red

Context-sensitive Drag'n'Drop tools

Create multiple 3D views of the same simulation

Drag and drop windows to group and view them simultaneously

Create multiple camera views

View multiple 2D charts

Import/export plot data

Texture map images on geometry surfaces

Automated online add-on activation

Export images in standard formats

Import picture backgrounds

Print results

Selection filters

Multilingual localization

Record/play Python scripts

Simulate fluid flow to determine flow directions and forces

Simulate external flow around complex shapes

Simulate external flow around simplified shapes

Simulate complex internal flow

Simulate a simple internal flow

Heat transfer

Conjugate Heat Transfer (CHT)

Transport of passive (scalar) species

Viscous separation and vortices

Multiphase fluid volume (VOF)

Moving Frames of Reference (MRF)

Porous media

Multicore parallel

Laminar and turbulent flow

Incompressible flow

Compressible subsonic flow

Transonic flow

Supersonic flow

Single and double plane symmetry

Add automated geometry-based awakenings

Physical specifications based on geometry

Automated mesh

Polyhedral mesh conversion

Geometry-based precision control

Create residual monitors

Create derived variables

Create 3D outlines

Create vectors

Create streamlines

Create 2D XY plots

Create 2D monitors

Create/modify geometry

Solid modeling with NURBS, primitives and Booleans

Sew faces to create volumes

Loft and sew 2D surfaces

Create edges using splines

Extrusion, revolution and sweep geometry

Create multiple instances of primitives in multiple centers of geometry

Bevel geometry

Fillet geometry

Fix tolerance issues

Offset surface geometry

Topology operations

Merge geometry

Subtract geometry

Intersection of geometry

Rotate, scale, and translate geometry

Orient an object in the X, Y, or Z directions

Align geometry

Create annotations

Create axes

Create lights

Export brep files

Explore time-dependent simulations

Transient flow

Simple media player as controls

Integrated particle animation

Animate camera

Record movies (.avi)

Automated telemetry

Prescribe time-dependent geometry motion (requires Builder add-on)

Near real-time playback/review of visualization and completed simulation plots

Exchange IGES, STEP, and faceted file formats

Import/export STEP (.stp) files

Import/export IGES (.igs) files

Import faceted COLLADA (.dae) files

Import Faceted Alias/Wavefront (.obj) files

Import/export faceted STL (.stl) files

Export results to renderers and other preview packages

Export POV-Ray (.pov) files (a ray tracer)

Export Renderman (.rib) files (for use with scan line renderings, for example, Aqsis)

Export VRML (.wrl) files

Export alias/Wavefront (.obj) files

System Requirements

300 MHz or higher, Intel or compatible processor (CPU)

128 MB RAM or higher

300 MB of free disk space

SVGA 800x600 or better

OpenGL

Internet connection for installation

Windows system requirements:

64-bit

Windows XP, Vista, Server 2008, 7, Server 2012, 8.x, or 10.x

Microsoft Internet Explorer

The 3Dconnexion Control Panel must be started before the release of Caedium Comparisons to enable 3D mouse support in 3D views

Script playback requires installing Python (recommend Python v3.3.x) and the Python Application-> preference should refer to the full path to python.exe

System requirements for Mac:

OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)

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