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Use of a design in Autodesk AutoCAD in Autodesk CFD to run CFD

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 05:45:33 GMT

I want to make a bioreactor. Can I draw it in Autodesk AutoCAD/ Fusion 360 and do computational fluid dynamics of the drawing I have made in 3D? If so, how do I upload the dwg file in the CFD software?

Re: Use of a design in Autodesk AutoCAD in Autodesk CFD to run CFD

matt.bemis — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 01:49:17 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

I recommend using Fusion 360. Autocad is not really built to be a 3D solid body CAD tool. Also, dwg is not a support CAD format. Refer to this list.

Thanks,

Re: Use of a design in Autodesk AutoCAD in Autodesk CFD to run CFD

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 04:47:56 GMT

So technically, I can do it, just I have to convert dwg in compatible format.

Re: Use of a design in Autodesk AutoCAD in Autodesk CFD to run CFD

matt.bemis — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:17:54 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

I think so, but am not sure. I've never used Autocad before. It is definitely not a typical user workflow.

Thanks,

Re: Use of a design in Autodesk AutoCAD in Autodesk CFD to run CFD

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 14:56:34 GMT

Yes, you can do this. I use AutoCAD 2016 all the time for this exact purpose for models with simple geometries, using the following workflow:

Design the part in AutoCAD
Make sure all the part components and fluid volumes exist in AutoCAD as 3d objects
Export all the 3d objects in your model as a .SAT file

You can then open the .SAT file in CFD or SimStudio Tools.

Re: Use of a design in Autodesk AutoCAD in Autodesk CFD to run CFD

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 05:19:42 GMT

Thank You for the assist, yesterday when I was designing objects for practice, I saw a few different formats. I thought that maybe I could save in a compatible format, and now I have the answer. Thank You.