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What do you like best about Ansys HFSS?

The 3D modelling is very easy in ANSYS HFSS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys HFSS?

Sometimes the software takes a very long time to simulate a model and sometimes for the same model it simulated early Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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ANSYS HFSS interface is very user friendly and building 3D models is very efficient using this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys HFSS solving and how is that benefiting you?

I had to create a 3D model to design an absorber and I was able to create it very easily using HFSS. The interface is quite user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What is Ansys HFSS?

Ansys HFSS is a 3D electromagnetic (EM) simulation software for designing and simulating high-frequency electronic products such as antennas, antenna arrays, RF or microwave components, high-speed interconnects, filters, connectors, IC packages and printed circuit boards. Engineers worldwide use Ansys HFSS software to design high-frequency, high-speed electronics found in communications systems, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), satellites, and internet-of-things (IoT) products . HFFS’s unmatched capacity, coupled with indisputable accuracy, enables engineers to address RF, microwave, IC, PCB and EMI problems for most complex systems. Quick specs include: - Antenna Design Toolkit - Radar Pre/Post Processing - Frequency and Time Domain FEM - Hybrid FEM/IE/SBR+ Solver - 3D Layout ECAD Flow - SBR+ Accelerated Doppler Processing* - Integral Equation (MoM) - Memory Matrix Solvers - 5G Post-Processing - Concurrent Initial 3D Meshing - SBR+ for Large Scale EMs - Multiplication Solver * available only with Electronics Enterprise package

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ANSYS HFSS software is the industry standard for simulating high-frequency electromagnetic fields. Its gold-standard accuracy, advanced solvers and high-performance computing technologies make it an essential tool for engineers tasked with executing accurate and rapid design in high-frequency and high-speed electronic devices and platforms. HFSS offers state-of the-art solver technologies based on finite element, integral equation, asymptotic and advanced hybrid methods to solve a wide range of microwave, RF and high-speed digital applications.


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For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries with the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation and advanced semiconductors, to satellite systems and life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys.


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Prashant S.
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"Designing of microstrip patch antenna and analysis"
Implementation and Analysis of micro level design
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"Conformal antenna designing using Ansys HFSS"
The graphical interface for object making is very good in HFSS full-wave Electromagnetics simulation. The control of the object is very good. Furth...
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"Awesome Simulation Tools!!!"
It's the best EM simulation software in the market. It helps in designing and analyzing so many EM parameters.
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38 out of 39 Total Reviews for Ansys HFSS
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Prashant S.
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What do you like best about Ansys HFSS?

Implementation and Analysis of micro level design Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys HFSS?

Not having open source platform to design Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys HFSS solving and how is that benefiting you?

I stuck in my project where I required patch antenna which is not in stock in local market in COVID day's, I designed same patch antenna with this software and resolve my ongoing projects multiple times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Ansys HFSS?

The graphical interface for object making is very good in HFSS full-wave Electromagnetics simulation. The control of the object is very good. Furthermore, the simulation of results has very good agreement with real measurement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys HFSS?

The conformal object makes such as I have used this during my Ph.D. research. The HFSS has not provided a predefined section for conformal or flexible objects except sheet wrap which is sometimes very much problematic as we are conforming onto a conical surface or doubly curved surface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys HFSS solving and how is that benefiting you?

The conformal wave port has used the simulation of an antenna array which must be outside of the radiation boundary. i took the approach which make me benefits to avoid the spurious radiation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pritam R.
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What do you like best about Ansys HFSS?

It's the best EM simulation software in the market. It helps in designing and analyzing so many EM parameters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys HFSS?

Nothing as such. Works completely beyond expectations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys HFSS solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is helping me find out different RF characteristics of many electronic equipments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Ansys HFSS?

I use HFSS for antenna simulations mostly. I am also working on Terahertz sensors and periodic structures. It is easy to simulate unit cells and replicate results for arrays.

I like the easy conversion of file format for the fabrication process.

I simulated a semiconductor that has frequency-dependent permittivity and had to use the Drude model. It was easy to load the data point in HFSS for material definition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys HFSS?

I felt there is a lack of resources for a new user on how s/he can start. There should be more quick start guide.

While simulating semiconductors, I felt other than loading the data points; there should be a predefined model for The Drude and Lorentz theory Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ansys HFSS:

For new users: Start with the basic structure.

Know the tools first

Get used to the environment

Follow Ansys guide Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys HFSS solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am developing Terahertz sensors with periodic structure. It was easy to simulate the unit cell as a part of an infinite periodic structure (Floquet port) and have a perspective about the results of the periodic structure without creating one.

It is easier to use the tools and memory allocation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Ansys HFSS?

I liked most the ease with which we can design Antennas and simulate their EM effect amd also designing antenna arrays are way easier

There are great benefits of Ansys as I am Antenna Designer.

I usually design Antenna in HFSS befor going for fabrication process.

HFSS helps me to analuze antenna Parameters properly and how this antenna will perform in real world amd if changings are required we do it in Ansys rather then going staright to fabrication

HFSS is one of several commercial tools used for antenna design, and the design of complex radio frequency electronic circuit elements including filters, transmission lines, and packaging. It was originally developed by Professor Zoltan Cendes and his students at Carnegie Mellon University. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys HFSS?

Depends on what kinds of problems you are trying to solve. For certain nonlinear problem with complex geometries, using Ansys software is difficult

There are great benefits of Ansys as I am Antenna Designer.

I usually design Antenna in HFSS befor going for fabrication process.

HFSS helps me to analuze antenna Parameters properly and how this antenna will perform in real world amd if changings are required we do it in Ansys rather then going staright to fabrication

There are great benefits of Ansys as I am Antenna Designer.

I usually design Antenna in HFSS befor going for fabrication process.

HFSS helps me to analuze antenna Parameters properly and how this antenna will perform in real world amd if changings are required we do it in Ansys rather then going staright to fabrication Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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HFSS is one of several commercial tools used for antenna design, and the design of complex radio frequency electronic circuit elements including filters, transmission lines, and packaging.

They are best software right now for below functions

Typical uses

1.package modelling

2.pcb board modelling

3.emc/emi

4.antenna mobile communications

5.connectors

6.waveguide

7.filters

Mathematical Method used in hfss Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys HFSS solving and how is that benefiting you?

There are great benefits of Ansys as I am Antenna Designer.

I usually design Antenna in HFSS befor going for fabrication process.

HFSS helps me to analuze antenna Parameters properly and how this antenna will perform in real world amd if changings are required we do it in Ansys rather then going staright to fabrication

HFSS is high frequency structure simulator it is high performance full wave electromagnetic field simulator 3D volumetric passive device modelling that takes advantages of familiar Microsoft Windows graphical user interface .it integrates simulation, visualization ,solid modelling and automaton in easy to learn environment.

Typical uses

1.package modelling

2.pcb board modelling

3.emc/emi

4.antenna mobile communications

5.connectors

6.waveguide

7.filters

Mathematical Method used in hfss

Hfss uses a numerical technique called the finite element method.this is procedure where a structure is subdivided into many smaller subsection called finite element. The finite element used by hfss are tetrahedra and entire collection of tetrahedral is called mesh.solution is found for the fields within the finite element and these fields are interrelated so that Maxwell's equations are satisfied across interelement byeildings .yeildings a field solution for the entire original structure.once the field solution has found the s matrix solution is determined. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Ansys HFSS?

The user interface and tools accessibility of the ANSYS HFSS is really help full while creating a new unique model. For my project I was able to create a unique model of planar antenna was able to simulate the find out the S parameters for the different changes I have made in the design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys HFSS?

Ram usage, while doing the simulation I have faced lot of crashes in between. And also when I was simulating the same design on two different computers I was able to see few mismatches in the results. And I was able to create different designs, and in my designs I had to make a lot of slits in for my antenna as a part of my research but for that each time I had to insert an another slit shaped object and had to do the subtraction for getting the slit. At that time I felt the need of an extra tool that can be used to cut out the shapes we needed for the main design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys HFSS solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have used Ansys for creating planar antenna and get the transmission parameters for the antenna for different design specification and also i have implemented waveguids etc. I have created different design of planar patch antenna with different grounds. Such as i have used circular ground shape , triangle ground shape pentagon shaped ground etc in my design. And also I did few research on putting defects in the ground will affect the transmission coefficient. I was able to see shift in S Parameters for the defects in ground. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Ansys HFSS?

Creating the structure and apply boundary condition is very easy and straightforward. It has a project tree that I like it very much and also meshing is very good although not the best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys HFSS?

It can provide more examples and a better website for some sample simulations. It can also be updated with more boundary conditions and especially more excitation methods like dipole source excitation.

It would also be nice if ansys could investigate more in optical simulations as well as EM in microwave domain. Plus, it can introduce a programming part not the one with matlab but an easy one like the way numerical does. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys HFSS solving and how is that benefiting you?

I usually work with problems that are in the area of the microwave antenna and microwave cavity design. These problems can be versatile with a lot of applications in quantum cavity electrodynamics.

Simulation of the magnetic field with its counterpart called Maxwell is usually done by me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Ansys HFSS?

I like that I was able to perform analysis on my designs while still in the conceptual stages so I didn't waste time on a design with structural weaknesses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys HFSS?

I thought it was rather cumbersome to set up and get going at first but after some time you get used to it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys HFSS solving and how is that benefiting you?

I was solving the problems of structural failures before they happen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Ansys HFSS?

Highly accurate for closed field design in fact it had been the best solution our research group had at our disposal for the analysis of three-dimensional electromagnetic field analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys HFSS?

Computation speed can be a little slow but that could also be a function of the user's system but HFSS, overall, is a bit heavy in the use of system resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys HFSS solving and how is that benefiting you?

I was involved in research projects where we were required to design antennas which would later be used in satellite communications by a top research group of the country where our role was to work with the provided specifications but optimise them to achieve the desired gain which required a lot of highly accurate simulations otherwise the costs would've been highly prohibitive and that's where HFSS helped us in delivering what was expected of us while staying within the allocated budget.

The end result was that we only fabricated the most efficient antenna was found on the basis of our HFSS simulations and the final practical results were extremely close to the simulated ones provided by HFSS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Ansys HFSS?

1- After fabrication of the product you would get very accurate results quite similar to what you had simulated. It is extremely accurate.

2- Wide range of simulation and post processings which makes it easier to get what you need.

3- Integrity of the products, you have access to the different simulator for different purposes while they would easily communicate with each other which make it faster get the design done.

4- Cloud computing, offering simulation on HPC make the simulations quite fast while you do not need to worry about the server maintenance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys HFSS?

1- Setting up cloud computing (HPC) required a bit of IT knowledge and is not straight forward.

2- It's hard to work with complex meshes in HFSS. The user 3D interactions and the tools need to be improved.

3- Again related to the 3D environment it is hard to draw an object quickly and accurately take a lot of time for developing a model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ansys HFSS:

Love this SW for EM simulations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys HFSS solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am doing EM simulations and antenna design.

Benefits:

- Accuracy

- Optimiser tool

- Variety of available post-processing options Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.