Ansys SpaceClaim Pros and Cons

Ease of tool interaction.

Specifically good for Cleanup of the model used for FE simulations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not Like proper CAD tool. Because of the geometrical constraints

And also non parametric tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The User Interface is clean and relatively easy to navigate. The feel is modern. And creating Named Selections is very easy. For importing various file types, SpaceClaim is fantastic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Navigation is not intuitive as you pursue more advanced editing commands. And constraining parametrics is not as straightforward as any competitive modern CAD system. For easy geometry creation SpaceClaim is adequate and only surpasses DesignModeler. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ease of use and possibility to forget about it for a month and then immediately getting back into the program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The cost of the software, otherwise no apparent dislikes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ansys SpaceClaim is a useful software for general purpose Computer Aided Design. What is great about it, is that Ansys optimizted it for integration among its other software like Fluent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Being a non-feature CAD software, Ansys SpaceClaim is not great for editing existing models. This means parametrizing a geomtery for optimization is not simple. This is a disadvantage for all similar tools using this approach. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As fast you can think with same speed you can make quick changes. This is not possible with other CAD software. It's not history base , so you can delete reference planes or other entity after purpose gets served. You can record scripts of your model and with litle changes you can create new model within no time.It's very much user-friendly and you can open any type of CAD files in Spaceclaim.Also you can fix /repair surface models with imperfect surfaces. Repair tool is very powerfull you can correct edges, surfaces etc. You can remove all interferences in one click.You can create imprints with special tab given. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In space claim with units system mm max fillet radius you can give is 0.1 mm. So if you have to give fillet radius less than 0.1mm you need to change unit system . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The 3Dimensional changes which can be done on single go and not with much of initial input and pre directions.

Splitting the surfaces with respect to very easy access to dimensional nature.

Easier process to check the geomterical gaps, free edges Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No hsitory of changes done to CAD model, cannot rechange or go back to previous changes with a list of all changes done on CAD, once saved and exited cannot know how the model is modified

Cannot identify the Geometry errors like minimal gap between two surfaces which would give issue for meshing because volume cannot be generated in that neglible gap Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I used the SpaceClaim for 2D drawing. It was very beneficial and easy to use. Also, it is easier than Design Modular when you use python code for parametric study. It is much better and I was comfortable with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think we need more tutorials for 3D systems. And I faced a problem with " how can I active the inflation layers with SpaceClaim". So, we need to solve these problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Creating solid bodies, subtracting them to create required final geometry model makes the things easy. Also the surface repair options like stitching, filling similar holes reduces repeating work. Also I love the way we can create 2D sketches and make 3D models from them. Very useful for cfd applications where inner volume can be extracted in comparatively easier way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some times the stitching option doesn't work to merge to surfaces with small gaps. But over the time I learned some tricks to do it otherwise. Also some of the surface repair options don't work as per my expectations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The process to make geometry is so quick. With just few click you can make changes to you model. Simply your models from solid to shell or to beam. It so user friendly. The best part is rectifying the geometries is it just really something unique which it offers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Things like the load time of Space claim is more, like when you are trying to open it. I guess that could be due to lot of things to be loaded due the hepty GUI. If that can be brought down. SCDM would be the all in one undoubtedly the best package. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.