Ansys SpaceClaim Pros and Cons

Quite Simply, is the ease of learning and use. Great drafting process that gets the job details out to the fabricators on the shop floor. We use spaceclaim to make tooling for sheet metal stampings. once you've mastered it, Changes are a breeze to make, and in the prototype business thay comes in very handy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The sheet metal un-folding package is not very robust when it comes to blanking parts with beads in them. and will not unfold parts with contour, Like VISI can do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Many interchange directly from to many native CAD format.

Very flexible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No parametric, ther's no history for change during modeling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ease of operation of the software and foolproof ui. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Less availablity of training videos to learn the software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ansys SpaceClaim helps in simplifying the simulation of complex engineering products which reduces the simulation run time and helps us in giving faster and more accurate results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface is a bit complex and it requires initial training for usage. The basic functions like dividing a face into a no. of splits, making a group of faces, etc should come very handy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It comes with ansys simluation module, hence eliminates purchase of external modeling tool. Feasible module directly corelates with analysis module . Advanced tool used for redesigning of analysis system in the same module Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Complex feature capturing is not feasible with space claim. Steep down curve for isers using loft and sweep feature. Customisation is not user friendly like other tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy going software of last moment model change preparation for analysis. Like slight change in model to overcome singularity in analysis results. Save lots of time in going back and forth! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not suitable enough when working with huge parts with multiple child parts. Requires practices to get used if using otger modelling software. Converting file type is tedious!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Simple and easy cad editing tool it has minimalistic design also latest update support topology optimizay feature. It is best for cad geometry genration or editing the existing geometry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has not product tree also it is not support feature devlopment like any othe cad software but as it us cae tool mainly so ansys spaceclaim is quite good. Not much con. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Modifying and simplifying of a model that I import in Ansys SpaceClaim is so easy to learn and imply. You can simply delete or add a feature or change a size of a part. It also helps with parametric study by shifting e.g. length of a part, you can study a dependent result variation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Modeling a brand new geometry from scetch is something I could not intuitively figure out like I did in Solidworks or Inventor. It is in the level of difficulty as Autocad or Catia. Its interface could be more user friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The intuitive nature of spaceclaim (SCDM) and its GUI , the learning curve with SCDM is very fast mostly 4 operations - pull, move, fill & boolean operations can meet CAD simplification needs (for simulation model simplification) and , the ease with which certain CAD modification operations are performed which can be complex to learn in other CAD softwares , repairing geom features - stitching, missing faces are beneficial in case of complex geometries, the CNTRL+scroll feature to select background faces is very good. The ease of share-topology and named selections. Scripting is very powerful tool but very poor documentation on it is provided. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sharetopology does not always work as it should; a lot of manual work needs on the parts to be done in such cases. 'Interference' cannot fix interference between all parts at times - again, quite a lot of effort needs to be spent in such cases. The 'merge' by default option setting for pull, move etc is a blunder; it has to be changed to 'no merge' on every new installation. Spaceclaim has an easy-to-learn curve, limiting how much production 3D CAD parts can be simplified. No documentation on spaceclaim scripting. Creating relations between parameters is not possible Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SpaceClaim is probably the best software in analysis softwares when it comes to modelling. It provides a very user-friendly interface ad tool to finish your work as quickly as possible with great ease. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are very few problems with this software. If I have to point some things out, the makes can add a few more features like boolean functions. The software lags when heavy models are imported. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.