Mentor Graphic’s FloEFD [engineering fluid dynamics] v9.0 product suite offers functionality specifically targeted for simulation and analysis of electronics cooling applications. As a “CAD-Embedded” application, the FloEFD suite integrates with MCAD design solutions to enable mechanical designers to analyze sophisticated electronic products including those with complex geometries.

The FloEFD suite complements Mentor’s FloTHERM product line to cover analysis by both the mechanical designer as well as the thermal analysis specialist. Simulation models are directly generated from the design database while in the MCAD environment, thus enabling a seamless, streamlined design flow for optimum designer productivity and accuracy. Moreover, with analysis capabilities readily available to the designer, more simulations will result in higher product reliability and fewer prototypes/manufacturing re-spins.

Additionally, the FloEFD suite offers a single environment to develop, analyze, and modify a complex electronic product design based on the original mechanical CAD model. Changes to the design are made directly and simply thereby enabling users to conduct “what-if” analysis effortlessly. Mentor Graphics Corp. Wilsonville, OR. www.mentor.com