1.3 Creating FLUENT-Based Systems

There are two basic types of systems: analysis systems and component systems. The Fluid Flow (FLUENT) analysis system allows you to perform a complete CFD analysis and contains cells that allow you to: create geometry, generate a mesh, specify settings in FLUENT, run the FLUENT solver, and visualize the results in ANSYS CFD-Post.

The FLUENT component system allows you to access the FLUENT application from within Workbench and contains only the cells needed to specify settings in FLUENT and run the FLUENT solver. When using a FLUENT component system, a mesh must be imported into the system or provided through a connection from an upstream system.

A separate cell for results visualization is only needed when using CFD-post. The post-processing capabilities in FLUENT can be accessed from both the Fluid Flow (FLUENT) analysis system and the FLUENT component system.