Ansys Icepak Reviews & Product Details

Icepak results are accurate, i modelled PCB in Icepak and physically I measured board with infrared camera to see the difference in results, i see the temperature gradient is almost matching and temperatures are close to 2-3 Deg C. same i tried its great tool to support design. we can save time with tool for smaller problems. need to have some expertise to use it ease, once you get the interface its very good tool . Supporting Layout engineer in component placement by executing feasibility analysis for best thermal solution. we loved this tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

user interface should be improved and tool tips are needed, this will help engineers to us the tool seamless. sometime the crashing and fluent solver is running. this needs to be improved. large models are always has issues with time vs machine. also meshing must be improved and import of meshing from other tools are needed to implemented soon. cost of tool must be lowered to suite the startups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can handle any kind of complex geometries, which is a very important feature. It can also do a faster problem solving as the solver it uses, is very robust. I have used it extensively and test results match the predicted simulation results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Updating the design can be made more robust. Exporting CAD geometry from Icepak should be made more robust. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The amount of time to learn the tool is very fast, most of the meshing is automatic which saves your time on simulation The tool also has other feature to debug the divergence which comes handy when you are having troble finding the issue related to convergence Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The tool GUI and features hasn't been updated for a long time while other ansys modules received updates every year Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to take any input and structural, thermal conduction, and thermal convection analysis all in one place. It is fast and requires minimum work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The GUI is not user friendly. Needs a lot of work. It feels redundant sometimes. The look of it is poor and things are hard to look at. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have used this software in one of subject electronic packaging which involves various flow analysis and calculations for chip cooling. One of the best thing about this it gives more accurate results which gives perfect design model for your analysis. As engineer we are expected to get near perfect results in our project. I would like to mention one more thing about its user interface is really good, its very handy and easy to operate. I have seen may software with very complicated user interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing much to dislike about this software but I would like to add one more thing here. If we increasing mesh size it will take much longer time in normal computer than expected , but that is fine because It will give you more accurate results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ansys icepak is very friendly to use and has a lot of features in modeling the different electronic boards and performing thermal simulations and other concepts of heat related problems.It will help in easy understanding of the effects of thermal behavior of components used in Simulations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ansys icepak has a limited functionality when it comes to help window but there are user guides which have played greater role in understanding the basics of tool usage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It helped me analyze easily & give appropriate result Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There was no such thing to dislike. It was great throughout Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use and very straightforward to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

maybe it is a bit annoying not being able to import CAD directly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Integration with work bench , optimization , coupling with Ansys mechanical. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No option to drag and drop modeling ( technology used in FloTHERM) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Icepak has an excellent Graphical user interface for modeling cooling of electronic systems. It has excellent macros for cooling components like heat pipes and thermo-electric devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Icepak needs good detailed models of components. It also requires physics for two-phase cooling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.