Very robust and logical structure, minimalistic interface, great product documentation and support. Abundance of features and physic phenoma to simulate and evaluation tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Very complicated for a newbie, needs years of learning. Worth it, though. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have been working with STAR-CCM+ for more than 12 years. My experiences are consistently positive.

The speed at which the software is being developed is impressive. The variety of possible applications leaves little to be desired.

In particular, the adaptation of the own development workflow with the help of Java macros needs to be emphasized here.

At Denso Germany, for example, we have completely automated the entire simulation pipeline, starting with geometry import through to post-processing. This was a game changer in our development work.

In addition to the quality of the software, the quality of the support is also of the utmost importance. We can't imagine anything better here.

Thanks to our dedicated support engineer, we always have the feeling that we are in good hands. The support impresses with the fast response time and the great professional competence. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are always things that can be improved. Here are three small examples:

- better initialization of transient simulations (can be done via simulation operations, but is a bit cumbersome)

- there is no direct inzterface to professional material property software (e.g. Refprop)

- isolated volumes in the calculation domain often lead to divergence Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Modeling and analysis and gives analysis results of fluid through porous membranes as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Inconsistent meshing, lacks a bit with details. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Star CCM+ is an extremely advanced CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) numerical calculation software that deserves praise. It is certainly one of the best tools available on the market for fluid flow analysis and simulation.

One of the most positive aspects of Star CCM+ is its versatility. The program offers a wide range of functions and tools that allow users to model various physical phenomena, simple cases of fluid flow, heat transfer, multiphase tasks, but also gives the possibility to describe the problem with user-defined variables and equations.

Star CCM+ also stands out for its intuitive and user-friendly interface. Even people with no prior experience in CFD numerical calculations can quickly learn how to use this software. Everything is in one oprogamme: the ability to edit CAD models, enter boundary conditions and define the entire problem, perform calculations, and analyze the results and visualize the data.

Another advantage of Star CCM+ is its flexibility in license management, both for pre and post processing as well as for parallel calculations (1 license unlimited CPU).

In addition, Star CCM+ provides simplicity in creating and using scripts, which can be directly recorded in the program and used despite the lack of programming knowledge. It has a built-in scripting language that allows users to automate repetitive tasks, customize analysis, manipulate data and the entire task of preprocessing, calculation and postprocessing.

Star CCM+ provides users with the ability to restore a session if the program crashes. This feature is extremely useful, as it allows users to restore and continue setting up a task.

Another advantage of Star CCM+ is the auto-save function. The software provides the possibility of elestic, user-defined recording of calculation progress. This way, the user does not lose his previous work and can continue the analysis from the point where it was interrupted. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The first disadvantage is the large file size generated by Star CCM+.This can lead to problems in storing, transferring and managing these files.

Second downside that can cause discomfort in working with star ccm+ is the visualization of results, the software needs a lot of hardware resources for complex tasks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The most important thing for me is that this is modern software, high fidelity, easy to use and written in Java (GUI, of course). All solvers and main features can be found in one window - I would like to thank to you immensely. I have started to work in Star CCM+ in 2016 and I continue this road. I become more and more expert in CFD field and I am very happy of easeness to using whole simulation software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is very difficult to find any disadvantages. From time to time solvers crashes, but of course it is caused by my mistakes. Have the experience with the software from the concurent, I think that I should not complain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Flexibility to pipeline the workflow and streamline multiphysics projects.

Polyhedral type meshing saves time and effort for setting up the simulation with the adaptive cell convergence. Proves useful to a beginner who wants to focus initially on the solver models for comparing CFD results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Community support for CCM+ is inferior owing to its usage.

UI is not as friendly as other Industry standard software.

Integration with third-party software for modeling leaves much to be desired. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The field functions are extremely powerful way to automate inputs. They also allow you to tackle custom problems in an easier way Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is no clear distinction on when a field function cannot be used and a parameter is required. It only tells you that it does not work but the user does not really know why or what to use instead Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really liked using Simcentre STAR-CCM+ for the simulation of my experiments in the water tunnel. It significantly reduced my workload and time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is hard to start CFD analysis on any software available in the market and Simcenter STAR-CCM+ is no different. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Robust and capable solver, with vast amounts of possibilities.

Its numerical solving scheme can be forgiving to new users or bad quality meshes.

Visualization of results is very vivid compared to other solvers.

The support offered, is simply awesome. Prompt and efficient, the support engineers always go the extra mile on every single occasion to make sure every issue is resolved in the quickest and best possible way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Scenes can be confusing to understand sometimes.

The whole region-based approach can be very confusing, as well (in terms of boundaries, etc).

Based on the previous observation, users should not have to remesh every time they make small changes in a region or e.g. assigning a boundary to a different surface of the same region (at least when it has similar properties, if they're both walls for example) as remeshing is taking a lot of time, especially in large mesh cases.

Interfaces should be created automatically.

The solver should be a bit "smarter" when assigning the part surfaces to the surfaces of the inherited parts produced from operations, as even with slight changes, this usually needs to be done manually, because the selection blanks out and the user only finds out about it when the mesher fails to go through.

Further to the aforementioned, when remeshing, obsolete elements like interfaces from the previous mesh which are now empty, should be automatically deleted. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's very light-even heavy files with high cell count are handled with ease. And the GUI is well organised in the form of a tree Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The meshing imporvement/manipulation options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.