Ansys Fluent® fluid simulation software is a general purpose computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver that addresses the needs of wide variety of Industry applications. It offers a rich set of numerical models to simulate complex physics, including low speed to hypersonic flows, multiphase flows, combustion and reacting flows, steady and unsteady turbulent flows, as well as Multiphysics coupling with Ansys Mechanical™ structural finite element analysis software, Ansys Maxwell® advanced electromagnetic field solver, and many other tools. Fluent is the world's most used commercial CFD solver. For more information, see the Fluent product page.
The PyFluent library is a part of the PyAnsys ecosystem that allows you to use the Fluent software within a Python environment. With the PyFluent library, you can simplify and enhance your workflows in several ways:
The PyFluent library commands are designed to be intuitive, easy to write, and simple to use.
Additionally, the PyFluent-Visualization library, also part of the PyAnsys ecosystem, enables you to postprocess Fluent results to display graphics objects and plot data. PyFluent's automatic UI generation capabilities are used to create the Fluent Web User Interface, enabling you to connect to a Fluent job from any browser on any device.
The PyFluent library and the PyFluent-Visualization library are available for Windows and Linux in Python.
Use the PyFluent library to interact with Ansys Fluent, a powerful CFD tool, programmatically. PyFluent allows you to automate, customize, and streamline your CFD workflows using the flexibility and power of Python.
Use the PyFluent-Visualization library to postprocess Fluent results to display graphics objects and plot data.
When using the PyFluent library and the PyFluent-Visualization library, you can perform further development with the APIs and libraries of these Ansys products: