CFD-Micromesh is highly automated tool for three-dimensional (3D) geometry building and mesh generation from layouts, designed primarily for the special needs of the microelectronics and MEMS industry. It can be used to facilitate 3D multiphysics simulations in CFDRC's NanoTCAD or CFD-ACE+ to explore and visualize complex 3D geometries of microsystem designs.

Main Features:

• CFD-Micromesh builds 3D models and computational meshes automatically from layouts, often created in Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools, and from fabrication process steps
• The layouts can be imported from CIF, GDSII, or DXF file, or an image file (GIF, BMP)
• CFD-Micromesh can generate meshes in solid regions, void spaces (fluid regions), or in both
• Typical 3D model and mesh generation takes between 20 to 120 seconds
• CFD-Micromesh has a very intuitive graphical user interface designed for microelectronics and microsystems engineers with little or no CFD experience. It can be also used to construct the layout configuration by either importing image files, or by drawing simple geometric figures (rectangles, circles, polygons) in CFD-Micromesh layout editor

CFD-Micromesh is most appropriate for designs based on a 2D layout (plan, blueprint, map), especially when side walls of the 3D structures are vertical (the 3D models are extruded from the 2D layouts). Typical applications include electronic integrated circuits, interconnects, MEMS, microfluidic chips, multi-chip-modules (MCM), printed-circuit boards (PCBs), optoelectronic and RF waveguides, electronic packages, and also large structures like models of buildings and cities built from maps.

Application examples of CFD-Micromesh

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