FloTHERM® Optimizing the Thermal Design of Electronics M e c h a n i c a l a n a l y s i s w w w . m e n t o r . c o m

FloTHERM has more users than all other competing analysis software combined, making it the clear market leader in thermal analysis software for the electronics industry. Small and large companies alike rely on FloTHERM to perform their thermal-fluid analysis confident of the return on their investment. FloTHERM is powerful 3D simulation software for thermal design of electronic components and systems. It enables engineers to create virtual models of electronic equipment, perform thermal analysis and test design modifications quickly and easily in the early stages of the design process well before...

“FloTHERM enabled us to perfect the curvature of our space-saving heat sink without building many prototypes. The FloTHERM software produced results that enabled us to put the piece into production sooner, at lower cost and with a greater degree of confidence in its final performance.” Anton Sommer, CTO, Ascom Energy Systems w w w. m e nto r. co m 3

Model Creation Visualization SmartParts® Integration with MCAD & EDA FloTHERM features a comprehensive set of intelligent model creation macros (SmartParts) to allow a broad range of electronics cooling applications to be built quickly and accurately. SmartParts are available for: FloTHERM also features advanced, tight integration with MCAD and EDA (Electronics Design Automation) software. Data from Creo Parametric, Solidworks, CATIA and other major MCAD tools can be imported, simplified and converted into FloTHERM objects. Interfaces to Board Station, Expedition PCB, Allegro and CR5000 extract...

Cambridge Broadband’s VectaStar 3500 “Intelligent integration” A section of the geometry of this point-to-multipoint broadband wireless access equipment is automatically simplified for speedy thermal analysis w w w. m e nto r. co m 5

Solver and Design Optimization Parametric Analysis and Optimization Solver SmartPart-based modeling and structured Cartesian grid enable Design of Experiments technology to be applied to a FloTHERM model. Design of Experiments (DoE) is a structured method for determining the relationship between design parameters (e.g., number of heat sink fins, location of vents, etc.) and results (component temperatures, fan flow rate, etc.). FloTHERM’s Design of Experiments implementation efficiently explores the design space by building and solving variants of the initial model. This provides critical information...

FloTHERM Product Suite FloMCAD Bridge enables parts and assemblies from Mechanical Computer Aided Design (MCAD) software (such as Creo Parametric, SolidWorks, CATIA, etc.) to be transferred easily and rapidly to FloTHERM for thermal analysis. FloMCAD Bridge is more than just an interface program - it intelligently filters the geometrical data for a particular part or assembly and creates a simplified “thermal equivalent” for analysis purposes. This is critical because production quality MCAD solid models contain a vast amount of thermally insignificant geometric detail (fillets, small holes,...

Technical Support & Design Services TECHNICAL SUPPORT Not just a software company, Mentor Graphics also offers customers comprehensive training as well as on-line and telephone support. In addition, the User Support Area allows licensed users to download the software with the latest documentation and to submit questions and support issues. A wide range of application examples and technical papers are also available on our website: www.mentor.com/mechanica DESIGN SERVICES If you prefer to outsource part or all of your physical design, our Mechanical Analysis team is ready to help. When you engage...