Maxime Bomme (HEXAGON) on Tackling Real-World Engineering Challenges with CFD

What is Pragmatic CFD – and Why Should You Care? In this exclusive presentation, Maxime Bomme, Presales Engineer for HEXAGON’s CFD solutions in France, shares his decade of experience helping engineers overcome real-world simulation challenges with a practical and results-driven approach. Whether you're in automotive, electronics, or energy, this session reveals how HEXAGON’s CFD tools address the three biggest challenges simulation users face: Accuracy – without overwhelming complexity Speed to Results – from CAD to insight in hours, not weeks Dirty CAD – how to skip tedious geometry cleanup and still get reliable results You'll discover: What “Pragmatic CFD” really means How to run simulations directly on messy, complex CAD assemblies Advanced meshing techniques like voxel fitting, Cartesian, and polyhedral meshes How HEXAGON’s solver architecture scales from desktop to supercomputers Real-world examples from battery packs, power electronics, vehicle thermal management, and more... Why simulation should empower faster decisions, not slow you down "You’re not here to spend weeks cleaning up CAD. You’re here to get results and make decisions. That’s what we mean by pragmatism in CFD." For more information on Cradle CFD, visit our website: https://simteq.co.za/products/cfd-scf... 0:00 Introduction 1:22 What are we talking about? 1:55 CFD Challenges 3:14 More than words 4:29 No magic, the right tool for the right need 6:03 Focus on Solving 6:35 Get Results 7:29 Electronics 11:36 Automotive 14:14 HVAC & Architecture 17:55 Customer Testimony 18:29 Daylight Simulation 18:38 Air Flow & Pollution Spread 18:44 Disaster Management 18:56 GIS Terrain Mapping and CFD Flooding Simulation in India 19:18 Turbomachinery 20:04 Demo 38:18 High Speed 41:03 CoSimulation 47:09 Aeroacoustics 50:43 Key Takeaways