DHCAE Tools offers customized software solutions for Computational Fluid Dynamics and Finite Element Analysis based on open source solver technology (OpenFOAM® and CalculiX). DHCAE Tools • Is builder of the GUI based environment CastNet for OpenFOAM/Calculix • conducts engineering projects with OpenFOAM • supplies OpenFOAM support, • offers OpenFOAM development and extensions • carries out OpenFOAM trainings (base, multiphase) • provides special CFD solvers based on OpenFOAM for filter application and polymer extrusion Our CastNet environment extends the OpenFOAM usage by a GUI based workflow: • GUI-environment: No editing of text files • CAD based meshing: CAD kernel geometry input with advanced CFD meshing • Cross-platform usage: Windows and Linux incl. Windows solving • Time effective: Reduction of the time from CAD model to run-ready case • Simplified multi-purpose usage: comprehensive template library • Reliable simulations: detailed job and convergence control (runGui) • Compatibility: Many versions selectable for OpenFOAM foundation, ESI and BlueCape (Windows) • More capabilities: Coupled CFD/FEA analysis for thermal stresses of Fluid-Structure Interactions (FSI)