Pointwise supports neutral, native, and de facto standard interfaces to CFD solvers (including the specification of solver boundary conditions) and a variety of other formats to ensure that Pointwise fits into your CFD process. Of course, Pointwise is compatible with a variety of CAD data formats as well.

Neutral Interfaces

Pointwise supports CGNS (www.cgns.org), the emerging CFD data standard.

Native Interfaces

Pointwise exports mesh and boundary condition in the following native formats:

ANSYS CFX
ANSYS FLUENT
CFD++
FrontFlow
SCRYU
SCRYU/Tetra
STAR-CCM+
STAR-CD
TETREX

De Facto Interfaces

Supported de facto standard interfaces include:

FIELDVIEW
NASTRAN
PATRAN
PLOT3D
STL
UCD
VRML