Is the PROE Thermal package any good?
Is the PROE Thermal package any good?
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Hi guys/gals
I did not get any responses in the "Heat Transfer and Thermal dynamics" forum so I want to try here.
I wanted to ask if there are any ProE thermal users in this forum and if you like the package. What are the pros and cons of ProE Thermal in your application? My application would be to use it for electronic packaging from the junction temp of the device to heat sink and transient heating through the housing. Right now I am using TAS by Harvard Thermal. It is a great software, but I find my self building the model twice, once in ProE or ACAD and then in TAS. Since we have ProE, it would be nice to use the same model just like ProE Mechanica.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance for your comments.
Go Mechanical Engineering
Tobalcane
I did not get any responses in the "Heat Transfer and Thermal dynamics" forum so I want to try here.
I wanted to ask if there are any ProE thermal users in this forum and if you like the package. What are the pros and cons of ProE Thermal in your application? My application would be to use it for electronic packaging from the junction temp of the device to heat sink and transient heating through the housing. Right now I am using TAS by Harvard Thermal. It is a great software, but I find my self building the model twice, once in ProE or ACAD and then in TAS. Since we have ProE, it would be nice to use the same model just like ProE Mechanica.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance for your comments.
Go Mechanical Engineering
Tobalcane
Go Mechanical Engineering
Tobalcane





RE: Is the PROE Thermal package any good?
RE: Is the PROE Thermal package any good?
It can do transient thermal, but the limitations are - no radiation, boundary conditions a bit crude.
But it works and you can optimise with the results, and the thermal results can be passed thru to Structure.
In theory you can pass a temperature map from a CFD package to Mechanica, but I've never managed to do it.
Since you have ProE it would probably be worth looking at it.
Ronnie
RE: Is the PROE Thermal package any good?
I have just started looking at it now. The one thing that I like is the fact that you can bring in the 3D solid right from ProE. It does look very simple, but most of my work is really doing conduction from the junction of the device to heat sink so that I can calculate the thermal resistance. If I do transient work, it would be to see how outside thermal influences would affect the circuit card assemblies via the housing.
Rocket Ronnie, I though I saw that there is a feature for applying radiation in ProE thermal, but I’ll look again.
Again thanks for your comments, feel free to add more.
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Tobalcane
RE: Is the PROE Thermal package any good?
RE: Is the PROE Thermal package any good?
Also pro mech therm not only does steady state, but also transient analysis.
I just completed a very complicated model of a cylindrical container assembly for the aluminum extrusion industry.
The customer wanted tappered heat from one end to the other of a delta t of 100 degF (725 - 825). There is also a midsection that has "spiral air cooling".
I achieved this by using (15) cartridge heaters arranged on an optimized bolt circle each designed with (3) "zones" that have different watt outputs along the length.
The container is also subject to 71,000 psi internal pressure. Therefore requiring stress analysis as well.
5 days to complete the entire design; analysis, container machining dwgs, heater design dwgs, bussbars, etc..
Mission accomplished with pro/e mech and thermal.
RE: Is the PROE Thermal package any good?
Nice! Yes I do agree that one of the great features is that you can transfer in the solid Pro E model in into pro mechanica or thermal and start working vs recreating it in somebody else software. Most of my work is with electronic packaging where most of my thermal analysis is with circuit boards.
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Tobalcane
RE: Is the PROE Thermal package any good?
RE: Is the PROE Thermal package any good?
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RE: Is the PROE Thermal package any good?
Best,
-Brian