## Chapter 1: Introduction

TurboSystem is a set of software applications and software features for designing turbomachinery in the ANSYS Workbench environment. It consists of the following components:

- ANSYS BladeGen: a geometry creation tool that is specialized for turbomachinery blades. It is available on Windows only. For details, see BladeGen.

- Vista CCD, Vista CPD, Vista RTD, and Vista AFD are 1-D blade design tools. They are available on Windows only. For details, see Vista CCD, Vista CPD, Vista RTD, and Vista AFD.

- ANSYS DesignModeler: a general purpose geometry preparation tool that is integrated in ANSYS Workbench. This CAD-like program is primarily used to prepare CAD geometry models for analysis by other ANSYS Workbench based tools. For details, see DesignModeler Help.

- ANSYS BladeEditor: a plugin for DesignModeler for creating blade geometry. ANSYS BladeEditor provides the geometry link between BladeGen and DesignModeler, and therefore links BladeGen with other ANSYS Workbench based applications. For details, see BladeEditor.

- ANSYS TurboGrid: a meshing tool that is specialized for CFD analyses of turbomachinery blade rows. For details, see TurboGrid.

- ANSYS CFX-Pre: a general-purpose CFD preprocessor that has a turbomachinery setup wizard for facilitating the setup of turbomachinery CFD simulations. For details, see CFX-Pre.

- ANSYS CFD-Post: a general-purpose CFD postprocessor that has features for facilitating the postprocessing of turbomachinery CFD simulations. For details, see CFD-Post.

- Vista TF: a streamline curvature throughflow program for the analysis of turbomachinery. This program enables you to rapidly evaluate radial blade rows (pumps, compressors and turbines) at the early stages of the design. For details, see Vista TF.

- Turbo Setup system: a tool for rapidly creating the workflows needed for the analysis of centrifugal compressors. For details, see Turbo Setup.

- Performance Map system: a tool for creating performance maps for turbomachinery cases. For details, see Turbomachinery Performance Maps.

For information about using TurboSystem in various workflows, see TurboSystem Workflows.

Release 18.2 - © ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.