## Chapter 5: Vista AFD

The Vista range of turbomachinery software includes 1D design and off-design performance programs for axial turbines, radial turbines, axial compressors, axial fans, centrifugal compressors, and centrifugal pumps.

The subject of this user's guide is Vista AFD. Vista AFD is a program for the preliminary design of axial fans. It creates axial fan geometry data for use in BladeGen or BladeEditor. It also provides estimates of the performance of the axial fan.

Vista AFD is integrated into ANSYS Workbench so that it may be used to generate a preliminary fan design before moving rapidly to a full 3D geometry model and CFD analysis.

Vista AFD is provided by PCA Engineers Limited, Lincoln, England.

Note: Vista AFD is available only on Windows.

The following topics are discussed:

- Vista AFD Workflow
- Data Review and Edit
- Results Tab
- Context Menu Commands of the Cells in the Vista AFD System
- Creating a Blade Design
- Troubleshooting and Error Messages
- Notation

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