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OpenFOAM vs Substance Designer

A side-by-side look at OpenFOAM and Substance Designer. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

OpenFOAM

OpenFOAM

Science & Engineering

OpenFOAM is an open source computational fluid dynamics software package used to simulate fluid flow problems. It includes tools for meshing, solvers, parallel processing, visualization, etc.

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Substance Designer

Substance Designer

Photos & Graphics

Substance Designer is a texture creation tool that allows artists to quickly build complex and customized materials. It uses a node-based workflow to create a wide range of textures like metals, fabrics, nature elements and more for use in 3D rendering and game development.

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