Hello. I am carrying out some CFD analysis on SolidWorks Flow Simulation and when I click on Run for an external flow it can take up to 40 minutes. I only have the mesh resolution set at 3 which is quite low. I have checked and 100 % of my CPU is being used during this time. I have an Intel i7 CPU and 8 GB of RAM installed on my PC. Any recommendations?
40minutes, not bad. i have some that take 40hrs.
best way to speed things up > optimize the analysis setup
after that your i7 should be fine
get an ssd
make sure your solution is in ram (which it probably is if it only takes 40 mins)
how fast do you want it to be? sometimes things just take time