After an introduction to current methods for the simulation of microstructure during solidification(including phase-field method
the method using deterministic model
and the method using stochastic model)
the modeling ideas
as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each method
the authors have made an analysis on the advancement in the simulation of microstructure during solidification at home and abroad.The authors hold that the blending of different models and the coupling of models with macro-field simulation will be the future tendency for the simulation of microstructure during solidification.