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V2004 Preannouncement

New License System

The V2004 software release will use the industry standard FLEXlm licensing system. This system is more robust and has more capabilities than the previous system. Due to this switch all customers will have to obtain new license key codes and install the FLEXlm license server in order to use the V2004 software.

Supported Platforms

The following is a list of the supported platforms for the V2004 release:

Windows 2000/XP on Intel or AMD (32-bit
Linux RedHat 8/9 on Intel or AMD (32-bit
Linux RedHat Enterprise Edition on Intel or AMD (32-bit) - [not available at beta release]
HP-UX 11.0+ on PA-RISC (64-bit)
HP-UX 11.22+ on Itanium2 (64-bit)
IRIX 6.5+ on SGI MIPS (64-bit)
Solaris 8+ on SUN (64-bit)

Top Reasons to Upgrade

Obviously there are numerous changes to all of the products. Below is a small list of some of the top reasons why you should consider upgrading to V2004.

CFD-ACE V2004

Unit Systems Support - now you can setup your model in arbitrary unit systems
Better Boundary Condition Checking - the GUI only allows appropriate BC types to be set depending on what type of volume the BC is connected to.
Moving Grids with Unstructured Meshes - now fluid structure interaction, and other deforming grid problems can be run on structured and unstructured meshes.
Parallel Improvements - all parallel text output is now sent to a single file
Accuracy Improvements - new interpolation schemes have been added which improve accuracy on all mesh types

CFD-GEOM V2004

ACIS Spline Library - CFD-GEOM now uses the ACIS kernel for all geometric modeling capabilities, improving the quality, speed, and robustness of geometry and grid creation and manipulation.
Graphical User Interface - buttons for modeling and grid generation tools now employ larger, more descriptive icons and are accompanied by a short text description of the tool
Volume Grid Tools - the extrusion and revolution tools have been reworked to allow the operations to be performed simultaneously with structured and semi-structured (prism) domains. Also general sweeping and radial extrusion have been added
Shaded Surface Display - users will notice a substantial speedup in the drawing speed of complex shaded surfaces
SAT File Export - geometry models can now be exported (with some limitations) to ACIS SAT format files

CFD-VIEW V2004

Undo/Redo System - all changes to the model (e.g., delete, add, etc.) are now "undoable", most minor changes (e.g., position changes) are also undoable
New Line Plotter - improved look, simplified user interfaces, automatic resizing, internal and external plots are now identical
Selective Data Reading - when reading DTF files, the user can now select which portion of the data to read. For example, specific zones, variables, or any combination
Polygon-based Cutting Planes - lets cutting planes passing through structured meshes look more like a structured system

CFD-CADalyzer V2004

New Geometry Options - bounding box and symmetry split capabilities are now available for parasolid files

Meshing Improvements - significantly improved mesh setup and mesh preview mechanisms

Simulation Advisor - a wizard that guides the user through the model setup process

Post-processing Improvements - many new features: automatic calculation of common quantities, multiple legends with automatic layout, particle trace animation and many more

Automatic Report Generator - reporting is HTML based and can be viewed or printed from CADalyzer or any web browser

CFD-VisCART V2004

Information to be provided

CFD-Micromesh V2004

Maintenance Release - minor improvements and modifications have been made

SimManager V2004

Maintenance Release - minor improvements and modifications have been made

CFD-FASTRAN

Release scheduled for Q4/2004

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