Pointwise V18.3 R2 Now Available

Pointwise-V183R2-NASA-CRM-Mesh-E-275x375-version2Pointwise Version 18.3 R2 is now available for download and production use. Generation of unstructured surface meshes has been sped-up by a factor of up to five through the application of multi-threading on multi-core desktop workstations.

Our approach to software development is focused on three main thrusts: Automate, Accelerate, and Innovate. Accelerate obviously applies to Pointwise V18.3 R2 with our use of multi-threading on multi-core desktop systems to reduce surface meshing time.

From the Innovate thrust, you will find that Pointwise V18.3 R2 extends hex-core meshing, introduced in V18.3 R1, to imprint the hex-core cell topology onto symmetry planes.

Also from Innovate comes an extension of Pointwise’s high-order mesh curving to now support periodicity. This makes these meshes much more applicable to turbomachinery applications.

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The surface meshes (gray) on NASA’s Common Research Model were generated using the new, faster surface meshing. The cut through the hex-core volume mesh shows multiple levels of mesh refinement (colors indicate cell volume). The cyan mesh illustrates how the hex-core mesh topology is imprinted onto the symmetry plane.

Also included in Pointwise V18.3 R2 are:

  • Three vertex-centered mesh metric functions have been added to Examine. Min. Orthogonality Angle, Expansion Factor, and Volume will be of interest if the mesh is to be used in a vertex-centered finite-volume flow solver such as CFX, FUN3D, SU2, TAU, and Edge.
  • In addition to mesh data, Pointwise now imports boundary and volume condition data from CAE files through extensions of the Plugin SDK.
  • The following CAE plugins were updated to add BC and VC support: SU2, CFD++, Gmsh, and FUN3D.
  • NURBS surfaces can now be created from, and fitted to, database shell surfaces (discrete geometry) via the Glyph scripting language.
  • Relative to previous versions, there’s a significant speed up when pressing Apply in the Solve command for large grids.
  • Align to Screen is now available when editing database note entities.
  • The layer tab now highlights the layer of the domains selected in Set Boundary Conditions.
  • Links in the Messages window now have additional options in the Context menu. For example, an XYZ value can be set as the rotation point.
  • Quadrilateral cells can now be exported to STL files (despite being against the STL format specification).
  • Performance of the FUN3D exporter has been improved (40% in at least one case).
  • Filters in Examine now support filtering by point.

Pointwise V18.3 R2 is available today for download and production use.

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