Pointwise Releases Updated CFD Software

By DE Editors

Pointwise has released the latest version (Version 17) of its Pointwise computational fluid dynamics (CFD) meshing software. This update includes an advanced implementation of the T-Rex hybrid meshing technique for viscous flows and native readers for computer aided design (CAD) files.

Pointwise's T-Rex technique (anisotropic tetrahedral extrusion) is a highly-automated method for generating a hybrid mesh suitable for resolving boundary layers, wakes and other features of a viscous flowfield. T-Rex extrudes layers of high-quality tetrahedra (with included right angles), avoids collisions with layers extruding from adjacent geometry, and optionally combines the layered tets into prisms.

This new Pointwise release also includes the ability to read geometry data from native CAD formats including ACIS, CATIA V4, CATIA V5, NX, Parasolid, Pro/ENGINEER, SolidWorks, and STEP. Importing directly from a native format bypasses the requirement to produce an IGES file and avoids the possible errors introduced by translating to an intermediate format. The readers, bundled into Pointwise, operate without a license of the CAD software.

Also included in Pointwise Version 17 are the ability to group entities for ease in selection and manipulation, the ability to easily re-extrude grids generated with the software's traditional style extrusion methods, the option to restrict application of grid algorithms to a portion of the overall grid using subgrids, updated exporters for several CAE formats, and more.

For more information, visit Pointwise.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.