Pointwise Updates CFD Mesh Generation Software

By DE Editors

Pointwise, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX) announcedVersion 16.02, the latest release of its Pointwise mesh generation software forcomputational fluid dynamics (CFD) featuring mesh quality evaluation andmonitoring tools.

Pointwise,said to be the next-generation meshing software for CFD, has been in productionuse for more than a year. The marquee feature in the software's second updateprovides a suite of tools for mesh quality interrogation and monitoring. Theuser can apply techniques like drag-and-drop cutting planes, and probingindividual mesh cells to gain detailed insight into the suitability of the meshaccording to 25 metric functions.

A newcapability for automated and proactive mesh quality monitoring provides the userwith a top-down, global view of mesh quality.

PointwiseVersion 16.02 includes other new features such as 20 new native CAE solverinterfaces, including OpenFOAM, and more geometry-modeling capability (such asCoons patches, sweep surfaces, and fillets); 2D grids; and several Gridgencompatibility tools to further aid in the transition to Pointwise's newinterface.

For acomplete list of new features, visit Pointwise.

Forprevious DE coverage, see “HybridMeshing Improved in Gridgen,” (Dec. 2008).

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