One of the various new features introduced in CFD-GEOM V2009.2 is the ‘Exposed Boundaries’ visualization tool. This tool allows users to quickly visualize those areas where closure problems remain in an otherwise closed and “watertight” model.

In engineering systems, the presence of obstacles in the flow path provides resistance to flow accompanied by a pressure drop across the component. Often, the flow paths within such components are too complex to be resolved by a mesh (assuming it is known) and only the macro effects are of interest to design engineers.

In some cases, you might have to perform the same task several times to post-process your results in CFD-VIEW. This can happen for example when you are running a parametric study and need to extract the same information from all the solution files. In this case, it might be time-saving to use the Macro option of CFD-VIEW, especially if obtaining the information necessitates many operations.

In CFD-VIEW, a model rotates about its geometric center by default. For rotating complex models, this may not be very convenient. CFD-VIEW has a feature that allows you to set the rotation point at the center of any data object of your choice.

As of V2009.0, CFD-ACE-GUI has the capability to copy/paste settings to similar entities or group of entities within a model, as well as across different models within the same CFD-ACE-GUI window. This can save on keystrokes when setting up your case. It is especially useful for cases where settings are repeated. Just enter the desired setting for the first entity, and simply copy and paste those settings to multiple entities at once.