GridPro Version 8.1 Released

About GridPro Version 8.1 

The GridPro version 8.1 release marks the completion of yet another endeavor to provide a feature-rich, powerful and reliable package to the Structured meshing software to the CAE community.

In every cycle of development, we fulfill the feature requests from our users, improve workflow challenges and democratize the feature to enable newer users to transition without much learning. Along the way, we are improvising on the performance of the tool with the increasing demand to handle challenging geometries in meshing.

Here is a quick Preview of the Major Features:

  • New License Monitoring System for Network license users.
  • Automatic grouping of Boundary faces for quicker workflow.
  • New Face display for better understanding of Topology.
  • Faster and Robust block extrusion for Tubular geometries ( ducts, arteries, volutes, etc).

Major Highlights of Version 8.1

License Monitoring System

Network / Float Licenses

The License Management System now has GUI access to most of the features that a user or a system admin would look for. The License Manager GUI now displays all the license-related information. When the user loads the license file and starts the license manager, all the initialization process is done before the license manager is started. The license manager also displays the number of licenses used and the MAC id/ hostname of the user using the license.

Node-locked / Served Licenses

The client license management system is now packaged along with the GUI. When the GUI is opened for the first time the license popup appears where the user is asked to upload the license and Initialise. The initialization process runs in the background and opens up the GUI. This process irons out the need to go through a list of specific commands listed in section 9.11 of the utility manual.

Smart Face Groups to Enhance user workflow in GridPro

The quest to improve user experience and provide easy access to the entities continues. The current version has made a major stride in this direction. From version 8.1 onwards the user has a list of smart selections of face groups available as a part of the Selection Panel. From the blocking, the algorithm calculates the boundary faces and smart groups, based on certain checks. These face groups are displayed and the user can select a single group or a combination of groups to progress in further modifying the structure or assigning to surfaces.

The selection pane also has a temporary selection group to provide flexibility in the workflow. In the past, the user had to select a group to select the entities in the GL. However, the present version enables the users with an alternative workflow where they can right-click and drag in the GL to select faces /blocks. These selected blocks/faces/edges/corners are stored in the Selection Group. It is overwritten when the next selection is made. However, the user has an option to move the selection into one of the permanent groups.

Topology now has Face Display for Better Visualization

The topology now has a Face display along with the corners and edges. The face display now helps the user to have a better perception of the faces and blocks both displayed in the GL and grouped in individual groups. To reassure the user of the topology entities selected, the display mode is automatically changed to face display mode in the following scenarios.

  • User selects corners and edges into a group.
  • Wrap displays the new faces created after an operation.
  • Copy shows the blocks that are created when a face/s are created.
  • Extrude displays the output blocks created.

There are many such scenarios where the user is provided feedback on the operations visually.

Fast Blocking for Tubular Geometries (Arteries, Ducts, etc)

The improved centreline evaluation tool is now robust and fast. This speeds up the topology building for geometries like pipes and human arteries and ducts. The algorithm extrudes the given input along the centreline of the geometry resection the change in cross-sectional area change. The algorithm is now available under extrude option in the GUI.

For more details about the new features, enhancements, and bug fixes please, refer to:

Supported Platforms

GridPro WS works on Windows 7 and above, Ubuntu 12.04 and above, Rhel 5.6 and above, MacOS 10 and above.

The support for the 32-bit platform has been discontinued for all operating systems.

GridPro AZ will be discontinued from version 9 onwards.

Download

GridPro Version 8.1 can be downloaded by registering here.

All tutorials can be found in the Doc folder in the GridPro Installation directory. Alternatively, it can be downloaded from the link here.

All earlier software versions can be found in the Download sections.

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