TecDescription 360ex 2021 R1 (2021.1.0.113954)
1.0 Gb

The TecDescription development team is pleased to announce the availability of TecDescription 360ex 2021 R1. This release represents our commitment to helping engineers and scientists analyze their results quickly and easily. We have added a new Fluent Common Fluid File loader and increased compatibility with our current loaders.

TecDescription 360 2021 R1 with Fluent CFF HDF5 Support - Release Date: May 12, 2021
TecDescription 360 is the leading independent CFD post-processor in the industry and this release cements our commitment to being the best visualization and analysis tool for a wide variety of CFD simulation results.
The new Ansys Fluent Common Fluids Format (CFF) HDF5 file loader in this release saves Fluent users both time and disk space by reading their CFF data directly without a conversion step. This allows Fluent users to realize other advantages of the CFF format such as it being faster for Fluent to write as well as file sizes being smaller.
This release also includes support for Ansys CFX 2021 and Abaqus 2021 data files. Other data loaders that received stability improvements include: OpenFOAM, Nastran, and various CAD formats.
For CFD code developers, we have seen up to an order of magnitude performance improvement to TecIO-MPI (parallel version of the TecIO library), which writes TecDescription SZL (*.szplt) files.

* Fluent Common Fluid File (HDF5) data loader - allows loading of *.dat.h5 and *.cas.h5 files directly into TecDescription.
* Supported on Windows & Linux only (will not work on CentOS7 or similarly aged Linux distributions. Contactfor a workaround).
* Load interior faces with Macro option "IncludeInteriorFaceZones".
* Known Issue: Internal boundaries between volume zones are visible (no global face neighbor information).
* Known Issue: Additional Quantities are not written to the Fluent CFF files as they were in classic Fluent files, thus TecDescription cannot load these variables.
* Abaqus loader - now supports Abaqus 2021 files.
* CFX loader - updated to support CFX 2021 files.
* TecIO-MPI - performance improved by an order of magnitude when exporting thousands of zones.
Bug Fixes, and Enhancements
* Fixed crash when displaying contour coloring for some OpenFOAM datasets.
* Fixed crash when creating streaklines with cell centered data.
* Removed invalid error message when performing an Integration by Strand.
* Fixed issue with various loaders that create the Node User ID variable where values were being truncated.
* Fixed crash when using $!CreateSliceFromPlane when the slice position passes through a region with no data.
* Fixed crash when clicking on a slice or iso-surface after Data Alter error.
* Style is no longer lost when adding zones to existing Strand Ids (e.g. using the Edit Time Strands, Axial Duplicate, Duplicate Zones dialogs).
* Fixed menu access for Key Frame and GUI builder dialogs on Mac.
TecDescription 360is a suite of CFD visualization and analysis tools that can handle large data sets, automate workflows, and visualize parametric results. You'll be able to quickly make engineering decisions and communicate your results with integrated XY, 2D, and 3D Descriptionting.
In 2017, TecDescription 360 was extended to include the ability to automate workflows with Python scripts (PyTecDescription), access data remotely (SZL Server) and explore a parametric design space (Chorus). These additional capabilities are built into 2017 and later releases of TecDescription 360 and are available to customers with TecPLUS maintenance service.[A parametric design space analysis tool, Chorus is included with TecDescription 360 and later versions. Chorus has a unique set of features that help scientists and engineers explore large data sets from multiple simulations, compare results and evaluate overall system performance. TecDescription Chorus helps engineers who run and generate many simulation or test data sets.TecDescription 360 2021 R1 represents our commitment to helping engineers and scientists analyze their results quickly and easily. We have added a new Fluent Common Fluid File loader and increased compatibility with our current loaders.Back to Basics: TecDescription 360 Training
An operating company of Toronto-based Constellation Software, Inc. (CSI),TecDescription is the leading independent developer of visualization and analysis software for engineers and scientists. CSI is a public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:CSU). CSI acquires, manages and builds software businesses that provide mission-critical solutions in specific vertical markets.
Product:TecDescription 360ex
Version:2021 R1 Build 2021.1.0.113954
Supported Architectures:x64
Language:english
System Requirements:PC / Linux / macOs *
Size:1.0 Gb

Platform Support Changes
The 2021 R1 release will be supported on the following platforms:
* Windows 10
* Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 15
* RedHat 7.5+, 8.0+
* CentOS 7.5+, 8.0+
* Mac 10.14, 10.15, 11
Previously supported platforms that will not be supported by the 2021 R1 release:
* Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (end of life April, 2021)
* CentOS & RedHat 6 (end of life November, 2020)
System Requirements
2GHz (64-bit) Processor
850 MB disk space and 4 GB RAM
Minimum display resolution of 1024 x 768
OpenGL accelerated graphics card