FDS-SMV Changelog

What's new in FDS-SMV 6.2.3 Build 22541

Apr 29, 2015
  • usability: display show grid menu item for all case types (cases without blockages also)
  • fix: fix problems with terrain slice display for cases where terrain (and/or zbar0) does not start at 0.0 - (Issue 2419)
  • fix: fix FDS crashing that could occur if Smokeview use the compiler command line option, /fpscomp:general, to allow smokeview to read files being currently written to by FDS without crashing FDS (instead of using the non-standard OPEN parameter SHARED)
  • fix: fix debug display of memory block and block size info
  • fix: fix memory leaks in isosurface loading/unloading routines which were causing problems with isosurface display
  • fix: fix problem with shortcut Q used to toggle slice visibility
  • fix: fix display scaling portion of object dialog box - (Issue 2384)
  • fix: fix problem with slice menu entries for slices at boundaries - (Issue 2406)

New in FDS-SMV 6.2.2 Build 22325 (Apr 16, 2015)

  • enhancement: add option to visualize cfast generated vent flow
  • usability: improve menu layout for zone fire modeling display
  • fix: fix problems with zone fire modeling data display

New in FDS-SMV 6.1.13 Build 21323 (Feb 7, 2015)

  • usability: open structured geometry dialog panel by default - (Issue 2321)
  • usability: add option to display both sides of boundary files occuring on external surfaces - (Issue 2305)
  • usability: add option to output orientation vector (as defined in an FDS input file) for a smokeview object
  • fix: fix problem setting or un-setting transparency when slice files are not present, fix problem with setting slice bounds when a slice file is not present - (Issue 2304)
  • fix problem with particle bound computation - (Issue 22278)
  • fix: check for when SETTIME parameters are out of bounds

New in FDS-SMV 6.1.12 Build 20604 (Oct 2, 2014)

  • fix problem with scale factors used to color general oriented slices and vector slices - (Issue 2262)

New in FDS-SMV 6.1.11 Build 19905 (Sep 30, 2014)

  • fix: fix problem with time display synchronization

New in FDS-SMV 6.1.10 Build 19418 (Jun 6, 2014)

  • fix: fix problem with smoke opacity computation at thin face blockages

New in FDS-SMV 5.6.3 (Dec 28, 2010)

  • Changed default method for drawing blockages to not draw blockages fast (to ensure blockages are drawn correctly)

New in FDS-SMV 5.5.6 (Jun 23, 2010)

  • Enhancement: document the Windows background utility used to run multiple FDS jobs simulataneously.
  • Usability: add menu item to show/hide zone fire modeling fires - (Issue 911)

New in FDS-SMV 5.5.5 (Jun 15, 2010)

  • AstroGravRestoration of the baroclinic torque term in the momentum equation, by default
  • AstroGravSecondary breakup model for droplets (simplified version of WAVE model by Reitz 1987)
  • AstroGravAbility to have a RAMP use a DEVC for the independent variable by the keyword DEVC_ID on RAMP
  • AstroGravBuilt-in thermophysical properties for a number of liquids (water and some common fuels)
  • AstroGravExpanded number of gases with built-in thermophysical properties
  • AstroGravExpanded set of droplet output quantities from PDPA devices
  • AstroGravRAMPs and TAUs for EXTERNAL_FLUX on SURF
  • AstroGravRAMP_PART and TAU_PART on SURF to control PARTICLE_MASS_FLUX
  • AstroGravUse of a SURF line to describe lagrangian particles

New in FDS-SMV 5.5.3 (Apr 8, 2010)

  • Restoration of the baroclinic torque term in the momentum equation, by default
  • Secondary breakup model for droplets (simplified version of WAVE model by Reitz 1987)
  • Ability to have a RAMP use a DEVC for the independent variable by the keyword DEVC_ID on RAMP
  • Built-in thermophysical properties for a number of liquids (water and some common fuels)
  • Expanded number of gases with built-in thermophysical properties
  • Expanded set of droplet output quantities from PDPA devices
  • RAMPs and TAUs for EXTERNAL_FLUX on SURF
  • RAMP_PART and TAU_PART on SURF to control PARTICLE_MASS_FLUX
  • Use of a SURF line to describe lagrangian particles

New in FDS-SMV 5.3 (Mar 25, 2009)

  • New output quantity: Fractional Effective Dose (FED) by Purser.
  • TIME INTEGRAL statistics is availale for device outputs.
  • Yields of any explicitly-defined (via the SPEC line) gas species can be specified on the MATL lines using the new parameter NU_GAS.
  • The user can specify how the sprinkler pipe pressure depends on the number of open nozzles. The flow rate, droplet speed and median diameter are updated correspondingly.
  • The logical keyword DRY has been added to DEVC. When using the mixture fraction and specifying either MASS FRACTION or VOLUME FRACTION, use of DRY will give that fraction minus water vapor (i.e. give an output like a typical gas analyzer).
  • A Phase Doppler Particle Analysis (PDPA) device has been defined for detailed measurements of droplet sprays.
  • A new namelist group called MULT (short for multiplier) allows you to multiply OBSTructions and MESHes easily without having to retype the input lines over and over.
  • A new parameter called BULK_DENSITY has been added to the OBST namelist group to indicate more easily the total combustible mass within an OBSTruction that can BURN_AWAY.
  • Pressure ZONEs can now be opened, and sealed compartments can become unsealed via an OPEN boundary.
  • The output quantity that was once called 'soot density' and the newer version, QUANTITY='DENSITY', SPEC_ID='soot', is now in units of kg/m^3.
  • Device (DEVC) output units can be changed via a CONVERSION_FACTOR.