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Build 96 (released July 30, 2015)

 New feature: New data files structure based on HDF5 provides a more compact format (1 frame =
1 file)
 New feature: Refinement based on total pressure losses from a previous simulation
 New feature: Co-Simulation with MSC Nastran available for 3D simulations
 New feature: Low pass, high pass, band-pass, and band-stop filters available in the Function
Viewer for signal processing
 New feature: Filtered static pressure field (low pass, high pass, band-pass, and band-stop)
directly output from the engine
 New feature: Numerical data can be exported to an arbitrary lattice level frequency
 New feature: New wall lateral boundaries available for the virtual water channel
 New feature: Backflow phase can be defined in multiphase simulations
 New feature: Conjugate heat transfer workflow: solids can include thermal boundary conditions

 Improvement: Window functions and custom time range are now available for SPL and PSD
 Improvement: Free surface/Multiphase particle-based performance improvements
 Improvement: Memory scalability improvements
 Improvement: Extended number of harmonics in "Turbulence generation"
 Improvement: Projected fields over geometries can be exported in CGNS format
 Improvement: Permeability and Ergun coefficients are laws instead of constants for isotropic
porous media
 Improvement: Custom fields can be exported in the XFlow surface data format from the Export
Data window
 Improvement: Scalar fields can be exported from the Export Data window
 Improvement: LODI (non-reflecting) boundaries stability
 Improvement: Phase field inlet/outlet treatment

 Bug fix: Carreau Viscosity model wrong definition of alpha

 Bug fix: Minor issue when loading a project via file drag & drop
 Bug fix: Window functions and time range correctly applied
 Bug fix: Minor issues with refinement regions
 Bug fix: Resume function with moving geometries in MPI
 Bug fix: Automatic inertia tensor is automatically updated when changing CoG
 Bug fix: Rigid body dynamic geometries can have boundary conditions applied on surfaces
 Bug fix: Cancel button in the Export Data window
 Bug fix: Custom fields available with RMS data
 Bug fix: Phase field issue with external acceleration
 Bug fix: Temperature field correctly initialized from a previous simulation
 Bug fix: Minor geometry visualization issues
 Bug fix: Minor probes issues

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 Build 94 (released February 5, 2015)

 New feature: Two-way coupling with MSC.Nastran through OpenFSI available (Labs mode)
 New feature: FMI standard co-simulation available as slave (Labs mode)
 New feature: Absorbing inlet and outlet boundary conditions (LODI)
 New feature: Wake refinement distance control: stops refining beyond a given distance
 New feature: Non-passive scalar (species) transport
 New feature: Support resume file with rigid body dynamics
 New feature: Turbulent intensity can be specified at inlet for internal and generic rectangular
domain simulations
 New feature: Cylinder and tubular refinement region
 New feature: Refinement shapes can be rotated
 New feature: Ability to create probes/sensors with mouse over the Graphic View
 New feature: Probes can be defined and move according to a reference frame or geometry
 New feature: Volume heat generation for porous volumes
 New feature: Export/Import a post-processing setup
 New feature: New data type: Root Mean Square (RMS) fields
 New feature: Post-processing tools for signal processing: Power Spectral Density (PSD) +
filtering window functions
 New feature: Volumetric fields for free surface and fully compressible solvers can be directly
output in CGNS format
 New feature: Averaged data available in CGNS format
 New feature: Fields to store can be controlled (enabled/disabled)
 New feature: Effective viscosity available as a new field
 New feature: Fluid forces in multiphase can output each phase contribution separately
 New feature: File “savedata-xflow” can be created to save intermediate solution between two
frames
 New feature: Unload data button
 New feature: Probes exportation window allows to export a given range of probes, for the
selected fields, and can be exported as separate files
 New feature: Isosurface are created from absolute field value
 New feature: Number of isocontours adjustable
 New feature: Discard narrow isolated fluid regions option, to remove the narrow fluid regions
trapped between moving geometries
 New feature: Extract the force applied on joints
 New feature: Export joint positions
 New feature: Dynamic joint visualization
 New feature: Damping coefficient for cables
 New feature: The installer includes a silent mode to automate installation on HPC

 Improvement: Simulations with moving geometries up to 3x faster

 Improvement: Phase field multiphase solver robust even for high density ratios (liquid/gas)
 Improvement: Averaged and standard deviation data for passive scalar are saved
 Improvement: Stability improvements of external centrifugal forces scheme
 Improvement: The adaptive refinement applies correctly on porous volumes
 Improvement: Passive Scalar compatible with porous volumes
 Improvement: Accuracy of forces applied on porous volumes
 Improvement: Change the turbulence intensity to % instead of [0,1]
 Improvement: The VOF field is correctly initialized from other simulations for multiphase phase
field model
 Improvement: Carreau model allows the Power law index "n" to be negative

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 Improvement: Resume computation compatible with a simulation including Passive Scalar(s)
 Improvement: Include the field name, simulation time, and data type in the header of the surface
field distribution data files
 Improvement: Fourier transform stability and performance
 Improvement: Surface mesh is shown with shading for clearer visibility
 Improvement: Change the "Export all" file format to be horizontal instead of vertical
 Improvement: The mass flow boundary condition now adapts the velocity to balance the density
and pressure
 Improvement: Custom fields loading time is shorter
 Improvement: Moving geometries compatible with CGNS and Ensight formats
 Improvement: Add Vx, Vy, Vz for "XFlow surface data" in the data export menu

 Bug fix: Stability parameter initializes with a constant random value

 Bug fix: Phase field inlet/outlet boundary condition
 Bug fix: Issues when loading axis force distribution data in Linux
 Bug fix: Function using the variable u(x,y,z) now works free surface and segregated energy
 Bug fix: vmod variable is not available in the custom field law with averaged data
 Bug fix: Minor issue with stability parameter output in logs and function viewer
 Bug fix: The buffer zone length and refinement transition length do not apply when using
refinement regions
 Bug fix: Sphere regions crossing rectangular regions
 Bug fix: Periodicity boundary condition compatible with MPI
 Bug fix: Anisotropic porous volume issues
 Bug fix: Passive scalar diffusivity is correctly applied
 Bug fix: The predefined views or dimensions measurement do not rescale after importing a
geometry in different units than meters or rescaling a geometry
 Bug fix: The sign of moments is inversed when changing of Reference Frame
 Bug fix: Remove color code in the shape name of the imported geometries
 Bug fix: Post-processing issues with free surface sloshing simulations
 Bug fix: Probes read zero-values if too close from the walls
 Bug fix: Density value of Conjugate Heat Transfer geometry is saved correctly
 Bug fix: The default folder when exporting surface field distribution is now as specified in the
Preferences
 Bug fix: Export Data not showing the correct directory when pressing Browse
 Bug fix: The “Export all” function works for several plot lines
 Bug fix: Exporting data file from the Function Viewer in Linux is now saved with extension .txt
 Bug fix: Groups of probes are numbered from 0 instead of 1
 Bug fix: Surface field distribution data is exported with filename numbered from 0 instead of 1
 Bug fix: Issues when loading surface data (Y+, etc.) of moving geometry simulation run in MPI
 Bug fix: Load data fails when a serial computation is made from a project file used to run an MPI
 Bug fix: Minor issues with the process manager queue

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 Build 92 (released June 4, 2014)

 New: Possibility to add a resolution on a specific surface of a geometry

 New: Shell elements selection and boundary condition application
 New: Parametric hierarchy information
 New: “Analysis type” parameter to set External/Internal simulations independently from the flow
model
 New: Additional option in the Preferences to check the new XFlow versions available
 New: Expert mode for advanced users
 New: Exportation to CGNS format directly from the engine or converted from XFlow format
 New: Data exportation to Ensight Gold, Paraview and CGNS format accessible via command
lines for a better automation of the post-processing
 New: Export surface data with mesh connectivity
 New: Export surface pressure map to ABAQUS format
 New: Force distribution and cumulation along geometries in axis directions
 New: Custom reference frame to output forces and moments in arbitrary reference axis
 New: Cyclic DPM capability to loop on a frame range
 New: Reference length available for Turbulence generation scale and Wall function time filter
 New: Refractive index for acoustics analysis
 New: Wall function time filter (available at Labs)
 New: Reference pressure point (available at Labs)
 New: Multiphase phase field solver (available at Labs)
 New: Optimization options available for advanced MPI load balance control
 New: Simulations can be initialized from MPI simulation data
 New: MPI to serial data converter integrated to the engine to unify data format
 New: Automatic launch script template generation to execute computations in command lines

 Improvement: Engine performance up to 20% faster

 Improvement: Domain generator memory usage lowered by 15%
 Improvement: MPI computations can be resumed
 Improvement: The “Generate binary files” with “Automatic” initial conditions generates binaries for
the several passes
 Improvement: Advanced computation wizard simplified and reviewed
 Improvement: Advanced computation wizard now allows to generate the domain remotely
 Improvement: Simulation launched via the Advanced computation wizard are killed using an exit-
xflow file
 Improvement: Acoustics analysis is available with free surface flow model
 Improvement: Acoustics analysis adjusts automatically the frames frequency and the time step in
order to ensure the correct speed of sound
 Improvement: Segregated energy compatibility with free surface and multiphase flows (interface
treatment and thermal properties application)
 Improvement: Segregated energy compatibility with conjugate heat transfer solids and free
surface/multiphase flows
 Improvement: Segregated energy compatibility with porous media compatibility
 Improvement: Multiphase fluids properties are fully editable for both fluids
 Improvement: Constants do not allow commas anymore (decimals are marked by points)
 Improvement: Temperature is now supported in the laws (input laws, custom fields, etc.)
 Improvement: Project tree organization improvements (Engine, Materials, Simulation)
 Improvement: Inconsistent options dependencies are disabled
 Improvement: Generate domain logs review
 Improvement: Review of the fully compressible output logs

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 Improvement: Additional warning are introduced in the logs (no reference velocity defined, etc.)
 Improvement: Stability parameter definition takes into account the pressure gradients for better
stability control
 Improvement: Resume computation is no longer available if the resume file is not saved
 Improvement: Data file structure reviewed and more compact
 Improvement: STL geometries importation efficiency
 Improvement: The surface field distribution on cutting planes work even for arbitrary planes that
are not axis-aligned
 Improvement: Additional “Export all” functions in the Function Viewer for quicker post-processing
 Improvement: Better DPM support for moving parts
 Improvement: Surface integral sampling on non-uniform mesh

 Bug fix: Several shapes can be imported at once in the browse window
 Bug fix: STL imported from CATIA are correctly named
 Bug fix: Gizmos mouse and edit box transformations do not add up anymore
 Bug fix: Unrequested selection mode switch
 Bug fix: Instability on hierarchy face selection
 Bug fix: Low mass handling in Rigid body dynamics
 Bug fix: Microscopic geometries now work with enforced behavior
 Bug fix: Scientific notation is supported in laws
 Bug fix: Remote computation using tabular data are now working since tabular data files are
copied with binary files in the working directory
 Bug fix: The “Generate binary files” option now also generates the .xfk file
 Bug fix: All project tree options are now correctly saved in the binary files
 Bug fix: Minor loading issues with MPI post-processing
 Bug fix: Minor issues with Rigid body dynamics in MPI
 Bug fix: Reference area is now correctly estimated when no geometry is present in the wind
tunnel
 Bug fix: Bulk viscosity minor issue
 Bug fix: Heat flux dimension and surface area estimation
 Bug fix: Minor issue on energy conservation for free surface flows with segregated energy
 Bug fix: Conjugate heat transfer issues on heat capacity
 Bug fix: Multiphase particle-based tracking mass conservation issues
 Bug fix: Issue on sloshing free surface
 Bug fix: Custom fields importation in Ensight Gold
 Bug fix: Cutting planes now plot temperature inside Conjugate heat transfer geometries
 Bug fix: Cutting plane refresh on field change
 Bug fix: Color bar refresh on Surface info
 Bug fix: Warning message on isosurfaces holes removed
 Bug fix: Volumetric rendering minor issues in internal simulations
 Bug fix: Stream tracer leaving internal domain
 Bug fix: Issue on several plot lines refresh
 Bug fix: Pressure integrals units displayed in Function Viewer
 Bug fix: Stream tracer for MPI simulations
 Bug fix: Surface info (Y+, Cp, Cf, LIC) for MPI simulations
 Bug fix: Probe temperature with MPI simulations

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