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An advanced object
oriented software for ergonomic 3D visualization & plotting
Technical Specifications
GENERAL FEATURES
- 2D/3D complex geometry
- Multiblock configurations
- Structured and unstructured grids
MACRO-REPLAY
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Airbus A320
color representation of Vtheta in several cutting planes +3D particles
traces (Courtesy Daimler Benz aerospace) |
| Iso-Mach
color map with blown-up
boundary layers and
velocity profiles with validation
data
Fully
unstructured mesh around a gear box |
REPRESENTATIONS
Geometry
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IJK surfaces
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cutting planes
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hidden line/surface removal
- flat/gouraud or
phong shading
Scalars
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isolines, color contours,
cartesian
- plots, local values, local
profiles, iso-surfaces
Vectors
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vector field, vector sections,
local vectors,
local profiles, particle paths
Validation & Plot data
- plot representation
of any data
- automatic comparison
between numerical
and experimental
data along
2D/3D curves
OUTPUT
Postscript, Bitmap, Gif,
Pict
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Approach
- A
state-of-the-art software
development platform
based on object-oriented
methodology and
C++
- Portable and
modular software
- An
advanced interactive
graphical user interface
- High
quality software available
on all major graphics
accelerators (PEX,
OPENGL, GL, PHIGS)
- Ergonomic
design
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DLR impeller. Volume particle
traces showing the leakage
vortex inside the tip clearance, Mach contour in
two sections, pressure contour on the hub |
Fields
of Applications
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Computational Fluid Dynamics Structured,
multiblock or fully unstructured grids
- Finite Element Analysis
mechanical engineering
plastic modelling
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Durham Turbine. Surface
particle traces showing the horseshoe vortex, secondary flow vectors in a
cutting plane, pressure contour
on the hub |
Graphical User Interface
- Simple user-friendly
POINT & CLICK, graphical user interface (GUI), utilizing a mouse-driven,
contex-sensitive, intuitive and fast to learn interaction
- Easy-to-use
object-oriented interface with pull-down and pull-right menus, dialogue boxes
and keyboard input areas
- Selection of
graphical entities by simple mouse picking or keyboard entries
- View
buttons operations for geometry and quantity representations in any
perspective, with
immediate visual feedback
- Multiwindows
environment
CF View Graphical User Interface
(return channel geometry): multiwindows environment,
pilot window, transparent window
CFView
License and Maintenance
CFView
is available on HP, SGI, SUN,
DEC and IBM
Annual
maintenance includes
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Hot line support
- System upgrades, bug fixing and enhancements
- Automatic membership in the CFView
user group created to share and
exchange experience of users
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CFView
Training
Tutorials are provided within the user manual as step-by-step
procedures, designed to teach the major functionalities
of the system
NUMECA International offers introductory or advanced
training courses for the CFView system
CFView Interfaces
CFView is interfaced to a large number of commercial
CFD systems. Other interfaces and developments
available on request.
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