New Features of PHOENICS 3.6

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10th International PHOENICS Conference PHOENICS
3.6 3-5 May 2004
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Contents

• This presentation shows some of the new features
  in PHOENICS 3.6
• The talk is in three parts
• General improvements (common to all modules)
• Pre-processor (VR-Editor)
• Post-processor (VR-Viewer)

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General Improvements

• In PHOENICS 3.6, the memory management for
  VR-Editor, Earth, VR-Viewer, PHOTON / AUTOPLOT
  and PINTO is handled dynamically.
• The need to recompile and relink just to have
  larger arrays has finally been banished.

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General Improvements

• Initial memory allocations are read from the
  CHAM.INI configuration file.

• If more memory is needed, each module will expand
  the relevant arrays as needed.

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VR Editor Improvements

• The control of multiple objects has been eased by
  the introduction of the Object Management dialog.
• Any column can be sorted in ascending order.

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VR Editor Improvements

• A right-click brings up a context-dialog.

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VR Editor Improvements

• The dialog allows standard Windows multiple
  selection using shift and control.
• Multiple selections automatically make a
  temporary group.
• All selected objects can be moved together, have
  their colour and transparency set, and be
  revealed or hidden.
• Objects can be selected from the screen or from
  the Object management dialog, with mouse control
  turned on.

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VR Editor Improvements

• Groups can be saved by clicking on Group / Save.
  There is no limit on the number of groups saved.
• Saved groups are written to Q1, and so are
  available in the next run.

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VR Editor Improvements

• The Object dialog itself has been turned into a
  tabbed dialog.

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VR Editor Improvements

• A new object type ASSEMBLY has been introduced.

• The assembly object acts as a container for any
  number of other objects, which go together to
  make a component.

• Objects are added to an assembly object through
  the Hierarchy dialog.

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VR Editor Improvements

• Components can be added or removed from an
  assembly

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VR Editor Improvements

• All size and position changes made to the
  assembly object are also applied to all the
  components.

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VR Editor Improvements

• All the objects in the assembly can then be
  exported to a single file.

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VR Editor Improvements

• The saved assembly objects can then be imported
  into another model.

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VR Viewer Improvements

• The Object Management dialog is also present in
  the Viewer.

• It can turn the surface contouring on or off for
  the selected objects

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VR Viewer Improvements

• A similar approach has been taken to Slice
  management.

• Slices can be turned on off individually.
• They can be moved, and have their orientation
  changed.

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VR Viewer Improvements

• There is a Streamline management dialog

• Streamlines can be turned on off individually
• The start location for each track can be changed

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VR Viewer Improvements

• Streamlines can be animated using balls or
  vectors.

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VR Viewer Improvements

• The control dialogs for Contours, Vectors,
  Iso-surfaces and Plot limits have been made into
  a single tabbed dialog.
• Several other small control dialogs have been
  amalgamated.

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