************************************************************************ T h e C o n n e c t o r The E-mail Newsletter for Gridgen Users March 2005 IN THIS ISSUE 1) Current Release 2) Coming In the Next Release 3) Gridgen User Group Meeting - HOTEL DEADLINE IS 25 MARCH 4) Glyph Script Sharing 5) Native CAD Readers 6) Upcoming Gridgen Training Courses 7) Pointwise Event Schedule 8) Gridgen Tricks and Tips 9) Free Gridgen Manuals for Contributing Focal Point Articles ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ 1) Current Release: Gridgen V15.06 Details on the current release can be found on our web site at: http://www.pointwise.com/library/relnotes.pdf. Highlights include: -Port to Mac OS X -Simultaneous hex and prism extrusion -Adjacent grid extrusion BC ************************************************************************ 2) Coming In the Next Release Although our next maintenance release, V15.07, is not yet available, as a subscriber to The Connector you have access to a pre-release copy of the V15.07 release notes. Find out what new features and fixes are currently slated for the next MR here: http://www.pointwise.com/library/prerelnotes.pdf. ************************************************************************ 3) Gridgen User Group Meeting Hotel Reservation Deadline - March 25, 2005!!! Register Now - http://www.pointwise.com/ugm. Have a question that the UGM 2005 web site doesn't answer? E-mail it to ugm@pointwise.com. ************************************************************************ 4) Glyph Script Sharing A new resource has been added to the Support area of our web site: a facility for exchanging Glyph scripts. A variety of scripts are available for immediate download. Each script has its own page with a detailed description of what it does, including screen shots if the script uses a GUI. Sample files for testing the scripts are available too. What's even more exciting is that we want to add your scripts to the collection. If you have developed a script that you think will benefit the Gridgen community, look for the Upload A Script button on the web site. Check it out now: http://www.pointwise.com/glyph/. ************************************************************************ 5) Native CAD Readers Gridgen's Native CAD Readers let you bypass the potential translation errors in an IGES file and read CAD data into Gridgen's database from the native CAD file without using a CAD license. Native CAD Readers are currently available for CATIA V4, Pro/ENGINEER, Unigraphics, and STEP. One Gridgen customer has seen his geometry preprocessing time cut drastically from 4 days with IGES to about an hour with a Native CAD Reader. Try a Native CAD Reader for yourself - you can request one at http://www.pointwise.com/tryncr. ************************************************************************ 6) Upcoming Gridgen Training Courses Gridgen Training Courses currently scheduled for 2005 at Pointwise's Fort Worth office include: 15-17 March - FULL 10-12 May 12-14 July 13-15 September 08-10 November Register early since the classes are kept small and fill up fast. More training information, including a registration form, can be found on our web site at: http://www.pointwise.com/support/train.shtml. ************************************************************************ 7) Pointwise Event Schedule Pointwise will be participating in the following conferences and events: SAE 2005 World Congress 11-14 April 2005 Detroit, MI http://www.sae.org/congress/ ************************************************************************ 8) Gridgen Tricks and Tips Many users are not aware that Gridgen’s documentation is also provided in PDF format. There is a separate PDF file for each of Gridgen’s primary documents, the Release Notes and Installation Instructions, the User Manual, the Tutorial Workbook and the Glyph Reference. These files are found under your primary Gridgen installation folder in “doc\pdf\Userman”, “doc\pdf\Tutorial”, etc. These PDF versions match exactly the HTML versions available through Gridgen’s Help command and are handy for both reading and printing as you find necessary. ************************************************************************ 9) Free Gridgen Manuals for Contributing Focal Point Articles We are now looking for new article ideas for upcoming issues of Focal Point. Anyone contributing an article that is used in Focal Point will receive a free set of bound Gridgen V15 Manuals, a $76 value when purchased from our partners at OnDemandManuals.com. To obtain more information about contributing an article, please send an email to FocalPoint@pointwise.com. Everything you want to know about Focal Point, including how to subscribe, may be found at: http://www.pointwise.com/focalpt/. ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ Resources... 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