************************************************************************ T h e C o n n e c t o r The E-mail Newsletter for Gridgen Users November 2005 IN THIS ISSUE 1) Current Release 2) Coming In the Next Release 3) Gridgen User Group Meeting 2006 4) Glyph Script Sharing 5) Special Glyph Scripting Seminar in Reno 6) Annual Aerospace Client Briefing in Reno 7) Upcoming Gridgen Training Courses (*New Location Added*) 8) Pointwise Event Schedule 9) Gridgen Tricks and Tips 10) Free Gridgen Manuals for Contributing Focal Point Articles ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ 1) Current Release: Gridgen V15.08 Details on the current release can be found on our web site at: http://www.pointwise.com/library/relnotes.pdf. Highlights include: - Domain and block elliptic PDE solver multigrid algorithm - Added Unigraphics NX3 Native CAD Reader support ************************************************************************ 2) Coming In the Next Release Although our next maintenance release, V15.09, is not yet available, as a subscriber to The Connector you have access to a pre-release copy of the V15.09 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 2006 Pointwise is pleased to announce the Gridgen User Group Meeting 2006 to be held at the Sheraton Grand Hotel Dallas/Fort Worth Airport in Irving, Texas on April 24-25, 2006. The meeting will include special Gridgen training seminars and training activities, presentations by Pointwise staff on new Gridgen developments, user presentations, and exhibits by our partners. We invite Gridgen users to present their work at the Gridgen User Group Meeting. Individuals interested in participating are asked to submit a brief (500 words or less) abstract describing the computational work for which Gridgen was used to mesh. Please submit your abstract by January 31, 2006 in plain text, Microsoft Word, or PDF formats via email to ugm@pointwise.com. For more information, please go to http://www.pointwise.com/ugm. ************************************************************************ 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) Special Glyph Scripting Seminar in Reno Pointwise is hosting a Gridgen Glyph training seminar prior to the 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. January 8, 2006 Reno Hilton Reno, NV For more information or to register, please see the training page on our web site at: http://www.pointwise.com/support/train.shtml ************************************************************************ 6) Annual Aerospace Client Briefing in Reno The 9th Annual Pointwise/Intelligent Light Aerospace Client Briefing and breakfast will be held on Tuesday 10 January 2006 at the Reno Hilton in Reno, Nevada in conjunction with the AIAA's 44th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. John Chawner, Pointwise's President, and Steve Legensky, Intelligent Light's Founder and General Manager, invite you to join us for this annual event. Recent advances in Gridgen and FIELDVIEW will be presented as well as an inside look at future plans focused on helping you meet the challenges of applied CFD within a design environment. In depth demonstrations of Gridgen and FIELDVIEW will be held in the Exhibit Hall, Booth 101. Be sure to come by throughout the week and see what's new in FIELDVIEW and Gridgen. Sign up for the Briefing on-line now at http://www.pointwise.com/reno. ************************************************************************ 7) Upcoming Gridgen Training Courses Standard 3-day Gridgen training courses are currently scheduled on the following dates at the noted locations: 17-19 January 2006, Los Angeles, CA 14-16 March 2006, Fort Worth, TX 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. ************************************************************************ 8) Pointwise Event Schedule Pointwise will be participating in the following conferences and events: 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit 09-12 January 2006 Reno, NV http://www.aiaa.org/ ************************************************************************ 9) Gridgen Tricks and Tips When using Gridgen’s journal feature to record a Glyph script of the actions taken in your gridding session, remember to use the “Add Comment” command in the GLYPH COMMANDS menu to add text comments directly into your journal. This will facilitate finding certain actions in the script later and can be used to quickly mark special events in the script. ************************************************************************ 10) 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 $87 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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