CFD Solver Interfaces from Pointwise Meshing Software

Pointwise supports neutral, native, and de facto standard interfaces to CFD solvers (including the specification of solver boundary conditions) and a variety of other formats to ensure that Pointwise fits into your CFD process. Of course, Pointwise is compatible with a variety of CAD data formats as well.

Custom Interfaces Using Plugins

Read about how you can add your own file export to Pointwise using a CAE plugin.

Pointwise's CAE Plugin API allows custom exporters of grid and boundary conditions to be written by the customer and inserted at run time. Rather than utilize a neutral format, a CAE plugin can be written to provide exactly the format you need. A plugin is perfect for research codes that change frequently or proprietary formats you'd rather not have everyone exporting.

Built-in Native Interfaces

Pointwise supports these native CFD and CAE formats:

CGNS is a general, portable, and extensible standard for storage and retrieval of CFD data. cgns.sourceforge.net

De Facto Interfaces

Supported de facto standard interfaces include:

• FIELDVIEW
• NASTRAN
• PATRAN
• PLOT3D
• STL
• UCD
• VRML