What's New on Pointwise.com - Part 2

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• 30 September 2009
• It's time to consider a Pointwise Teaching Partnership.
• The September 2009 issue of The Connector has been uploaded.
• The Events page was updated.
• 04 September 2009
• The August 2009 issue of The Connector has been uploaded.
• The Events page was updated.
• Announced the 2010 Training Course schedule.
• 13 August 2009
• The September Gridgen Standard Course has been cancelled.
• 18 Jun 2009
• Announcing the release of Pointwise Version 16.02 R3 including a native interface to AcuSolve.
• Why it's good to be an intern at Pointwise.
• The Events page was updated.
• The July 2009 issue of The Connector has been uploaded.
• 18 Jun 2009
• Announcing the release of Gridgen Version 15.14.
• Pointwise Version 16.02 R3 was released.
• The June 2009 issue of The Connector has been uploaded.
• The training course schedule was updated.
• 13 Jun 2009
• The Spring 2009 issue of Focal Point is now available.
• Two new application pages were added: one for a heart valve the other for America's Cup yachts.
• The results of our survey on where you get your CFD info are now available.
• 04 Jun 2009
• The May 2009 issue of The Connector has been uploaded.
• Links to our partners at OnDemandManuals for purchasing professionally printed and bound copies of the Pointwise and Gridgen documentation have been updated.
• The Events page was updated.
• 15 May 2009
• Pointwise was awarded an Air Force SBIR contract to work on overset meshing.
• 25 April 2009
• San Francisco will be the location of our October training course on the West Coast.
• 21 April 2009
• The April 2009 issue of The Connector has been uploaded.
• 09 April 2009
• Added an application page for Personal Micro-Environments.
• 02 April 2009
• Take our new survey about where you get your CFD info. Ten lucky respondents will win a prize!
• The May training course has been rescheduled for April.
• 24 March 2009
• Pointwise Version 16.02 R2 was released.
• All our internships for summer 2009 have been filled.
• 15 March 2009
• The March 2009 issue of The Connector has been uploaded.
• Our Development Team internship for summer 2009 has been filled.
• 05 March 2009
• New questions were added to Gridgen's FAQ.
• Gridgen's list of supported graphics cards was updated.
• Several new events were added to the Events calendar.
• The February 2009 issue of The Connector has been uploaded.
• 27 February 2009
• Pointwise is offering a seminar in Göteborg, Sweden on 19 March 2009.
• 16 February 2009
• An improved version of the PLOT3D Merge script (Plot3dMergeV3) is now available on the Glyph Script Exchange. It limits the amount of splitting that's performed.
• 15 February 2009
• A new script was added to the Glyph Script Exchange. DomAreaBlkVol computes the area of selected domains and the volume of selected blocks.
• Pointwise is now on Twitter! Follow us at twitter.com/Pointwise.
• 07 February 2009
• The Events page has been updated.
• Dayton will be the location of June's midwest training course.
• The January 2009 issue of The Connector has been uploaded.
• The Winter 2009 issue of Focal Point is now available.
• We're looking to hire a software development engineer .
• 24 January 2009
• The February training course on the East coast was cancelled.
• 12 January 2009
• The release of Pointwise Version 16.02 was announced.
• The location for February's training course on the East Coast was set.
• 09 January 2009
• The Events page has been updated.
• 01 January 2009
• The December 2008 issue of The Connector has been uploaded.
• It was announced that Pointwise Version 16.02 will be the last release to support SGI IRIX.
• 05 December 2008
• The release of Gridgen Version 15.13 is announced.
• Professionally printed and bound versions of the Pointwise User Manuals are now available for purchase from our partners at OnDemandManuals.com.
• 19 November 2008
• The November 2008 issue of The Connector has been uploaded.
• 4 November 2008
• The release of Gridgen V15.13 was announced.
• The release of Pointwise V16.01 R3 was announced.
• 30 October 2008
• SGI will be exhibiting at the Pointwise User Group Meeting next week.
• The training course schedule for 2009 has been posted.
• Back issues of The Connector for June - October 2008 have been uploaded.
• 26 October 2008
• Added a description of how the X-Planes postage stamp was created.
• The Events page has been updated.
• 11 October 2008
• We are now accepting applications for engineering interns for summer 2009.
• Intelligent Light will be exhibiting at the Pointwise User Group Meeting 2008.
• Presentation titles have been updated on the agenda for the Pointwise User Group Meeting 2008.
• Contact information for the Pointwise distributor in China, Shanghai Feiyi Computational Technology Ltd., has been updated.
• The Events page has been updated.
• 03 October 2008
• The Pointwise User Group Meeting 2008 agenda has been updated with speaker names and presentation titles. Register today!
• 29 September 2008
• The results of our platform usage survey are now available.
• 23 September 2008
• We are pleased to add ACUSIM as one of our partners.
• 15 September 2008
• Two new scripts have been added to the Glyph Script Exchange for setting connector distributions consistent with the anisotropic tetrahedral mesher. See conDistTetExtrusion.
• A Pointwise/Glyph2 version of the automatic meshing script for use with DesignFOIL has been added to the Glyph Script Exchange. See DesignFOIL_Pointwise_2D.
• NASA's DPLR CFD solver was awarded Software of the Year.
• 03 September 2008
• Dr. Hrvoje Jasak, co-author of the OpenFOAM CFD solver, will be a Visiting Researcher at Pointwise this autumn.
• The preliminary agenda for the Pointwise User Group Meeting 2008 has been posted.
• 28 August 2008
• We'd like to know what platforms you're using with Pointwise and Gridgen. Take our survey.
• Tecplot will be exhibiting at the Pointwise User Group Meeting.
• Site information has been added for the upcoming training course in San Francisco.
• 19 August 2008
• The Gridgen Portability page has been updated to include an additional library that is necessary for Linux platforms.
• 15 August 2008
• The date and location of the West Coast training course has been updated.
• The abstract deadline for the Pointwise User Group Meeting 2008 has been extended to 30 August.
• 13 August 2008
• Pointwise V16.01 R2 has been released.
• 10 August 2008
• The chief test pilot from Lockheed Martin will deliver the keynote address at the Pointwise User Group Meeting 2008.
• The release of Gridgen V15.12 was announced.
• The training schedule was updated.
• Added an application page for motorsport CFD.
• 5 August 2008
• Gridgen V15.12 has been released.
• You can now request a quotation for a new license or a renewal license online at our Contact Us page.
• The Pointwise User Group Meeting's deadline for abstracts has been extended to August 15, 2008.
• 27 July 2008
• The Events page has been updated.
• Several grids have been added to the Applications page: an example of scripting for an air curtain, a grid for a medical dialyzer, unstructured meshes for electromagnetics, another example of automation through scripting for marine applications, and grids for high-speed aerodynamics for the X-15.
• 19 July 2008
• The Chief Test Pilot at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics will deliver the keynote address at the Pointwise User Group Meeting 2008.
• A new script was added to the Glyph Script Exchange that extends a database curve along its tangent.
• Added a new CFD applications example for a pressure regulator valve.
• 15 July 2008
• Added a description of the Pointwise Teaching Partnership. It provides free licenses for use in a class or lab.
• CD-adapco will be participating in the Pointwise User Group Meeting 2008.
• The Events page has been updated.
• Added a new CFD application example for a radial blower.
• 06 July 2008
• Several new CFD examples were added to the Applications gallery.
• The Events page has been updated.
• 29 June 2008
• A new Glyph script procedure for determining the arclength value of a given point on a connector has been added to the Glyph Script Exchange.
• The Applications page has been given a new look.
• We're looking to hire. See what's available on our Open Positions page.
• 14 June 2008
• Released more information about the Pointwise User Group Meeting including Registration, Exhibitor Sign-Up, and Hotel & Travel information.
• The August training course has been changed to a combined Gridgen Advanced and Pointwise Standard course to be held in Fort Worth.
• 02 June 2008
• Announced the Pointwise User Group Meeting 2008 to be held 05-06 November 2008 in Fort Worth, Texas.
• Pointwise Version 16.01 was released.
• The Spring 2008 issue of Focal Point is now available.
• Please welcome George Shrewsbury to Pointwise.
• 26 May 2008
• Updated Pointwise's FAQ.
• Updated the Training Course schedule.
• 20 May 2008
• New customers can get 50% off the price of new licenses if they're GAMBIT users.
• The Events page has been updated.
• The May 2008 issue of The Connector is now online.
• 08 May 2008
• Read about how Gridgen contributed to CFD studies of the P-3C Orion.
• 01 May 2008
• Announced the date and issued the Call for Papers for the Pointwise User Group Meeting 2008 to be held in Fort Worth, Texas on 05-06 November 2008.
• Announced that Dr. Steve Karman from the University of Tennessee Chattanooga will be this summer's visiting researcher.
• Updated the Training Course schedule.
• 18 April 2008
• The April 2008 issue of The Connector is now online.
• Updated the Events page by adding the CEIViz '08 conference.
• 18 April 2008
• Added ReorientDomain to the Glyph Script Exchange for changing the orientation of a domain's computational coordinates.
• Added reportLeftHandedBlk to the Glyph Script Exchange for quickly finding any blocks with left-handed computational coordinates or any blocks with negative volume cells.
• Added howtoComputeConEndspacings to the Glyph Script Exchange to demonstrate how to compute the actual spacing at either end of a connector regardless of whether it was explicitly set by the user.
• The results of our multi-core survey are available for your review.
• The Training Course Schedule has been updated including the cancelation of the June class planned for the Midwest.
• 29 March 2008
• A new script, SwapFaceDomains, was added to the Glyph Script Exchange. This script swaps one set of domains in a block for another set.
• The March 2008 issue of The Connector is now online.
• 23 March 2008
• Updated the list of supported file formats on Gridgen's compatibility page.
• Uploaded the latest version of the Grid2Ansys script to the Glyph Script Exchange.
• Added a Gridgen FAQ about memory estimation.
• Added Intel to our list of partners.
• Updated the Events page, including addition of this year's OpenFOAM conference.
• Refreshed the information on the list of worldwide sales offices.
• 15 March 2008
• Take our Survey on multi-core and multi-CPU workstations.
• DomainDiagnose has been added to the Glyph Script Exchange.
• 08 March 2008
• The training schedule was updated, including addition of site information for the upcoming west coast and east coast courses.
• 12 February 2008
• The February 2008 issue of The Connector is now on-line.
• 07 February 2008
• Details have been updated for April's training course on the west coast: it will be in San Francisco on 08-10 April.
• A new training course has been added to the schedule: 29 April - 01 May in Falls Church, VA.
• 02 February 2008
• Our Engineering Intern job has been filled.
• The January 2008 issue of The Connector is now on-line.
• The Winter 2008 issue of the Pointwise Pointer is now on-line.
• 26 January 2008
• We have a job opening for a Marketing Assistant.
• The Training Course in Falls Church, Virginia in February is now FULL.
• 16 January 2008
• Pointwise Version 16.00 R3 is now available for production use.
• 15 January 2008
• Announced our partnership with DreeseCode Software for automatic meshing from DesignFOIL.
• 12 January 2008
• Updated the Events page with shows throughout 2008.
• We are seeking an Engineering Intern.
• 08 January 2008
• A new glyph script, WhatsInMyDatabase.glf, for printing out information pertaining to the current geometry has been uploaded to the Glyph Script Exchange.
• A new glyph script, DesignFOIL_Gridgen.glf, that automatically generates a CFD grid for airfoils created using DesignFOIL has been uploaded to the Glyph Script Exchange.
• Updated versions of Gridgen installation instructions, license management instructions, and release notes have been added to the Library.
• 22 December 2007
• Pointwise is pleased to cosponsor the Intelligent Light / AIAA Farewell to Reno Party at the Aerospace Sciences Meeting.
• February's East Coast training course will be held in Falls Church, VA.
• 17 December 2007
• Gridgen Version 15.11 is now available for production use.
• Added the latest issue of The Connector.
• Added a new FAQ about the Domain icon in the Pointwise List panel.
• Updated the training course schedule.
• Updated the hardware and CAD version support for the Native CAD readers.
• 08 December 2007
• Updated the training course schedule and pricing.
• Added a new FAQ about running Gridgen on Intel Macs.
• Added a new FAQ about initializing an unstructured mesh before exporting analysis data.
• 04 December 2007
• Added the latest issue of The Connector.
• 29 November 2007
• Added the Pointwise VPAT.
• Please welcome Myranda Wangerin to our Product Development team.
• 20 November 2007
• An updated version of the Pointwise Quick Installation Guide is now available.
• 17 November 2007
• DreeseCode Software is welcomed as a partner.
• Added the two latest issues of The Connector.
• Posted the Gridgen and Pointwise training schedule for 2008.
• 08 November 2007
• Pointwise Version 16.00 R2 is now available for production use.
• 23 October 2007
• Updated the Pointwise FAQ.
• 21 October 2007
• Updated the Pointwise FAQ.
• The October 2007 issue of The Connector in now online.
• 18 October 2007
• The dates for the Pointwise training course in Dayton have been changed from November to December.
• 15 October 2007
• Added a training course in Dayton on 06-07 November.
• We added more questions to the Pointwise FAQ.
• 11 October 2007
• Updated the Pointwise FAQ.
• 10 October 2007
• Created a Frequently Asked Questions page for Pointwise.
• 08 October 2007
• A new era in CFD meshing begins today with the release of Pointwise, our next-generation meshing software.
• 27 September 2007
• The Training schedule has been updated.
• The Events calendar has been updated.
• 19 September 2007
• We have an open position for a Technical Support Engineer.
• Please welcome our new Sales Engineer, Chris Sideroff.
• 15 September 2007
• October's east coast training course has been updated. The course is now 3 days (23-25 October), covers both Advanced Gridgen and Pointwise Basic topics, and will be held in Falls Church, Virginia.
• The events calendar has been updated.
• 08 September 2007
• The August 2007 issue of The Connector in now online.
• Pointwise will exhibit and conduct a seminar at the Thermal Fluids Analysis Workshop in Cleveland.
• 24 August 2007
• Register today for our Pointwise seminar in Los Angeles on 26 August.
• A native Tecplot interface has been added to Gridgen.
• 31 July 2007
• The July 2007 issue of The Connector is now online.
• The dates for the September Pointwise Standard Course in Los Angeles, CA have been updated. Site information and directions are also now available.
• 29 July 2007
• The Spring 2007 issue of the Focal Point newsletter is now online.
• The Events calendar has been updated.
• 06 July 2007
• The Events page has been updated.
• A new Gridgen Standard Course has been added to the training schedule.
• 22 June 2007
• The June 2007 issue of The Connector is now on-line.
• 17 June 2007
• Training course dates for both Gridgen and Pointwise have been updated. See the new dates on our schedule.
• For a limited time, STAR-CD and STAR-CCM+ users can add a Gridgen license for half off the list price.
• Our Technical Sales Engineer position has been filled.
• 08 June 2007
• We formed a new Applied Research group and announced that Nick Wyman will lead it.
• Added CFDnetwork Engineering to our partners page.
• The Fall 2006 and Spring 2007 issues of the Pointer are now available for download.
• So is the May 2007 issue of The Connector.
• 19 May 2007
• We announced our partnership with CADNexus for directly interfacing Gridgen to CAD software via the CAPRI CAE Gateway.
• 14 May 2007
• Announced Gridgen's availability for Windows Vista.
• Added the NAFEMS Congress, the STAR Conferences, and the SPE Annual Technical Conference to the events page.
• Announced the end of life for Gridgen on three hardware platforms.
• 30 April 2007
• The training schedule was updated with new classes and dates.
• The U.S. Postal Service issued an express mail stamp showing a Gridgen mesh.
• The new direct interface between Gridgen and CAD software developed by our partners at CADNexus is described on Gridgen's CAD page.
• Four back issues of The Connector have been uploaded: April 2007, Special Gridgen V15.10 Edition, Special Aerospace Sciences Edition II, Special Aerospace Sciences Edition I.
• 30 March 2007
• The release of Gridgen Version 15.10 with anisotropic tetrahedral extrusion was announced.
• Our AIAA paper about anisotropic tetrahedral meshing has been added to the Gridgen bibliography.
• The Get Help! web form for reporting Gridgen issues has been updated for the latest release.
• The customer bibliography has been updated with the latest publications.
• The March 2007 issue of The Connector is now-online.
• Various links and hotel information were updated on our Visit Us page.
• Contact information for Sirehna, the Gridgen distributor in France, was updated.
• 19 March 2007
• A problem with the help update links on the Downloads page has been corrected.
• 15 March 2007
• Gridgen Version 15.10 is now available.
• The online version of the Release Notes has been updated.
• 10 March 2007
• Added Engineous Symposium to the Events page.
• The February 2007 issue of The Connector is now-online.
• 25 February 2007
• Pointwise was released for beta testing.
• 04 February 2007
• We formally announced Shanghai Feiyi Computational Technology as the new Gridgen distributor in China.
• The January 2007 issue of The Connector is now-online.
• 14 January 2007
• Added contact information for Shanghai Feiyi Computational Technology Ltd., the new Gridgen distributor in China.
• Updated contact information for ANOVA, the Gridgen distributor in Turkey.
• Updated contact information for Porto Ricerca, the Gridgen distributor in Italy.
• 01 January 2007
• rmFileFromDBName has been uploaded to the Glyph Script Exchange. This script removes the file name portion of database entity names to make them shorter and easier to read.
• Updated the schedule for our events at the AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting. Hope to see you in Reno.
• 13 December 2006
• The time of the Pointwise seminar at AIAA Aerospace Sciences has been changed from afternoon to morning.
• NAFEMS, the international organization dedicated to providing independent information on engineering analysis and simulation, has been added to the Partners page.
• The December 2006 issue of The Connector is now-online.
• 08 December 2006
• The Fall 2006 issue of our Focal Point newsletter is now-online.
• Pointwise, our next-generation meshing software, will be revealed at the AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting in Reno next month. We'll be hosting a seminar, reception, and exhibit.
• 30 November 2006
• Directions for the location of the January Gridgen class in Ohio were updated.
• 14 November 2006
• The schedule of Gridgen training classes was updated, including the location of January class in Ohio.
• CADNexus was added to our list of partners.
• Upcoming shows were added to the events calendar.
• 24 October 2006
• Latest issue of The Connector was added to the Library.
• 18 October 2006
• We have a job opening for a Software Development Engineer.
• 28 September 2006
• New shows and conferences have been posted to the Events Calendar.
• The September 2006 issue of The Connector is now online.
• 01 September 2006
• Results from the file formats survey have been posted. Thank you to everyone who participated and congratulations to our lucky prize winners. Stay tuned for the next survey question.
• 19 August 2006
• The file format survey was closed. Results will be posted to the survey page soon.
• 16 August 2006
• The Israeli CFD Center (www.iscfdc.co.il) was announced as our new sales partner in Israel.
• The August 2006 issue of The Connector is now online.
• 08 August 2006
• Recent issues of our email newsletter are now available on our The Connector page.
• The Gridgen Training Course schedule has been updated through 2007 and including special regional courses.
• Please welcome Xiaohang (Wenny) Wang to our Support & Consulting team.
• New shows and conferences have been posted to the Events Calendar.
• 12 July 2006
• Take our survey about which grid file formats you use - and maybe win a prize.
• New in the Glyph Script Exchange:
• New script UnsDomMaxDev computes the maximum deviation (faceting) of an unstructured domain from its underlying database entity.
• Scripts Grid2Ansys have been updated with a few improvements.
• The Spring 2006 issue of our Focal Point newsletter is now-online.
• The July edition of our email newsletter, The Connector, is now-online.
• 27 June 2006
• Latest issue of The Connector was added to the Library.
• The open position for a System Administrator has been filled.
• 22 June 2006
• Gridgen Version 15.09 Rel 3 is now available.
• New license management questions and answers are now available in our FAQ.
• The dates of our August Tcl/Tk course in Fort Worth have changed.
• 17 June 2006
• The new Gridgen distributor for Israel, the Israeli CFD Center, was added to our Partners and Contacts pages.
• Hotel and exhibitor registration pages were added for the Gridgen User Group Meeting Europe 2006 to be held 17-18 October 2006 in Baden-Baden, Germany.
• The events calendar was updated with new conferences and expos at which Pointwise will be participating.
• 01 June 2006
• The FAQ page has been updated with new questions.
• Two script archives in the Glyph Script Exchange have been updated to include corrected scripts.
• Editions of The Connector from 2005 have been moved to the Archive.
• The Training Course Schedule was updated.
• 26 May 2006
• Submit a paper and register for the Gridgen User Group Meeting Europe.
• The Events Calendar was updated.
• 23 May 2006
• New information was added for the Gridgen User Group Meeting Europe 2006.
• The open position for a Technical Sales Engineer has been filled.
• The Events Calendar was updated.
• 05 May 2006
• The Gridgen User Group Meeting Europe 2006 will be held in Baden-Baden, Germany on 17-18 October 2006.
• The availability of Gridgen for Windows and Linux platforms using the AMD Opteron was announced.
• The open position for Manager of Support and Consulting has been closed.
• 29 April 2006
• The Events Calendar was updated.
• Support for the SGI Prism was announced.
• The Technical Support Engineer position has been filled.
• 11 April 2006
• Latest issue of The Connector was added to the Library.
• The Gridgen User Group Meeting 2006 Registration Deadline has been extended.
• Added Bill Clark as the keynote speaker for the Gridgen User Group Meeting 2006.
• Added AMD logo to Gridgen User Group Meeting 2006 Exhibitors page.
• 28 March 2006
• Gridgen Version 15.09 Rel 2 is now available.
• 16 March 2006
• Gridgen Version 15.09 Rel 1 is now available.
• Latest issue of The Connector was added to the Library.
• Added AMD as a sponsor of the 2006 Gridgen User's Group Meeting.
• Added titles for presentations given by Pointwise staff to the UGM agenda.
• 11 March 2006
• Optimal Solutions and SGI will exhibit at the Gridgen User Group Meeting 2006.
• Now hiring: Technical Support Engineer
• 05 March 2006
• The agenda for the Gridgen User Group Meeting 2006 has been updated and now includes the titles of all technical presentations.
• Intelligent Light will be participating in the CFD Gallery at the Gridgen User Group Meeting 2006.
• CFD Technologies' new web site is now listed on our Contacts and Partners pages. They are the Gridgen distributor in the United Kingdom.
• 20 February 2006
• CD-adapco will participate in the CFD Gallery at the Gridgen User Group Meeting 2006.
• 07 February 2006
• Added a script that computes quad cell warpage to the Glyph Script Exchange.
• Changed the dates of this summer's Tcl/Tk/Glyph Training Course to 02-04 August 2006.
• 02 February 2006
• Gridgen Training Courses and dates updated for 2006.
• Updated the Events page for all of 2006.
• Opened a new job: Manager of Support & Consulting
• 22 January 2006
• Opened a position for an Engineering Intern.
• Contact information for many of Gridgen's International Distributors was updated.
• The Events Calendar was updated.
• Added Fluent as an exhibitor at the Gridgen User Group Meeting 2006.
• 17 December 2005
• Latest issue of The Connector was added to the Library.
• Added the Fall 2005 issue of Focal Point.
• 11 December 2005
• Added a .tar.gz file for all the scripts in the Glyph Script Exchange in addition to the .zip file. Also fixed a problem with the file paths in the .zip file.
• Announced the release of the Unstructured Grid Consortium's API V2.
• Finalized the location of the Aerospace Client Briefing to the Garage Night Club in the Reno Hilton.
• 03 December 2005
• Added recent issues of The Connector to the Library.
• Added a Gridgen Training Course on 16-18 May 2006.
• Computing CFD solutions has been added to the consulting services we offer.
• 19 November 2005
• Announced the annual Pointwise/Intelligent Light Aerospace Client Briefing - register today!
• Introduced a new Get Help form at www.pointwise.com/gethelp/ for reporting software issues.
• Posted the October issue of The Connector.
• Added site-specific information to the Training Course Description page, especially for the Los Angeles and Reno courses.
• Updated the Events page.
• Posted a job opportunity for a full-time computer systems administrator.
• 17 October 2005
• Updated the Events calendar.
• 30 September 2005
• Announced the Gridgen User Group Meeting 2006 including a Call for Papers.
• Announced a special offer for FLUENT users.
• Updated the Events calendar.
• Posted the September issue of The Connector.
• 19 September 2005
• The Gridgen training course schedule has been updated to include a Gridgen Glyph seminar at the 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit in Reno, NV.
• The Gridgen Training webpage has been updated.
• 07 September 2005
• Two scripts were added to the Glyph Script Exchange for exporting grids to ANSYS.
• A script was added to the Glyph Script Exchange for recovering interblock connections that aren't full-face from a grid after PLOT3D import.
• A brief alphabetical list of scripts, including a zip file of all scripts, was added to the Glyph Script Exchange.
• A script with two utility procedures, BlkGetByName and BlkGetByNum, were added to the Glyph Script Exchange.
• A few photos of the Gridgen User Group Meeting 2005 were added to the User Group Meeting page.
• The instructions for enabling overlay planes for Nvidia graphics cards on Linux were clarified on Gridgen's portability page and in the FAQ.
• 04 September 2005
• Improved site design.
• Updated the schedule of Gridgen Training Courses.
• Updated the calendar of events.
• 15 August 2005
• The Events Calendar has been updated with our latest list of conferences and shows.
• Answers to the Gridgen Quiz have been posted in the Support area of our website.
• Uploaded the August 2005 issue of The Connector.
• 01 August 2005
• Uploaded the August 2005 Special Edition issue of The Connector.
• A new Tcl/Tk training course at our Fort Worth office is now open for registration.
• 27 July 2005
• Gridgen Version 15.08 is now available.
• Uploaded the July 2005 issue of The Connector.
• The Gridgen Portability page was updated to show we have upgraded our support for HP-UX on PA-RISC to V11.11.
• The Gridgen CAD page was updated. Our Unigraphics Native CAD Reader now supports the NX 3 file format.
• 22 July 2005
• New technical papers by customers have been added to the bibliography.
• The Spring 2005 issue of Focal Point is available in PDF form.
• The Gridgen Training Course calendar was updated. A new class was posted, another class had its dates changed.
• A new FAQ was added about configuration overlay planes on Linux.
• 08 July 2005
• The Gridgen Quiz is now online!
• 21 June 2005
• The Gridgen Training Course schedule was updated.
• The contact information for the Gridgen distributor in South Korea has changed.
• The on-line Bibliography now includes the two technical papers we presented at the AIAA CFD Conference in Toronto.
• The Events Calendar has been updated with our latest list of conferences and shows.
• The library's listing of Pointwise Pointers now includes subject in addition to date of publication for ease in browsing.
• 04 June 2005
  • Uploaded the June 2005 issue of The Connector.
  • Formally announced the Glyph Script Exchange.
• 11 May 2005
  • Gridgen Version 15.07 R2 is now available.
  • Updated the events calendar.
• 04 May 2005
  • Posted a special May issue of The Connector.
• 28 April 2005
  • Gridgen V15.07
  • Gridgen User Group Meeting 2005 was a great success! Pictures will be posted at a later date.
• 18 April 2005
  • Removed deadline for Gridgen User Group Meeting 2005 registration - only one week left. Register today!
• 11 April 2005
  • The Gridgen User Group Meeting 2005 registration deadline has been extended to 15 April!
  • Due to lack of registrants, the Team Grid Challenge at the Gridgen UGM has been cancelled.
  • Posted April's issue of The Connector.
• 21 March 2005
  • The Gridgen User Group Meeting 2005 Agenda has been updated with all technical presentations.
  • Announced plans to drop Gridgen support for several platforms.
  • The events calendar was updated.
• 14 March 2005
  • Major Gridgen User Group Meeting updates for the Agenda and list of Exhibitors
  • Added March's issue of The Connector to the Library.
• 08 March 2005
  • Introducing the newest Pointwise employee, Scott Powers.
  • Updated the Gridgen UGM Agenda and Exhibitor list.
• 26 February 2005
  • Gridgen UGM Keynote Speaker Announced!
  • Added a listing for our latest technical presentation to the bibliography.
• 17 February 2005
  • The Software Developer position has been filled.
• 15 February 2005
  • Repaired a few errant links to the new Downloads page.
  • Updated the registration form for the Gridgen User Group Meeting.
• 12 February 2005
  • Posted January's and February's issues of The Connector.
  • Downloads page now has full Gridgen installation in addition to upgrades.
  • Updated the contact information for the Gridgen distributor in Japan.
  • Updated information about the Gridgen User Group Meeting.
• 31 January 2005
  • Added several Glyph scripts for download
  • Gridgen UGM 2005 Abstract Deadline Extended
• 30 December 2004
  • Fall 2004 Focal Point
  • Gridgen V15.06
• 28 December 2004
  • Open Position: Sales Engineer
• 04 December 2004
  • The Manager of Customer Support position has been filled.
• 15 November 2004
  • Aerospace Client Briefing
• 10 November 2004
  • Open Position: Software Developer
  • Pointwise's 10th Anniversary
• 15 October 2004
  • Open Position: Manager of Customer Support
• 17 September 2004
  • Gridgen UGM CFP
  • Gridgen User Group Meeting 2005 Announcement
• 03 September 2004
  • Gridgen V15.05
  • Mac Port Announcement
• 11 August 2004
  • Added a new Gridgen application page: Exhaust-Gas Throttle
• 12 August 2004
  • Updated the Gridgen Training Course schedule for 2005
  • Posted August's issue of The Connector
• 04 August 2004
  • Introduced the Glyph Exchange
  • Introduced the Gridgen Library
  • Updated the Gridgen Archives
• 28 July 2004
  • Announced the EOL for Gridgen on AIX
  • Update the events calendar
  • Announced plans to support CATIA V5 and Itanium
• 05 June 2004
  • Spring 2004 Focal Point
• 17 May 2004
  • Gridgen V15.04
• 23 April 2004
  • Gridgen V15.03
• 07 April 2004
  • Gridgen Version 15.03 (release notes)
  • Closed job openings.
• 02 April 2004
  • Native CAD Readers
• 15 March 2004
  • Gridgen User Group Meeting registration deadline extended
• 06 March 2004
  • Announced new distributors
  • Updated the events page
  • Closed the technical support engineer job opening
• 21 February 2004
  • Added a new bug solutions page
• 14 February 2004
  • Extended CFX offer through March
• 07 February 2004
  • Updated User Group Meeting agenda
• 31 January 2004
  • Updated User Group Meeting agenda
  • New form for updating customer info
• 17 January 2004
  • Updated FAQs
• 10 January 2004
  • Unigraphics Native CAD Reader
  • UGM Keynote Speaker
  • Open Positions
• 18 December 2003
  • Gridgen Version 15.02
• 08 December 2003
  • Updated UGM Exhibitors
  • Posted "The Connector" for Dec. 2003
• 24 November 2003
  • Special CFX Offer
  • Fall '03 Pointer [PDF]
  • Fall '03 Focal Point [PDF]
• 06 November 2003
  • Gridgen Distributors for India and Italy
• 29 October 2003
  • Aerospace Client Briefing
  • Gridgen Version 15.01
  • Navy Research Contract Awarded
• 13 September 2003
  • The Connector - Sep. 2003
  • Application: Wright Again
  • Application: Wright Again
  • Application: Vectored Nozzle
  • Application: Acoustics
  • Application: Dalles Dam
  • Application: E-2C
  • Application: America's Cup 2000
  • Application: Bat Flight
  • Application: F-15E Spin Analysis
  • Application: Naval Hydro
• 26 August 2003
  • Gridgen User Group Meeting Announcement and Call for Papers
• 02 August 2003
  • The Connector - Aug. 2003
  • Gridgen Teaching Partnership
• 19 July 2003
  • Updated FAQ
  • Holiday Card Contest Announcement
• 02 June 2003
  • Gridgen Version 15.00 Released
  • New web site design.
• 13 March 2003
  • Gridgen Version 14.06 Released
• 19 December 2002
  • Gridgen Version 14.05 Released
• 23 September 2002
  • Gridgen Version 14.04 Released
• 06 August 2002
  • Gridgen Version 14.03 Released
• 20 July 2002
  • Holiday Card Contest
• 28 June 2002
  • Gridgen Version 14.02 Released
• 04 May 2002
  • Gridgen Version 14 Released
• 02 Oct 2001
  • 2002 Training Schedule
• 23 Aug 2001
  • Gridgen Version 13.3.11
  • Updated Event Calendar
• 21 Mar 2001
  • Gridgen Version 13.3.10
• 16 Jan 2001
  • Open Position - Software Development Engineer
• 27 Nov 2000
  • Gridgen/FIELDVIEW User Group Meeting
• 26 Oct 2000
  • Gridgen Version 13.3.9
  • New French Distributor
  • Updated Trade Show Schedule
• 01 Aug 2000
  • Gridgen Version 13.3.8
  • New UK Distributor
• 18 Apr 2000
  • Gridgen Version 13.3.7
• 07 Apr 2000
  • Gridgen Version 13.3.6
  • Updated Trade Show Schedule
• 20 Feb 2000
  • Gridgen Version 13.3.5
  • IRIX 5 EOL Notice
• 10 Feb 2000
  • Gridgen Version 13.3.4
  • New German Distributor
  • Tech Support Job Opening
• 22 May 1999
  • New Distributors
  • updated trade show schedule
• 23 Mar 1999
  • Gridgen Version 13.2.5
• 31 Dec 1998
  • User Group Meeting
• 17 Dec 1998
  • Gridgen Version 13.2.4
• 03 Nov 1998
  • Gridgen Ported to Windows
  • Gridgen Version 13.2.3
• 16 Oct 1998
  • Gridgen Version 13.2.2
• 22 Sep 1998
  • Gridgen Version 13.2.1
  • More Gallery Images
  • graphical and navigational re-design
• 08 Aug 1998
  • Gridgen Version 13.2
  • Unstructured Grids Released
• 28 May 1998
  • Gridgen Version 12.1.4
• 18 May 1998
  • Gridgen Version 13 Beta Program
• 10 April 1998
  • updated trade show calendar
  • updated hardware and software prerequisites for Gridgen
• 14 February 1998
  • Tet Meshing
  • Year 2000
• 06 January 1998
  • December's Free Shirt Winner!
• 22 December 1997
  • Pointwise Schedules 1998 Gridgen Training
• 02 December 1997
  • Gridgen Version 12.1.3
  • Gridgen Now Available for Sun
  • November's Free Shirt Winner!
• 17 November 1997
  • October's Free Shirt Winner!
  • job opening has been filled
• 14 October 1997
  • September's Free Shirt Winner!
  • New Suite Number
  • updated trade show schedule
• 05 September 1997
  • Gridgen Version 12.1.2
  • August's Free Shirt Winner!
  • updated trade show schedule
  • Gridgen Now Available for DEC
• 14 August 1997
  • Employment Opportunity
  • updated FAQ
  • Pointwise now accepts credit cards
• 05 August 1997
  • Gridgen Version 12.1.1
  • Added User Manual to Support page.
  • Added In Work SPR list to current Release Notes.
  • July's Free Shirt Winner!
• 18 July 1997
  • introduced Gridgen Version 12.1 (press release)
  • Win a Free Shirt!
  • updated the links page
  • added graphics to table of contents
  • added page of links to Dallas/Fort Worth area
• 28 March 1997
  • improved background image
  • updated FAQ
• 05 March 1997
  • Gridgen Version 11.2.4
  • updated distributors information
  • updated Gridgen reference list
• 14 February 1997
  • New layout - no frames!
• 11 January 1997
  • updated company profile
• 28 December 1996
  • trade show schedule
• 20 December 1996
  • UK and European Distributor
• 02 December 1996
  • Pointwise Schedules 1997 Gridgen Training
  • Intelligent Light and Pointwise Join Forces
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  • New graphical page layout