Re: Official Release of FDS/Smokeview 3

[Kevin McGrattan <kevin.mcgrattan@nist.gov>]

After the talk, you can show them the smoke. I had no formal
plans for them.

Glenn Forney wrote:
> 
> my appointment was cancelled so I'll be here this morning.  But I had
> another meeting this afternoon so I'll be gone from about 12 to 2:30.  I
> would like to show these guys my 3d smoke.
> glenn
> 
> --
> Glenn Forney
> National Institute of Standards and Technology
> 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8663
> Gaithersburg MD 20899-8663
> 
> http://fire.nist.gov/fds
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin McGrattan" <kevin.mcgrattan@nist.gov>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <fdsusers@nist.gov>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 9:08 AM
> Subject: Official Release of FDS/Smokeview 3
> 
> >
> > All
> >
> > We've put up on the web site (fire.nist.gov/fds) the
> > official version 3 release of
> > FDS and Smokeview. Everybody should update to this version
> > as soon as possible. For
> > PC users, you can download the self-installation file and
> > run it. Those who have
> > installed FDS before need not reboot their computers. The
> > only thing that rebooting
> > does is to add the fds directory to the computer's search
> > path, not necessary since
> > this path has already been established. Try out the new
> > version (fds3) on the silly3
> > test case just to make sure everything copied over
> > correctly.
> >
> > We will maintain version 3 differently than version 2. With
> > version 2, we immediately
> > made changes to the physics of the model after releasing it,
> > so that users of v2
> > who found bugs had no choice but to move up to the ``test''
> > version that we were
> > working on. Obviously, this is a problem since the test
> > version is always riddled
> > with more bugs. This time with v3, we will maintain it by
> > fixing the occasional bug,
> > but not making any substantial change to the physics. Thus,
> > the ``official'' version
> > 3 will be what is on the web site now, and minor fixes will
> > be put into, say a
> > version 3.01, 3.02, etc, that will sit on the FTP site.
> > Links to the FTP site can
> > be found at the web site. Read the FAQs for more details.
> > Those reporting bugs will
> > be pointed to the FTP site, where a new fds3.exe can be
> > downloaded. Think of these
> > new executables as patches. Note that when running fds3, you
> > will see the version
> > number and compile date printed out at the top of the
> > diagnostic output. When
> > reporting bugs, mention these two numbers.
> >
> > Right now we are working on a parallel version of FDS. This
> > new version will
> > eventually evolve into FDS 4. It will use MPI (Message
> > Passing Interface) to
> > enable FDS to be run on multiple computers with distributed
> > memory. Our goal is
> > to be able to run in parallel, but also still run fast on a
> > single CPU. As part of
> > our investigation of the World Trade Center collapse, we
> > will be validating FDS
> > against large compartment fire tests that will be performed
> > here at NIST in the
> > spring.
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> >
> > --
> > Kevin McGrattan
> > National Institute of Standards and Technology
> > 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8663
> > Gaithersburg MD 20899-8663
> >
> > Telephone: (301) 975 2712
> > FAX:       (301) 975 4052
> >

-- 
Kevin McGrattan
National Institute of Standards and Technology
100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8663
Gaithersburg MD 20899-8663

Telephone: (301) 975 2712
FAX:       (301) 975 4052