PowerVIZ |
High Performance CFD Visualization
PowerVIZ is an extremely high performance CFD visualization tool offering the first truly interactive analysis of Exa Corporation's PowerFLOW simulation results. With PowerVIZ, users can use tools to virtually slide along the surface of their CAD geometry and observe as the visualized flow patterns evolve and change - a feature not possible using any other commercially available software package.
PowerVIZ provides fast, interactive graphics for even the largest data sets, and offers the ability to easily combine different visualization techniques all within the same image - to truly explore your simulation data as never before.
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PowerVIZ features & benefits
- Super high performance: Interactive and intuitive handling of large data sets allows for faster analysis
- Scripting capabilities: Create scripts for automatic application of standard visualization practices optimization
- Direct link to PowerFLOW: No converting of data from other formats. With PowerVIZ you load your PowerFLOW output files quickly and easily
- Enhanced visualization functionality: New tools increase your flow visualization options for more sophisticated analysis
- Virtual reality/collaboration tool: PowerVIZ can be customized for virtual reality systems including stereo projection for PowerWall and CAVE displays, allowing you to easily demonstrate your simulation analysis to team members
Visualization techniques
- Axis-aligned slice planes
- Freely movable slice planes
- Particle tracing with various adaptive integration schemes
- Streamlines, streamribbons
- Particle tracing (streamlines) for arbitrary 2D slices
- Colored isosurfaces
- Direct reporting of numerical data and 2D graphs
- Transient plotting of integral and average data values
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Visualization techniques for surface data
- Color coding of surface geometry by surface data
- Surface particle tracing (streamlines)
- Plots for surface scalar values
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Scripting
PowerVIZ supports full scripting of all features via the Python language.
Scripting can be used for:
- Recording user input
- Generation of standard analysis setups
- Generation of animations
- Project saving
- Setup saving
- Batch processing
- Movie creation
Data sets/import
PowerVIZ directly loads PowerFLOW geometry and results files without any conversion. A data set typically takes less than a minute to load.
Transient analysis and time frame switching is as easy as pressing a button.
Legends
PowerVIZ offers the option to format legends with several parameters adjustable by the user, e.g. position, size, fonts, orientation.
Data/image export
- Screen shots and movies can be easily captured
- Numerical data can be saved in ASCII files or exported to separate tools
Graphical user interface
PowerVIZ has an intuitive and easy to use graphical user interface (GUI).
System requirements
- PowerVIZ is available on most standard UNIX workstations and Intel Pentium systems running Windows 2000 or Linux
- Hardware requirements (recommended): 3D graphics card with texture support, 512 MB RAM
- A six degrees of freedom (DOF) input device (mouse) is supported
- Stereo rendering is supported
- Virtual reality multipipe versions for PowerWall and CAVE installations are custom options
Memory management
Efficient memory management utilizes up to 4GB of memory (as needed)
Sales
PowerVIZ Workstation Edition is distributed internationally by our partner EXA Corporation, the manufacturer of the CFD simulation software PowerFLOW.
PowerVIZ workshops
If you are interested in PowerVIZ workshops please contact us for more information.
