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Description

Enhance the performance of large or sluggish animated 3D geometry asset files, ensuring compatibility with widely-used software like Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Maya, and The Foundry’s Nuke. Maintain uniform channel data across frames while eliminating redundant data throughout the animation timeline. This approach not only improves file loading times for animated scene geometry but also streamlines the workflow. With AWS Thinkbox XMesh, file uploads for extensive animated geometry assets are significantly expedited, leading to a more efficient production process. By optimizing these assets, creators can focus more on their artistic vision rather than technical limitations.

Description

Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) serves as a free and open-source platform for the modeling and visualization of flows influenced by fire. This computational fluid dynamics code effectively solves a variant of the Navier–Stokes equations tailored for low-speed, thermally-driven airflow, focusing particularly on the transport of smoke and heat resulting from fires. Employing large-eddy simulation, it captures the intricacies of fire-plume dynamics and can be utilized in diverse scenarios, such as those involving wind, sprinklers, ventilation systems, and various materials that affect fire behavior. Users create scenarios by utilizing text-based input files, execute the calculations within FDS, and subsequently evaluate the output data. The simulator presents results from both FDS and CFAST simulations through advanced OpenGL-based 3D graphics, incorporating scientific visualization techniques that include animated representations of smoke and tracer particles, two- and three-dimensional shaded contours, iso-surfaces, temperature distributions, and flow vectors that display both direction and intensity. In addition to these features, FDS is continually updated to enhance user experience and functionality, making it a vital tool for researchers and safety professionals alike.

API Access

Has API No 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

3ds Max Yes 
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Yes 
FireFlow Studio for FDS No 
Maya Yes 
Nuke Yes 
OpenGL No 

Integrations

3ds Max No 
Amazon Web Services (AWS) No 
FireFlow Studio for FDS Yes 
Maya No 
Nuke No 
OpenGL Yes 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

Free
Free Trial No 
Free Version Yes 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based No 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows Yes 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) Yes 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars Yes 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Amazon

Founded

1994

Country

United States

Website

aws.amazon.com/thinkbox-xmesh/

Vendor Details

Company Name

NIST

Founded

1901

Country

United States

Website

pages.nist.gov/fds-smv/

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