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2018.02.27 - blueCFD-Core 2017-2 (64-bit) Installer now available

Tue, 27 Feb 2018 16:50:49 +0100

Today we release the culmination of all of the bug fixes done since the last post, namely replying and fixing bug reports, synchronizing the blueCFD-Core-5.x branch with OpenFOAM-5.x and writing FAQ entries.

blueCFD-Core 2017-2 is a bug fix release, along with a synchronization with all of the bug fixes available in OpenFOAM 5.x. A few fixes and additions were made for the third-party software (see the release notes).

Released elements are:

blueCFD-Core-2017-2-win64-setup.exe
- blueCFD-Core 2017-2 provides MSys2, OpenFOAM 5.x and ParaView 5.4.1.
- 790 MiB installer, SHA1: 4df0b7a38eea5363b66e5f7d0d94f50714d59f1a
The Release Notes for blueCFD-Core 2017-2 page has been created for this release.
The Frequently Asked Questions page is being revised for this...

2017.11.03 - blueCFD-Core 2017-1 has been released

Fri, 03 Nov 2017 10:26:04 +0100

Today we release blueCFD-Core 2017-1, which provides OpenFOAM 5.x as a native build for Windows, with OpenFOAM binaries acting as normal Windows applications.

The installer for blueCFD-Core 2017-1 is installed separately from blueCFD-Core 2016, therefore both installations can coexist.

Released elements are:

blueCFD-Core-2017-1-win64-setup.exe
- blueCFD-Core 2017-1 provides MSys2, OpenFOAM 5.x and ParaView 5.4.1.
- 727 MiB installer, SHA1: 4367af23e453dde2dd406539a01ef76f2afa2376
The Release Notes for blueCFD-Core 2017-1 page has been created for this release.
The Frequently Asked Questions page is being revised for this release and will be completed as soon as possible.
A Project Management page for organization/project members is available to list the tasks...

2017.09.08 - blueCFD-Core 2016-2 (64-bit) Installer now available

Fri, 08 Sep 2017 10:51:48 +0100

Today we release the culmination of all of the bug fixes done since the last post, namely replying and fixing bug reports, synchronizing the blueCFD-Core-4.x branch with OpenFOAM-4.x and writing FAQ entries, as it can be seen from the list of 24 issues that were solved for milestone blueCFD-Core 2016-2.

This means that blueCFD-Core 2016-2 is a bug fix release, along with a synchronization with all of the bug fixes available in OpenFOAM 4.x. No new software has been added.

As for our port of OpenFOAM 5, this will be released soon in blueCFD-Core 2017-1.

Released elements are:

blueCFD-Core-2016-2-win64-setup.exe
- blueCFD-Core 2016-2 provides MSys2, OpenFOAM 4.x and ParaView 5.1.2.
- 726 MiB installer, SHA1: 6925346856d62124971316f5886b18977b49d266
The Release Notes for blueCFD-Core 2016-2 page has been created...

2017.02.06 - FS Dynamics acquires a majority stake in blueCAPE

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 11:58:52 +0100

FS Dynamics acquires a majority stake in Portuguese CFD consultant blueCAPE. The purchase strengthens FS Dynamics' position as a leading player on the European consultancy market for CFD, and it opens additional possibilities to serve our client base with cost-efficient high quality deliveries.

Since 2004, blueCAPE has been the leading actor in the Portuguese CFD consultancy market. Over the years blueCAPE has acquired a reputation as a cost-efficient provider of high quality consultancy services with a Europe-wide client base. The company serves a wide range of industries but especially from the energy, automotive, domestic appliances and public utilities sectors. In addition to the consultancy work, blueCAPE also provides the blueCFD range of products based on OpenFOAM technology.

Since it was founded 13 years ago, FS Dynamics has rapidly grown to become the leading supplier of CAE services in Europe, focusing on the application of CFD and FEM technology to solve a wide range of technically-challenging industrial engineering problems. FS Dynamics has nine offices in six European countries and it serves a wide range of industries, most notably the automotive, nuclear, aerospace, wind power, marine and offshore industries.

"We are very pleased with the acquisition of blueCAPE as we strongly believe that...

2016.11.17 - 10000 core-hours giveaway

Thu, 17 Nov 2016 14:05:08 +0100

blueCAPE announces that it is making available at least one block of up to 10000 core-hours on one of its clusters, to be used in CFD through OpenFOAM�. This block can be spent in just one go or, instead, split into several jobs. Interested parties are invited to send an email to "giveaway@bluecape.com.pt" with the following details:

1 - identification of the person/persons/company that applies to the give-away;

2 - description of the analysis to be carried out, including which OpenFOAM version and solver will be used;

3 - why the project merits the support;

4 - any questions that you may want to present.

Emails are welcome until December 21, 2016!

blueCAPE will exclusively and irrevocably select the winning project(s).

blueCAPE reserves the right to offer additional core-hours and/or assist the project leaders with some time from its engineers. However, these additional resources are not to be taken as granted at this stage.

If necessary, an NDA can also be arranged.

Any data exchange will occur under a simple - and manual - process:

1 - a case is uploaded to a secure cloud location;

2 - we collect the case and submit...

2016.09.14 - blueCAPE releases blueCFD-AIR 1.04f

Tue, 13 Sep 2016 18:13:38 +0100

blueCAPE presents blueCFD�-AIR 1.04f, a re-release of the previous version 1.04, now using a new Cost-Free License which allows for unlimited use of all features available with the blueCFD-AIR software and it can be used in any/all machines. Along with this re-release, a few minor bug fixes have been done to ensure it can work with SketchUp 2016 and so that it can be used when blueCFD-Core 2016-1 is installed.

As a reminder, blueCFD-AIR is an application that allows a more efficient application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to problems in buildings and structures. Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) professionals thus gain access to an easy to use and highly precise tool for fluid flow problems.

For details on how to download and if you're looking for support and training with blueCFD-AIR, please visit: http://bluecfd.com/AIR#How to Get It. If you do decide to financially...

2016.08.11 - Next generation of blueCFD-Core 2016-1 has been released

Thu, 11 Aug 2016 19:01:08 +0100

blueCAPE is proud to officially present blueCFD�-Core 2016-1. For those not familiar, blueCFD-Core is an open source project provided by blueCAPE Lda, which started in 2009. On March 2016 we made our port of OpenFOAM� 2.3.x available for free on our website. And as of the 4th of August 2016, we have taken the next step, namely to release blueCFD-Core as a fully open source project.

This project provides source code and high quality builds of OpenFOAM� technology and related open source projects, as unofficial ports for up-to-date 64 bit Windows 7 to 10. Additional tweaks, executables and scripts are also provided, in order to maintain usability when working within Microsoft Windows Operating Systems.

Contributions and collaborations are very welcome and developments will be kept open and public. For a full Mission Statement, Vision and History of this project, please visit the About page we have placed there.

2014.09.29 - blueCAPE releases blueCFD-AIR 1.04

Mon, 29 Sep 2014 13:54:05 +0100

blueCAPE presents blueCFD�-AIR 1.04, the latest release of its application that allows a more efficient application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to problems in buildings and structures. Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) professionals thus gain access to an easy to use and highly precise tool for fluid flow problems.

The CFD capabilities in blueCFD-AIR are provided by blueCFD�-Core 2.2-0 (formerly known as blueCFD), which is a high quality cross-compiled build version of OpenFOAM� 2.2.x for the Windows Operating System; the possibility to couple to other CFD software (such as STAR-CCM+�) is planned for future versions of blueCFD-AIR. The complete release notes for blueCFD-AIR 1.04 are provided here. Latest features:

Upgraded blueCFD-Core CFD engine from OpenFOAM 2.1.x to 2.2.x.
Added experimental capability to import STL models with obstacles that act as patches.
Introduced a new slick tree interface for the work-flow steps Type and Boundary Conditions.
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2014.08.01 - vtkPOFFReader for ParaView 4.1.0 64-bit

Fri, 01 Aug 2014 14:27:19 +0100

blueCAPE is proud to announce that we have made available this week a build of vtkPOFFReader for ParaView 4.1.0 64-bit (Windows) at the following locations:

For blueCFD�-Core 2.3 users, access the "Patches" folder in the respective download area and download the 3rd patch. This patch is optional and once installed it automatically loads the new plug-in when paraFoam is executed.
For the general public, it's available on our open-source project unofficial paraview dev install, fully explained in the wiki page vtkPOFFReaderBuilds on how to build and how to install this plug-in manually.

For those unfamiliar with the vtkPOFFReader plug-in, it's the most recent native reader for opening OpenFOAM cases directly in ParaView, without needing the OpenFOAM libraries. It's code base was introduced into the official VTK and ParaView source code sometime ago, but the most recent developments have not yet reached the latest versions of each respective software. Click on the image below to see the differences between the two readers.

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2014.07.14 - PyFoam for Windows

Mon, 14 Jul 2014 13:05:24 +0100

blueCAPE is proud to announce that we have now made available PyFoam for Windows available as a repository on our blueCFD project at Github.

For those unfamiliar with PyFoam, it is a Python library which provides several utilities and functions for managing OpenFOAM cases. Its official page: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Contrib/PyFoam
In addition, PyFoam was developed to work on POSIX systems, such as Linux and Mac OS X; unfortunately, Windows is not a fully compliant POSIX system, which means that some of the POSIX-only features used in PyFoam through Python, will not work as intended on Windows.

We at blueCAPE provided the first porting efforts of PyFoam to Windows in blueCFD-Core 2.0-1 back in 2011. Then in January 2013, we provided our changes to the PyFoam project, which were mostly integrated into PyFoam 0.6.0.

The objective of our new repository at Github is to create a development environment for continuing the work that has been done so far:

Github's fork-pull request features give a good way of allowing others to contribute changes to the main repository where the port for Windows...