VentSim Design 5.2 Release Notes

Ventsim™ Design 5.2 is a major upgrade to Ventsim™ 5.1 and includes many new features and improvements.

5.2 Release Notes

VentSim Design 5.2 has a few significant changes to the Ventsim User Interface

User Interface Changes

• New simpler configuration of 3D graphics visibility options
• Data Manager minor update to managing colors
• New easier way to assign icon to presets
• New Connect UI
• Draw guides showing angle and length when drawing airways
• Legend
• New Edit Box (using property grid)
• Model Explorer
• New ability to draw custom airway profiles
• Color Distance to Surface / Refuge Bay
• Licensing can now read your license settings directly from the pdf file
• File Inherit can now select which items to inherit
• Spreadsheet tool has new sorting and filtering tools
• Zoom to specific Graphics Layer
• Minor change to Fan Database
• Apply to Specific Stages (see screen shots below)
• Add Scale Manager as a separate View
• Improvements to Activity Track Editor
• Irregular shape selection

Simulation Changes

• Dynamic Simulation will now include dynamic behavior on activity tracks
• Vehicle presets and Piston Effect
• Filter presets
• Gag wizard, and option to include water vapor in Gas Simulation
• More Goal Seek! Options
• Explosive Presets and calculation of gas products in Explosive Simulation

Refer to the user forums for further detail about each new feature…