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The new Pathfinder features, including assisted evacuation, occupant sources, and refuge areas, will release soon in the 2016.2 version. Read More...

Circulation movement is often a critical part of the analysis for high occupancy areas with lots of foot traffic. As research and technology improves, engineers are adding non-evacuation investigations to their résumés. Jennifer Wiley, a Fire Protection Engineer at Jensen Hughes, will discuss these other uses for people movement models at the Fire and Evacuation Technical Modeling Conference (FEMTC).  Read More...

We are currently developing new visualization for many fire and smoke effects that are needed for both fire and evacuation modeling. Much of this is driven by a need to integrate evacuation results with fire and smoke visualization, along with other representations of FDS data. The intention is to provide an alternative to Smokeview for PyroSim as well as all new capability for Pathfinder. We are aiming to deliver easy to use camera manipulation, high frame rate visuals, and video capture with many options among other features.  Read More...

The Fire and Evacuation Technical Modeling Conference (FEMTC) is fast approaching, and several abstracts have been selected. Kevin Weller, a Fire Engineer at Beca, is joining many others in more than two days worth of technical presentations. Kevin will be presenting the challenges and discoveries of investigating the safety of a twenty year old museum. Read More...

FEMTC 2016 begins November 16, just under three months away. Here are a few key next steps to be aware of.  Read More...

Our Pathfinder developers have been working on the long-awaited assisted evacuation and custom vehicle features that will make more applications possible. Hospitals, nursing homes, and retirement homes all must accommodate people in wheelchairs, rolling beds, walkers, and more. The staff at these facilities are required to assist their patients or residents during evacuation. However all public ... Read More...

This release adds cell selection along internal boundaries to simplify fault editing, coloring by volume factor in the 3D view, and several bug fixes. Read More...

PyroSim CAD file import options have improved in the 2016.1 release. This includes support for FBX and OBJ files as well as improvements for DXF and DWG. Read More...

PyroSim 2016.1 is set to release in the next two weeks, including support for additional DEVC fields and new CAD file import options similar to those added in Pathfinder 2016.1. In addition, all PyroSim licenses will now include unrestricted use of the cluster simulation option. This is a permanent change which will automatically take effect, saving users 30% of the cost of purchasing PyroSim with the Unlimited Cluster Option. Read More...

Pathfinder now supports FBX and OBJ file formats in addition to DWG, DXF, and DAE. All existing file formats have also seen major graphical improvements. Read More...