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Prices for all license types of PyroSim and Pathfinder are scheduled to increase on January 1, 2020. All quotes issued before this date will retain 2019 pricing throughout their normal 30 day validity period, even if that extends into early 2020. If you are considering a new purchase, or if your annual subscription is expiring ... Read More...

This release adds the ability to load preferences from a shareable .props file, type filtering when importing BIM files, improved object handle manipulation, bug fixes, and the ability to truncate color bars in Results.

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The NFPA 502 Standard for Road Tunnels, Bridges, and Other Limited Access Highways has been updated for 2020 and includes a new Annex D Critical Velocity Calculation. We have updated the Tunnel Critical Velocity Calculator that can be downloaded to make this calculation. A comparison of the 2020 calculation with the 2017 version is shown below ... Read More...

With the most recent release of PyroSim and Pathfinder, the Results tool has a new ability to save the settings and state of the Results Viewer, this newly saved data is known as a Results 'Visualization'. A 'Visualization' is a collection of settings that define which Pathfinder and FDS results are to be loaded and how those results are to be displayed. It also contains information entered by the user, such as views, tours, colorbar settings, time settings, annotations, object visibility, etc. Read More...

Two methods to build a 3D curved ramp model in SketchUp, and then export the geometry for use in PyroSim. Read More...

This release adds custom keyboard shortcuts, visual and usability improvements, bug fixes, and a system to save and restore results settings.  Read More...

A long-awaited feature has finally arrived, you can now assign Keyboard Shortcuts to various actions in PyroSim. Read More...

This release fixes a bug preventing groups from being deleted in the PyroSim Navigation panel.  Read More...

PyroSim 2019.1 and Pathfinder 2019.1 include linear dimensions and object labels as a tool in Results. This feature has been requested by users in order to provide a better documented report to officials. “Inspectors, when verifying fire risk calculation reports, require the presence of object sizes on the plans so that they can verify the compliance ... Read More...

This release adds support for new dimensioning and labeling tools in Results, additional VR hardware support, as well as updated support for FDS version 6.7.1.  Read More...