News

FEMTC, the Fire and Evacuation Modeling Technical Conference, focuses on bringing together professionals from industry and academia to present and discuss leading ideas and projects around the world. Thunderhead Engineering will host FEMTC for the sixth time since the inaugural event in 2011. Read More...

Would you like to improve your skills with PyroSim and/or Pathfinder? Dave McGill has worked with Thunderhead Engineering to provide training to hundreds of attendees for many years. We are excited to announce the latest dates, viewable at our online schedule, for his acclaimed courses in an online workshop format.

 Read More...

Prices for all license types of PyroSim and Pathfinder are scheduled to increase on January 1, 2022. All quotes issued before this date will retain 2021 pricing throughout their normal 30 day validity period, even if that extends into early 2022. If you are considering a new purchase, or if your annual subscription is expiring ... Read More...

The latest updates for PyroSim, Pathfinder and Results are available now. The 2021.3 release focuses supporting the latest industry trends through the FDS 6.7.6 release and video rendering technology, while also providing advanced usability and simulation options for Pathfinder. Read More...

PyroSim 2021.4 focuses on adding support for mathematic controls, adding mesh partitions for a quicker workflow, and improving scenario exportation. Additionally, this PyroSim release is supported by Results improvements which incorporate gamma correction for improved lighting. Read More...

Results 2021.4 focuses on adding gamma correction for improved lighting. This feature (and other recent graphical improvements) was highlighted in our recent Halloween celebration video. Read More...

PyroSim has previously offered many ways to help users create the most efficient meshes for their models by providing cell calculations, a refinement tool, and a splitting tool. In PyroSim 2014.4 we will introduce mesh partitioning, which automatically divides one or more meshes into equal cuboid parts. This is useful when taking advantage of multi-core processing via the Run FDS Parallel action, where meshes can be assigned to individual cores. Read More...

Scenarios were previously introduced to PyroSim as a tool to help repurpose assets within a model for various use cases. In the upcoming PyroSim 2021.4, users will be able to select which scenarios get exported before creating the batch file. Read More...

Halloween is upon us and we have created a fun new video to celebrate. If you haven’t seen it on our LinkedIn, Facebook, or Twitter page you can watch it below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_diz6cQKLlU Quite a few PyroSim, Pathfinder, and Results features were used in the making of this video. We hope it elevated your fall spirit and that ... Read More...

The latest updates for PyroSim, Pathfinder and Results are available now. The 2021.3 release focuses supporting the latest industry trends through the FDS 6.7.6 release and video rendering technology, while also providing advanced usability and simulation options for Pathfinder. Read More...