That's what I was beginning to suspect. I have looked into OpenFoam but have had trouble because I am on a Vista 32 machine and know very little about linux, I tried Cygwin as well as andLinux but I do not know linux command structure well enough to be effective at any level. <br>
<br>I am surprised at how many open source CFD's programs like Open Foam are linux based but on some level it is not surprising considering how much hassle windows is....maybe its time to partition and install linux?<br>
<br>Thank you very much for the help.<br><br>Mike<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:22 AM, David E DeMarle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave.demarle@kitware.com" target="_blank">dave.demarle@kitware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div>On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:07 PM, <<a href="mailto:iva.atcsupervisor@gmail.com" target="_blank">iva.atcsupervisor@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hey Everyone<br>
><br>
> I first off would like to say that I am not an engineer but have always been<br>
> fascinated with CFD's with respect to airflow around aircraft. I just<br>
> downloaded Paraview and finding tutorials on how to build and run a<br>
> simulation is very difficult. I did manage to start and connect to the<br>
> localhost server ie. my computer. But I can not figure out how to start a<br>
> simulation with streamlines around a simple sphere constructed using the<br>
> sources menu. and I am not sure exactly how to construct and aircraft or<br>
> even a wing in paraview. I know that you can import many datatypes but I do<br>
> not recognize any of them because I am so new to this.<br>
><br>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.<br>
><br>
><br>
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</div>Hello,<br>
<br>
ParaView isn't really meant to make simulations. Its purpose is to<br>
display and analyze the results of simulations produced by some other<br>
computational package.<br>
<br>
If anyone on the list can recommend some open tools that are good for<br>
learning about CFD computation, please chime in.<br>
<br>
cheers,<br>
<font color="#888888">--<br>
David E DeMarle<br>
Kitware, Inc.<br>
R&D Engineer<br>
28 Corporate Drive<br>
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662<br>
Phone: 518-371-3971 x109<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Mike<br>Certificated Instrument Pilot - Airplane - Single Engine Land<br>Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association - Member and Project Pilot Mentor<br>