EnSight 9.1.2

Several Right Click Enhancements

Right-click menus put the features you need at the closest possible place, for maximum interactivity and ease of use.  Below is a sample list only.

- Hide a query marker
- Adjust Transparency, Vector Arrow Length, Contour Levels, and many more. 
- Modify many attributes in the Plotters and Legends. 

Uses Significantly Less Memory

EnSight 9.1.2a reduced memory usage in the client by 30%. 

EnSight now uses much less memory for rigid-body models in flipbook animation.  And EnLiten files use less memory for smaller files, easier to share with others.

Parallel Volume Rendering

EnSight 9.1 introduced Volume Rendering.  In this version we make volume rendering distributed.  So models which cannot be volume rendered using a single graphics card, can be handled by graphics clusters.  

Faster Dytran Reader

The reader for MSC Dytran was made faster for some models.  In one case the model has read in 8x faster.  In some cases the reading is no faster.  Customer testing is needed to determine their benefit.

Faster ABAQUS Reader

Through some code optimization we were able to speed the reading of ABAQUS models by several factors.  More customer testing is needed.  However one customer reported a 5x speed up.

Now reads ABAQUS 6.10 files.

Platforms - No Change

In the last few years the powerful commodity CPU’s and GPU’s have driven most customers to consolidate platforms to include: Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux on the desktop.  CEI supports these platforms as well as AIX for EnSight servers.

New MSC Marc Reader

We have added a 2nd MSC Marc reader.  We hope that customers will find the new Marc reader to be more complete and faster.  However we need customer feedback before discontinuing the old reader.

Compatibility and Licenses

EnSight 9.1.2 uses the same license key as EnSight 8.2, 9.0, and 9.1, therefore you do not need a new license key, your existing slim8.key file will work.  You do not need to remove EnSight 8 to try EnSight 9.  EnLiten 8 .els files will still play in EnLiten 9. EnSight 8 command language files will continue to play in EnSight 9.  We recommend Python command files for added programming flexibility.  

EnLiten and Reveal, Free 3D Viewers

EnLiten now supports linked viewports!  EnLiten files will be smaller when saving animated traces.

Reveal pack-n-go has been fixed and Chinese language support has been added.  And some minor bugs have been squashed.

EnSight CFD Separation

EnSight CFD is now separately installed from EnSight.  So if you install EnSight 9.1.2 and want to run EnSight CFD,  you will need to install EnSight CFD separately.

Switching between EnSight CFD and EnSight is no longer permitted. The investment to keep switching capability comes at the cost of providing new functionality.  EnSight CFD 3.0 now added several features which make switching much less important.