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Bringing CSVs to life

"to be understood, graphs must be read"

For all the criticism leveled at Infographics and other tools that reduce text to images, there are numerous situations where the graphic form is invaluable. View this 7 minute video for an outline on how you can visualize and analyze tabular data using Tecplot. Stuck with a stubborn set of data? Reach out for support!

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Automatic Distribution Functions

"many applications in the construction of finite-difference grids"

The tanh function has long been the most used distribution function in Pointwise for reasons outlined in this seminal paper. But there’s a new function in town: one that is better suited for the relatively recent capabilities like proximity based refinement and the size field. With Flashpoint the automatic distribution function now does a lot of the work behind the scenes. All the older functions continue to be available, of course.

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CAD: neat, but imprecise

"the biggest drawback of contemporary 3D modelers today is ..."

40 years after NURBS were included in IGES is the perfect time to start a series on the different ways to deal with the imprecision inherent in CAD. This recap of terminology points out that “[c]alculations with NURBS … are numerically stable” and yet “some fundamental algorithms … are numerically unstable”. Don’t miss this interview with Ken Versprille that points out the importance for interfaces that do not “require the [user] be versed in all the intricacies of the mathematics”.

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