What Obstacles Stand Between Us and One Trillion Cells?

TecIO and SZL, Tecplot Blog, Trillion Cell Challenge March 11, 2015

Blog #3 in the series The Trillion Cell Grand Challenge is about technology trends and the I/O bottleneck. Forecasting is very difficult, especially about the future. —Old Danish Proverb In previous blogs I’ve introduced the Trillion Cell Challenge and given the motivation for why it is a worthy goal. Now I’d like to start discussing the technical obstacles involved in visualizing a solution with one trillion cells. Basic Visualization Pipeline […]

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Tecplot 360 2015 Release 1 Now Available

Archive 2015, Press, Product Announcement, Tecplot 360 January 6, 2015

Perform Complex Mathematical Data Transformations Using IF() Statements BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON—January 6, 2015—Tecplot, Inc. announced today that Tecplot 360 2015 Release 1 is now available for general use. Highlights of this release include: Conditional expressions in equations using IF() statements. Triangulation and advanced streamtrace seeding (by customer request). Arbitrary slice improvements to adjust the orientation of arbitrary slices. Improved options for appending data, drag-and-drop, and file dialog performance, especially on networks. […]

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The Trillion Cell Grand Challenge

TecIO and SZL, Tecplot Blog, Trillion Cell Challenge November 11, 2014

By Dr. Scott Imlay, Tecplot’s Chief Technical Officer Tecplot’s large-data initiative began several years ago. We’ve spent tens of thousands of developer-hours on removing barriers to large-data visualization: adding parallelization (threading) of performance critical code, optimizing algorithms, and optimizing I/O. Since then, we’ve improved the large-data capabilities of Tecplot 360 dramatically. For example, with Tecplot 360 2014 Release 2, the creation of an iso-surface for a particular one billion cell data set is two […]

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Converting Your Data Files to Tecplot Subzone Loadable Format

TecIO and SZL, Tecplot 360, Tecplot Blog October 28, 2014

As the years go by, more and more engineers and scientists are working with files containing hundreds of millions of cells, with billions on the horizon. Tecplot 360 introduced a new data file format called SZL or subzone loadable (filename extension .szplt) to address the needs of customers who are visualizing large data files, improving interactive performance, and simultaneously reducing memory requirements. When faced with the task of making large […]

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Quick Macro Panel Streamlines Repetitive Operations

Macros, Tecplot 360, Tecplot Blog, Tecplot Tip September 10, 2014

Using the software for data analysis often requires algorithms with many repeated operations, and in some cases many different operations. Tecplot engineers have created a macro language to streamline these operations. Macros are recordable, easy to edit, and don’t require any development experience. Quick Macro Panel Some commonly used complex and repetitive algorithms (within the aerospace community) have been incorporated into a dynamic Tecplot 360 interface called the Quick Macro […]

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Tecplot RS 2013 Release 2 is Available

Archive 2013, Press, Product Announcement, Tecplot RS December 31, 2013

BELLEVUE, Washington—December 31, 2013—Happy New Year! Tecplot®, Inc. has just released an update of Tecplot® RS™, the company’s reservoir simulation visualization and analysis tool for oil and gas reservoir modeling. The Release 2 (R2) version has significant improvements for loading, viewing, and exporting files and plots, including automating some functions while reducing the ‘number of clicks.’ New features and enhancements make it easier to load, view, and export files and […]

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