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December 6, 2012

Autodesk Labs - Project Falcon for Inventor

Project Falcon has been out since Aug of 2011, but it was a stand-alone product. Now, Autodesk Labs has just released an update that makes it an Add-in for Autodesk Inventor.

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Project Falcon is a free technology preview that simulates air flow around vehicles, buildings, outdoor equipment, consumer products, or other objects of your choosing in a virtual wind tunnel. Falcon technology is extremely geometry tolerant and easy to use, enabling you to begin seeing and understanding air flow behavior within seconds of starting the application. Results update almost in real-time in response to changes in wind-direction and speed that you specify. Visualization tools available within the Falcon family of applications include 2D and 3D flow lines, shaded result planes, vector plots, and surface pressure shading. Quantified outputs include velocity, pressure, drag force, and drag coefficient.

Presently Project Falcon is available as follows:
  • Project Falcon for Inventor (add-in that runs inside Inventor Professional 2013)
  • Project Falcon standalone (installs on Windows and Mac and requires no CAD software)
The currently available version of Falcon for Inventor includes the following:
  • Compatible with Inventor 2013 Professional (32 and 64 bit)
  • Ribbon-based controls for wind tunnel settings and results visualization
  • Wind tunnel simulation can be left "on" to dynamically update while making top level part/assembly changes on standard Inventor solid geometry
  • 2D and 3D flow lines, planes, pressure shading, drag coefficient and drag force outputs
  • Customizable wind tunnel size and model resolution
The currently available version of Falcon standalone includes the following:
  • Available on both Windows and Mac platforms
  • Simple, easy to use controls for wind tunnel settings and results visualization
  • Reads in formats from almost all CAD systems and many online CAD model providers(*.stl, *.obj, *.3DS, *.lwo, *.off, *.ply, *.tpf)
  • 2D and 3D flow lines, planes, pressure shading, drag coefficient and drag force outputs
  • Customizable wind tunnel size and model resolution
Availability
  • The Project Falcon for Inventor technology preview will operate until August 30, 2013.
  • The Project Falcon standalone technology preview will operate until March 15, 2013.

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