Future Facilities launches 16th release of its leading CFD and digital twin software
Future Facilities has launched Release 16 of its industry-leading Computational Fluid Dynamics ( CFD ) software and digital twin technology , 6SigmaDCX . The updates will deliver improved performance , accuracy and speed to support a broad range of data centre teams in decisionmaking and achieving sustainable success . The new 6SigmaDCX offers a range of features to enhance data centre design and operations as highly requested by customers .
The key design highlights include :
• Enhanced view developments which enable users to showcase photorealistic results in reports and facilitate animation creation .
• Improvements to the 1D Flow Network to ensure fast , detailed thermal flow analysis of the liquid and air flow routes .
• New result views and object configurations , such as Isosurfaces , which deliver innovative ways to visualise external models and empower risk analysis at any stage of design .
• The ability to import BIM models directly into 6SigmaDCX for faster model creation .
• Performance improvements , namely Future Facilities ’ new back tracing method , ensuring solar radiation calculations solve up to 30 times faster .
While operations improvements include :
• Improved , customisable dashboards and charts offering new insights and opportunities for team communication and collaboration .
• Possibility of viewing 6SigmaRoom simulation reports within 6SigmaAccess so less time is spent moving between toolsets .
• New views , editable objects and automations to enhance power analysis and configuration decisions .
• Simplified model upkeep with new CAD import and exports , as well as user interface improvements .
• New automations , including creating , uploading and solving a model and querying results , through the command line using 6SigmaCommander .
Thanks to these new features , 6SigmaDCX can better support a wide range of industry sectors . For example , colocation data centres are empowered to operate confidently , optimise capacity utilisation and mitigate risk . Enterprise data centres get a consolidated view of the information they care most about to enable decisionmaking . Data centre consultants can meet project timelines with ease thanks to the accelerated model build and design process . Vendors can focus on perfecting thermal design with equipment analysis simplified through integrations and intelligent objects .
Mark Fenton , Product Manager at Future Facilities , said : “ The aspirational goal for Release 16 was to deliver software that satisfied the want of our customers . We collaborated with users across all sectors to dig into the features that would make a difference in their dayto-day lives , whether that meant easier model builds , quicker solution times , automated and customisable reporting or just the good feeling you get from using great software .” ◊
THE ASPIRATIONAL GOAL FOR RELEASE 16 WAS TO DELIVER SOFTWARE THAT SATISFIED THE WANT OF OUR CUSTOMERS . intelligent OPERATIONS www . intelligentdatacentres . com
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