Ventsim Visual 1.5 Released May 2010

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Ventsim 1.5 has been released and is available for immediate download by current maintenance holders.

Ventsim 1.5 has literally hundreds of minor improvements and fixes, and a number of major new features. Some features are exclusive to the Advanced version only.

Dynamic fume dispersal simulation, primarily for examining the effects of blasting and the spread time and concentration of fumes throughout the mine. In typical Visual fashion, this is displayed as an animated ‘movie’ which can be paused and examined at any time. See newsletter for more details.

Enhancement to the Financial analysis tool to include the purchase cost of fans in the analysis.

Global Financial analysis tool. Leading on from the Financial tools available in earlier versions, the Global tool will quickly analyse and report on every single airway in the network to ensure an optimum size has been chosen, and no bottlenecks exists.

Improved reporting of network summaries now includes additional graphs showing the sources of Heat and Moisture in a mine.

Rotate coordinates function to rotate all or part of model on a grid.

Variable terrain virgin rock temperature adjustment. For extensive mines with variable terrain depth, the VRT can be adjusted against the actual surface cover depth, rather than a specific elevation.

Improved DXF exporting now supports exporting 3D Ventsim Solids and colours to external DXF files. These files can be loaded into any CAD or mine planning package.

Files in use will now be locked as read-only to prevent other users from modifying them simultaneously.

Most forms now have a direct Create Image or Copy to Clipboard function so images can be quickly copied or saved and used in other documents.