Harpoon 2.1 Details

Harpoon version 2.1, Sharc’s Extreme Mesher has just been released. It includes improvements to the I/O, visualization and boundary layer.

Summary of New Features

Input/Output

• Harpoon can import feature lines directly from a data file
• Harpoon includes ASCII export for STAR-CD, FLUENT or OpenFOAM formats
• Harpoon will be able to export DTF mesh format for CFD Research Corporation (CFDRC)

Visualization

• Harpoon will import and display quads from the imports
• Can clip of individual volumes, and changing their colour
• Volumes will be selectable from the clip plane
• Report of x, y, and z nodal coordinates of the geometry and/or mesh

Mesh

• Volume cell count reduction (up to 40%)
• Lines can have per line expansion
• Meshing preferences are extended and reorganized
• Can list/keep/delete volumes using any point inside it
• 100% tet mesh on surface only
• Lines can be a refinement part
• Free edges can be easily deleted

Boundary Layer

• The user can now specify different boundary layer heights with constant or linear expansion on different connecting parts, as long as the number of boundary layers is the same

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