Mentor Blogs

In 1989 Flomerics was the first organisation to provide application specific CFD based simulation software where all pre and post-processing capabilities were contained within a single WIMP based graphical user interface. That pioneering period involved missionary sales to add simulation to the arsenal of the design engineer, enabling virtual prototyping to be used as a precursor to physical build and … Read More

FloVENT, Electronics Cooling, HVAC, XML

While automakers are doing their best to shorten their development cycles, they remain behind the curve in comparison with consumer electronics developers in general and the smartphone industry in particular. For quite some time now, automakers have been forced to guess which apps and interfaces will have the most appeal for prospective customers somewhere down the road. Though it is still in development, … Read More

HTML5, in-vehicle infotainment platform, cascading style sheets, XML, QNX Corp., real-time operating system

We have recently published a new xml schema and associated xml reader for FloTHERM that offers some exciting new possibilities. Unlicensed and freely available it’s well worth checking out. Introducing my first guest blogger, my colleague Byron Blackmore explains more… Byron is also a product manager for the electronics cooling line of business in the mechanical analysis division based in Canada. … Read More

Heatsink, Schema, XML