Luminary Cloud Product Updates

Here's what's new in our latest update:

Interactive Probe

Our probe functionality has been enhanced to stream the coordinate location and scalar value of the plot you are interacting with in real time.

Custom Fields

Custom Fields enable you to create and display new quantities in your visualizations. You can use any existing scalar field and mathematical expressions to define them. Read more about Custom Fields here.

Drag-and-Drop Tag Management

Simply drag and drop to modify the tag association of surfaces and volumes.

Other Enhancements

• You can now compute forces on any surface, including inlets and outlets.
• You can now change the resolution of force distribution plots and include reference pressure in the calculation.
• Added native support for multislice in Luminary 3D
• Added native support for threshold filters in Luminary 3D

Fixed Issues

• In some cases geometry health issues were not being reported properly

Here's what's new in our latest update:

Custom Fields

Custom Fields enable you to create and display new quantities in your visualizations. You can use any existing scalar field and mathematical expressions to define them. Read more about Custom Fields here.

New Widget for Streamlines

We've improved the interaction interface for setting up streamline visualizations with an interactive widget.

Geometry Issue Organization

Geometry issues are now grouped by type to improve the usability of the interface.

Fixed Issues

• Importing settings from the library would turn off Lumi Mesh Adaptation regardless of previous state.

Here's what's new in our latest update:

All Workflow UI Setup Tabs Combined

Previously, we released our workflow-based UI to provide clarity on the steps of the simulation workflow. To simplify and speed up the setup process, we've combined all intermediary tabs in the workflow UI into a single setup tab.

The Setup Checklist now contains all of the steps required to set up and mesh your model, with the same visual indicators as before.

SDK Release 0.9.0

This release extends our SDK to include meshing - unlocking an end to end simulation workflow via our SDK!

This release contains breaking changes. Please update your Luminary python installation and review the migration guide to ensure your scripts remain up to date. Read more about the release here.

Actuator Disk Target Thrust

When defining a Disk Model with Blade Element Method, you can now specify a Target Thrust and the rotational rate will be automatically adjusted to achieve the target thrust.

Note that an initial Rotation Rate estimate must still be specified as a starting point for the algorithm.

After specifying a target thrust, you can extract the final Rotation Rate by defining a surface output:
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Other Enhancements

• You will now be prompted to switch to server-side rendering when performance is degraded, typically due to large model size
• New icons for tags to differentiate between those with volumes, surfaces, or a mixture of both
• A warning for faces with poor geometry approximations which may generate bad meshes
• The origin annotation has been updated for improved visual consistency

Fixed Issues

• Removed feature in which clicking on a surface expanded the surface list, scrolled to the selection, and highlighted the entity, to improve performance and usability

Here's what's new in our latest update:

Propagate Tags of Tool Volumes to Respective Surfaces

A new checkbox has been added to propagate tool volume tags to their respective surfaces. This feature is now available for the Farfield, Subtraction, and Chop tools.

Check Geometry in Geometry Tab

A new Check Geometry button has been introduced in the Geometry tab at the top right of the screen. This allows you to perform a geometry check upfront before proceeding to the setup phase. The check geometry operation will still automatically run when you load the geometry to setup if the geometry has not already been checked.

Tags Supported for Visualization Filters

Previously, you could not create visualization filters using tags. Now you can select tags when creating visualizations to reference the associated surfaces.

Other Enhancements

• You can now interact with geometry even when the server is disconnected.
• Visualization settings associated with tags are no longer removed when loading geometry into the setup phase
• Visualization settings associated with tags are no longer removed when importing settings from a library

Fixed Issues

• Resolved an issue where some users experienced poor mesh quality.

Here's what's new in our latest update:

Simulation Scheduling Enhancements

We’ve made significant improvements to simulation job scheduling, introducing new options for running simulations.

• Standard is now the default setting, replacing the previous Delayed Start and Save option. Simulations using this setting may start considerably faster than before, depending on resource availability.
• Priority Provides immediate simulation execution, similar to the previous Run Immediately setting.

Read more about simulation scheduling here.

Luminary3D Visualization Updates

Vector Plots

We’ve expanded visualization capabilities in Luminary3D with the introduction of vector plots.

Line Widget

A new interactive Line Widget is now integrated into the Streamlines filter. This widget becomes available when the "Rake" seed type is selected, allowing you to assign and modify line properties more intuitively.

Force Distribution Plot

You can now create a new type of XY plot, Force Distribution, directly from the output panel. This is particularly useful for analyzing data such as span-wise lift distribution or cumulative drag.

No Highlighting Mode

In addition to the existing Select Surfaces and Select Volumes modes (which highlight objects on mouseover), we’ve added a No Highlight mode. This disables object highlights, making it easier to inspect and analyze results. This mode is now the default setting in the Results tab.

Clip Filter Updates

The Clip filter has been updated with several new enhancements:

• Removed the Smooth option, as this is now applied automatically
• Added Hide Clipped Surfaces functionality to non-geometry pages (previously available only on the Geometry page)
• Replaced Invert and Hide Clipped Surfaces checkboxes with intuitive toggle switches for easier control

Other Enhancements

• Outputs, meshing parameters, and stopping conditions are now retained when loading an existing result for setup.
• A "+" button has been added next to all filters, making it easier to create child filters

Fixed Issues

• Resolved an issue where manual mesh settings were not automatically applied when importing from the library under certain conditions

Here's what's new in our latest update:

Interactive Widget for Refinement Boxes and Monitor Planes

When creating refinement boxes or monitor planes, you can now move, rotate, or resize them using an interactive widget.

For monitor planes, interactive Box Clip creation is also supported.

Streamlines Released for Luminary3D

Streamlines have been released for Luminary3D. You'll notice a more responsive experience when using this visualization filter.

Other Enhancements

• Our simulation orchestration has been improved to improve cost efficiency for a given simulation size.
• The results table will now load in batches. The page will now load more quickly, although it may still take some time for all outputs to populate.
• Volume names will now be removed for CAD imports that contain tags. The volumes will instead be automatically associated with the appropriate tag based on the CAD metadata.

Fixed Issues

• Users were not able to download surface outputs such as moment/forces on actuator disks.
• In some cases incorrect errors were being shown in the simulation tree before geometry check was complete.

Here's what's new in our latest update:

Setup Design of Experiments from Run Simulation Settings Dropdown

You can now set up a design of Experiments (DOE) from by clicking on the gear icon on the right of the Run Simulation button and selecting Setup Design of Experiments.

Geometry Edge Highlights

Now when you select a surface or volume, its edges will be highlighted:

• Red or orange if the edge has health issues
• White if the Highlight Neighbor Edges setting is checked in the Geometry Representation dropdown
• No color will be applied to the edges otherwise

Other Enhancements

• When you open the app you may notice a banner at the top of the screen prompting you to refresh the page. Click Reload when you see this prompt to ensure the app is up to date with the latest release
• The default mesh max count has been reduced from 200 million to 50 million CVs

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Here's what's new in our latest update:

SDK Release 0.8.2

This backwards-compatible release contains performance improvements, including an improvement to mesh upload speed. We recommend upgrading if you are using the Luminary SDK. Read more about this release here.

Contours Plots in Luminary3D

Contour plots are now supported in our visualization service, Luminary3D.

Fixed Issues

• Mesh information was missing from the new workflow UI for projects with imported meshes. We've added this information to the Physics tab.
• Fixed an issue which would cause the visualizer to crash in some instances.
• Added a generic meshing error when no error exists.

Here's what's new in our latest update:

New Project Modal Redesign

The New Project modal has been redesigned to be more streamlined and to expose project templates which will be supported in an upcoming release.

The Templates tab contains project templates, with the Blank Project being the only option currently supported. The application-specific templates, marked "coming soon", will be supported in an upcoming release.

The Tutorials tab contains Luminary's tutorials, which you can use to learn about CFD applications and the Luminary platform. For a given tutorial, click the View Tutorial link below Description to navigate to the corresponding tutorial page. Then select Create to open the model in a new project and follow the instructions in the tutorial.

Updated Visualization Controls

The Reset Visualization icon has been replaced with an Add (+) button, making it easier to add new visualizations. To reset your visualization state, you can now right-click on Visualizations and select Reset from the contextual menu.

Reference Arrow for Actuator Disks

When you create an output for an actuator disk, a reference arrow that represents the force/moment direction is now shown.

Fixed Issues

• If walls are not defined in the model before attempting to generate a mesh, an error will now be thrown.

Here's what's new in our latest update:

New Workflow-Based UI

We're excited to release our new workflow-based user interface. The interface has been restructured into logical stages, with visual cues to guide you towards completing necessary tasks before running simulations.

Read our introduction to the new interface here.

Note: Due to the magnitude of changes, you may experience some issues when first interacting with the app. If so, please refresh your browser by holding Shift and clicking the refresh icon. This will load the latest version of Luminary to your browser.

Tags for Geometry Management

Tags are Luminary's new mechanism for organizing and referencing geometric entities within the platform, replacing the previous grouping mechanism.

Tags are a useful enhancement for workflows that involve geometry modifications, saving/reloading settings, or referencing entities across different projects.

Read our guide for working with Tags here.

Other Enhancements

• We've implemented an interactive interface for creating and placing a sphere or cylinder. You can now simply drag the arrows to resize or move these shapes.
• Nodal gradient is now the default spatial discretization scheme for tetrahedral meshes, improving solver robustness with no loss in accuracy.
• Added an icon to the toolbar to allow you to show/hide the origin
• Updated default farfield size to be 20 times the bounding box of the model
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Fixed Issues

• Previously, certain stopping conditions could result in an unexpectedly expensive simulation. A warning will now be provided to notify you if your stopping conditions fit this criteria. Read more about this error in our Known Issues page here.
• Disable "Generate Mesh" button when no walls are defined
• The color bar would sometimes crash when trying to use the slider when the minimum value is equal to the maximum value
• In some cases, non-commercial Solidworks and Creo files would not import
• For some large projects, the visualizer would crash unexpectedly