Changelog

Version 2024 R2

New features

• added case set group name parameter to TDSF_CoSolver constructors
• added Message member to CompareSuite; just returns Log member
• twin lump ids are now automatically sequenced if lump.TwinId == 0
• added auto start of OpenTD servers on _SAVEAS for all versions of OpenTD

Version 2024 R1

Note

This was an administrative release. There is only one new feature: added Comparer.ToString() method.

Version 2023 R2

Major new features

• added support for controlling item visibility via the ThermalDesktop.VisibilityManager
• added ReadMeshDataFile method to read various mesh data formats into TD
• added support for stack aliases
• added DynamicSindaStatus class for interacting with messages generated by Dynamic Sinda
• added limited support for new beta SaveX file format

Other new features

• added MeshDisplayer.BaseTrans property -- now you can move FEM's
• added experimental CaseSetManager.IsCaseRunning() method for asynchronous cases
• added Contactor.Comment property
• use lightweight SubmodelNameData's to identify submodels for FloCAD objects
• added GetNumberOfDbObjects(...) method
• implemented ConvertFDtoFE method
• Matrix3d.SetOrigin now returns the new matrix instead of void
• Dataset.Factory.Load method to load sav, savx, or CSR
• Comparer ctor overload to accept IDatasets instead of Datasets
• added Close and ReOpen methods to IDataset
• added CloseDatasets and ReOpenDatasets methods to Comparer
• added ability to rename and delete aliases
• added CaseSetManagerOptions.ShowTextScreenDuringRun member
• added Conductor.UseGlobalAccelm member
• added RcEntityData.GlobalContactArray member
• added RcSolidElement.AnalysisGroupsVolumetric member
• added RcFdSolidData.AnalysisGroupsVolumetric member
• added FkLocator.Anchor member
• added Pipe.LengthDivisions and RadialDivisions members
• added Tie.LengthDivisions, RadialDivisions, and UseGlobalAccelm members

Performance improvements

• CreateCone returns correct node names
• Polygon.Update() no longer duplicates vertices
• CoSolver.Continue() returns -1 if SF disconnected, instead of an exception
• New scr filename and pipe name conventions to avoid Windows Defender mistaking scr files for viruses
• avoid issues with duplicate handles in Assembly
• fix parsing mixed-case subtypes like "DeltaP"
• fix GetMeshFD(s) so it populates returned object(s) correctly
• GetPipe no longer returns pipes with blank signatures
• pipe ties now handle domains correctly
• CaseSet.Run and CaseSetManager.Run now handle casesets with drive symbols from Excel