Support

OrcaFlex

The OrcaFlex Support section contains details of recent OrcaFlex releases and information on future developments of OrcaFlex that we are working on. We organise OrcaFlex User Group meetings annually and also provide a variety of Software Training courses. Validation documents for OrcaFlex are available for download.

Demo Disc

Our Demo Disc contains demonstration versions of OrcaFlex, OrcaLay and OrcaBend.

Dongle Support

The Dongle Support section contains software to help solve problems with Orcina dongles.

Distributed OrcaFlex and Orcina Licence Monitor

Distributed OrcaFlex is a suite of programs that enables a collection of networked, OrcaFlex licensed computers to run OrcaFlex jobs, transparently, using spare processor time.

The Orcina Licence Monitor is a service that monitors the current number of OrcaFlex licences claimed on a network in real time.

External Function examples

OrcaFlex includes a facility to specify data in a user-defined function which we refer to as External Functions. The feature is documented in the OrcaFlex and OrcFxAPI help files. Some example external functions are supplied on the OrcaFlex installation disc. Alternatively these example functions, together with full documentation, can be downloaded here:

• ExternalFunctionExamples-96.zip (1.6 MB) for version 9.6.
• ExternalFunctionExamples-95.zip (1.3 MB) for version 9.5.
• ExternalFunctionExamples-94.zip (494 KB) for version 9.4.

FASTlink: OrcaFlex + FAST coupled simulations

FAST is a wind turbine modelling program developed by the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). FASTlink is an experimental package that can be used to run coupled OrcaFlex + FAST simulations of floating wind turbine systems. In such coupled simulations FAST models the turbine aerodynamic loads and response, and the turbine control and power take-off system, but OrcaFlex models the platform hydrodynamic loads and mooring loads and response. To use FASTlink you need to have OrcaFlex 9.6 (or later) installed.

Download FASTlink.zip (8.6 MB) for more details.

OrcaFlex Shaded Graphics Support

The Shaded Graphics Support section gives advice on how to get the best out of OrcaFlex shaded graphics.

Benchmarking and hardware recommendations

Advice for choosing hardware to run OrcaFlex is provided on the OrcaFlex Benchmark page.