Orcina news

We have just released a minor upgrade to OrcaFlex, version 11.5e. Version 11.5e fixes one significant GUI bug that was introduced in 11.5d. Full details of the changes are described in the documentation:

• OrcaFlex
• OrcaWave

We recommend that all users of 11.5 upgrade to 11.5e.

To upgrade to OrcaFlex 11.5e from any previous version, download the install program from your company’s Orcina software download page. A link to this page was sent to your software administration contact when we first released 11.5. If you do not have access to this page, please contact us.

We have just released a minor upgrade to OrcaFlex, version 11.5d. Version 11.5d fixes a number of bugs. Full details of the changes are described in the documentation:

• OrcaFlex
• OrcaWave

We recommend that all users of 11.5 upgrade to 11.5d.

To upgrade to OrcaFlex 11.5d from any previous version, download the install program from your company’s Orcina software download page. A link to this page was sent to your software administration contact when we first released 11.5. If you do not have access to this page, please contact us.

We have just released Distributed OrcaFlex 8.0c which you can download from the Distributed OrcaFlex page.

This is a minor update which introduces one minor feature and fixes one minor bug. More details can be found on the Distributed OrcaFlex page.

We have just released a minor upgrade to OrcaFlex, version 11.5c. Version 11.5c fixes a number of bugs. Full details of the changes are described in the documentation:

• OrcaFlex
• OrcaWave

We recommend that all users of 11.5 upgrade to 11.5c.

To upgrade to OrcaFlex 11.5c from any previous version, download the install program from your company’s Orcina software download page. A link to this page was sent to your software administration contact when we first released 11.5. If you do not have access to this page, please contact us.

We have recently made some updates to our wind turbine controller package, available on the Orcina GitHub page.

The main change is that we’ve reinstated the yaw controller example, now revised using the recently introduced indirect constraints feature which allows the controller to be much less convoluted. There’s a short new section in the accompanying PDF document that describes how it works. Note that the C++ wrapper also supports this.

Additionally:

• The Python wrapper now uses the function GetMultipleTimeHistories to improve efficiency.
• The Python and C++ wrappers now populate a few more slots in the swap array (in-plane root moments and hub moments).

We hope that you will find the latest updates helpful. We always welcome any questions or feedback, so please do contact us for any further enquiries.