We have just released a minor upgrade to OrcaFlex, version 11.0c. Version 11.0c introduces some minor new functionality and fixes a number of bugs. Full details of the changes are described in the documentation:
We recommend that all users of 11.0 upgrade to 11.0c.
A patch to upgrade from 11.0a or 11.0b to 11.0c can be downloaded here. The full installation program can also be downloaded from your Orcina download page. Please contact us if you do not have the link to your Orcina download page.
Microsoft support for Windows 7 ended on the 14th January 2020. As a consequence of this, we are no longer supporting our software products on Windows 7. Our internal IT policies mean that we no longer have any Windows 7 machines on which to test our products, and are therefore unable to officially support our products on Windows 7.
Note that this change does not mean that our products will stop working on Windows 7 in the near future. Existing versions of our software that are known to work on Windows 7 will of course continue to do so.
Future releases of our products are also likely to continue to work perfectly well on Windows 7. Our underlying code base is very stable and we rarely make changes that lead to incompatibilities with operating system versions. However, because we are no longer able to test our products on Windows 7, there may come a time when we release new versions of our software that are not compatible with Windows 7.
We have just released a minor upgrade to OrcaFlex, version 11.0b. Version 11.0b introduces some minor new functionality and fixes a number of bugs. Full details of the changes are described in the documentation:
The bug fixes are particularly important for OrcaWave and so we especially recommend that you install this upgrade if you are using OrcaWave.
A patch to upgrade from 11.0a to 11.0b can be downloaded here. The full installation program can also be downloaded from your Orcina download page. Please contact us if you do not have the link to your Orcina download page.
We have just released a minor upgrade, version 10.3e, which introduces support for Python 3.8, and fixes a number of bugs. Full details of the changes are described in the documentation. We recommend that users of 10.3 upgrade to 10.3e.
A patch to upgrade from earlier versions of 10.3 can be downloaded here. The full installation program can also be downloaded from your download page. Please contact us if you do not have the link to your download page.
We are very pleased to announce the release of OrcaFlex version 11.0. The software was finalised and built on 28th November. All clients with up-to-date MUS contracts should receive, by e-mail, instructions on how to download the new version.
Version 11.0 introduces much new functionality, including:
These are the most significant developments, in our opinion. As always there are more enhancements that are not listed here. All new features are fully documented in the what’s new topic for 11.0.
OrcaFlex 10.3 introduced the turbine object, used to model horizontal axis wind turbines.
A key issue for wind turbine analysis is the modelling of the generator and blade control systems. Because these control systems are typically proprietary, OrcaFlex does not offer any built-in control system functionality. Rather, the user must specify the control systems through external functions.
When we released 10.3d, we updated the documentation to include some example external function controllers. The pertinent help topics are:
A guide to using external functions to model turbine controllers is available at https://github.com/Orcina-Ltd/turbine-controllers. This includes example Python controllers and an example of using external functions to wrap a Bladed style control DLL.
Other useful sources of information for turbine modelling:
We have just released a minor upgrade, version 10.3d, which fixes a number of bugs. Full details of the changes are described here. We recommend that users of 10.3 upgrade to 10.3d.
A patch to upgrade from earlier versions of 10.3 can be downloaded here. The full installation program can also be downloaded from your download page. Please contact us if you do not have the link to your download page.
We have just released a minor upgrade to OrcaFlex, version 10.3b. Version 10.3b introduces some minor new functionality and fixes a number of bugs. Full details of the changes are described here.
A patch to upgrade from 10.3a to 10.3b can be downloaded here. The full installation program can also be downloaded from your download page. Please contact us if you do not have the link to your download page.
Coinciding with the release of version 10.3, we have just released a minor upgrade to OrcaFlex 10.2, version 10.2d. This 10.2 update addresses all outstanding known bugs on the 10.2 branch.
A patch to upgrade from earlier releases of 10.2 is available. Alternatively, the download page for 10.3 (sent by e-mail to your company software administration contact) offers downloads of full installation programs for older versions.
Once again, it’s that time of year at Orcina where we release a brand new version of OrcaFlex and so we are very pleased to announce the release of version 10.3. The software was finalised and built on 28th November.
A particular novelty this year is that we are now distributing the software electronically. Finally we have moved in to the 21st Century and will no longer be sending you CDs in the post! All clients with up-to-date MUS contracts should receive by e-mail instructions on how to download the new version.
Version 10.3 introduces much new functionality, including:
These are the most significant developments, in our opinion. As always there are more enhancements which are fully documented in the What’s New topic for 10.3.
