The most-powerful post-processor for CAE data. EnSight 9 includes several new improvements to the powerful visualization product including: easier to use interface, dramatically cutting time to reach common features; greater use of Python for advanced customers; and added support for imported CAD files.

As part of the enhancements offered by EnSight 9, we can highlight :
- Ease of Use : This new version of EnSight will be much easier to use for those who are interested in exploring their data interactively. It will have twice as many functions tied to the computer's mouse buttons; part highlighting, to show which parts are selected; and right-click menus preloaded with context-sensitive menus allowing users to post-process and visualize a model using only their mouse. Having selected one or more parts, if you right-click on one of the parts in the current selection a menu pops up with relevant actions for the selected parts. Some actions modify the existing part attributes, such as color or visibility, while other use the selected parts as parents for new parts, such as clips or contours.
- Python Integration : EnSight 9’s use and integration with Python, an open source computer language, greatly expands the potential customized solutions that CEI can develop to meet customer needs. Python greatly enhances EnSight for advanced, developer-oriented customers. Customers appreciate the value of an open, extensible application where plug-ins, importers, exporters, customized user interfaces, and more can be added with confidence and relative ease.
- Added CAD support : EnSight 9 will have added support to import CAD files from SolidWorks®, Unigraphics®, and Parasolid®, as well as the ability to export files into JT Open format. For a list of current EnSight CAD file importers, visit our CAD file importers webpage. EnSight CAD importers allow customers to access native CAD files without the use of the original CAD system.
- Export to JT Format : While many users rely on our free companion tools, EnLiten and EnVideo, CEI has also worked to provide interoperability with other tools that are common in industry. This includes GIF, Flash, and AVI animations for images and VRML output for geometry. In EnSight 9 we have available a plug-in which converts EnSight geometry into a JT file, used by members of the JT consortium.
- Extensibility : With EnSight 9 we introduce a 3rd generation reader API. In the past, the reader API has been driven by the EnSight data model. The first generation used a global coordinate array, while the 2nd generation had a coordinate array per-part. Each reader ends up being effectively a translator, and many readers have to duplicate the same functionality.
- Click-n-Go Interaction : Some part types, such as isosurfaces, clips, and contours, become “active” when the user clicks on them. A “handle” appears that you can click and drag to modify attributes such as isovalue, or contour levels. Where appropriate, the value is displayed in the lower-left hand corner as you move the mouse.
- Raising Limits : parts, variables, frames In previous versions, internal limits have made it difficult to use EnSight for certain tasks. Assumptions that may be valid in CFD, may not apply in FEA. To make sure EnSight works for general purpose, we have removed limits on number of parts and variables. Effectively we have eliminated these limits, although current implementation imposes a limit of 65,000 parts and frames and 10,000 variables.
- Scalability : The scalability of EnSight has always been a key feature. Server-of-servers (SoS) capability was added over 8 years ago, early in the cluster computing era. EnSight 8.2 added automatic decomposition to make it even easier to use clusters for visualization.
In EnSight 9, we have completely redesigned our launch and communication infrastructure. We now have an MPI driver which allows you to use “mpirun” to launch SOS and servers on a cluster, and MPI communication within the cluster can provide improved performance over the TCP/IP communication.
- Reader Updates : EnSight 9 includes updates for a number of readers. CEI has recently licensed additional CAD formats which are now available, and updates have been made to the Exodus II, ABAQUS and FLUENT readers. Additional reader development will leverage the new API to support new formats and improve support for existing formats.

See more information on http://www.ensight.com/.