Engineering teams do not just need faster simulation. They need simulation workflows they can inspect, configure, and trust.
As Vinci continues to expand our platform, Release 1.24 introduces workflow improvements that give users more visibility and control when configuring simulations, reviewing results, and working through complex thermal analyses.
This release brings together recent updates across the Vinci Thermal application, including new visualization support for material characterization simulations, more flexible simulation setup controls, and workflow refinements that make configuration and review more intuitive. Together, these updates give users increased visibility and control across material characterization and downstream thermal conduction workflows.
Visualizing Material Characterization Inputs by Tile and Layer
Material characterization is an important step in preparing complex physical designs for high-fidelity thermal simulation. In this release, users can now download material images for each layer of each tile contributing to a material characterization simulation.
This gives teams a clearer way to inspect the geometry and material structure behind a characterization result. From the material characterization result panel, users can download a .zip file containing one image per layer for the selected tile.
This helps users understand the material structure behind a characterization result and review how each tile and layer contributes to the simulation context.
More Flexible Control Over Simulation Resolution
Release 1.24 also adds support for specifying simulation element size in X/Y directly, in addition to setting X/Y resolution.
Users can choose either:
- X/Y resolution, or
- Element size in X/Y
The corresponding values update automatically, and the controls are positioned together in the simulation setup workflow.
This gives users a more direct way to configure thermal simulations based on the level of physical detail required for a given analysis.
Additional Workflow Refinements
This release also includes several usability refinements across simulation setup, progress reporting, and result review.
For thermoelasticity material characterization simulations, progress reporting now reflects the total number of simulations required based on the selected output. This creates a more consistent experience across material characterization workflows.
Region-based boundary condition workflows have also been refined, with clearer UI behavior and more flexible handling of CSV inputs.
Together, these updates are part of Vinci’s ongoing work to make high-fidelity physics simulation more transparent, repeatable, and practical inside production engineering environments.
Continuing to Improve the Vinci Platform
Release 1.24 is a workflow-focused release: it gives users more visibility into material characterization, more control over simulation setup, and clearer guidance across connected thermal workflows.
These improvements support the broader direction of Vinci’s Continuous Physics System: making deterministic, solver-accurate physics simulation more accessible, inspectable, and usable across engineering teams.
As the platform continues to expand, each release is focused on helping engineering teams move from episodic simulation checkpoints toward more continuous physics reasoning inside their day-to-day workflows.
FAQ
What is new in Vinci Release 1.24?
Vinci Release 1.24 adds material characterization visualization, more flexible thermal simulation setup controls, and workflow refinements across simulation setup, progress reporting, and result review.
What does the material characterization visualization feature do?
Users can download material images for each layer of each tile contributing to a material characterization simulation.
How does Release 1.24 improve thermal simulation setup?
Users can configure simulations by either X/Y resolution or element size in X/Y, with corresponding values updating automatically.
