This is a centralized collection of free, open-source, third-party tools to assist in the design, calculation, and analysis of fire models for the Fire Dynamics Simulator program from NIST.
Current projects:
3DSOLID2FDS
An AutoCAD Add-On to convert 3DSOLID geometries to FDS &OBST lines. More details can be found here
Blender+FDS (Under development, blueprint available)
A multi-platform graphical user interface for FDS based on Blender platform. Blender+FDS simplifies the input of geometric data into FDS, while leaving the full control over the input file to the user. Blender+FDS does not mask the complexity of the CFD analysis. All the code from this project will be released under a GPL license, and will be open and free.
Course book "An Introduction to Fire Simulation with FDS and Smokeview"
This manual introduces the student to the complex world of fire simulation with Fire Dynamics Simulator and Smokeview, and complements the official documentation. The official documentation remains an invaluable source of reference for advanced users and this manual is heavily based on it. Download it from here or from here. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.
Online tools: mesh size calculator, FDS Guide search tool, online FDS plotting tool.
Other tools
- IFCSTEPFDS: convert geometry in IFC file to FDS.
If you wish to request a tutorial, recommend a new tool, or suggest a change in a current item, please submit a new issue to the issue tracker by clicking on the Issues tab above.
Disclaimer: The tools on this repository are not affiliated with NIST, but rather are contributions of various fire modeling users from around the world. These tools should be used at your own risk and any results or information should be checked for validity. For the official Fire Dynamics Simulator website, click here.
