FDS 6 Official Release

Dear Users:

We are happy to announce the official release of FDS 6.

Downloads and documentation are available from the primary FDS-SMV web page:

https://code.google.com/p/fds-smv/

For installation instructions for Windows, Mac, and Linux, please visit our YouTube channel or wiki pages:

http://www.youtube.com/fdssmokeview

https://code.google.com/p/fds-smv/wiki/Installation_Notes

The release notes for FDS 6.0 are posted here:

https://code.google.com/p/fds-smv/wiki/FDS_Release_Notes

More information about the most significant changes is available in a series of blog posts on our Developer Blog:

http://blog.fds-smv.net/

Within the FDS User's Guide, you can find a table for translating FDS 5 input files to FDS 6. These changes are also mentioned in the release notes.

Please report any issues to the Issue Tracker along with a VERY simple test case, and post any general questions or comments to the Discussion Group:

https://code.google.com/p/fds-smv/issues/list

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/fds-smv

FDS 6 has been built around a philosophy of continuous integration testing, which involves nightly automated builds of the verification and validation guides and quantitative error checking. This process results in higher quality, more reliable software for end-users, enables better collaboration with researchers, and allows our development team to focus on core model development. The nightly build status of the FDS-SMV project can be found here:

https://code.google.com/p/fds-smv/wiki/Firebot_Build_Status

Finally, thanks to all of you for your patience and support. And thanks especially to all of our beta testers. If any names are missing, please let us know and we will be sure to include you in the guide.

Best regards,

The FDS-SMV Development Team