PyroSim
Analyze fire control and smoke dissipation in various structures for fire protection and safety or investigation.
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Pathfinder
Understand pedestrian egress and congestion hazards for fire protection and safety or urban planning.
Ventus
Create 3D pressurization models of smoke control solutions for stairwells, atria, and underground spaces.
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See the following links for all Pathfinder Tutorials.
These tutorials teach the basic concepts necessary for working with Pathfinder
Training course to experience the fundamental features of Pathfinder
This tutorial teaches the user how to create circulation movement using Queues.
Evacuation simulation of a center-platform station using Pathfinder, then comparing results with NFPA 130 and SFPE calculations.
Tutorial demonstrating how to merge PyroSim results with Pathfinder movement.
Tutorial demonstrating how to display Experimental Trajectory Data in Pathfinder.
Tutorial demonstrating the evacuation of a hospital
Tutorial demonstrating how to create circulation movement in a model.
Tutorial demonstrating how to refuge floors, firefighters, and elevators
Tutorial demonstrating how to model passenger movement in a subway.
Video tutorial demonstrating how to effectively simulate evacuation of theaters and stadiums using Pathfinder.
This tutorial teaches the user how to create simple Queues in Pathfinder.
This tutorial teaches the user how to create Attractors in Pathfinder models.
Tutorial demonstrating how to create a model from a blueprint image.
Tutorial demonstrating how to make stairs in Pathfinder
Tutorial demonstrating how to distribute the use of stairs and escalators in Pathfinder.
Tutorial demonstrating how to have occupants evacuate using familiar paths.
Tutorial demonstrating how to integrate Fractional Effective Doses with Evacuation Results.
Tutorial demonstrating how groups move in Pathfinder.
Tutorial demonstrating how to import IFC files to Pathfinder.
Tutorial demonstrating how to manually couple FDS and Pathfinder to respond to smoke.
Tutorial demonstrating how to switch profiles in Pathfinder.
Tutorial demonstrating how to make ramps in Pathfinder.
Tutorial demonstrating how to reduce occupant diameter to allow traversal of narrow geometry in Pathfinder.
Tutorial demonstrating how to use Virtual Reality with Pathfinder and PyroSim.
Video tutorial demonstrating the variables that may have an effect on evacuation time from aircraft cabins.
Video tutorial demonstrating how to avoid creating unwanted gaps in the geometry of a Pathfinder model.
Video tutorial demonstrating the difference in evacuation times when occupant flow is properly balanced.
Video tutorial demonstarting how to assign exit goals to percentages of the occupant population.
Video tutorial demonstrating how to fix geometry problems related to DWG importation.
Video tutorial showing how to reduce the number of navigation mesh polygons to enable larger models and shorter simulation run time.