Emanuele Gissi released new version of BlenderFDS, an open user interface for the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator.

It's another nifty project that makes Blender a better tool for architects. The new version features support for currently available Blender 2.56a.

The project was implemented with support from worldwide FDS and Blender communities. The project's wiki explains how the whole thing works, from concept to actually using the tool.

You can download it here.

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