4.8.1 Getting started - WindSim

4 WindSim ASused to discretise the computational domain, with 5000 cells in total, and with 10 layers ofcells vertically. The limit on the number of cells, as will be shown in the following paragraphs,has two effects: it smooths all the features of the given topography and it introducessignificant discretization errors. The results obtained with the evaluation copy of WindSim aretherefore not trustable for a wind park project but you will be able to explore all thecomponents of the software with this tutorial and also appreciate the power of thecommercial version.Figure 1. Screen shot of WindSim, Results module active.InstallationDownload the evaluation copy of WindSim 4.8.1 from the website www.windsim.com or fromthe evaluation CD and run the installation file. WindSim 4.8.1 needs that in the pc the version2.0 of the .NET framework is also installed. The needed version of .NET framework can bealso downloaded from the WindSim website.WindSim is by default installed in C:\Program Files\WindSim, while the working folderwhere WindSim projects are stored is located in the My Documents\WindSim projectsfolder. You may of course change this default folder setting during the installation.Once WindSim is installed it can be run from the shortcut added on the desktop or from thelist of programs in the Start Menu of Windows.