Fire Dynamics Simulator and Smokeview (FDS-SMV)
Official Website, Hosted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Useful Links
BFRL: Fire Research
BFRL: Analysis and Prediction
FDS-SMV Links
Discussion Group
Issue Tracker
Wiki Pages
Developer Site
VTT Links
FDS+EVAC Site
VTT Home
Note: Throughout the site you will see "external link" icons () next to links that will take you to information not hosted on the nist.gov servers. These links should open in a new browser window or tab.
) next to links that will take you to information not hosted on the nist.gov servers. These links should open in a new browser window or tab.
Official Documents
These links are to the most recent released versions of the Fire Dynamics Simulator and Smokeview Documentation. These link directly to files in the FDS-SMV SVN repository.
Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS)
FDS Validation Guide (Coming Soon)
Smokeview (SMV)
SMV Technical Reference Guide (Coming Soon)
Wiki Pages
In addition to the Official documentation through the links above, there are a few pages maintained through the FDS-SMV Project Wiki. These wiki pages are intended to supplement the User and Technical in areas of information that change or evolve more rapidly over time. Many of the topics are related to techological implementations and instructions. At the bottom of each Wiki Page is a comment form, this can be used to communicate with the author about the topic.