Chapter 492 Too advanced to be displayed

"Can you change this thing yourself?"

He Ming next to him was completely confused after hearing this.

Although he has used various engineering software, he has never heard that users can modify the packaged software by themselves.

There may be some technical means to achieve this, but it is obviously not feasible from a legal perspective.

You must know that TORCH Multiphysics is not some foreign software that has not been registered in China. You can use the user agreement as waste paper.

He is a "model of our country's development of intellectual economy" who was specifically mentioned above, and we still need to respect him.

"Of course it is impossible to directly modify the packaged software itself, and the user agreement does not allow it."

Chang Haonan first waved his hand to deny it, but then changed the subject:

"But what I just said is that dynamically adjusting model rules based on changes in object boundaries is a new non-structured mesh generation idea that does not require modifications to the software itself."

“When TORCH Multiphysics was designed, we anticipated that current users would have special needs and we would not be able to update the version in real time in a short period of time. Therefore, we have reserved a highly customizable interface in advance.”

"What does custom interface... mean? When Yao Gong gave us training before, he didn't seem to mention this part?"

He Ming felt like an outsider, unable to get into the world of these two people.

But just now I just couldn’t understand the specific technical explanation, and now I don’t even understand the term itself.

"That is, we can write our own toolkit that meets the requirements of the software protocol, and use it as an enhancement or modification module to achieve functions that the software does not have but we want to achieve. From this perspective, TORCH Multiphysics has almost unlimited possibilities in theory."

Yao Mengna explained from the side.

"As for why it wasn't mentioned during training..."

Speaking of this, she glanced at He Ming with a meaningful look:

"This kind of module needs to be designed and written from scratch. It can only be done by people who are very proficient in programming languages, algorithms, and mathematical theories such as solving high-dimensional nonlinear partial differential equations, so..."

"understood."

He Ming nodded quickly when he heard this, indicating that Yao Mengna understood.

It would be unseemly to say any more.

After all, lies never hurt, truth is the sharpest weapon.

"No matter what, in the future, as everyone's level of simulation application improves, the efficiency problem of block assembly of this large model will become more and more common, and it will not be your problem alone."

Chang Haonan thought for a while and felt that it was indeed unreasonable to let current users expand this core function by themselves:

"You guys put these two parts aside for a while. The feedback from various parties recently is being analyzed and processed. After I return to the capital, I will iterate out a new version as soon as possible."

"A new version will be released so soon?"

Yao Mengna next to her was also worried about this matter, but when she heard what Chang Haonan said, she still looked at Chang Haonan in surprise:

"The current total number of users of this software is nearly 800. Every major update iteration is a major project."

As a technician who participated in the development process of TORCH Multiphysics software, Yao Mengna is familiar with the situation of her own products.

Software these days rarely has an online update function, and many computers are not connected to the Internet for safety reasons. Updates can only be done offline, so it is impossible to update whenever there is nothing like more than 20 years later. Small version.

In particular, many industrial software that pursues stability may not be updated every few years or even more than ten years after installation.

(The author went to a petrochemical company to work on a project in 17 and found that their production monitoring software was customized from our school and has not been updated since 1996. In order to run this software, they even kept two win98 systems. computer……)

TORCH Multiphysics initially had 744 domestic users and 17 foreign users, and more have been added during this period.

Software updates are sometimes more complicated than installing new software, and in some cases the manufacturer may even need to send technical personnel for guidance.

In short, it is a very troublesome thing to think about.

However, Chang Haonan's understanding of software updates is naturally completely different from that of people of this era.

Especially for numerical calculation software used for research and some industrial control software used for production, the speed of version iteration is critical.

Why could China never catch up with similar foreign products in the field of industrial software in its previous life?

To a large extent, this is because there is no way to collect enough user data to support efficient version update iterations.

Many manufacturers are limited by this and have to install castrated versions of industrial control software customized from abroad for the machine tools they produce.

Not only was it unable to fully unleash the performance potential of the machine tool itself, it also gave valuable data to foreign companies in vain.

"It's been more than three months, and it's time for an iteration. Especially for this key function, not only you, but other brother units may also use it at any time."

Chang Haonan chose the long-story explanation.

Of course, the problem Yao Mengna mentioned does exist. If nearly 800 users are updated, Torch Company will indeed not be able to withstand such intensity of work.

Moreover, the current level of TORCH Multiphysics is in the form of dimensionality reduction, and it needs to find a balance between improving user stickiness and ensuring technical barriers.

Some things are still too advanced to be displayed.

So after a pause, he added:

"As for the number of updates, this time, including future updates, will definitely be given priority to users of the professional upgraded version. As for the professional version, it is necessary to postpone the update according to the actual situation, or integrate several small versions into one large version. release."

"Like what I just mentioned, the overlapping grid algorithm based on unstructured grids is the latest technology, and it may even have to be delayed for several years before it is released to all users."

He Ming, who was standing behind, brightened up.

The status of being a user of the professional enhanced version was immediately reflected.

This is also why the products of many major Internet manufacturers will treat different levels of users differently.

If you don't let rich brother experience the feeling of being superior to others, why would rich brother throw money at you?

Chang Haonan's reasoning is the same.

Although he does not need money from Brother Fu, he also needs to increase the recognition of users of the professional enhanced version.

After all, after the official version is released, the price of the extra large cup will probably be more than an order of magnitude higher than that of the large cup.

And another point is that this can indirectly promote foreign companies to actively carry out technical exchanges and cooperation with China.

Just like the automotive research institute that Fiat and Jinling Automobile cooperate with.

In fact, what automotive technology does Jinling Motors have that is worthy of Fiat's cooperation?

It's nothing more than obtaining software authorization in advance through this method.

What does it mean to bring noodles with a little bit?

This is called point-to-point.

Besides, Chang Haonan is not doing charity.

He can also benefit from it——

As long as the entire industrial software industry chain is deeply bound, Torch Company, despite its small scale, can have a high say in all walks of life.

The right to speak of Torch Company is naturally Chang Haonan's right to speak.

"Will this cause the regular version to... uh, I mean, what are the opinions of the pro version users?"

Although it felt good to be treated differently and enjoy privileges, after all, the boss of the company was still in front of him, so He Ming decided to express his concern for the overall situation.

In the end, Chang Haonan waved his hands nonchalantly:

"On the contrary, only in this way can we show that our software has a transcendent status in the industry and has a noble pedigree!"

"Just like the machine tools you are using now, I just saw a few Swiss-made Starrags in the workshop. Is the model they exported to us a fully functional version?"

He Ming has been working in this industry for almost thirty years, and "breaking through foreign technology blockades" is almost the epitome of his entire career.

In this context, it is really difficult for him to imagine that one day he can reverse block others in the technical field.

But now that Chang Haonan mentioned it like this, he suddenly felt that it made sense:

"That's right. Anyway, I heard from Yao Gong that even the professional version sold to ordinary users is much better than similar software such as PEGASUS now..."