We are delighted to inform you that GEOVIA Whittle 2022 is now available for download from the 3DS Support site at www.3ds.com/support. GEOVIA maintained users covered under the Dassault Systèmes Support & Maintenance agreement can download this version at no cost.
Here are the highlights of this release:
LICENSING
Dassault Systèmes Licensing Server (DSLS)
DSLS is a brand new licensing system now available for Whittle maintained users*. There are three main mechanisms in which a user can now obtain a license for Whittle:
- A Soft lock system - No physical dongle or sentinel is needed
- A Network system – greater flexibility with License Management
- A Managed system – license server is managed by Dassault Systèmes on our network
Some of the advantages of using the new system are as follows:
General
- Users can be up and running quicker – no need to wait for dongle shipment
- No issue of downtime due to lost or damaged dongles
- Easily select licenses, choose from a list of available licenses,
- Network - Greater flexibility with license management/ability to take licenses offline for up to 30 days (check-in / check-out)
Managed DSLS
A highly available license server managed by Dassault Systèmes which is not installed on client’s premises and allows users to obtain their license keys.
- Reduced capital costs as no need to purchase additional hardware to run license server,
- Reduced operating costs as the service is managed by Dassault Systèmes,
- Increased flexibility for license access:
- Small organizations that need the flexibility of server licensing but do not have corporate networks to host/manage this. That is, no need for a managed network with VPN access.
- Work From Home (WFH) – as companies shift from temporary WFH to more permeant WFH – Managed DSLS will enable better license utilization and flexible assignment across team members
- Allows offline licensing (check-out/in) for periods up to 30 days renewable.
* DSLS is available with newly released Roles in Whittle. Please contact your local GEOVIA representative for more information on how to access DSLS and migrate your existing licenses to the new Roles utilizing DSLS.
IMPROVEMENTS AVAILABLE IN ALL WHITTLE ROLES
Whittle’s user interface has been upgraded to 64-bit Java. These improvements allow users to display much larger block models in Whittle, improving both the validation of inputs and reviewing the results. In addition, Whittle now supports exporting larger pit & period surfaces to DXF. Along with these memory improvements, performance issues when working with large block models in the Block Value Calculation node have been resolved, leading to significant time saving while running reports for all blocks.
Several other improvements have been made in Whittle 2022.
Please refer to the Whittle 2022 Release Notes for further details.
Learn more about the GEOVIA Whittle roles:
