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History of FEFLOW Development
FEFLOW is under constant development with new features and functionalities with every release. The principal version releases are typically in November of each year, with smaller version updates throughout the year. In the following list you can find release dates, development milestones and new feature introductions. 
 

 

 

FEFLOW 11       > version maintenance and support
Release date: January 2026
New feature descriptions

  • Structural Model Editor and Geological Modeling

  • Supermesh Processing and Geometric Tools

  • New Layered-mesh Generator

  • 3D Slice/Layer Configurator

  • Interactive Workflow: Fuse-Delete and Split-Layer

  • New Well-Group Creation Workflow

  • Interactive Assignment of Well Groups

  • Open-Loop System Editor

  • Enhanced Reporting of Geothermal Results

  • Geothermal-dedicated charts

  • Enhancements on Cross-sectional Views

  • Performance improvements

  • Python Views and Python Scripting Panel

  • Geometric Tools via Python

  • FEFLOW Interpolators via Python

  • Licensing and Software Maintenance Benefits

 


FEFLOW 10.0       > version maintenance and support
Release date: November 2024
New feature descriptions

  • New 3D Supermesh Data Structure

  • Implicit Modelling of Geological Surfaces

  • Equation of State (EOS)

  • Extension of the Standard Transport Equation

  • Reference projection and online visualization

  • Isofeatures as Spatial Entities

  • Extended Budget-History Charting

  • New 1D hydrodynamical coupling

  • New FEFLOW-Python APIs

  • Several usability improvements

 

 

FEFLOW 8.1       > version maintenance and support    
Release date: November 2023
New feature descriptions

  • Well Manager: Groups and rules

  • Well Manager for Geothermal

  • New Observation Data dialogue

  • 3D Supermesh Tools

  • New CAD implementation

  • New module PySMH: Access the Supermesh and Mesh generators from Python

  • New Cross-section Generator in Python

  • FePEST improvements for Observation Groups

  • Several usability improvements.

 

 

FEFLOW 8.0      
Release date: November 2022
New feature descriptions

  • New workflow for 3D model building.

  • Extended workflows for model conceptualization.

  • 3D Supermesh repairing.

  • New Well Manager editor

  • Official release of the Cloud Simulations panel in the FEFLOW and FePEST GUIs.

  • Enhanced features for FePEST parallelization.

  • New Python implementation of the Well Manager (available only with 8.0.2).

  • New 3D Supermesh Tools for interactively create 3D geometries (available only with 8.0.2, see here).

  • New 3D mesh generator for tetrahedral meshes (available only with 8.0.2, see here).

  • Several usability improvements.

 

 

FEFLOW 7.5
Release date: November 2021
New feature descriptions

  • Support of cloud computing directly from the FEFLOW and FePEST GUIs.

  • Update models faster using a new conceptual modelling approach.

  • Better management of selections and their workflows.

  • Improvements in FEFLOW’s Numerics.

  • Get closer to integrated groundwater resources management.New input unit for BHE: Energy demand

  • Several improvements in IFM, Python and FEFLOW console.

  • FePEST comes reloaded with a new set of interesting features. 

 

 

FEFLOW 7.4
Release date: December 2020
New feature descriptions

  • Extended Python interface and a robust new FEFLOW Python APIs documentation. IFM methods are available through the C++ interface.

  • Flexible framework for multi-species transport and import/export of chemical transport species and their kinetic reactions.

  • FEFLOW piHMC plug-in is installed automatically. It incorporates a fully hydro-mechanical coupling in the flow simulation in FEFLOW.

  • Separate tool to convert MODFLOW 6 files into a FEFLOW mesh including the import of already-defined material properties.

  • New OpenGL version maintaining the FEFLOW graphical components as cutting-edge technology.

  • New Meta Information block supporting the collaboration between groundwater modellers and supporting the documentation of workflows.

  • FePEST comes reloaded with a new set of interesting features.

 

 

FEFLOW 7.3 
Release date: February 2020
New feature descriptions

  • Material properties

  • UI and workflows

  • Support or different Python Interpreter versions

  • New Features in FePEST

  • Programming Interfaces IFM & Python functions Menu

 

 

FEFLOW 7.2
Release date: December 2018
New feature descriptions

  • Material properties

  • Additional map support

  • New Auxiliary Parameters

  • Processes and Numerical Solutions

  • Support or different Python Interpreter versions

  • Multi-document operation

  • New Features in FePEST

  • New SAMG solver version

  • Programming Interfaces IFM & Python functions Menu

 

 

FEFLOW 7.1
Release date: November 2015
New feature descriptions

  • Discrete Feature Elements (Review and Extensions)

  • Coupling of Groundwater and Surface Water Processes

  • Visualization

  • Improvements in Mesh Generation

  • New Selection Tools

  • Additional Map Functionalities

  • Recording of Model Content Information

  • New Scripting Menu

  • New Features in FePEST

  • Additional Functionality

 

 

FEFLOW 7.0
Release date: November 2016
New feature descriptions

  • 3D Unstructured Meshing

  • Revised Model Generation Process

  • Conversion to Quad-/Hex-Dominant Mesh

  • Redesigned 3D Layer Configurator

  • Spatial-Units Panel Split into Selections and Entities

  • Control-Volume Finite Element Method

  • Anisotropic Macrodispersion

  • Parameter Statistics

  • New features in FePEST

  • Programming Interfaces IFM & Python

 

 

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