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CFXuser April 20, 2006 04:44

Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV10?
 
Hi,

We have outputed several contour plots in PNG format. However, CFX logo appeared on every picture that we created. This turned out to be very urgly when we included the pictures in our report. Can we turned it off? We can't find any such option in Post V10.

Thanks for help.

Michael Bo Hansen April 20, 2006 06:39

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
No. That cannot be remove. But if you choose to "print" in a large size, for instance 1800x1200 the logo will be relatively smaller.

siv April 20, 2006 09:20

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
Generally i edit the image in paint and remove the logo :)

Michael Bo Hansen April 20, 2006 09:25

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
Or even easier: Crop it in Irfanview.

Rui April 20, 2006 10:35

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
Hi,

I don't see how the CFX logo can be very ugly. But take a look at this topic from 2003, specially the last post.

Rui April 20, 2006 10:37

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
I forgot to paste the link. Here it goes: http://www.cfd-online.com/Forum/cfx_....cgi/read/6139

Michael Bo Hansen April 20, 2006 10:57

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
I wrote this back in 2003. CFX later changed that workaround so it now cannot be done.

Robin April 20, 2006 14:56

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
You could edit it out or crop the image to remove the logo, but you cannot produce images without it. There used to be a workaround, but the logo is now imbedded in the viewer.

If you do remove the logo, make sure you include the appropriate credit to CFX in your report.

Regards, Robin

CFXuser April 21, 2006 06:49

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
Hi... We bought the software and of course we have to mention the approach & software used for our calculation. We made quite some contour/vector plots on the same sheet. Because of this CFX logo, we have to manually edit/tidy up each figure, which waste lots of our time.

The idea of forcing CFX logo on each figure sounds very funny.

CFXuser April 21, 2006 06:55

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
I put about 12 figures on each page to show the evolution of flow in our machine. Do you think it's necessary to have CFX logo on each figure? My boss asked me to clean this up.. X_X

Bart Prast April 21, 2006 08:48

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
I would not like to have the microsoft logo on all my reports written with ms word.

Robin April 21, 2006 10:22

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
This isn't a word processor. CFX was developed by a team of engineers and you are applying their work. It is therefore necessary to credit it (it is also what you agreed to it in the license agreement). It's a responsible thing to do anyway, as results can be system or version dependant, so you should always document where it came from.

There is no problem with removing the logo from images, but the credit must be there. My suggestion is to leave some room at the top of your image and simply crop them.

Regards, Robin

CFXuser April 21, 2006 11:06

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
I understand what you say. However, user should also have the right to choose the way they want to credit it. It's a moral thing but the way CFX do it makes me feel like I'm being treated as a child. I don't mind to have logo appeared on each page but not on every figure. I have hundreds of figures in my report. Can you imagine how much time I have to spend to edit those images? Somehow our company has already paid big dollar in order to use CFX... Just like MS Word, CFX's not a freeware.

Engineer April 21, 2006 11:29

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
Hi Robin,

I always make a point of reading whatever you post on this Message Forum. It is great to have someone from CFX that obviously knows the code well and always gives good advice.

I don't like to knitpick, I have written CFD codes and know that it can be challenging and I understand that you are proud of the work that your company does, that is a great thing, however your comment:

This isn't a word processor. CFX was developed by a team of engineers and you are applying their work.

kind of struck me the wrong way!! Who do you think writes the code behind a Word Processor ... a bunch of monkeys!! A team of "engineers" also writes this code and I am sure that they too are proud of the work that they do and would enjoy as much recognition as possible. Wouldn't it be a strange world if the original works of Shakespeare included the name of the "engineers" that created his pen, ink and paper!!

I do think it is a bit "off" that CFX hardwires the logo onto every plot that is generated. We all appreciate the work that you guys do, and I don't think I have ever read a paper where the author does not describe the code that he is using. For one thing, the paper would be unlikely to get through the review process without this description.

Anyway, maybe at your next team meeting you could mention the concerns of some users to the "higher ups" :) I have to get going now, I have some images to crop ...


Robin April 21, 2006 12:01

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
I understand and I don't want to rub anyone the wrong way. But there is a difference in that you are applying the models, solution methods, etc. It represents someone else's engineering work, it is not a matter of pride. Anyhow, I appreciate the point about the logo and will suggest what I can.

Unfortunately, there are many examples of papers that are written which do no credit the code.

Kind regards, Robin

Robin April 21, 2006 14:02

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
Before you respond, understand that I am not trying to diminish your point. If this is a major issue for your company, you should raise it directly with you ANSYS representative. Very few people complain about it, but that is not to say they don't like it. If you don't raise the issue directly, it is unlikely to change. This is really not the right forum to accomplish this.

Regards, Robin

Engineer April 21, 2006 14:09

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
My confidence in the paper review process was severely reduced this morning when I read a paper published in an ASME Journal.

I was looking at Figure 2 and thought that it was interesting how similar it was to Figure 1. Upon further inspection, I realised that it was identical ... as were Figures 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8!! What a JOKE!!

Maybe CFX is actually correct in trying to ensure that its work is recognised by users ... there are obviously people out there that have no idea how to put together a professional paper, report etc ... What is most dishearting is that there are reviewers out there that don't have a clue.

Robin April 21, 2006 15:38

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LOL!

Peter Attar April 27, 2006 19:20

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Not that I don't believe you..but could you kindly give us the Journal Name,Volume,Issue Number and pages so that your almost unbelievable story can be validated....

HekLeR April 29, 2006 15:31

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Having the logo permanently affixed to the CFX viewer is essentially a result of the few screwing things up for the many. There are examples out there of the code not being properly credited.

So, your other choice is to quit whining about the logos and spend *zero* time cropping.

Hek


Engineer May 1, 2006 12:07

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
Hi HekLeR,

I do not crop the CFX logo because I don't want to credit CFX in the work that they do. If you read this thread more carefully, you will find that people took issue with the logo as it becomes cumbersome and aesthetically unpleasing when one wants to include many plots on a single page. The visual presentation of ones data should be under the complete control of the user.

Obviously the users of this forum are professional enough to know that they must credit the code that they use.

Why don't you quit HekLing, and learn how to spell (Heckler)!


Engineer May 1, 2006 12:25

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
There are two copies of the offending paper, one was published at a conference and one was in a Journal. The conference version of the paper does not contain the same error, so it is likely an error in typesetting and proof reading by the Journal.

I have copied the two references below. I have not included the authors names as I thought that would be unfair. It wouldn't be very nice to have this error showing up everytime someone googles your name!

The offending article was in the Journal of Fluids Engineering -- January 2006 -- Volume 128, Issue 1, pp. 113-117 and was entitled: Experimental Study on the Helical Flow in a Concentric Annulus With Rotating Inner Cylinder.

The same paper was presented at the 6th World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics: April 17-21, 2005, Matsushima, Miyagi, Japan.

I don't have access to the paper online anymore, it is possible that the error may have been flagged and corrected. I can assure you that what I said was true though!


HekLeR May 1, 2006 23:41

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
I know exactly why there is an issue with the logo. I carefully read the thread and decided IMO that everyone that posted are a bunch of whining babies.

Not everyone is as professional as you (I think Robin mentioned this issue) and the code is not always credited. If CFX wants a logo on their graphics then that is their choice, not yours, and you have the ability outside of CFX to remove the logo if you want.

I agree with Robin about CFX vs MS Word. Unlike MS word, CFX costs at least 10 times as much (for good reason) and requires years of training to be correctly put to use.

The name is purposely spelled wrong BTW.


HekLeR May 1, 2006 23:44

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
I think you missed the point Robin was making about CFX vs MS Word.

Unlike MS word, CFX costs at least 10 times as much (for good reason) and requires years of training and knowledge to be correctly put to use.

MS word is commodity software, used by the masses, CFD solvers are not.


Engineer May 2, 2006 11:25

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
I guess we will just have to agree to disagree :)

Peter May 4, 2006 21:40

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
So then your belitting of the reviewers is unwarranted since reviewers read only the the first draft sent to the journal and perhaps the second draft if they agree to review it again after revisions have been made...

Engineer May 5, 2006 11:17

Re: Can we hide CFX logo on top corner of CFXpostV
 
I was just trying to give the reviewers/authors a way out. I am well aware of the review process being both an author and reviewer of many papers.

I am not sure about the ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, but some other ASME journals have changed the format in which they want papers submitted. The last paper I submitted, they wanted the text in Latex/Word format and a separate file for each figure. It is still possible that the authors submitted the same file for each figure and the reviewers missed it (if this was the format that was reviewed). It is also possible that the the person that typeset the final version of the paper accidentally used the same file for each figure. Not being omnipotent, I am not sure what went wrong ... but something definitely went wrong at some point.

Check out the link below, worse things than what I have just described have happened in other venues (although not as reputable as ASME)

http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/



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