BETA CAE Systems 18

BETA CAE Systems 18.0.1 Release Notes:

Enhancements in ANSA
- Web Interface
Improvements on the Web-interface GUI, regarding the display of button menus in mobile phone portrait mode and the behavior and operability of button menus in touch-screen devices.
- CAD Import / Translators
The new library CT_2017_SP2 has been integrated in order to read/translate CATIA V5-6R2017 (R27) files.
- Data management
Data management: Export/Read Model Definition: Export to PLM XML format is now possible without the need of a JT Open license.
- Shell Meshing
Bolt Tubes treatment is now available in Feature Manager, by adding Connection information on Tubes. In this way, Bolt Tube treatment can be distinguished from General Tube treatment. Improved performance of Mesh functions on FE models with FE perimeters. Improvements in robustness of Conv2Poly and Hextreme functions.
Enhancements in EPILYSIS
- A more robust EPILYSIS Linear solver is now used for Lagrange multiplier decomposition. Applied in Calculation of Residual vectors and Auto Inertia Relief.
- Matrix and Solver details are now provided in a User Information block of the f.06 file.
- Improvements in accuracy of the RBE3 singularity check.
- PHASE parameter support for polar format in DISPLACEMENT, VELOCITY, ACCELERATION, SPCFORCE, MPCFORCE, FORCE, STRAIN, STRESS.
- ACMODL support ( for INFOR, FSET, SET fields) for Fulid-Structure coupling.
- Check and Error messages are provided in case of incorrect Subcase numbering in the solver header.
- "UM" Field is supported for RBE3 elements, to assign Independent degrees of freedom to the Dependent DOF set.
Enhancements in META
- Web Interface
The META Web Interface is an intuitive technology that allows a group of people, joining in through a web browser, to collaborate with a user running a META application session.
- VR
META supports the HTC VIVE Virtual Reality (VR) headset on MS-Windows OS.
- PAM-CRASH
ERFH5 results files compressed with femzip version 6.1.2580 are now supported.
- Handling Entities
It is now possible to change massively the colors of Parts/Includes.
- Automation
It is now possible to delete the entities created by a specific overlay through the Project or Session Overlay Manager. Any entities belonging to the initial state can be deleted too.