Historical Software Updates Click here to see Recent Software Updates for this product Click here to see all Upcoming Software Updates All dates reflect actual ship dates. 9/30/2005 Superview IV Results Environment Added isosurface display of results Added contour plots for shell thickness Added factor of safety contour displays for beam elements Added ability to specify default display settings for new models Added ability to show node numbers for minimum and maximum values Added export capability to VRML 6/30/2005 Linear Dynamic Analysis Improved support for large models and high number of frequencies Improved robustness for cut-off frequency Improved support when fewer frequencies or buckling modes are found than requested Improved ease of use and robustness Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Improved linear contact Superview IV Results Environment Added stand-alone animation player Improved display of impact and slice planes Improved ease of use and robustness 4/1/2005 Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Added support for anisotropic material properties Improved support for large models Superview IV Results Environment Added AISC (ASD 1989) code checking Added capability to view graphs in same window as contours Added ability to save probes and Min/Max annotations Added ruler to display scale when viewing models Improved overall ease-of-use and robustness based on customer feedback Improved support for large models 12/22/2004 Linear Dynamic Analysis Improved solvers to provide better performance for large models in natural frequency (modal) and response spectrum analyses Improved solvers to support calculation of an increased number of frequencies and mode shapes in natural frequency (modal) analyses Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Improved contact along edges Improved calculation of out-of-plane shear effects for thick composite elements Superview IV Results Environment Added ability to display sliced models using transparency Improved performance of slice planes by automatically capping element faces Improved ability to save and delete presentations 9/30/2004 Linear Dynamic Analysis Added support for parallel processors for critical buckling load analysis Added ability to determine multiple buckling modes in a critical buckling load analysis 7/30/2004 Superview IV Results Environment Added support for user-defined result types Improved realistic beam visualization based on AISC or user-defined section properties Improved ability to select multiple nodes 7/7/2004 Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Improved accuracy of stress calculations for hybrid meshes Improved support for defining the major and minor Poisson's Ratio values for 2-D orthotropic elements Superview IV Results Environment Added strain energy contours for static stress analysis with linear material models Added factor of safety contours based on user-defined criteria and stress allowable values for static stress analysis with linear material models Added realistic beam visualization based on AISC or user-defined section properties Added realistic plate visualization 5/18/2004 Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Improved support for incompatible displacement modes 4/13/2004 Superview IV Results Environment Added ability to define graphs based on the addition/subtraction of results Added ability to display X- and Y-axis labels Improved support for calculating and graphing the derivative of results 3/30/2004 Linear Dynamic Analysis Added support for brick elements in a natural frequency (modal) with load stiffening analysis Added modal mass participation output Monitor Introduced built-in, virtual instrumentation through an all-new Monitor for time-dependent result graphs Added ability to graph all available result types for all analysis types such as strains, maximum stress, heat flux and velocities Added support for results relative to local coordinate systems Added ability to display grid lines on graphs Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Improved support for rigid elements Superview IV Results Environment Added annotations to highlight the location of minimum and maximum results Added ability to define result probes at desired locations Added ability to display the undisplaced model using transparency Added embedded animation player Added ability to specify the size of vector arrows Improved tools for selecting parts, elements, faces, loads and constraints 12/17/2003 Linear Dynamic Analysis Improved support for nodal loads that end at varying times in a transient stress analysis Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Improved support for off-axis spring elements Superview IV Results Environment Added ability to include the mini-axis in image files, animations and printouts Improved support for user-specified thresholds for result contour ranges Improved display of feature lines for hand-built models 11/4/2003 Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Improved support for off-axis spring elements Improved sparse solver to provide better performance for large models Superview IV Results Environment Added transparent display capabilities (translucency) Added ability to vary display of mesh and results on individual parts Improved support for generating animations of time-dependent analyses Improved ability to save presentations with a model Improved ability to import presentations from a model 9/18/2003 Linear Dynamic Analysis Added a new spring element Improved support for centrifugal loads in a natural frequency (modal) with load stiffening analysis Improved support for nodal loads in a transient stress (modal superposition) analysis Improved support for displacement output in a random vibration analysis Improved support for nodal loads in a frequency response analysis Superview IV Results Environment Added realistic visualization of spring elements for static stress with linear material models and linear dynamic analyses Added an annotation indicating the buckling load multiplier for linear critical buckling load analyses Added ability to display results on the top and bottom of plate elements Added ability to display principal direction vectors on plate elements Improved ability to quickly smooth result contours Improved ability to quickly display the displaced shape of structural models 6/30/2003 Superview IV Results Environment Added ability to display results in an arbitrary orientation using any of the user-defined coordinate systems Added ability to display principal stress directions as vector plots Added ability to save annotations with presentations Improved speed of all dynamic viewing commands by hiding the display of load and constraint symbols during viewing operations Improved controls for quickly showing the displaced model Improved controls for setting the result smoothing options Improved controls for defining and working with slice planes Improved ability to display the maximum value (without smoothing) when displaying result contours Improved the default result contour displays for linear dynamic analyses with resultant stresses Improved ability to display results for response spectrum analyses 5/14/2003 Superview IV Results Environment Improved display of force and moment results for linear beam elements 4/7/2003 Superview IV Results Environment Improved default settings for legend box range to provide a wider band of values Improved ability to display models using feature lines Improved ability to output inquired results to text files 2/6/2003 Superview IV Results Environment Added ability to display element quality contours before an analysis Improved display of element quality contours Improved ability to modify plot settings Improved unit annotation in the legend box for reaction force, rotation and strain results Improved ability to inquire on displacement and precision values Improved ability to inquire on results at multiple locations and use the summary option Improved default settings used during the creation of animations 12/20/2002 Superview IV Results Environment Added display of part names in the tree view Added support for saving the lighting settings used with a presentation 11/1/2002 Linear Dynamic Analysis Improved calculation of resultant stress values such as von Mises and principal stress Superview IV Results Environment Added ability to define the angle of rotation in degrees as the incremental value for model rotations using the cursor keys Added ability to specify user-defined model views and then save, modify, delete or restore them Added ability to choose a user-defined center of rotation either on the model or by specifying arbitrary XYZ coordinates Added ability to use keyboard modifier keys to constrain rotation about only the global X, Y or Z axis or the view's Z axis when using the arrow keys 10/2/2002 Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Added an all-new fast sparse solver as the default solver for natural frequency (modal) analyses Added ability for sparse solver to perform parallel processing by utilizing multiple processors during natural frequency (modal) analyses 8/23/2002 Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Provides significant performance improvement for transient stress (direct integration) analyses of large models Improved robustness for transient stress (direct integration) analyses 7/17/2002 Linear Dynamic Analysis Improved support for critical load buckling models that contain over 256 unique parts Improved support for natural frequency (modal) with load stiffening models that contain over 256 unique parts Improved support for critical load buckling models that contain parts consisting of over 256 unique surfaces Improved support for natural frequency (modal) with load stiffening models that contain parts consisting of over 256 unique surfaces Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Improved support for models that contain over 256 unique parts Improved support for models that contain parts consisting of over 256 unique surfaces Superview IV Results Environment Updated to an all-new, integrated environment for model visualization and results evaluation (linear analyses) Added docking toolbars to provide quick access to the most common commands (linear analyses) Added tree view that provides summary information about model data and quick access to visualization and results evaluation options (linear analyses) Added right-click menus for quick access from the graphics window and tree view to common commands (linear analyses) Provides ability to simultaneously view a model and varying result types through multiple view windows (linear analyses) Provides fast dynamic viewing options and rich colors through OpenGL-based displays (linear analyses) Provides dynamic clipping planes for slicing models to view various profiles (linear analyses) Provides quick access to a variety of pre-defined color palettes or a user-defined palette when displaying results (linear analyses) Provides dynamic controls for positioning the results legend, annotations and background images (linear analyses) Provides a display of the units related to the display in the results legend (linear analyses) Provides mixed display options to show results only on specified parts while other parts are illustrated in their respective part colors (linear analyses) Provides ability to save all settings for a specific presentation and view that same display at any time or use those settings with a different model (linear analyses) Provides a slider to dynamically control the scale and display of the displaced model (linear analyses) Provides various methods for selecting parts or elements in order to hide areas of the model in a display (linear analyses) Provides ability to use TrueType fonts and control all related attributes for use in annotations and the results legend (linear analyses) Provides quick and complete access to the display attributes and controls for the results legend (linear analyses) Provides an inquire mode where results from selected objects or load and constraint data is displayed and available for copy and paste operations to other applications (linear analyses) Provides a slider to control the display of elements based on a lower or upper result limit (linear analyses) 5/2/2002 Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Improved robustness for a transient stress (direct integration) analysis 12/20/2001 Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Added ability to include time-dependent, surface-based loads for a transient stress (direct integration) analysis Improved support for running an analysis on a model that has been previously analyzed for transient stress (direct integration) Improved support for using multiple directions of a nodal load defined on a single data input line for a transient stress (direct integration) analysis Added ability to graphically define nodal forces and moments for a transient stress (direct integration) analysis Improved handling of the event curve associated with a load in a transient stress (direct integration) analysis Improved support and warnings for loads that follow an event curve that ends prior to the completion of the duration of a transient stress (direct integration) analysis 11/15/2001 Linear Dynamic Analysis Improved formatting of log files to better display the connectivity data for plate elements that consist of large node numbers for critical load buckling analysis Improved formatting of large file sizes in log files for critical load buckling analysis Improved support for analyzing models greater than 100,000 degrees of freedom with the best possible bandwidth for critical load buckling analysis Reduced memory requirements for any analysis by as much as 50 percent for critical load buckling analysis 11/1/2001 Linear Dynamic Analysis Improved support for analyzing models greater than 100,000 degrees of freedom with the best possible bandwidth for natural frequency (modal) with load stiffening analysis Improved formatting of large file sizes in log files for natural frequency (modal) with load stiffening analysis Improved formatting of log files to better display the connectivity data for plate elements that consist of large node numbers for natural frequency (modal) with load stiffening analysis Added support for automatically removing the results of a previous analysis at the beginning of a subsequent analysis of the same model for natural frequency (modal) with load stiffening analysis Superview Improved help messages for various menu commands Provides direct access to the ALGOR User's Guide from the HELP pull-down menu Provides direct access to the "Getting Started with ALGOR" video from the HELP pull-down menu Provides direct access to important areas of the ALGOR web site for additional product and service information Provides direct access to the tutorials from the HELP pull-down menu Improved support for exporting the results of an inquire operation on a linear truss element to a .var file Improved support for displaying the results of each timestep in a transient stress (direct integration) analysis 9/27/2001 Linear Dynamic Analysis Added surface traction loading to plate, brick and tetrahedral elements for critical load buckling analysis Provides significantly reduced memory requirements for solid models for critical load buckling analysis Improved warnings for convergence problems for critical load buckling analysis Improved support for reading the allocated memory and temporary file location from a global environment setting rather than from individual models for critical load buckling analysis Improved reporting of pressure loading for plate, brick and tetrahedral elements in log file for critical load buckling analysis Added hydrostatic pressure loading to plate elements for critical load buckling analysis Improved printout of model description to log file for critical load buckling analysis Improved thermal loading for beam elements for critical load buckling analysis Improved handling of pressure loading for plate elements for critical load buckling analysis Improved support for the feedback of available disk space and file sizes over 2 GB for critical load buckling analysis Improved support for large memory allocation during an analysis for critical load buckling analysis Improved handling of hydrostatic pressure loading for brick and tetrahedral elements for critical load buckling analysis Improved support for reading the allocated memory and temporary file location from a global environment setting rather than from individual models for natural frequency (modal) with load stiffening analysis Added surface traction loading to plate elements for natural frequency (modal) with load stiffening analysis Improved handling of pressure loading for plate elements for natural frequency (modal) with load stiffening analysis Improved support for the feedback of available disk space and file sizes over 2 GB for natural frequency (modal) with load stiffening analysis Added hydrostatic pressure loading to plate elements for natural frequency (modal) with load stiffening analysis Improved support for large memory allocation during an analysis for natural frequency (modal) with load stiffening analysis Improved thermal loading for beam elements for natural frequency (modal) with load stiffening analysis Improved printout of model description to log file for natural frequency (modal) with load stiffening analysis 9/6/2001 Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Improved feedback about any non-included nodal loads in a transient stress (direct integration) analysis Superview Improved display of selection indicators when using the mixed display option or when working with selected element groups Improved support for creating graphic images of models that are located near the edge of the viewing window Added support for overlaying contour line plots over light or material shading Added support for the usage of up to 240 colors when defining contour plots Improved ability to display models using only the feature lines Added and updated various help messages to reflect the latest software updates Improved ability to output Superdraw geometry files with proper group numbers for any model Improved ability to save contours or other images to bitmap files that can be used within a wide range of third-party graphic applications 8/21/2001 Monitor Improved support for the number of result components that may be considered in unison to create a plot Added right-click inquire capability for determining the exact coordinate values of curve points Improved support for displaying results involving mathematical equations of the results from multiple nodes Added support for in-phase, out-of-phase and SRSS plots for frequency response analyses Improved help messages 7/23/2001 Linear Dynamic Analysis Improved printout of the file sizes of large files generated during a transient stress (modal superposition) analysis Improved printout to analysis log files for a transient stress (modal superposition) analysis Improved disk space reporting for large hard drives for a transient stress (modal superposition) analysis Improved support for reading allocated memory value from the model database for a transient stress (modal superposition) analysis Improved support for a simultaneous attempt to perform a transient stress (modal superposition) analysis and post-process the previous results of the same model Improved support for removing the results from a previous transient stress (modal superposition) analysis at the beginning of a new analysis Improved ability to allocate larger amounts of memory under Windows 98 for a transient stress (modal superposition) analysis Improved feedback of any error messages encountered during a transient stress (modal superposition) analysis Improved feedback of any error messages encountered during a random vibration analysis Improved support for reading allocated memory value from the model database for a random vibration analysis Improved support for removing the results from a previous random vibration analysis at the beginning of a new analysis Improved printout to analysis log files for a random vibration analysis Improved printout of the file sizes of large files generated during a random vibration analysis Improved support for a simultaneous attempt to perform a random vibration analysis and post-process the previous results of the same model Improved disk space reporting for large hard drives for a random vibration analysis Improved ability to allocate larger amounts of memory under Windows 98 for a random vibration analysis 5/25/2001 Linear Dynamic Analysis Improved support for analyses on models including hidden parts Improved messaging, handling of user-specified options and feedback of error messages in log files    Linear Dynamic Analysis Extender Related Information Product Data Sheets Live 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