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9/30/2005
CAD Support (Direct)- Added ability to read surfaces and materials directly from SolidWorks
Documentation - Updated ALGOR User's Guide
FEMPRO - Added support for 3-D motion controllers from 3Dconnexion including the SpaceBall and SpaceMouse
- Added customizable mouse actions
- Added ability to match CAD mouse actions
- Added ability to select neighboring objects
- Added ability to zoom while snapping
- Added ability to import 3-D DXF files
- Improved robustness of 2-D DXF import
- Improved ease of use and robustness of sketching
- Improved meshing capabilities by adding part mesh matching
Fluid Flow Analysis - Added ability to automatically model the fluid medium based on a CAD solid model
- Added segregate steady solver for faster runtimes with less memory
Superview IV Results Environment - Added isosurface display of results
- Added colored, 3-D streamlines and particle tracking with size control
- 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
FEMPRO- Added ability to delete parts
- Added ability to inquire on coordinates and length of lines in sketch mode
- Added ability to filter on line size, surface and part
- Added default temperature to element definition dialogs
- Improved ease of use and robustness of sketching
Fluid Flow Analysis - Improved support for large models
Heat Transfer Analysis - Added body-to-body radiation for combined steady fluid flow and heat transfer analysis
- Added body-to-body radiation for transparent bodies
- Added ability to specify equations for heat generation loads
- Improved robustness of Joule heating
- Improved heat flux calculation for 2-D axisymmetric models
- Improved support for large models
Report Wizard and Environment - Improved overall ease of use and robustness of report generation including additional weight and center of gravity reporting and right-click save of report images
Solid Modeling and Collaboration - Updated to Alibre Design Basic 8.2
Superview IV Results Environment - Added stand-alone animation player
- Improved display of impact and slice planes
- Improved ease of use and robustness
6/14/2005
FEMPRO- Introduced new internationalized version with the ability to view graphical user interface and user documentation in Chinese (simplified), English, French, German, Italian and Spanish based on the current system regional settings
- Improved overall ease-of-use of the archival process based on customer feedback
Report Wizard and Environment - Improved overall ease-of-use based on customer feedback
4/1/2005
Documentation- Streamlined electronic user's guide to provide improved ability to find help
FEMPRO - Streamlined startup with improved launch screen and dialogs
- Added ability to copy lines into sketches
- Added ability to intersect and trim line elements
- Added ability to maintain boundaries between parts
- Added ability to filter lines based on length
- Added tree support for surface-based loads
- Added tree support for body loads
- Added ability to define body temperatures
- Added ability to define initial temperatures with element data
- Added ruler to display scale when viewing models
- Improved speed of Superdraw sketching, modeling and meshing functionality
- Improved support for large models
Fluid Flow Analysis - Added support for curves to define fan effects
- Added support for fans at arbitrary orientations
- Added support for local coordinate systems
- Added support for rotating frames of reference to allow for modeling of 2- and 3-D circulating flows
- Improved support for large models
Report Wizard and Environment - Improved overall ease-of-use based on customer feedback
Superview IV Results Environment - 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
Weight, Center of Gravity and Mass Moment of Inertia Utility
- Improved robustness based on customer feedback
2/24/2005
CAD Support (Universal)
- Improved support for reading CAD geometry from ACIS and STEP files
Documentation - Improved API information for importing CAD geometry and using the automatic 3-D meshing tools
FEMPRO - Improved Superdraw sketching, modeling and meshing functionality
Fluid Flow Analysis - Improved support for fan effects
12/22/2004
Documentation
- Added API information for reading ALGOR results and using the automatic 3-D meshing tools
FEMPRO
- Introduced API for reading ALGOR results
- Added automatic updating of structured meshes when parameters change
- Improved Superdraw sketching, modeling and meshing functionality
Fluid Flow Analysis
- Added support for fan effects
- Added support for multiple, independent fluids in a single analysis
- Added support for gravity loads in flow through porous media analyses
- Added particle tracking
Heat Transfer Analysis
- Added support for parallel processors for body-to-body radiation
- Added support for multiple surface-based loads
Superview IV Results Environment
- Added particle tracking for fluid flow analysis
- 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
Weight, Center of Gravity and Mass Moment of Inertia Utility
- Improved robustness and reporting of calculated results
12/3/2004
CAD Support (Direct)
- Added direct CAD/CAE data exchange and full associativity with each design change for Alibre Design 8.0
- Added ability to display models using the part colors defined in Alibre Design 8.0
Solid Modeling and Collaboration
- Added ability to directly import Rhinoceros model files
- Improved ability to work with sketches
- Improved smoothness of sketch curves
- Improved display and dynamic viewing of models containing partial spherical surfaces
11/9/2004
FEMPRO
- Improved Superdraw sketching, modeling and meshing functionality
- Added ability to define off-axis sketch planes
Heat Transfer Analysis
- Added support for multiple edge-based loads on 2-D elements
10/20/2004
Material Library Manager
- Added over 50 new materials (metals and plastics) provided by MatWeb to the built-in library
9/30/2004
FEMPRO
- Introduced all-new, centralized ALGOR file format to speed up the saving and accessing of model data
- Added Superdraw sketching and modeling functionality for 3-D design and analysis
- Includes CAD-like tools for constructing and modifying geometry including point move, split, intersect, fillet, trim, extend, rotate, scale, move, mirror and parallel offset
- Added all-new Superdraw 2-D and 3-D structured meshing tools
- Includes tools for 3-point triangular, 4-point rectangular, 8-point 3-D, between two objects and 4-object 3-D meshing
- Added multiple undo and redo support for Superdraw sketching, modeling and meshing tools
- Added extensive suite of tools for inquiring on model geometry
- Improved robustness of automatic solid meshing
Fluid Flow Analysis
- Added automatic constraints of walls to provide simplified modeling
- Added streamlines
- Improved convergence and speed for fluid flow and coupled fluid/thermal analyses
Heat Transfer Analysis
- Added support for 2-D axisymmetric body-to-body radiation
Solid Modeling and Collaboration
- Added an API to automate and customize repetitive operations
- Added associative feature and history-based Boolean operations for creating mold cavities, tools and dies
- Added ability to create free-form 3-D curves for use in a variety of modeling operations including the creation and routing of piping or cables
- Added ability for modeling operations to use imported free-form surfaces from applications such as Rhinoceros when creating complex solid models
- Added ability to easily create polygons with any number of sides
- Added context-sensitive selection filtering for commands that require certain objects
- Improved 2-D sketching tools
- Improved sweep operations for more efficient modeling and creation of the more complex geometry used in conceptual or consumer-product design
- Improved loft operations for increased precision when modeling complex geometry
- Improved management of assembly constraints
- Improved selection tools for commands that require multiple objects
9/2/2004
CAD Support (Direct)
- Improved direct CAD/CAE data exchange with Alibre Design 8.0
7/30/2004
FEMPRO
- Added ability for add-ins to use toolbars and icons
- Improved Superdraw modeling functionality for 2-D design and analysis
Material Library Manager
- Added over 100 new materials provided by MatWeb to the built-in library
Superview IV Results Environment
- Added support for user-defined result types
- Improved ability to select multiple nodes
7/7/2004
2-D Mesh Engine
- Added ability to easily create an automatic, unstructured 2-D mesh from Superdraw sketches through a right-click menu option
FEMPRO
- Added all-new Superdraw modeling functionality for 2-D design and analysis
- Includes 2-D sketching tools that enable engineers to draw points, lines, rectangles, arcs, circles and splines
- Includes modeling tools to modify sketch objects with commands including copy, divide, fillet, intersect, rotate, mirror, move, parallel, trim/extend and delete
- Includes modeling tools to create construction and tangent lines
- Added support for defining contact pairs for 2-D assemblies
- Added capability to input equations into the FEA Editor data input screens using the +, -, *, /, ^, ( and ) operators
- Added ability to minimize the application during an analysis
- Improved support for the transfer of temperatures from a heat transfer analysis to a structural analysis
Fluid Flow Analysis
- Added new implicit time integration method for faster run times
- Added stop and restart capabilities for steady and unsteady fluid flow analyses
- Improved convergence for 3-D steady fluid flow analyses for faster run times
Heat Transfer Analysis
- Added body-to-body radiation support for transient analyses
- Added ability for a time-varying ambient temperature in radiation loads for transient analyses
- Improved forced convection analysis by allowing the results from multiple fluids to be considered
Material Library Manager
- Added over 75 new materials to the built-in library
- Added capability to exchange material data with third-party material libraries through XML
5/18/2004
Superdraw
- Improved ability to save the model and all related FEA data to another filename
4/13/2004
Superview IV Results Environment
- Added ability to define graphs based on the addition/subtraction of results
- Added ability to graph face-based results
- Added ability to display X- and Y-axis labels
- Improved support for calculating and graphing the derivative of results
3/30/2004
2-D Mesh Engine
- Added ability for user-specified mesh sizes along edges
- Improved assembly meshing
CAD Solid Model Environment
- Added ability to specify unique mesh settings for each part in an assembly, including the mesh type for mixed-element-type meshes
- Improved, streamlined and integrated dialogs used to generate surface meshes, midplane meshes, solid meshes and mixed-element-type meshes
- Improved assembly meshing
FEMPRO
- Added context-sensitive help on all dialogs
- Improved and streamlined user interface for easier data entry
Fluid Flow Analysis
- Added option to use an all-new iterative solver that provides a significant speed increase for mid- to large-size models
Heat Transfer Analysis
- Added viscous-heating capability for applications such as extrusion, compounding and injection and transfer molding
- Added support for forced convection effects in a transient heat transfer analysis
- Added option to use an all-new iterative solver that provides a significant speed increase for mid- to large-size models
- Improved ability to specify the fluid flow analysis time step to be used for velocity loads when considering convection effects
- Improved ability to define specified temperatures for a transient heat transfer analysis through right-click menus
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
Report Wizard and Environment
- Added automatic image generation of each result presentation for inclusion in reports
- Added ability to include mesh statistics in reports
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 embedded animation player
- Added ability to specify the size of vector arrows
- Improved tools for selecting parts, elements, faces, loads and constraints
2/6/2004
Solid Modeling and Collaboration
- Added Boolean operations for basic mold design
- Added an extrude-to-next option which supports additional solid modeling scenarios
- Added support for local file storage in standard Windows folders
- Added ability to save design workspaces as images, including BMP, JPG, GIF and other formats
- Added ability to specify the unit system when exporting IGES universal files
- Enhanced assembly modeling, including sub-assembly constraint articulation
- Expanded print options, including ability to print the current Work Area
- Improved error checking in equations, including recognition of inconsistent dimensions
12/17/2003
CAD Solid Model Environment
- Added ability to maintain small gaps between parts in an assembly through a user-specified, length-based tolerance
FEMPRO
- Introduced an all-new Add-In Manager to enable third-party application developers to offer extended software functionality directly in FEMPRO
Fluid Flow Analysis
- Added coupled heat transfer and fluid flow analysis to accurately simulate natural, forced or mixed convection
- Added temperature-dependent viscosity and power-law viscosity capabilities for non-Newtonian fluids that enable engineers to simulate highly viscous and variable-viscosity fluids
- Added temperature-dependent viscosity and power-law viscosity capabilities for non-Newtonian fluids that enable engineers to simulate highly viscous and variable-viscosity fluids
- Added temperature-dependent viscosity and power-law viscosity capabilities for non-Newtonian fluids that enable engineers to simulate highly viscous and variable-viscosity fluids
- Added temperature-dependent viscosity and power-law viscosity capabilities for non-Newtonian fluids that enable engineers to simulate highly viscous and variable-viscosity fluids
- Added coupled heat transfer and fluid flow analysis to accurately simulate natural, forced or mixed convection
Heat Transfer Analysis
- Added coupled heat transfer and fluid flow analysis to accurately simulate natural, forced or mixed convection
License Management
- Added ability to transfer a license file to a different computer (re-hosting) at any time in the event of computer failure
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
Surface Mesh Engines
- Improved meshing of assemblies with small tolerances between parts
11/4/2003
CAD Solid Model Environment
- Improved surface verification to provide faster performance
FEA Editor Environment
- Added ability to identify where parts contact one another and unconnected parts
- Improved performance when displaying hand-built models
Fluid Flow Analysis
- Added support for the fractional power Darcy's law for flow through porous media analyses
- Improved unsteady fluid flow sparse solver to provide better performance for large models
Heat Transfer Analysis
- Added a thermal brick element with midside nodes for improved multiphysics modeling
- 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
Surface Mesh Engines
- Improved part matching for assemblies, particularly those including thin parts
- Improved surface meshing to better handle narrow surfaces, such as those on the edges of thin parts
9/18/2003
CAD Solid Model Environment
- Improved part matching for assemblies that include thin parts
CAD Support (Universal)
- Improved support for models in the ACIS file format
FEA Editor Environment
- Added capabilities to define thermal surface contact pairs
- Improved tree view and right-click menus for easy setup and interactive definition of thermal contact
- Added ability to specify the total or distributed resistance for thermal contact
Heat Transfer Analysis
- Added support for thermal contact for steady-state and transient heat transfer analyses that can be used to model the resistance from a thin layer such as a gasket or epoxy between parts
- Added an implicit backward Euler time integration method which allows larger time steps to be used in transient analyses
- Improved support for load curves with sudden or rapid magnitude changes in transient analyses
License Management
- Added FLEXlm license manager technology for local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) support and concurrent use, upgrade and purchasing flexibility for enterprise-wide licensing, networked license sharing and remote-use and single, node-locked licensing
- Added an automatic software update wizard which prompts the user to download an update when new versions of the software become available
Midplane Mesh Engine
- Enhanced midplane meshing to automatically handle parts, assemblies, multi-thickness regions and mixed element type models
- Added ability to automatically calculate the maximum thickness for a thin CAD part
Report Wizard and Environment
- Updated to a new look and streamlined format for HTML reports
- Improved ability to navigate reports using the tree view table of contents
Solid Modeling and Collaboration
- Updated to Alibre Design Basic 6.0 SP2
- Added integrated tutorials available from the Home window
- Added display of thumbnail images in the repository
- Added support for 3Dconnexion devices
- Improved integration with Excel for spreadsheet-driven design
- Improved display of helical features with many revolutions
Superview IV Results Environment
- Improved ability to quickly smooth result contours
6/30/2003
CAD Solid Model Environment
- Improved part matching for bonded and welded parts to provide highly accurate results
FEMPRO
- Added a What's New dialog that summarizes recent software updates on startup or through the HELP pull-down menu
- Improved support for regional and international settings
Fluid Flow Analysis
- Provides ability to read temperature results directly from a previous heat transfer analysis when considering natural convection (buoyancy) effects
- Added support for natural convection (buoyancy) effects in 2-D and 3-D steady fluid flow analyses
- Improved parallel sparse solver robustness for very large models
- Improved parallel sparse solver robustness for very large models
- Improved parallel sparse solver robustness for very large models
- Added support for natural convection (buoyancy) effects in 2-D and 3-D steady fluid flow analyses
- Provides ability to read temperature results directly from a previous heat transfer analysis when considering natural convection (buoyancy) effects
- Improved parallel sparse solver robustness for very large models
Heat Transfer Analysis
- Added support for temperature-dependent convection coefficients and temperature-dependent internal heat generation loads
- Improved parallel sparse solver robustness for very large models
Superview IV Results Environment
- Added ability to display results in an arbitrary orientation using any of the user-defined coordinate systems
- 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 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
Surface Mesh Engines
- Improved support for refinement points when retrying a mesh, resulting in higher-quality meshes
5/27/2003
FEA Editor Environment
- Added ability to specify any program to be launched for a particular analysis type allowing for customization through plug-and-play add-ons
- Improved speed of all dynamic viewing commands by hiding the display of load and constraint symbols during viewing operations
FEMPRO
- Improved support for creating archives of large models
- Improved the default model location when extracting archives
Solid Mesh Engines
- Added and improved element quality checks and default settings in order to generate NASTRAN-compatible meshes on the first pass
- Added ability to generate high-quality solid meshes faster by allowing for the creation of microholes deep inside a solid mesh
5/14/2003
CAD Solid Model Environment
- Improved support for regional and international settings
CAD Support (Universal)
- Improved support for models in the ACIS file format
FEA Editor Environment
- Added ability to quickly toggle the display of load and constraint symbols
Fluid Flow Analysis
- Added a new analysis option to simulate flow through porous media in models consisting of 2-D planar, 2-D axisymmetic and 3-D solid elements
- Provides support for multiple parts including both porous and non-porous regions
Report Wizard and Environment
- Improved ability to specify which data to include in the report by automatically filtering choices based on the available output files
Solid Modeling and Collaboration
- Added Alibre Design Basic, a parametric, feature-based modeling system for creating 3-D solid models of parts and assemblies
- Provides the capability to save and reuse sketches in a built-in library
- Provides the capability to dynamically drag parts of an assembly to check for interference and proper constraint definition
- Provides the capability to insert annotations to communicate manufacturing information and insert redlines and mark-ups during collaboration sessions
- Added online data sharing and real-time collaboration for working with others to create, edit or review CAD solid models or obtain on-demand technical support
- Added integrated data management system for organizing and securely storing data on a hard drive, network drive or secure server with access rights management and version tracking options
- Added the ALGOR Assistant for expert, on-demand support through a real-time chat or design session
4/7/2003
FEA Editor Environment
- Added ability to select parts, surfaces, edges and lines using the box, polyline and circle selection tools
- Improved ability to select multiple objects using a combination of the different selection tools
- Improved ability to select interior vertices or vertices on shaded models
Fluid Flow Analysis
- Added the mixed Galerkin Least Squares (GLS) formulation that provides equal-order interpolation for velocity and pressure resulting in improved pressure calculation results for 3-D steady and unsteady fluid flow analyses
- Improved support for hybrid meshes (combines bricks on model surface with tetrahedral elements on the inside) resulting in improved speed of 3-D steady and unsteady fluid flow analyses
- Improved support for hybrid meshes (combines bricks on model surface with tetrahedral elements on the inside) resulting in improved speed of 3-D steady and unsteady fluid flow analyses
- Added the mixed Galerkin Least Squares (GLS) formulation that provides equal-order interpolation for velocity and pressure resulting in improved pressure calculation results for 3-D steady and unsteady fluid flow analyses
- Improved iterative solver for 3-D steady fluid flow analyses resulting in improved speed for large models
- Improved ability to specify surface-based loads including pressures, tractions and velocities
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
2/28/2003
2-D Mesh Engine
- Improved support for using the decimal point separator defined by the regional settings of the operating system
Report Wizard and Environment
- Added options and toolbars to quickly generate the initial design report for a model
- Added load and constraint summary sections
- Added the ability to include volume, weight, center of gravity, mass moment of inertia and mass product of inertia output
- Added ability to specify an image file to be used as the title logo
- Added option to exclude grid lines from the tables
- Added ability to insert text file content as a user-defined appendix entry
- Added ability to modify the order of user-defined appendix entries
- Updated the report format to be more concise and easier to navigate
- Improved performance when displaying reports in the Report environment
- Improved ability to navigate the report using the tree view and table of contents
2/6/2003
FEA Editor Environment
- Added ability to select parts and surfaces using the rectangle, polygon and circle selection tools
- Improved ability to switch between selection and dynamic viewing modes in order to more easily select multiple objects located at different areas of a model
- Improved ability to quickly specify the desired element type for any part
Report Wizard and Environment
- Updated format of electronic reports to be more concise and easier to navigate
- Improved format of hardcopy reports and ability to print
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 ability to inquire on results at multiple locations and use the summary option
1/13/2003
Heat Transfer Analysis
- Improved robustness of transient heat transfer analyses of large models
12/20/2002
FEA Editor Environment
- Improved performance when simultaneously applying loads or constraints to a large number of nodes
FEMPRO
- Improved feedback of warnings during an automated analysis
Superview IV Results Environment
- Added display of part names in the tree view
- Added support for saving the lighting settings used with a presentation
Weight, Center of Gravity and Mass Moment of Inertia Utility
- Updated to an all-new summary dialog displaying the volume, weight, center of gravity, mass moments of inertia and mass products of inertia for the entire model as well as the same results for each part
- Added the display of units with all results
- Added ability to output all results to an HTML report
- Added ability to output all results to a comma separated value (.csv) file
12/6/2002
FEMPRO
- Added long filename support when opening and saving data throughout the entire product line
Tutorials
- Added a new tutorial describing the tools and process for combined line-based elements with CAD solid models
11/14/2002
FEMPRO
- Improved ability to define line-based elements
11/1/2002
FEA Editor Environment
- Added ability to choose a user-defined center of rotation either on the model or by specifying arbitrary XYZ coordinates
- Added ability to specify user-defined model views and then save, modify, delete or restore them
- 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
- Added ability to define the angle of rotation in degrees as the incremental value for model rotations using the cursor keys
Superview IV Results Environment
- 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
- Added ability to choose a user-defined center of rotation either on the model or by specifying arbitrary XYZ coordinates
- Added ability to specify user-defined model views and then save, modify, delete or restore them
- Added ability to define the angle of rotation in degrees as the incremental value for model rotations using the cursor keys
10/2/2002
FEA Editor Environment
- Added ability to draw lines
- Added ability to divide lines
9/13/2002
Fluid Flow Analysis
- Added an all-new fast sparse solver for 2-D steady analyses
- Improved ability to dynamically perform memory allocation when using the sparse solver for 2-D steady analyses
- Added an all-new fast sparse solver for 3-D steady analyses
- Improved ability to dynamically perform memory allocation when using the sparse solver for 3-D steady analyses
8/30/2002
FEMPRO
- Improved built-in intelligence used when defining surface-based loads on CAD models
8/23/2002
FEMPRO
- Improved support for OpenGL-based displays in Windows XP
Superview IV Results Environment
- Updated to an all-new, integrated environment for model visualization and results evaluation (heat transfer analyses)
- Added docking toolbars to provide quick access to the most common commands (heat transfer analyses)
- Added tree view that provides summary information about model data and quick access to visualization and results evaluation options (heat transfer analyses)
- Added right-click menus for quick access from the graphics window and tree view to common commands (heat transfer analyses)
- Provides ability to simultaneously view a model and varying result types through multiple view windows (heat transfer analyses)
- Provides fast dynamic viewing options and rich colors through OpenGL-based displays (heat transfer analyses)
- Provides dynamic clipping planes for slicing models to view various profiles (heat transfer analyses)
- Provides quick access to a variety of pre-defined color palettes or a user-defined palette when displaying results (heat transfer analyses)
- Provides dynamic controls for positioning the results legend, annotations and background images (heat transfer analyses)
- Provides a display of the units related to the display in the results legend (heat transfer analyses)
- Provides mixed display options to show results only on specified parts while other parts
are illustrated in their respective part colors (heat transfer 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 (heat transfer analyses)
- Provides various methods for selecting parts or elements in order to hide areas of the model in a display (heat transfer analyses)
- Provides ability to use TrueType fonts and control all related attributes for use in annotations and the results legend (heat transfer analyses)
- Provides quick and complete access to the display attributes and controls for the results legend (heat transfer analyses)
- Provides an inquire mode where results from selected objects or load data is displayed and available for copy and paste operations to other applications (heat transfer analyses)
- Provides a slider to control the display of elements based on a lower or upper result limit (heat transfer analyses)
8/9/2002
Documentation
- Updated content describing PV/Designer
FEA Editor Environment
- Improved support for filenames containing special characters such as an apostrophe
FEMPRO
- Improved support for installations in a read-only environment such as a network software installation
- Improved error handling and feedback
- Improved support for a user-specified tolerance when generating FEA models
- Improved support for matching FEA loads with models built in Superdraw
- Improved performance when generating large FEA models
Solid Mesh Engines
- Improved support for generating solid meshes from healed surface meshes
Tutorials
- Updated Pressure Vessel Modeling with PV/Designer Tutorial
Weight, Center of Gravity and Mass Moment of Inertia Utility
- Improved support for installations in a read-only environment such as a network software installation
7/17/2002
FEMPRO
- Improved support for models that contain over 256 unique parts
- Improved support for models that contain parts consisting of over 256 unique surfaces
Heat Transfer Analysis
- Improved support for steady-state heat transfer models that contain over 256 unique parts
- Improved support for transient heat transfer models that contain over 256 unique parts
- Improved support for steady-state heat transfer models that contain parts consisting of over 256 unique surfaces
- Improved support for transient heat transfer models that contain parts consisting of over 256 unique surfaces
Solid Mesh Engines
- Improved support for models that contain over 256 unique parts
- Improved support for models that contain parts consisting of over 256 unique surfaces
Weight, Center of Gravity and Mass Moment of Inertia Utility
- Improved support for models that contain over 256 unique parts
- Improved support for models that contain parts consisting of over 256 unique surfaces
6/6/2002
FEA Editor Environment
- Provides improved performance when activating and deactivating parts in the model
- Provides improved performance when shading the model
- Provides improved performance when activating and deactivating midside nodes on a part
- Provides improved performance when changing the analysis type
- Provides improved performance when changing the element type of a part
- Provides significant performance gain when opening any Superdraw geometry file in the FEA Editor environment
- Provides for significant reduction in the size of the model database file
5/31/2002
Documentation
- Updated content describing the stress linearization utility
5/24/2002
Documentation
- Updated content describing the controls for the new fast solvers and the allocation of memory for steady-state and transient heat transfer analyses
Heat Transfer Analysis
- Improved support for specifying an alternative location for temporary files during a steady-state analysis
- Added support for automatically determining which solver is best suited for problems that include body-to-body radiation and forced convection
- Improved ability to dynamically perform memory allocation when using the sparse solver for steady-state analyses
- Added ability for sparse solver to perform parallel processing by utilizing multiple processors for steady-state analyses
- Improved ability to dynamically perform memory allocation when using the sparse solver for transient analyses
- Added ability for sparse solver to perform parallel processing by utilizing multiple processors for transient analyses
- Added an all-new fast sparse solver as the default solver for transient analyses
5/3/2002
Documentation
- Updated content describing the new fast solver for electrostatic analysis
- Updated content describing how to allocate system memory for an electrostatic analysis
4/24/2002
Documentation
- Updated content describing how to allocate system memory for an unsteady fluid flow analysis and Mechanical Event Simulation
- Updated content describing the new fast solvers for unsteady fluid flow analysis and Mechanical Event Simulation
Fluid Flow Analysis
- Added ability for sparse solver to perform parallel processing by utilizing multiple processors for unsteady analyses
- Improved ability to dynamically perform memory allocation when using the sparse solver for unsteady analyses
- Added an all-new fast sparse solver as the default solver for unsteady analyses
- Added an all-new fast sparse solver as the default solver for unsteady analyses
- Added ability for sparse solver to perform parallel processing by utilizing multiple processors for unsteady analyses
- Improved ability to dynamically perform memory allocation when using the sparse solver for unsteady analyses
4/15/2002
FEA Editor Environment
- Improved support for opening models that contain active and inactive parts and displaying related data in the tree view
Solid Mesh Engines
- Provides significant speed improvements when generating hybrid solid meshes on many CAD parts and assemblies
- Provides lower aspect ratios by default for many CAD parts and assemblies
4/4/2002
Solid Mesh Engines
- Provides significant speed improvements when generating hybrid solid meshes on many CAD parts and assemblies
- Provides lower aspect ratios by default for many CAD parts and assemblies
- Automatically places all internal mesh lines on a unique surface number which makes it more convenient to select outer surfaces when applying loads and constraints
- Improved support for CAD models that contain a large number of surfaces
3/22/2002
Documentation
- Added content describing associative support for Solid Edge geometry
- Added content describing how to open CAD models from Rhinoceros within ALGOR
- Added content explaining when to use one type of solver versus another for linear static stress analyses
- Updated content throughout to reflect recent changes to the product line
FEA Editor Environment
- Improved ability to view and modify items contained in disabled load and constraint sets
- Improved robustness for opening and closing models
3/13/2002
Documentation
- Updated content describing how to define mesh refinement points and joints through right-click menus
- Updated content describing how to apply hydrostatic pressure loads to linear plate elements
- Updated content related to the calculation of von Mises stress values
- Updated content throughout to reflect recent changes to the product line
- Added content for the "Multi-physics" tab used to define analysis parameters for a transient heat transfer analysis
- Added content to describe the necessary constraints for linear 2-D axisymmetric elements
- Updated content to explain how to apply surface-based loads to more than one face of tetrahedral elements in a heat transfer analysis
- Added content explaining how to define the orientation of beam elements along an arbitrary axis
- Updated content describing the cross-sectional property data for linear beam elements
- Updated content for laminate numbering and property definition for thin and thick composite elements in linear static stress analyses
- Added content describing the options and menus used to select objects in the CAD Solid Model environment and then add, modify or delete data associated with the selected objects
- Updated content discussing the use of refinement points for both initial surface meshing and later mesh enhancement
- Updated content discussing the effects of an applied temperature gradient
FEMPRO
- Improved ability to handle overlapped triangular and quadrilateral plate/shell elements
Tutorials
- Includes updated revision of the "Piping Design and Analysis Tutorial - 3-D Piping System Model" to reflect latest software updates
2/5/2002
FEMPRO
- Improved support for automatically applying temperature results from a heat transfer analysis as initial conditions for a transient heat transfer analysis
- Improved support for requesting temperature output to ASCII files for a specific node
- Improved support for automatically applying temperature results from a heat transfer analysis that has a space in the filename or with a filename that is greater than 25 characters
Material Library Manager
- Updated data for various materials such as Copper; Plastics Nylon, Type 6/6; and Water-MES
12/21/2001
Heat Transfer Analysis
- Added an all-new, fast unsymmetric sparse solver to allow for improved analysis performance with models that contain body-to-body radiation or forced convection loads
- Improved support for reading fluid flow velocity results from a model filename that contains an embedded period
- Added the Streamline Upwind Petrov-Galerkin (SUPG) formulation in order to improve the solution stability and accuracy for models where the convection heat transfer dominates the conduction heat transfer
- Improved error handling and support for cases where the specified fluid flow velocity results file does not exist
- Added an all-new, fast symmetric sparse solver for use in conduction analyses
12/20/2001
Documentation
- Added quick example (including input file) of a heat exchanger that guides the user through the setup of a sequential multiphysics analysis involving both fluid flow and heat transfer effects
- Updated content throughout to reflect recent changes to the product line
- Improved content relating to global analysis controls used in a Mechanical Event Simulation (MES) analysis
- Added content for setting up a network installation of ALGOR
- Improved content relating to the use of centrifugal loads in a static stress with linear material models analysis
- Added quick example (including input file) of the heat generation in a wire that guides the user through the setup of a sequential multiphysics analysis involving both electrostatic and heat transfer effects
FEA Editor Environment
- Improved support for defining a selection or zoom box
- Improved indicators when performing time-intensive tasks
- Improved support for the automatic application of global analysis settings and tree view indicators showing that a model is ready for analysis
FEMPRO
- Improved enabling and disabling of all menu options based on installed capabilities
- Added a new open dialog that provides direct access to all available "Open" and "New" operations as well as links to resources for getting a user started with ALGOR software
- Improved support for "Getting Started With ALGOR" and "Tutorials" options on the HELP pull-down menu to display current web version of each area if they are not available with the current installation
- Improved overall support for Visual Basic scripting use in the macro environment
- Added "New" operations to the FILE pull-down menu to provide direct access to the model creation tools available from within the new interface
- Added link to "Programming With ALGOR" guide from the HELP pull-down menu
- Improved handling and message when a user attempts to perform an analysis for which they do not have the associated processor
Solid Mesh Engines
- Improved automatic handling of meshing controls for situations where the surface geometry is reloaded after a solid mesh has been generated
- Improved support for defining user-controlled mesh options
Superdraw
- Improved automatic handling of meshing controls for situations where the surface geometry has been modified after a solid mesh has been generated
12/3/2001
FEA Editor Environment
- Improved support for opening models with very fine meshes in the FEA Editor environment
11/15/2001
2-D Mesh Engine
- Improved support for installations in a read-only environment such as a network software installation
FEA Editor Environment
- Improved support for deleting defined constraints within the FEA Editor environment
Monitor
- Improved support for installations in a read-only environment such as a network software installation
11/1/2001
Documentation
- Added content discussing methods for correcting topological problems encountered when meshing geometry
- Updated content throughout to reflect recent software changes
- Added content discussing the use of the feature control utility
FEMPRO
- Improved support for using the key to navigate various dialogs
- Provides direct access to the "Getting Started with ALGOR" video from the HELP pull-down menu
- Improved the macro editing environment to include additional menu commands, toolbars and shortcut keys for common editing tasks
- Provides direct access to the ALGOR User's Guide from the HELP pull-down menu
- Provides direct access to the tutorials from the HELP pull-down menu
- Provides direct access to important areas of the ALGOR web site for additional product and service information
- Improved support for installations in a read-only environment such as a network software installation
Superdraw
- Provides direct access to the tutorials from the HELP pull-down menu
- Provides direct access to the Superdraw User's Guide 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 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
Supersurf
- Improved ability to use the current Superdraw geometry, Supersurf geometry and surfaces or a combination of both when modeling and creating meshes within Supersurf
- Improved overall robustness
- Improved support for long filenames
- Provides direct access to the Supersurf User's Guide from the HELP pull-down menu
Superview
- Improved support for displaying the results of a steady-state heat transfer analysis
- 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
- Improved help messages for various menu commands
- Provides direct access to the tutorials from the HELP pull-down menu
Tutorials
- Updated to new format that provides for direct access from the ALGOR HELP pull-down menu
10/26/2001
Documentation
- Added content describing how and when to use all-new sequential multiphysics capabilities that combine fluid and thermal effects
- Added content describing how to model an initial strain condition
Solid Mesh Engines
- Improved robustness by relaxing the aspect ratio checks after the allowed number of meshing attempts has been reached
10/25/2001
Heat Transfer Analysis
- Improved support for sparse solver used with models that include body-to-body radiation or forced convection to allow for the analysis of larger models
- Added all-new conjugate heat transfer capability where convection heat transfer due to fluid flow is closely coupled with the conduction heat transfer in an adjacent solid region
- Improved feedback to suggest appropriate memory allocation values for a given model
- Added all-new sequential multiphysics capabilities that combine fluid and thermal effects allowing for the forced convection effects due to previously-calculated fluid flow velocity results to be automatically included in the heat transfer analysis
- Improved support for large models
- Provides additional controls for defining the memory to be used by the sparse solver
10/4/2001
FEMPRO
- Improved support for automatic application of global analysis data
- Improved display of graphics window for computers running Windows 2000 and OpenGL software acceleration
- Improved support for automatic application of element data
- Improved support for "Reset from Model" and "Set from Default" buttons
- Improved real-time data checking for data input fields where positive integer input is required
Superdraw
- Improved ability to import AutoCAD .dxf files that contain unsupported entities
- Improved performance under Windows 2000 when opening models and working with various pre-processing, meshing, processing and post-processing tools
9/27/2001
Documentation
- Updated content to reflect all recent software enhancements
- Added detailed content on the Timeline Viewer/Editor, PV/Designer and the film/convection coefficient calculator
FEMPRO
- Improved finite element creation from geometry of two-dimensional elements where tolerance is a concern such as with very small models
- Improved finite element creation for models with midside nodes and multiple element groups
Solid Mesh Engines
- Improved sliver (poor surface element) removal scheme in solid mesh engine which will result in better quality (aspect ratio) solid elements and faster meshing times
- Added support for filenames with embedded periods to all mesh engines
- Improved robustness of solid mesh engine to be better capable of repairing surface meshes that are not fully watertight such as cases in which the surface mesh contains holes or lines that intersect surface elements
Surface Mesh Engines
- Improved robustness of surface mesh enhancement engine to more reliably generate a valid (watertight) mesh by outputting a surface connectivity file to be used by the solid mesh engine
- Added support for filenames with embedded periods to all mesh engines
- Added support to surface mesh enhancement engine to generate meshes with spatially-varying size controlled by user-specified locations of refinement points and the desired local mesh sizes
9/6/2001
FEA Editor Environment
- Added ability for the automatic performing of an analysis using a single click
- Improved display of tooltips within the graphics window
- Improved support for a unified selection set that is utilized by both the tree view and graphics window in order to provide improved synchronization
- Provides overall ease-of-use improvements by eliminating approximately 1/3 of the keystrokes necessary to set up any given analysis
- Added support for modifying line attributes
- Added support for midside nodes
- Added selection methods that add merge modes (add and subtract) to the existing modes (replace and toggle)
- Added support for drag-and-drop of FEA loads and constraints within the tree view between multiple constraint or load sets within a single or between multiple analysis types
FEMPRO
- Added a film/convection coefficient calculator that is accessible from all thermal element surface load dialogs
- Film/convection coefficient calculator supports the analysis of heat transfer induced by open (external), closed (internal) and buoyant flows where external and buoyant flows are generally associated with fluid flowing over flat or curved surfaces and internal flows involve fluid flowing within pipes or ducts
- Added ability for the automatic application of element data
- Added a dialog to ask the user for an event time and capture rate for all time-dependent analyses
- Added ability for the automatic application of all global data
- Improved checks for the element type of any given element group before using the element connectivity data from the solid mesh engine
- Improved ability to generate two-dimensional elements for overlapped non-flat elements
- Film/convection coefficient calculator used to calculate convection coefficients using classical correlations
- Improved two-dimensional element orientation for models with very small elements through a user-specified tolerance
- Film/convection coefficient calculator provides ability to estimate the heat transfer coefficient between a solid and adjoining fluid
Superview
- 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 display models using only the feature lines
- Improved support for creating graphic images of models that are located near the edge of the viewing window
- Added support for the usage of up to 240 colors when defining contour plots
- Added ability to display the elapsed time in a transient heat transfer analysis within a label
- Improved display of selection indicators when using the mixed display option or when working with selected element groups
- Added support for overlaying contour line plots over light or material shading
- Improved ability to save contours or other images to bitmap files that can be used within a wide range of third-party graphic applications
Tutorials
- Includes updated instructions based on the reduced number of keystrokes necessary to set up any given analysis
- Includes updated revisions of all InCAD tutorials to reflect latest software updates
8/21/2001
FEMPRO
- Added automation capability for archive creation from batch processes
- Added ability to create and retrieve archive files from within the new interface
- Improved support for creating archives for a model that has been previously archived
- Added "Yes to all" option for use when overwriting files during archive retrieval
Monitor
- Improved support for the number of result components that may be considered in unison to create a plot
- Improved support for displaying results from a transient heat transfer analysis
- Improved help messages
- 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
Report Wizard and Environment
- Introduction of a new Report Environment where users can view an HTML report and all text-based processor output from directly within ALGOR
Solid Mesh Engines
- Added ability to automatically generate either a surface or solid mesh for all parts of an assembly in a single step
- Improved robustness provides completion of solid mesh in all parts
- Added additional surface mesh checks and healing operations to ensure the completion of a valid mesh
- Automatically uses surface connectivity data when preparing to mesh inward from the surface
7/23/2001
Documentation
- Added several quick examples (including input files) that guide the user through the setup of common analysis scenarios
- Greatly expanded the overall depth of content within the integrated HTML help system
- Added content covering all available analysis types
- Added content covering all pre-processing, post-processing and presentation capabilities and tools
- Updated content throughout to reflect recent changes to the product line
FEA Editor Environment
- Improved support for conversion of Superdraw geometry to the new ESX database format on computers or operating systems where the decimal point separator is not a period such as for international operating systems
Weight, Center of Gravity and Mass Moment of Inertia Utility
- Improved support for defining X, Y and Z reference points to be used in the calculation of the mass moment of inertia
- Improved printout of model description to log file
- Improved feedback of any warning and error messages encountered during an analysis
- Added ability to calculate the products of inertia
- Improved ability to allocate larger amounts of memory under Windows 98
- Improved support for calculations involving 2-D axisymmetric elements
5/25/2001
Heat Transfer Analysis
- Improved handling of long filenames in log files for a steady-state analysis
- Improved numerous features based on customer feedback for a steady-state analysis
- Improved support for heat flux surface loading on tetrahedral elements when radiation effects are also included in a steady-state analysis
- Improved support for specific heat distribution in hybrid brick elements in a transient analysis
- Added ability for specification of the radiative surfaces and other input data such as multiple enclosures, shadowing effects and temperature-dependent emissivity in a steady-state analysis
- Improved support for models larger than 2 GB for a transient analysis
- Added ability to define surface-based loads such as convection, radiation or heat flux on multiple faces of a brick or tetrahedral element in a steady-state analysis
- Improved support for the definition of both radiation and heat flux surface loading involving 2-D and brick elements in a steady-state analysis
- Improved ability to specify the specific nodes for which to output results for a transient analysis
- Improved ability to allocate larger amounts of memory under Windows 98 for a steady-state analysis
- Improved ability to allocate larger amounts of memory under Windows 98 for a transient analysis
- Improved support for boundary condition options for tetrahedral elements in a transient analysis
- Improved feedback on tetrahedral element integration order in log files for a steady-state analysis
- Improved support for temperature calculations after convergence of nonlinear iterations in a steady-state analysis
- Improved feedback to user of the total number of warnings or errors that occurred during a transient analysis
- Improved support for printout of element loads for tetrahedral elements in a transient analysis
- Improved numerous features based on customer feedback for a transient analysis
- Added an automatic view factor calculator for determining amount of radiation to be passed between bodies in a steady-state analysis based on user-specified input
- Improved disk space reporting for large hard drives for a transient analysis
- Improved support for definition of the material axis data for orthotropic materials with brick and tetrahedral elements in a steady-state analysis
- Added ability to calculate time-dependent heat flows and fluxes in a transient analysis
- Added ability to restart a transient analysis to complete the initial specified duration or to extend a previous analysis using the current or a newly specified time step size
- Added ability to define surface-based loads such as convection, radiation or heat flux on multiple faces of a brick element in a transient analysis
- Improved support for the definition of both radiation and heat flux surface loading involving tetrahedral elements in a transient analysis
- Improved disk space reporting for large hard drives for a steady-state analysis
- Improved handling of simultaneous attempts to perform analysis and display results in Superview for a transient analysis
- Improved support for surface-based loads such as convection, radiation or heat flux on multiple faces of a tetrahedral element in a transient analysis
- Improved feedback of error messages and display of data in log files for a transient analysis
- Improved support for load curves associated with multiple surface-based loads on tetrahedral elements in a transient analysis
- Improved support for the definition of the material axis data for orthotropic materials with tetrahedral elements in a transient analysis
5/18/2001
FEA Editor Environment
- Added ability to customize the colors used to display selected items, layers or surfaces
- Improved robustness of the save options
- Added the automatic expanding of common areas of the tree view on the opening of a model in order to minimize the necessary keystrokes
- Improved initial view of models to be automatically enclosed and maximized in order to reduce the necessary mouse clicks
- Added ability to display the FEA model using a simplified view when using the dynamic viewing controls in order to better support certain graphics cards
- Added ability to view FEA models as only shaded (without the mesh)
- Added an option to return to the previous or last view for FEA models
- Improved communication between the pull-down menus, tree view and right-click dialogs for the cut, copy and paste commands
FEMPRO
- Improved enabling and disabling of various menu choices so that options only become available at the stage when an action can be performed
- Improved support for saving of VRML files from the new interface
Material Library Manager
- Added White Pine, Red Oak and White Ash materials to standard ALGOR material library
- Added support to apply certain materials such as Titanium to parts
- Added more detailed reference information for existing materials
- Added values for various material properties for existing materials
Solid Mesh Engines
- Improved support for solid mesh engines when dealing with various surface mesh element configurations
- Added controls to specify that surface and solid mesh engines use same method for determining the connectivity data for the surface mesh in order to improve watertight checks
- Added controls to enforce a volume-to-area ratio maximum when generating solid meshes
- Improved the mesh integrity checks for the solid mesh engines
- Improved communication between the surface mesh engine and solid mesh engines to provide a more robust meshing process on any given part or assembly
Surface Mesh Engines
- Improved speed of surface mesh matching engine for larger hand-crafted or plate/shell models
- Improved robustness of surface mesh matching engine for hand-crafted or plate/shell models
- Improved output of surface mesh matching engine for hand-crafted or plate/shell models to place stitching lines into unique surface numbers
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