Enhancements in ANSA Pre-Processor
Enhancements in µETA Post-Processor
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• New function that enables the slide of a a feature or a member with automated fit on the underlying surface
• *PARAMETER/ *PYVAR are now supported when importing LS-DYNA, Pam-Crash, and Abaqus FEA files. The parametric values can now be used instead of the absolute ones
• Tangential face extension and other significant enhancements allow for more accurate connectivity definition based on geometry and topology
• New CAVITY Mesh function for the creation of acoustic cavity mesh. Wizard interface, better recognition of structural surface features, and high quality tetrahedral or hexa-dominant volume mesh
• New function (SIMILAR GROUPS) enables the detection of group of faces/elements with independent connectivity and assigns groups with similar shape under one parent group enabling the fast and easy creation of Multi-Instances and Linked geometries
• New group of functions “Instances” is now supported and offer the options to select and highlight all parts of the same instance, to open parts of the same instance in a new window, and to convert the selected parts to Multi-Instances.
• Representation of faces’ boundaries (CONS) in all drawing modes
• Automatic connectivity identification and definition for “self-welded” components and control of hole diameter per flange with a user script
• A new tool that creates transition zones between Hexa block boxes, using polyhedral elements, and a new function that splits Hexahedral boxes to pentahedral boxes
• FLUENT shell warping and solid orthogonality criteria are now supported
• New button for the “fringe plot” colour modes, for element thickness, load distribution, etc.
• Permas Sandwich materials are now supported
• NASTRAN MCOHE materials are now supported
• FEM Topology is now automatically performed between the chunks of the imported facets (strips) when translating JT files. No topology is applied between strips of different PID
• Enchantments in modifying DOFs/Weights and new option to redefine the Di and WTi of RBE3s
• Fringe mode for Abaqus *Film Boundary condition
• Results Map of multiple files in one mapper and ability to handle T junctions for composite parts
• GTK theme runs now on Ubuntu version 12.10 (or newer)
• Improved performance in CWELD CFAST drawing
• The *GENERATE option is now supported for sets containing ranges in Abaqus
• BC-GUI Designer is now supported for python scripting language
• The Laminate Tool’s list loading time has been significantly decreased when reading laminates with many layers
• The Fluent based Sensitivity function has been added in Fluent Deck
• Support of Theseus AirZone and Volume under a new FLUIDs group (Fluid entities)
• Structural NSM can now be plotted with a fringe bar (for NASTRAN)
• Ability to Draw NSM per subcase (for NASTRAN)
• The Reference function for ANSA Parameters has been introduced
• Numerous new keywords for SESTRA deck
• Ability to add Option AUXILIARY in Contact Card
• Contact entities can be defined as “Auxiliary” for better interpretation of deck files during Input/Output
• Contact simulations with FE, Geometry and standard shapes for the Kinetics MultiBody Dynamics Solver
• Addition of Animation controls, Consecutive time runs, and simulations history for the Kinetics Simulator
• Assistants for Joint, Forces guided creation for the Kinetics Module
• Handy tools in the Script Editor for indentation and searching

and more...

• Significant improvements in graphics performance
• Periodic cyclic symmetry for CFD models
• LS-DYNA keyword *AIRBAG_PARTICLE for visibility and results is now supported
• LS-DYNA keywords *PART_COMPOSITE and *PART_TSHELL_COMPOSITE are now supported
• LS-DYNA composite results are now supported in the CompositePost toolbar
• NASTRAN axisymmetric elements CQUADX and CTRIAX are now supported
• NASTRAN SRS SOL103 results are now supported
• NASTRAN PFPANEL keyword is now supported for the response of structure DOFs
• NASTRAN ERP panel definition in bulk files is now supported
• SC/Tetra CFD code is now supported
• Horizontal fringebars have been added
• Animated cut planes have been added
• Several enhancements of the 2D plot have been made
• Video and image distortion correction added
• Model hierarchy can be exported within 3dxml files
• Several enhancements in the user toolbars have also been made

and more...

• Abaqus keyword *ORIENTATION for composite materials would not be read correctly
• Curves could not be created from ISO files
• Several fixes in the Spreadsheet Editor
• Several fixes in the user toolbars

ANSA files saved with version 14.1.0 can be opened by v14.0.x but not earlier versions.
The .metadb files saved with ?ETA version 14.1.0 are compatible and can be opened by earlier versions of ?ETA

Documentation is packed into the distribution package. After installation procedure, you will find html files that will guide you through the available PDF documents for ANSA & µETA, including the Release Notes, the Users Guides, and tutorial instructions.

Updated documentation of ANSA v14.1.0

Updated Users Guide and documentation
New Task Manager tutorial: Door Hinges stability ABAQUS Load cases

Updated documentation of ?ETA v14.1.0

Updated Users Guide and documentation
Updated CFD tutorial

Release Notes

Tutorial files' availability

The demo files necessary to cover the tutorials' documentation for both ANSA and µETA are available to be downloaded from our website http://ftp.ansa-usa.com

A number of scripts that extend the software features are being made available with each software release.

Where to download from

Customers who are served directly by BETA CAE Systems USA. may download the new software, examples and documentation from their account in our server. They can access their account through the user login link at our web site http://ftp.ansa-usa.com
Contact us if you miss your account details.

What to download

All files required for the installation of this version reside in the folder named "ANSA". These files should replace any pre-releases or other files downloaded prior to that date.
The distribution of this version of our pre- and post-processing suite is packaged in one, single, unified installation file, that envoces the respective installer and guides the procedure for the installation of the required components.
For the installation of the software on each platform type, the following files have to be downloaded:

The Abaqus libraries required for the post-processing of Abaqus .odb files are included in the installation package and can be optionally unpacked.

Previous software releases can be found in the sub-directory called "old" or in a folder named after the product and version number.