Recent Software Updates Click here to see all Upcoming Software Updates All dates reflect actual ship dates. 8/29/2008 CAD Support (Direct) Improved support for assembly-level features in Alibre Design models Improved support for Autodesk Inventor models Improved handling of units and material data defined for CAD models CAD Support (Universal) Improved support for ACIS and DXF models Documentation Improved documentation for thin composite elements FEMPRO Added capability to change the orientation of beams (especially useful for the definition of L-beams) Improved support for Chinese (simplified) and French languages Improved support for moving nodes such as projecting nodes onto a plane Improved handling of lamina in element definition Improved display options for element orientation Improved handling of rotation when using the Glue command Improved meshing Improved ability to select all parts or all sketches that lie in the same plane for 2-D meshing Improved robustness of solid meshing for assembly models with many parts Improved speed of mesh studies Improved load curve selection for thermal loads Improved capability for exporting to NASTRAN file format Material Library Manager Improved speed when selecting and applying materials Improved handling of mass units Improved support for custom materials that are defined by tabular data Improved support for saving a customer-defined material to a library Report Wizard and Environment Added right-click option for changing design scenarios (make consistent with functionality in other environments) Added capability to save default image size and location for easier addition of images (particularly for a large number of images) Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Improved selection of default solver for improved convergence of contact analysis Superview Results Environment Added capability for full 3-D display of symmetric model results Improved support for inquiring on thickness of composite elements Improved graphing to update title based on operator for multiple node graphs 7/16/2008 CAD Support (Direct) Added support for Pro/ENGINEER on Microsoft Windows Vista Updated support for Autodesk Inventor 2009 and Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 2009 Updated support for Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire V4.0 Updated support for SpaceClaim 2008 Improved support for assembly-level features in IronCAD models Improved rendering of complex, curved Rhinoceros models CAD Support (Universal) Improved support for importing ACIS and STEP models Documentation Added example using design optimization Updated ALGOR User's Guide and online help Improved list of error messages Improved support for Linux-based installation and licensing FEMPRO Added capability to export pipe run information to PipePak Added software wizard for defining tapered beams Added support for SpaceBall on 64-bit computers Added capability to specify number of significant digits displayed for inquire and sketch operations Added software wizard for applying remote loads Improved support for large models (full 64-bit support) Improved installation and licensing: Upgraded support for network licensing to FLEXnet 15.5 or later Improved support for Microsoft Windows Vista operating system Improved support for both 32- and 64-bit installations Improved support for regional languages by allowing use of English in non-English regions Improved support for scheduling multiple design scenarios Improved determination of joint centerlines in the Joint Utility Improved speed and messaging of surface-to-surface contact Improved automatic generation of contact pairs between specified parts Improved meshing tools: Added support for automated mesh sensitivity studies Added capability for automatic geometry-adaptive meshing around curves Added capability for automatic mesh size control around curves Added capability for self-imprinting of surfaces Updated default to a coarser mesh Improved support for meshing large models (full 64-bit support) Improved support for surface meshing Improved support for meshing 2-D models Improved support for solid meshing Improved support for midplane models Improved display of processor messages Linear Dynamics Analysis Improved support for large models (full 64-bit support) Report Wizard and Environment Added capability to import a report from a previous run Improved support for large models (full 64-bit support) Improved handling of large tables Improved handling of GIF and WMF image files Improved support for resizing images Improved handling of saved images Improved formatting of column headers Improved display of Weight and Center of Gravity results Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Added support for fracture mechanics Added multifrontal massively parallel solver (MUMPS) for distributed memory systems Improved support for large models (full 64-bit support) Improved processor messaging Improved stress recovery speed Superview Results Environment Added capability to inquire on results by XYZ location Added code checking for user-defined beams Improved support for large models (full 64-bit support) Improved support for result probes Improved capability to smooth results of plate elements Improved handling of applied temperatures Improved graphing capability Improved speed of changing the display from one result type to another 3/31/2008 CAD Support (Direct) Added support for Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 CAD Support (Universal) Improved DXF import Documentation Improved documentation about transferring to Superdraw Improved custom results documentation Improved restart documentation Updated script for Accuracy Verification Examples FEMPRO Improved support for Chinese and German languages Improved analysis parameters including input of model description Improved ability to import data from CSV files including load curves and general cross-section data for beams Improved design optimization Improved handling of weight and center of gravity log files during analysis Linear Dynamic Analysis Improved support on Microsoft Vista for buckling analysis Report Wizard and Environment Improved report templates Improved reporting for beams Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Improved capability for load combinations Superview Results Environment Improved graphing Improved code checking Improved handling of volume-based results and custom calculations Improved support for lumped masses 2/29/2008 CAD Support (Direct) Added direct CAD/CAE data exchange for SpaceClaim including full associativity with each design change Added support for IronCAD V10 Added support for Mechanical Desktop 2008 on Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit Improved capability to import Autodesk Inventor models including WORK points Improved support for CoCreate OneSpace Modeling Improved associativity with Alibre Design including edges CAD Support (Universal) Improved capability to import ACIS models Improved capability to import IGES models Documentation Added an Accuracy Verification Example for critical buckling with shell elements in MES Improved ALGOR User's Guide FEMPRO Added capability to display feature lines of contact pairs Added ability to copy and paste multiple loads and constraints between load cases Added option to allow analyses to continue even if geometry warnings are encountered Improved copy/scale/rotate functionality Improved capability to inquire on distance/length between construction points Improved handling of coincident nodes Improved handling of contact pairs Improved software wizard for creating bolts and other fasteners: Added ability to create bolts on curved-head and nut contact surfaces including surfaces that are made of multiple parts Added ability to allow non-parallel surfaces on interior of bolted connections Added support for holes that have more than two interior surfaces Added ability to define bolts between surfaces that have holes with different diameters Improved support for tight fit Improved meshing tools: Added capability for user-specified value for limiting adjacent mesh size Improved default meshing Improved hybrid meshing of thin parts Improved ease of input for composite lamina Improved capability to define load combinations Improved speed of decoding a model Improved Chinese language support Improved handling of legacy models General Updated support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 Report Wizard and Environment Added capability to save and re-use user-defined report templates Improved beam element reporting to display both element number and line number Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Improved handling of multipoint constraints by automatically switching to iterative solver Improved error handling Improved consistency of beam orientation Superview Results Environment Added capability to display results for additional load combinations Added capability to draw a vector through a part and plot temperature versus distance Improved speed when opening results (default and custom) and code checking Improved graphing Improved handling of weld contact with display option in model tree Improved handling of load combinations 1/18/2008 CAD Support (Direct) Improved support for Solid Edge Improved support for Autodesk Inventor Documentation Improved documentation about relationship between Solid Edge part activation and opening of Solid Edge models FEMPRO Improved default mesh settings Improved ability to retain axisymmetric settings when accessing contact dialog Improved design scenario support for design optimization Report Wizard and Environment Improved image handling Improved export to Microsoft Word Improved handling of model names Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Added option to input beam cross-sectional properties of pipes using O.D. and wall thickness Improved support for large cyclic symmetry models 11/26/2007 CAD Support (Direct) Added Kubotek USA's KeyCreator software to ALGOR software's distribution media Added support for CoCreate OneSpace Modeling 2007 Improved support for Mechanical Desktop 2007 and 2008 CAD Support (Universal) Added capability to switch units when opening STEP files Improved capability to import DXF files Documentation Updated help and User's Guide Improved right-click help FEMPRO Added capability for side-by-side installation of different ALGOR versions Added support for design studies (batch run multiple solutions with varying input and analysis types) Added capability to vary plate thickness (via surface number) in a single part Added capability to specify a centrifugal load multiplier for different load cases Improved installation of Accuracy Verification Examples on multiple processor/core systems Improved support for multibyte characters in file paths and user names (including meshing, reports and DesignCheck registration) Improved support for large archive files (>4 GB) Improved capability to define arcs Improved handling of layers on construction lines Improved the joint creation utility Improved capability to delete heat generation loads from parts Improved meshing tools: Added capability to mesh directly from CAD data for higher quality mesh with less user interaction Added dimension-based mesh ordering Improved handling of beam and/or truss elements attached to plate elements Improved appearance of glyphs to represent FEA objects Improved Material Library Manager utility: Added capability to read temperature-dependent material data from spreadsheet files (.CSV) Added capability to export material libraries without needing administrative privileges Improved handling of temperature-dependent orthotropic material properties Improved capability for tabular input Improved automatic contact detection including contact pairs Improved capability to calculate X-Y moment of inertia Improved handling of deleted parts Heat Transfer Analysis Added capability to simulate liquid-solid phase change via latent heat Linear Dynamic Analysis Added capability to specify virtual memory for BCSLIB-EXT sparse solver Improved control of analysis output Report Wizard and Environment Added additional customization options Added capability for WYSIWYG editing of report sections Added capability to embed 3-D graphics in PDF reports Added capability to review a PDF report Added options for defining a master report Added capability to export as MS-Word (.doc) and Rich Text Format (.rtf) files Improved support for non-English languages Improved support for multiple design scenarios Improved available fonts for headings Improved reordering options Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Added industry-standard sparse solver on 32- and 64-bit Linux Added capability to specify virtual memory for BCSLIB-EXT sparse solver Added support for cyclic symmetry Added multipoint constraint data to model archive Improved handling of friction with linear contact Improved capabilities for contact analyses Improved welding capabilities Improved speed of stress recovery due to improved handling of input/output Improved stiffness reduction Superview Results Environment Added capability for full 3-D display of 2-D axisymmetric and planar model results (using rotation or thickness values) Added capability to control the number of significant digits displayed by a probe Added capability to control transparency of slicing planes Added capability to append text results to an existing file Added capability to plot displacements as vectors Added capability for code checking of custom-defined pipe cross-sections Improved support for non-English regional settings Improved messaging for when results differ from the current preprocessing model Improved visualization of slice planes Improved smoothness of results display across plate elements Improved rendering speed by improving beam visualization Improved appearance of legend box 8/14/2007 FEMPRO® Improved support for NVIDIA graphics cards Improved capability for merging files for hand-built and CAD models Improved solid meshing Improved installation so that the previous release is removed when a new version is installed 7/31/2007 CAD Support (Direct) Added support for automatic feature suppression when opening Autodesk Inventor models Improved support for Pro/ENGINEER with Pro/INTRALINK Improved InCAD toolbars Improved CAD import capability CAD Support (Universal) Improved 2-D IGES import Documentation Updated help and ALGOR User's Guide Improved documentation for third-party FEA support FEMPRO Improved capability to import ANSYS models Improved modeling operations such as intersect and fillet to work between construction and non-construction lines Improved capability to delete parts Improved bolt wizard (including the ability to input multiple bolts at once) Improved meshing capabilities including: Improved surface meshing Improved mesh sizing by considering 2-D proximity Improved handling of spline models for 2-D meshing Improved handling of midside nodes near curved surfaces Improved mesh matching Improved messaging for checking parts or sketches for enclosure of an area Improved handling of mesh retries, including automatic refinement of curve edges Improved Material Library Manager utility: Improved import of MatWeb material files Improved import and export of material XML files Improved capability for exporting to third-party FEA applications Improved messaging about system memory utilization Improved support for international languages Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Improved contact capability Superview Results Environment Improved speed of opening a model Improved graphing capability Improved capability for inquiring on results to include only unhidden parts Improved capability for inquiring on lumped masses Improved sign conventions for local bending moments of beams Improved messaging when beams are combined for code checking 7/3/2007 CAD Support (Direct) Upgraded KeyCreator support to KeyCreator 6.5 Documentation Improved documentation for linear dynamics FEMPRO Improved handling of loads Improved performance of the FEA Editor environment Improved handling of the License File Setup Utility Report Wizard and Environment Added printout of vertex and node numbers to reports Superview Results Environment Add support to stress linearization for 3-D motion controllers from 3Dconnexion including SpacePilot, SpaceBall, SpaceMouse and SpaceTraveler 6/8/2007 CAD Support (Direct) Improved associativity with assembly level features from SolidWorks CAD Support (Universal) Improved support for ACIS and STEP Documentation Updated DesignCheck User's Guide Improved index keywords Improved Installation and Licensing Guide by including MPI distributed processing instructions Improved tutorials FEMPRO Improved meshing Added mesh size control for curves Improved midplane meshing Improved layer control dialog Improved ability to specify surface pressure/traction loads Improved ability to delete design scenarios on Microsoft Vista Improved ability to rotate and copy/move a construction line Improved bolt wizard Added support for gaps in plates Added capability to generate bolts in an arbitrary plane Improved ability to determine centerline Improved handling of load curves General Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Linear Dynamic Analysis Improved support for defining beam preloads Report Wizard and Environment Added ability to switch between reports on multiple design scenarios Improved handling of page breaks in PDF reports Improved support for PDF reports in French language Improved handling of edge and surface constraints Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Improved handling of thermal-structural results Superview Results Environment Improved speed of opening models, viewing load cases and creating animation files (AVIs) Improved handling of legacy files Improved beam visualization Improved support for exporting a 2-D model to a FEM file 4/27/2007 CAD Support (Direct) Added support for KeyCreator 6.3 Added support for Rhinoceros 4 Improved support for Autodesk Inventor FEMPRO Added local zoom capability General Certified for SUSE Linux Certified for Fedora Core v6 Material Library Manager Added "favorites" area to collect commonly used materials Report Wizard and Environment Added capability to display Created By and Reviewed By on the title page Improved support for page breaks 4/13/2007 FEMPRO Improved support for installing ALGOR on all Microsoft Windows operating systems Improved support for Microsoft Windows Vista 3/27/2007 CAD Support (Direct) Added capability to read datum points from Pro/ENGINEER as mesh seed points Added support for material properties assigned to parts in SolidWorks Improved support for Solid Edge on 64-bit Windows computers CAD Support (Universal) Added support for solid meshing of IGES files with 141/143 surface definitions (boundary entities/bounded surfaces) Added support for surface knitting of IGES files Documentation Added split-screen tutorials FEMPRO Introduced new, integrated CAD/FEA modeling environment Added support for design scenarios (perform multiple analyses using different analysis types, load sets and constraint sets for the same model) Added capability to apply loads and constraints to CAD geometry Added capability to apply loads on internal vertices Added a wizard for applying bolt loads Added support for merging FEA models Added support for design studies and optimization including sizing optimization Added capability to toggle between selection set and its inverse Added an Application Program Interface (API) for writing to the FEM file format Improved installation including RPM-based installation for Linux Improved network licensing and installation tools including silent batch installation Improved overall look and feel Improved support for models with a large number of parts and surfaces Improved speed and performance of file opening, file save, box selection of lines, line deletion, line move, add line and updating surface properties Improved the snapping-to-nodes capability Improved the tree view to display only valid options (for example, do not show constraint sets for electrostatic analysis) Improved the display of hidden and deactivated parts in the tree view Improved support for pin joints Improved meshing tools: Added edge associativity Added isoparametric second-order brick elements (midside nodes follow curvature) Added capability to specify that surfaces do not include a boundary layer Improved sizing of surface meshes and solid meshes Improved surface mesh enhancement options Improved solid meshes of thin structures consisting of complex junctions Improved mid-plane meshing Heat Transfer Analysis Added faster, industry-standard sparse solver Linear Dynamic Analysis Added support for local coordinate systems for modal analysis Material Library Manager Added directory structure organization and tree view Updated material library API Improved dialogs for faster and easier input of tabular data NASTRAN Support Added support for NASTRAN-compatible membrane elements Improved support for axisymmetric models Improved support for local coordinate systems Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Added support for 64-bit HP Itanium HP-UX Added capability to include the effects of mass moment of inertia for a lumped mass with centrifugal acceleration Improved support for local coordinate systems Superview Results Environment Added optional high-speed wireframe rotation Added bi-color and tri-color contour scheme Added capability to use element length as a result type and in custom calculations Added capability to combine beam members into custom members for code checking Improved graphing capability with respect to hidden parts and averaging between parts Improved speed of selecting parts in the tree view 1/26/2007 FEMPRO Improved support for FLEXlm log files Improved licensing for better handling of hardware changes Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Improved memory usage for large models 12/15/2006 CAD Support (Direct) Improved support for Autodesk Inventor 11 Solid Modeling and Collaboration Updated to Alibre Design Basic 9.1 Updated to Inovate 9.0 Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Added capability to include the effects of mass moment of inertia for a lumped mass with centrifugal acceleration Improved robustness of composite maximum strain failure 9/7/2006 CAD Support (Direct) Improved support for Pro/ENGINEER on 64-bit Windows computers Improved support for Rhinoceros Improved handling of unwanted gaps in CAD geometry FEMPRO Updated international language versions Added capability to import nodal and element constraints from ASCII text files Improved feedback for licensing and installation Improved meshing tools Improved midplane meshing Improved meshing of thin parts Linear Dynamic Analysis Added faster, industry-standard sparse solver for critical buckling load analysis Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Added ability to specify twisting coefficient for plate elements Added support for user-specified number of processors for sparse solver Improved feedback during thermal stress analysis Superview Results Environment Improved load case combination utility 8/1/2006 Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Improved support for element loads on warped plate elements 6/30/2006 CAD Support (Direct) Improved support for Autodesk Inventor Improved support for SolidWorks on 64-bit Windows computers FEMPRO Added ability to select a group of vertices and project them onto a plane for alignment Added capability for CSV file import/export of beam cross-section data Added mesh seed points for specifying locations of nodes (e.g., to apply loads and constraints) Improved surface meshing Improved part mesh matching Improved midplane meshing of thin structures consisting of complex junctions Improved refinement point options Improved handling of invisible parts Improved speed of user input dialogs Improved support for custom material libraries Heat Transfer Analysis Added new preconditioned bi-conjugate gradient stabilized iterative solver for both steady-state and transient analyses of large models with body-to-body radiation and/or fluid flow convection Improved capability for temperature-dependent heat generation with surface radiation loads Linear Dynamic Analysis Added faster, industry-standard sparse solver NASTRAN Support Added ability to import NASTRAN CSHEAR cards Added ability to import NASTRAN PSHEAR cards Report Wizard and Environment Added user control of font styles, sizes and colors Added user control of image sizes Added capability to specify the title page image Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Added faster, industry-standard sparse solver Added distributed memory processing for 32- and 64-bit Linux (Red Hat) Added ability to display part number for reaction and stress results of beams and trusses Added anisotropic temperature-dependent general piezoelectric material models Improved the formulation of plate elements for industry-standard NASTRAN compatibility Improved support for beam end releases Superview IV Results Environment Added capability to display the results of user-supplied functions operating on calculated results, user-supplied constraints and material properties Added additional color contour options Added options for surface-based selection and display Improved inquiry functionality 5/8/2006 Solid Modeling and Collaboration Updated to Alibre Design Basic 9.0 4/3/2006 CAD Support (Direct) Added full associativity with each design change for Rhinoceros Added support for KeyCreator 5 and higher Improved support for Autodesk Inventor, IronCAD, Pro/ENGINEER, Solid Edge and SolidWorks CAD Support (Universal) Improved CAD support for 2-D and 3-D wireframe geometry in the DXF file format FEMPRO Added capability to run a NASTRAN analysis on a remote computer Added capability to select a surface or part and then apply nodal-based loads and constraints to all the nodes Added capability to create fillets between non-intersecting lines Added capability to extend to construction lines, arcs and other sketch entities Added capability to snap to vertices on filtered parts or hidden sketches Added user-specified minimum number of elements through thin cross section Improved user interface ease-of-use including user interaction with the tree view and input dialogs as well as consistency between all menu and toolbar commands Improved selection tools including global and chain methods Improved dynamic viewing options including zoom and enclose methods Improved surface-to-surface contact support involving local coordinate systems Improved midplane meshing including handling of multiple thicknesses within a part Improved capability to modify part numbers while creating and updating structured meshes Improved capability to modify multiple refinement points at the same time Heat Transfer Analysis Added 64-bit HP-UX support Improved consistency between surface- and nodal-based temperature loads Linear Dynamic Analysis Added 64-bit HP-UX support Improved support for the number of damping ratio frequencies that can be defined Improved support for warped plate elements Material Library Manager Improved handling of custom material libraries Report Wizard and Environment Added capability to publish reports to the PDF file format Added capability to automatically include the Superview result images in reports Added support for additional custom logo options including watermarks Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Added 64-bit HP-UX support Improved linear contact Improved support for warped plate and composite elements Superview IV Results Environment Added capability to display stresses calculated from average stress tensors Added capability to calculate enthalpy based on weighted average part temperature Added beam offset visualization Improved capability to save and restore animation settings 1/16/2006 CAD Support (Direct) Added direct CAD/CAE data exchange for Rhinoceros Improved installation support and feature import for Pro/ENGINEER Documentation Updated ALGOR User's Guide for international languages including Chinese FEMPRO Added ability to run analysis on remote computer Completed implementation of Superdraw III sketching functionality in FEMPRO Improved support for units Improved overall feedback provided by messages, cursor and more Heat Transfer Analysis Added ability to consider fluid convections from a porous media analysis License Management Improved installation dialogs for easier determination of what to install Improved warning/error messages when a license server is not available Stress Analysis with Linear Material Models Added 32-bit and 64-bit Linux (Red Hat) support Improved element formulation Improved composite capabilities Superview IV Results Environment Added 2-D stress linearization utility (including axisymmetric models) for evaluating a design's compliance with industry standards such as the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) Added non-time-dependent graphs Added export capability to OpenHSF Improved 3-D beam visualization including making it the default Improved robustness of presentations Improved probe behavior with slice planes Improved zoom level persistence Improved part selection tools Improved robustness of boundary elements Click here to see Historical Software Updates for this product    ALG/NASTRAN Related Information Product Data Sheets View Product Demo Evaluation Software Live Webcast Product Demonstrations Software In Action Software Updates Customer Application Stories Customer Quotes News Releases Tutorials Tech Tips Technical White Papers System Requirements Related Products Other Core Packages CAD Support Extenders Analysis & Modeling Extenders Related Resources & Services FEA Web Courses Quality Assurance Services Educational/Reference Materials Classroom Seminars Additional Documentation Quick Navigation 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