Nonlinear Structural Analysis and Thermal Analysis

Enhanced Functionalities

Controlling Parallel Execution
Parallel processing is now supported. You can now specify the use of two CPUs for jobs run from the Nonlinear Structural Analysis or Thermal Analysis workbenches.
Querying Values for a Results image
You can now query, or “probe,” nodes and elements in your model or in a results image to obtain information about your model or analysis. Thus, you can collect nodes and elements of interest, examine them, and export them to a text file or to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
Creating a Display Group
You can now reframe the window around the contents of a particular display group using the Reframe On option available in the contextual menu and the Create Display Group dialog box.
Improved Usability for Creating, Customizing, and Deleting Analysis Jobs
You can now create and customize analysis jobs directly from the Job Monitor as well as delete analysis jobs directly from the specification tree.
Inserting a New Step Between Two Steps in a Structural analysis case or in a Thermal Analysis case.
You can now insert a new step between two existing steps in your Simulation History by using the new Insert Step Below option.
Data Mapping Options
You can now import temperature data, pressure data, or heat flux data from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (.xls*) or a text file (.txt) into an analysis.
Using Local Coordinate Systems
You can now specify that the local coordinates created in the Part Design workbench be transformed in the Nonlinear Structural Analysis workbench for use as cylindrical or spherical coordinates.
Importing Restraints
You can now import a restraint feature or a restraint set from the Generative Part Structural Analysis workbench into an analysis. The Imported Restraint capability supports import of clamp, surface slider, ball joint, slider, pivot, sliding pivot, user-defined restraints, and iso-static restraints.
Importing Loads
You can now import a load feature or a load set from the Generative Part Structural Analysis workbench into an analysis. The Imported Load capability supports import of pressure, distributed force, moment, bearing load, imported force, imported moment, acceleration, rotational force, line force density, surface force density, volume force density, and force density.
Using Analysis Sensors in an Optimization Problem
You can now use the Product Engineering Optimizer (PEO) workbench with Nonlinear Structural Analysis and Thermal Analysis to optimize a desired analysis result.
Creating a Solution Sensor
You can now create global solution sensors in Nonlinear Structural Analysis and Thermal Analysis. Global sensors are useful for creating parameters in Knowledgeware formulas and for driving optimizations with Product Engineering Optimizer (PEO).
Point Loads, Distributed Loads, and Load Densities
Two new load types, distributed loads and load densities, are now available; and the existing point load function has been enhanced (new Force Norm and Moment Norm fields).