Radioss Interface 2021.2 Release Notes
Radioss Interface
New Features
- New Engine Files entity
- The Engine Files entity is introduced to support multi-stage Radioss simulations involving multiple engine files.
- Entity export deck
- This new Model Browser option, available in the context menu of all solver entities, allows you to export a selection of entities and all their references directly to a solver deck.
- New Model Clean-Up tool
- The new Clean tool on the Validate ribbon is an efficient way to delete automatically all Empty or Unused or Undefined entities from the model, which may be created during model modification operations.
Enhancements
- New Keywords
- The support of the following new keywords is added:
- Updated Keywords
- The following keywords have been updated:
- Intersections and Penetrations Check tool
- The algorithm is improved with following enhancements:
Resolved Issues
- Reading of STA files for fully integrated brick elements
- Unused and Empty function is added for Sensor entity.
- Corrections in the detection of Empty contacts
- Empty function is added on Loads entity.
- Dummy or Mechanism Positions are now not listed when checking for unused entities.
- Application of /TRANSFORM/MATRIX is added.
- INIVEL keyword is no longer created with default Vz value set to 1.
- /MAT/B-K-EPS is now exported correctly.
- /MAT/LAW51 with Iform=2 is now exported correctly.
- /FUNCT_SMOOTH is now selectable into Load entities.
- Correct handling of encrypted models when multiple include files are defined with the same encryption key. This is a use case which applies to some Radioss dummy models.
Radioss Interface
Reader Updates
- THY File Reader
- HyperGraph supports Radioss 2021 global variables in the time history
file:
- Elastic Contact Energy
- Frictional Contact Energy
- Damping Contact Energy
- Reading New Variables
- Updated th.nms1 and th.macro1file to support reading new variables.