ANSYS, Inc. Release Notes
ANSYS, Inc. Release Notes
This section contains information about enhancements not listed elsewhere in this document.
The following enhancements have been made to the POST1 general database results postprocessor.
Energy -- The energy values can now be printed out for each of the components in a model via the PRENERGY command.
Maximum of derived stresses for complex results -- When postprocessing complex results, the maximum of the derived stresses can be obtained via the LCOPER load-case operations command.
Modal Assurance Criterion (MAC) -- The RSTMAC command now supports dissimilar meshes using mapping and interpolation of the solutions.
ANSYS, Inc. continues to refine the Mechanical APDL documentation set. To that end, the following changes and enhancements to the documentation have occurred with this release:
The Technology Demonstration Guide includes a new example problem entitled Modal and Harmonic Frequency Analyses of an Automotive Suspension Assembly Using CMS. The new example shows how to generate dynamic superelements for use in downstream linear dynamics analyses using component mode synthesis (CMS).
The example cyclic symmetry centrifugal impeller analysis has been enhanced to include linear-perturbation solution approaches. For more information, see Centrifugal Impeller Analysis Using Cyclic Symmetry and Linear Perturbation.
This release includes the new Feature Archive, a repository for legacy element, command, theory and feature documentation. While ANSYS, Inc. continues to support these legacy capabilities for the immediate future, some may be undocumented in future releases. You are urged to consider moving to their recommended replacements.
The following documentation updates are available for programmers:
Routines and functions documented in the Programmer's Manual have been updated to reflect the current source code. To see specific changes in a file, ANSYS, Inc. recommends opening both the old and current files (using a text editor that displays line numbers), then comparing the two to determine which lines have changed. You can copy the updated files to your system by performing a custom installation of the product.
The new /UPF command offers the simplest method for linking user-programmable features into Mechanical APDL. The format of the command is:
/UPF,
RoutineName
where RoutineName is the name of
a user routine that you want to link. The specified routine must reside
in the current working directory.
When the Mechanical APDL program reads the input and detects this command, the program is relinked automatically. You can reissue the /UPF command as often as needed to include multiple user routines. For more information, see Compiling and Linking UPFs on UNIX/Linux Systems and Compiling and Linking UPFs on Windows Systems in the Programmer's Manual.
The Programmer's Manual features two new user routines to support analyses
involving ocean loading. The userPanelHydFor routine computes panel loads caused by ocean loading. This
capability is accessed via the SURF154 element's
KEYOPT(8), together with data read in via the userOceanRead subroutine.