The following enhancements have been made to design point behavior:

You can now specify the order in which Design Points are updated at the project level. When multiple Design Points share the same geometry or mesh, you can improve the efficiency of the computations by specifying an update order in which only those Design Points that change are updated. You can change the sequence of updates manually, by a column sort, or by using the automatic optimization feature. For more information, see Design Point Update Order in the Workbench User Guide.

The ability to change the order of Design Point updates is also available at the DesignXplorer level. See Design Point Update Order in the DesignXplorer help for more information.

You can now use the Remote Solve Manager (RSM) to enable simultaneous execution of design points, allowing you to decrease the overall time required to complete parametric what-if and design exploration studies. In the Parameter Set Properties view, use the new Default Job Submission property to specify how design points sent to Remote Solve Manager for update will be submitted.

For more information, see Updating Design Points via Remote Solve Manager (RSM) in the Workbench User’s Guide.

You can now submit Design Point updates to RSM from DesignXplorer (DX). The Pending state is also now supported for DX, which means if you submit a design point update to RSM from DX, you can continue interacting with the project on a limited basis and can view intermediate results of individual design point updates via the Table of Design Points while the remote update is in progress. Additionally, if you exit the project, when you reopen it the Resume button allows you to resume the update.

For additional information, see Using Remote Solve Manager with DesignXplorer in the DesignXplorer help.

You can now write out a report of the current project in .html/.htm format. To write a report, choose File> Export Report. The report will be written to the user_files directory under the project directory by default. You can control whether the report opens by default using the Options>Project Reporting settings.

The report contains basic project information, including a graphic of the systems as shown in the project schematic, parameter and design point information, and system and cell information. The specific information provided will vary depending on the contents of the project. Additional information may be available from the individual applications. Not all applications provide reporting information.

For a project that includes a Microsoft Excel component, the Named Ranges prefix can now be specified at the global level (via the ANSYS Workbench Options dialog) as well as at the project level (via the Named Range Key property of the Analysis component). Additionally, the Named Ranges filtering prefix now conveniently defaults to blank or “no filter.”

For more information, see Microsoft Office Excel or Microsoft Office Excel Options in the Workbench User’s Guide.

The ANSYS Engineering Knowledge Manager (EKM) is a Simulation Process and Data Management (SPDM) software system that allows you to store, share, report, and operate on your simulation data in an accessible, web-based environment. While EKM can operate as a stand-alone system, its integration with ANSYS Workbench streamlines the process of storing, retrieving, and sharing your Workbench projects within an EKM repository. Through the provided Repository capabilities in the Workbench File menu, you have access to powerful SPDM capabilities that allow you to:

ANSYS EKM provides access to a simulation data repository, which may exist locally on your workstation (for individual repositories) or reside on a larger dedicated server for enterprise-level data management.

There are no known incompatibilities to date in release 14.0.