Further increasing the reliability of the v15.0x branch, BETA CAE Systems S.A. announces the release of the v15.0.3 ANSA & µETA pre- and post- processing suite. This maintenance release focuses on the correction of identified issues for the ANSA / µETA 15.0x branch and is addressed to those who wish to continue to use the v15.0x branch -and not upgrade to v15.1x branch- with its issues resolved.
These corrections have also been propagated to the latest releases of the 15.1x branch, ie v15.1.1.
Understanding the Software Release Schedule
The plan
BETA CAE System is committed in delivering improved and enhanced software releases, the soonest possible, in order to meet the requirement of their customers for the continuous improvement of their experience and work. Therefore, they are working in releasing new software versions with code corrections, new software features and enhancements, in regular, frequent intervals.
- A major software version is released every year.
- First point releases, such as v14.1.0, v14.2.0 and so on, with code corrections but also with additional software features and enhancements are released every three months.
- Second point releases, such as v14.2.1, v14.2.2, v14.2.3 mainly with code corrections only upon their parent first point release, are scheduled on a monthly basis.
Each software release is accompanied by a detailed description of the introduced corrections and/or additions so that their customers can decide whether it is critical to implement this release in their environment.
This release
This release of v15.1.1 implements code corrections, to the v15.1.0 release and the latest pre-existing release of the 14x branch, ie 14.2.5.
Known issues resolved in ANSA
Parts Manager
When a part was unmeshed, its mass would be zero in the Part Manager’s attributes.
Compare
Comparing two databases with more than five thousands PLINKs, could cause unexpected termination.
TOPO
Database Browser: Deleting entities from “Geometry” list could cause unexpected termination.
Mesh
Elements: Selecting three nodes, that all belonged to polygon elements, to create a tria element could result in unexpected termination.
Shell Mesh: SETs containing Shell elements affected by reconstruct would not be updated properly.
Volume Mesh: The performance issue with Define [Auto Detect] has been fixed.
Batch Meshing
The result of the proximity refinement from CFD Batch Mesh procedure was not always correct.
Decks
NASTRAN: During Input, the SDIST and EXT fields of *BGSET keyword would be ignored.
PAM-CRASH: Outputting a database containing SETs with names of 80 or more characters, in PAM-CRASH version 2012 or newer, could result in unexpected termination.
For more details about the new software features, enhancements and corrections please, refer to the Release Notes document.
Known issues resolved in µETA
Supported Interfaces
PAM-CRASH:
- Results from DIFFCrash would not be read.
- In certain cases PLINKS would not be read from .pc files.
- Unexpected termination could occur when reading .pc files with wrong SENPTG definition.
LS-DYNA:
- Incorrect Solid skin when reading from d3plot files.
- Beam sections displayed with wrong radius.
- Unexpected termination when reading results from specific d3plot files with airbag particles.
- Plotting curves from specific LS-DYNA binout files on MS-Windows workstations could cause termination.
Abaqus:
- Contact status results might be loaded incorrectly.
ANSYS:
- Wrong element nodal forces were displayed on midside nodes of second order tria elements.
PERMAS:
- Unexpected termination when plotting curves of results from .post files.
U3D:
- Follow Node Transformations were not supported for U3D PDF files.
MotionSolve:
- The animation of Flex Bodies’ deformations would not be performed correctly.
NVH Calculators
In the Modal Response tool, for load types other than forces, the calculated responses would be incorrect.
Energy results would not be plotted in the FRF Assembly tool.
When setting a zero End Frequency in the FRF Assembly tool, unexpected termination could occur.
