Following the release of the major v15.0.0 of our ANSA / μETA -pre and -post processing suite, BETA CAE System S.A. announces the v15.0.1. This maintenance release focuses on resolving identified issues with v15.0.0.
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 our 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. The major version v15.0.0 is made available at the beginning of the year.
- First point releases, such as v15.1.0, v15.2.0 and so on, with code corrections but also with additional software features and enhancements are released every three months.
- Second point releases, such as v15.2.1, v15.2.2, 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 our customers can decide whether it is critical to implement this release in their environment.
This release
This release of v15.0.1 introduces code corrections on v15.0.0 and the v14x branch.
Known issues resolved in ANSA
TOPO
Hot Points Info would launch the Parts Manager and could cause unexpected termination.
Shell Mesh
When generating a mesh with the MAP function, occasionally, mid-nodes on perimeters were missing (incomplete elements).
Batch Mesh
Tubes treatment in solid description parts could issue uneven nodes distribution. This occurred in 2nd order elements.
Data Management
The Change Representation window would not pop-up if no DM root was already set.
Connections and Assembly
The option Feature Angle was not taken into consideration for RBE3-CONNECTOR-RBE3.
Solver Decks
When selecting a contact from a contact list (i.e. Database Browser), the selected contacts would not become highlighted.
Deselecting nodes from the Database Browser list by clicking in the area of the column FROZEN_DELETE could lead to unexpected termination.
The fix options Move away and Collapse in Penetration> Intersection checks could lead to unexpected termination.
The INITIAL CONDITIONS that where contained in Include files would not be exported for Abaqus.
The axes might not be considered according to their denoted name for LS-DYNA.
Outputting Control keywords was erroneous and not processed by the ANSYS.
Exporting MASS3 elements of type Per Element Area for PERMAS could fail.
Scripting
The function CollectEntities would take more time to collect materials from a hidden model than from a visible one.
Known issues resolved in µETA
General
Renaming a window would cause erroneous behavior.
In certain cases ANSA Part colors would not be read correctly from ANSA comments.
Supported Solvers
Reading certain LS-DYNA time history files could cause the unexpected termination of the MS-Windows 64 bit version of μETA.
PAM-CRASH implicit erf results were not read correctly.
For Abaqus results files, the Puck / Hashin Matrix failure criteria were not calculated correctly.
For Abaqus results files, composite results on Named Layers were not read correctly.
ANSYS composite results, read with the options Average of All Layers and Absolute of All Layers, were incorrect.
Aux force results from femzipped Nastran files would be read only for SUBCASE 1.
CBUSH results from femzipped Nastran files could not be read.
Reading Fluent .cas.gz files could lead to unexpected termination.
Reading Motran-format .im files, the eigenmodes’ animation would not be displayed correctly.
No results were loaded from the FE-Fatigue .csv files.
NVH Calculators
Contribution analysis from NX-Nastran .pch files omitted the Total selection in case of Modal Contributions from Struct.
TPA/NTF from single UNV component (LPA – Load Path Analysis) could not be calculated when only forces were available.
Cut Planes
Setting the Clip By Section option could lead to unexpected termination.
File Export
Unexpected termination could occur when saving results for visible beam elements in .csv format.
GIF animation files were recorded with one loop less than the number specified in the relative field.
Automation
The legend of 2D plots was not updated correctly when overlaying a session.
μETA might block executing the script function CurvesTypesNastran
Report
Several issues when opening or saving existing .pptx reports.
In certain cases inserting spreadsheets in slides would results in saving corrupt .pptx reports.
In the Spreadsheet Editor deleting numerous rows could lead to unexpected termination.
