LS-DYNA Interface
New Features
- New LS-DYNA Solver Profile
- A new LS-DYNA R16 solver profile has been added.
- Safety Tools
- A new Seatbelt Deformer workflow has been added. See the Safety Tools release notes for more information.
Enhancements
- Safety Tools
- See the Safety Tools release notes for more information.
- Include File Export
- New "Export format type" options have been added in the include file export interface to choose between standard, I10, or long format.
- Orientation Review Tool
- In the Orientation tab, the "Display normals" and "Reverse normals" features are now available for hexa solid elements. These features are relevant for checking and correcting the orientation of thick shells or cohesive solid element types.
- Beam Elements Orientation Node Update
- A new "Update Orientation" context menu option has been added for the Node_id3 attribute of beam elements. This feature activates a tool to define a new direction vector and automatically update Node3 coordinates or create a new node. This feature works for a selection of multiple elements.
- Penetration Check Tool
- The Penetration Check tool logic has been enhanced for checking nodal penetrations on nodes common to multiple parts. The "Recheck shared nodes between parts" option has been removed.
- Model Checker
- A new "Show in Browser" context menu option has been added on all checks. You can use this option to automatically list failed entities in their respective browser view for further actions.
- New Supported Keywords
- The following keywords are now supported: *CONTROL_FORMING_HOME_GAP, *CONTROL_FORMING_MAXID, *CONTROL_FORMING_OUTPUT_(OPTIONS), *CONTROL_FORMING_PARAMETER_READ, *CONTROL_FORMING_PRE_BENDING, *CONTROL_FORMING_PROJECTION, *CONTROL_FORMING_REMOVE_ADAPTIVE_CONSTRAINTS, *CONTROL_FORMING_SHELL_TO_SHELL, *CONTROL_FORMING_STRAIN_RATIO_SMOOTH, *CONTROL_FORMING_TRIM_MERGE, *CONTROL_FORMING_TRIM_SOLID_REFINEMENT, *CONTROL_FORMING_UNFLANGING_(OPTIONS), *CONTROL_FORMING_AUTOPOSITION_PARAMETER_POSITIVE, *CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_ADJUST_MTYPE_COST, *CONTROL_MPP_DECOMPOSITION_ADJUST_PART_COST, *CONTROL_MPP_IO_NOTIEDIO, *DATABASE_SNSROUT, *DEFINE_CPM_SWITCH_REGION, *MAT_ADD_BASIC_INCREMENTAL_FAILURE, and *MAT_199_27P.
- Updated Keywords
- The following keywords have been updated: *AIRBAG_PARTICLE, *AIRBAG_REFERENCE_GEOMETRY, *AIRBAG_SHELL_REFERENCE_GEOMETRY, *CONSTRAINED_INTERPOLATION_SPOTWELD, *CONSTRAINED_NODAL_RIGID_BODY, *CONTACT, *CONTROL_CONTACT, *CONTROL_IMPLICIT_ORDERING, *CONTROL_IMPLICIT_EIGENVALUE, *CONTROL_IMPLICIT_SOLVER, *CONTROL_IMPLICIT_SOLUTION, *CONTROL_MAT, *CONTROL_OUTPUT, *CONTROL_SHELL, *CONTROL_SOLID, *CONTROL_SOLUTION, *CONTROL_TIMESTEP, *DATABASE_BINARY_D3PART, *DEFINE_CPM_DATA, *ELEMENT_SEATBELT_RETRACTOR, *ELEMENT_SHELL_COMPOSITE_LONG, *INITIAL_AXIAL_FORCE_BEAM, *MAT_ADD_GENERALIZED_DAMAGE, *MAT_ADD_DAMAGE_DIEM, *MAT_ADD_DAMAGE_GISSMO, *MAT_ADD_EROSION, *MAT_OGDEN_RUBBER, *MAT_020, *MAT_063, *MAT_084, *MAT_126, *MAT_157, *MAT_172, *MAT_187L, *MAT_224, *MAT_240, *MAT_261, *MAT_262, *MAT_280, *MAT_303, *PART_COMPOSITE_(OPTIONS), *SECTION_BEAM, *SECTION_SHELL, *SENSOR_CONTROL, *SENSOR_DEFINE_ELEMENT, *SENSOR_DEFINE_MISC, and *SENSOR_DEFINE_NODE.
Resolved Issues
- When creating a parameter in the session, you can now define a parameter name with nine characters.
- A correction has been made in the last line of *MAT_HILL_FOAM so the R and M attributes are now treated as optional.
- The export order between *DEFINE_TRANSFORM and *INCLUDE has been changed to write *INCLUDE first. This solves issues that previously occurred when parameters were defined in includes and used in *DEFINE_TRANSFORM outside of the includes.
- A segmentation error has been fixed in the Penetrations Check tool that previously occurred when reading solver output files when d3hsp and message files were both in the folder.
- A solver deck import issue has been fixed that previously occurred when translation magnitude in *DEFINE_TRANSFORM was defined as 0.
- In the beam element creation controller, the LOCAL attribute default value has been changed to 2.
- A performance issue has been fixed to properly expose the penetration folder context menu in the Penetration Browser.
- A performance issue has been fixed that previously kept the Penetration Browser open when another workflow was activated.
- A solver deck import reader issue has been fixed that previously occurred when reading *DEFINE_COORDINATES_NODES in cases where the system was badly defined with an axis defined by two coincident nodes. Now, the coordinate system is created and a Model Checker check is added to detect this type of incorrect system definition.
- A solver deck import reader issue has been fixed that previously occurred when reading *DEFINE_VECTOR_NODES in cases where both nodes were coincident. Now, the vector is created and a Model Checker check is added to detect this type of incorrect vector definition.
- A solver deck import reader issue has been fixed that previously occurred when an include file didn't have *KEYWORD and *END defined.
- A solver deck import reader issue has been fixed that previously occurred when reading *PARAMETER_EXPRESSION with multiple lines written in long format.
- A solver deck import reader issue has been fixed that previously occurred when reading *AIRBAG_PARTICLE_MPP. The MPP card wasn’t read/written at the correct position.
- A solver deck import reader issue has been fixed that previously occurred when reading *CONTACT_2D_AUTOMATIC_(OPTIONS) keywords in cases where SIDS and SIDM were defined with negative IDs.
- The results of Model Checker checks are no longer cleaned more in the browser when you close the workflow guide bar.
- A solver deck export issue has been resolved that previously occurred when DEFINE_TABLE contained curve ID references defined multiple times. On export, the DEFINE_CURVE was written as many times as it was referenced in the DEFINE_TABLE.