THESSALONIKI, Greece, Jan 2, 2015 – BETA CAE System S.A. announces the release of v15.2.1 of ANSA / μETA pre- and post- processing suite.

This release of v15.2.1 implements enhancements and code corrections on v15.2.0.

Enhancements in ANSA

CAD Translators

Creo 2.0 M120 files, are now supported, according to the updated CT_204_SP3 library which is included in version 15.2.1.

Known issues resolved in ANSA

General

• When using “Save visible as”, invisible properties, materials, and nodes would be also saved.

GUI

• Issues with shortcuts have now been fixed.

Compare

• When applying similarities/differences, unexpected termination could occur when frozen faces were involved.

Mesh

• Compatible: Selecting two or more unconnected areas as target area could result in unexpected termination.
• Reconstruct: Frozen hole zones would not be respected and flanges would not be identified by proximity. In certain cases, after applying reconstruct, nodal thickness was assigned erroneously. Reconstruct would not be applied at once to more than one closed areas.
• Reconstruct/Smooth: Canceling the procedure when in preview, resulted in erroneously altered rigid body entities when the “Freeze Line elements” option in the mesh parameters was inactive.

Batch Meshing

• In certain cases, when linked faces exist, applying batch mesh could result in unexpected termination.

DECKs

• Output: When exporting TAU files, there was no warning for over-writing an already existing file.
• Outputting entities from lists did not include essential references for their definition.

PAM-CRASH

• Input: A CNODE could not be created or changed from an existing NODE. Thus, during input, CNODEs were changed to NODEs.
• Output: The start and end Part-ids was not correct within a GROUP defined as a range of Part Ids.

RADIOSS

• Auxiliaries: Subsets could not be added as contents of includes.

ANSYS

• Load Step Manager: For each load step only the LOADs and CONSTRAINTs defined on the step could be illustrated.

OpenFOAM

• The determinant mesh check could return erroneous results.

RadTherm

• The modify function was not applied correctly resulting in outputting erroneous temperature properties.

Optimization

• The “VALIDATION_RUN” task item update failed to correctly call ANSYS in batch mode.

Enhancements in µETA

Supported Interfaces

• FEMZIP: Support of FEMZIP-Nastran version 1.4.12.
• Pam-Crash: Support of Pamcrash 2014 element types HEXA20 and PENTA15.
• THESEUS-FE: Support of the keywords EBC_R, EBC_J, EBCU0, EBC_U, THICK and GAPFC of the E-Coating simulation module.

Toolbars

• Occupant Injury Criteria: Support of BioRID-II dummy for Rear Impact and of WS-50 version 3.x dummy.

Known Issues Resolved in µETA

Supported Interfaces

• ABAQUS: Input files with the DSLOAD keyword could not be loaded.
• Animator: Unexpected termination might occur when loading an .a4 database containing groups from nodes.
• ANSYS: Nodal non-linear results would not be calculated for middle nodes.
• OpenFOAM: Unexpected termination might occur when reading FEMZIP-compressed files.
• Pamcrash: Acoustic nodes of ERF files, and consequently the elements that referred to them, were not displayed.
• Permas: Property ids would differ to those of ANSA so, as a result, the model hierarchy would be read incorrectly.
• SC/Tetra: Unexpected termination could occur when reading vector results.
• Universal Files: Scalar results of BEAM elements could not be read.

NVH Calculators

• Zero responses generated by the modal response tool.
• The connection forces in TPA DNA plots were not calculated by the FRF assembly tool.

Parametric Point Paths

• No-value elements would, incorrectly, contribute to the stress linearization calculation.

Automation

• Unexpected termination when running script lines directly in a user toolbar button.

File Export

• Vector components were not exported in .csv files.

Project

• Project files were unreadable if window names contained utf8 characters.

Compatibility and Supported Platforms

ANSA files saved by all the first and second point releases of a major version are compatible to each other. New major versions can read files saved by previous ones but not vice versa.

The .metadb files saved with μETA version 15.2.1 are compatible and can be opened by earlier versions of μETA.

Support for 32-bit platforms has been discontinued for all operating systems.

 Where to Download from

Customers who are served directly by BETA CAE Systems S.A. may download the new software, examples and documentation from their account on our server. They can access their account through the “user login” link at their website http://www.beta-cae.gr.

Contact them if you miss your account details. The [Public] link will give you access to the public downloads area.

Customers who are served by a local business agent should contact the local support channel for software distribution details.

What to Download

All files required for the installation of this version reside in the folder named “BETA_CAE_Systems_v15.2.1” and are dated as of December 23, 2014. These files should replace any pre-releases or other files downloaded prior to that date.

The distribution of this version of their pre- and post-processing suite is packaged in one, single, unified installation file, that invokes the respective installer and guides the procedure for the installation of the required components.

For the installation of the software on each platform type, the.sh installer file residing in the folder with respective platform name, for Linux and MacOS or the respective .msi installer file for Windows, 64bit, have to be downloaded.

In addition to the above, optionally, the µETA Viewer is available to be downloaded for each supported platform.

The tutorials and the example files reside in the folder named “TUTORIALS”. This folder includes the complete package of the tutorials and example files, and a package with only the updated ones.

The Abaqus libraries required for the post-processing of Abaqus .odb files are included in the installation package and can be optionally unpacked.

About BETA CAE Systems S.A.

BETA CAE Systems S.A., headquartered in Thessaloniki, Greece, is a private engineering software company committed to the development of state of the art CAE software systems that meet the requirements of all simulation disciplines. The company’s products, the ANSA / µETA pre- & post-processing suite, and SPDRM, the simulation-process-data-and-resources manager, hold a worldwide leading position across a range of industries, including the automotive, railway vehicles, aerospace, motorsports, chemical processes engineering, energy, electronics, heavy machinery, power tools, and biomechanics.

Committed to its mission to produce best-in-class CAE software systems, BETA CAE Systems offers products that consistently exceed expectations and provides exemplary technical support to its customers. The company’s continuously growth attest to the high level of customer satisfaction and user confidence.