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1.8  Release notes for SDT 5.1 and FEMLink 3.0

1.8.1  Key features

Key features of the SDT 5.1 release are Key features of FEMLink 3.0 are For MATLAB compatibility see section 1.8.3.

1.8.2  Detail by function


celas All DOFs used by a celas are now retained by feutil('getdof') commands.
femesh, feutil Now supports extrusion to penta6 and a facing element selection. Minor improvements linked object and test commands. A number of changes linked to new fe_mknl assembly.
fecom, feplot A number of minor enhancements and bug fixes : problems with arrows, cylindrical displacement coordinate systems, active axes. You can now enforce color limits using cf.ua.clim=[min max];feplot. The iimouse cursor context menu now supports a 3D-Line Pick and iiplot display of response at current point.
fe_ceig Now provide a real mode based estimate of complex modes with calls of the form def=fe_ceig(model,eigopt).
fe_case Major enhancements to constraint handling capabilities. New GetData and GetTDof commands. Support for cyclic symmetry.
  Constraint building is now handled by fe_mpc (which is called by the fe_case GetT command). Significant optimization efforts were made to handle models with thousands of rigid or multiple point constraints.
fe_cyclic This new function supports cyclic symmetry : building of cyclic case entry, eigenvalue computation for n diameter modes.

fe_load The load assembly was fully revised to optimize the process for non linear operations.
fe_eig Speed and memory requirements have been optimized. Input form {m,k,T,mdof} and model data structures are now consistently accepted.
fe_mat The convert command for unit conversion has been significantly enhanced. Many internal changes have been introduced for fe_mknl assembly.
fe_mk The assembly strategy has undergone a major revision with the introduction of fe_mknl for assembly in non-linear problems.
fe_reduc static and Craig-Bampton solvers were optimized to handle large problems.
fe_sens A new WireExp command can be used to expand motion on all directions of the test wire frame.
fesuper Underwent significant rewrite and optimization.
fe_time Non linear problems are now supported : a Newmark scheme with a Newton loop is implemented.
fsc Fluid-structure coupling element for a compressible, non-weighing fluid, with or without a free surface.
idcom ii_mac, iicom, matgui, propgui a number of GUI related problems were resolved in these functions.
nor2ss nor2ss, nor2xf, nor2res a number of minor bug fixes and enhancement to data structure output are introduced.
ofact Skyline object has been changes in and supports : sparse and skyline matrices.
qbode Problems with singular solutions at s=0 are now treated properly.
upcom now supports non-symmetric matrices. Energy densities can now be computed. A number of minor enhancement to parameter handling, file name defaults, ... were also introduced.

1.8.3  Notes by MATLAB release

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