SDT 6.0
SDT 6.0 is marks a major revision of SDT. Key features of the release are
- A complete revision of the GUI functions feplot and iiplot, with great extensions of the property viewing capabilities as well as easier command line access to data in the figure. See section 5.1 and section 3.1.
- A complete rewriting of the superelement modeling features, with transformations of parts into models, optimized restitution, ... See section 6.2.
- A major generalization of the notion of sensors for both analysis and test/analysis correlation, see section 5.4.
- Major optimization, for large models, of the fe_case connections commands.
- The introduction of support tools for structures with piezoelectric materials, modeled using volume or shell elements, see section 6.5. The q4cs shell now fully supports classical lamination theory and piezoelectric actuation/sensing.
Key features of FEMLink 3.3 are
- nasread, naswrite have been the object of many detail improvements in particular for large model read/write.
- abaqus is the new interface to read and write ABAQUS models.
- ans2sdt ANSYS 9-11 support and large file handling was refined. Reading of ASCII format full matrix, reading and writing of .cdb model files were introduced.
- samcef import/export capabilities to SAMCEF have been greatly enhanced.
OpenFEM has undergone many detail improvements and the following revisions
- Support for material orientation maps for surfaces and volumes that are useful in composite and biomechanics applications.
- An OpenMP parallel version of matrix assembly, that can be used for non-linear solutions is available trough separate downloads (with minor interactions with a MATLAB bug at exit).
- support for definition of selections through sets, which is compatible with most CAE environments, has been fundamentally revised.
- Time integration capabilities have undergone significant optimization (fe_time) .
- the GMSH has undergone significant extension.
