11. Changelog

11.1. v2.9

  • No major changes

11.2. v2.8

  • Added windows scripts to run the solver

11.3. v2.8/v2.7hf1

  • Fixed bug with number of state variables which caused memory overflow

  • Fixed bug with AnalysisSettings StoreResultsAt

  • Fixed bug with Mechanical Elastic Strains which caused inconsistencies with viscoelasticity

  • Changed formula for Prony series

  • Removed other viscoelastic models

11.4. v2.7

  • Fixed bug in Kamal-Sourour cure kinetic equation.

11.5. v2.7/v2.6hf1

  • Fixed bug in viscoelasticity cure time shift implementation.

  • Added RTM solver capability (initial implementation).

11.6. v2.5hf1/v2.6

  • Corrected intermittent bug with FAST approach

  • Corrected bug with viscoelasticity

  • Removed isotropic definitions

  • Removed automatic material check on WBPZ resume

  • Corrected bug with licensing on cluster

  • Improved customer experience with licensing in WB

11.7. v2.5

  • Adapted code for new ACP material definition

  • Updated documentation for ACCS scripting

  • Added support for WB languages other than English

  • Changed token policy (one token checked out when starting WB)

11.8. v2.4

  • Changed installer to INNO and improved silent installs

  • Fixed unit conversion on material upgrade

  • Fixed unit issue with Thermoplastics (C3 constant in K^3)

  • Fixed bug with Thermoplastics computation

  • Fixed intermittent bug with deepcopy module

  • Removed workaround for userthstrain not being run if T==Tref

  • Improved reactivity for material check

  • Added scripting interface

  • Fixed low importance bugs

11.9. v2.3

  • Changed licensing feature name.

  • Implementation of Compensated Surface Exporter (STL, RSO and cloud point).

  • Moved to unified implementation.

  • Integrated thermoplastics definition in EngD.

  • Changed documentation to HTML format.

  • Removed Tutorials.

  • Improved material upgrade in EngD.

  • Added automatic check for material upgrade in EngD.

  • Added support to shell element models in the FAST approach.

11.10. v2.2

  • Added support for dead elements.

  • Added button to copy steps setup in analysis settings from thermal to mechanical.

  • Introduction of new visco-elastic models.

  • Implementation of Karkanas-Partridge (M21) cure kinetic model.

  • Implementation of separate fibre and matrix properties in EngD.

  • Initial support for thermoplastics (only USERMAT prop in EngD).

11.11. v2.1

  • No major changes

11.12. v2.0

  • Reimplementation of thermal strains computation (from global to incremental).

  • Corrected cosmetic bug in Engineering Data (Total Heat of Reaction and Activation Energy units)

11.13. v1.9

  • Upgraded icons for new Ribbon design.

  • Added support for silent install and uninstall.

  • Changed default values for material properties evolution.

  • Corrected minor bug in computation of material properties evolution.

  • Corrected minor bug in unit support for material properties evolution.

11.14. v1.8

  • Added support for temperature dependence of Solid Elastic properties.

  • Fixed problem with unit conversion.

  • Fixed problem with isotropic material properties.

11.15. v1.7

  • Fixed problem with decimal marker and locale.

11.16. v1.6

  • Added viscoelasticity behaviour for FULL approach.

11.17. v1.5

  • Maintenance release.

11.18. v1.4

  • Bug Fix with incorrect selection of material properties during cure.

11.19. v1.3

  • Details added in the description of the materials in the EngineeringData Database.

  • Moved thermal expansion from ACCS extra results into built-in thermal expansion results.

  • Added info message for missing license when starting WB.

  • Improved result extraction speed.

  • Added Changelog.txt to install files.

11.20. v1.2

  • Bug correction on uninstaller: Did not remove all traces of ACCS.

  • Increased element support in WB Mechanical: SOLID87 can now be used in structural analyses.

  • Efficiency improvement in support subroutines.

11.21. v1.1

  • Bug correction on installer: Did not use the ANSYS path from the target machine.

11.22. v1.0

  • Initial release.