------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANIFORM RELEASE NOTES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # indicates there is more information about the feature in the help documentation. * indicates the feature is present in the advanced option mode. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2024-04-29 AniForm PrePost + Client 5.3.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Offset correction for FP laminate xml's that already include vertical ply offsets in the point data. Previously it was assumed all FP plies are deposited onto the same surface, which was used as a reference for offsetting. Now both situations are supported. - In the Result Control, fix drop-down list for Contour plot items not ordered correctly when there is no Laminate thickness result (Post Project). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2024-04-26 AniForm PrePost + Client 5.3.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Entirely new 3D viewer: - Added an option to save multiple camera views across PrePost sessions (RM-click in 3D viewer). - Added an option to view cross-sections at user-defined planes. - Added rotation option for navigation cube (holding Shift + click on cube). - Improved measurement mode: Now the measurement is not lost in some cases. It’s possible to zoom/rotate/pan and use the cube and toolbar without losing the measurement. - Improved scaling of arrows (normals) and toolbox-items for some edge cases. - Elaborated colour palette for use in Model Builder tree items: Improved preset colours and ability to set custom colours. - User Material and User Interface material models can now be equipped with user-defined *post items (to be configured in user-plugin).* - Removed 'Auto set contact' button from laminate sections' property field for simplification (still available in 'Advanced options' mode). - Added a warning when flipping normals would affect configured contact settings. - Improved timeline interval handling: Now it is possible to remove intervals and edit the time span column from anywhere, namely in timeline, gravity, pressure, and loading entries. - In the post-processing mode, added the possibility to export the meshes at the displayed position (visualised time step) of Rigid tools, Membranes, and Laminates in the Result Tree. - For the 'Abaqus CAE field export' item, when available in the Post Project, additional results can be exported as fields. Added fields are 'Shear angle', 'Thickness', and 'Stress'.* - Fixed an issue where some user settings (View->Advanced options) were not kept after installing a new version of PrePost. - Fixed an issue where adding a node (e.g. when applying toolbox items) near the edge of a laminate resulted skinny elements, which may lead to adverse numerically-driven consequences like locally flipped normals. - Added documentation for Fiber Placed (FP) laminates and its related xml file format.# - For FP laminates, removed the 'Laminate thickness' result derived in the Post Project, as this result is confusing for thickness interpretation of FP laminates. Tip: To obtain a intuitive calculation of the part thickness distribution, import a part surface in the Post Project and add to it the 'Laminate thickness' item available in the RM-click menu.# - For the 'Laminate thickness' item in the Post Project, when added to an imported part, enable the 'Include overlaps' option by default for the thickness calculation. - For the 'Traction' result item for contour plots, exclude the z-component (normal) item to avoid confusion. This traction result has in-plane vectors only. - Reduced the size of displacement results (model_40_1.afr) by excluding irrelevant groups. - Improved model.afi file readability: Added comments with names of materials and tools. - Multiple other bug fixes and improvements. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2024-04-26 AniFormLayupCreator 5.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Make .cs script compatible with PrePost 5.3.0. The .cs script is exported by LayupCreator in order to automate the creation of a tailored layup in PrePost. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2024-04-26 AniForm Simulation Server 3.2.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Make compatible with AniForm PrePost + Client 5.3.0. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2024-04-26 AniForm Scheduler 3.2.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Make compatible with AniForm PrePost + Client 5.3.0. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2024-01-18 AniFormInverseDrape 4.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Improve visual appearance of laminates with dense meshes. - Fixed a bug causing the algorithm to produce two adjacent contour lines instead of one. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2024-01-10 AniForm AbaqusCAE plugins v1.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Enable "Supplied orientation directions are defined in part space" by default for the element orientation field, such that mapped fiber directions co-rotate with any post-rotation of an instance of the part. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2024-01-10 AniForm PrePost + Client 5.2.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Fix exception when laminate section selected and project gets validated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2024-01-05 AniForm PrePost + Client 5.2.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Update Digimat xml export: ensure consecutive node and element numbering for multiple sections/parts within a ply/file. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2023-12-14 AniForm PrePost + Client 5.2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Improved timeline interval handling, reducing review and reconfiguration needs. - For loadings, new multi-select capability for dropdown DoF target types. - New 'Vacuum bag' toolbox item, resulting in more stable solving performance compared to the old way of modelling a bag with two membranes subject to a pressure loading.# - Mesh settings for Fiber-Placement (FP) files now to be set during import of the XML file (formerly in Simulation Settings). - Option 'Include sector contact' for FP laminates now in its property screen (formerly in Simulation Settings). This option implies that the interaction of overlapping sectors 'within one ply' is modelled. Enabled by default. This option may increase the memory needs during a simulation. - Scripts menu item is now available in the default view mode of PrePost. - Laminate's stacking direction now in the laminate property section (formerly in Simulation Settings).# - Mesh import now also supports ASCII-based .STL files with multiple solid entities. - Added node and element group numbers visualisation in the post-processing mode. Can be enabled in the View menu. - Improve performance of 'laminate thickness' calculation in case of many sections. - Improve performance when deleting long lists of materials. - Multiple other bug fixes and performance improvements. - More advanced options made available in various property sections. - Added 'Custom remesh' option to set manually the element size.* - Added 'Robust contact' option, which adds additional contact pairs between the laminate's inner plies and external entities such as tooling.*# - Added tool-tool contact option to model interactions of a tool with another tool.*# - Added laminate-laminate contact option to model the interaction of one laminate with one or more other laminates. Can also be used to model contact between laminate and spanned foil strips supporting it.*# - Added sliding and penetration resistance settings for 'Pin support' toolbox item.*# - Added a layup 'Deconsolidation factor' to alter the 'virtual' laminate thickness. The material behaviour itself remains unaffected.*# - Added 'Edit equivalent layup' option. For example useful when modelling multi-material layups.* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2023-12-14 AniForm Core 5.2.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Allow override elementgroup number in tool. - Fix .api filename not case sensitive. - Reduce .data.out file size. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2023-12-14 AniForm Plugin Development Kit (PDK) 5.2.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Fix iteration update in UserInterface. - UserInterface model extended with temperature. - New extensive documentation including examples on the development of User Material and User Interface models. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2023-12-14 AniForm Simulation Server 3.2.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Installation wizard improvements. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2023-12-14 AniForm Scheduler 3.2.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Installation wizard improvements.