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ANSA/EPILYSIS/META/CAD data translator v25.0.0 has been released.

BETA CAE Systems Japan Inc.is pleased to announce the new release of v25.0.0.

New functions are equipped with v25.0.0.
For details of new features and bug fixes, please refer in the following.

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About this release
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BETA CAE Systems is thrilled to announce the release of the major version v25.0.0 of its product line for ANSA, EPILYSIS, META, KOMVOS, as well as RETOMO, FATIQ, and ANSERS.

Marking a new era with its revamped User Interface in ANSA & META, this brand-new release offers an uplifted user experience, aiming to further acceleration of your processes through intuitive, simplified workflows with a procedural approach and a combination of standard and user-defined functionality with multi-level customization capabilities.

Do not miss:

• The pioneering AI Assistant, an AI-powered direct query service, aiming to assist users of BETA Software Products to find solutions for proactive use and more efficient processes.
• The new user experience through the redesigned User Interface in ANSA & META, boosting productivity and empowering even non-expert users.
• The significant speed improvements in volume mesh generators for CFD simulations.
• The new Oil Canning tool for the evaluation of the durability of a panel area from pre- to post-processing.
• The significant performance improvements for SOL 200 in EPILYSIS.
• The enhanced Machine Learning capabilities in KOMVOS.
• The promising developments in FATIQ, with regard to calculation methods, solvers, and FKM guideline.
• The advanced flexibility in querying data through pagination in ANSERS.

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Unleashing the power of AI Assistant in your everyday tasks
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AI-Assistant is an AI-powered service that provides direct access to BETA documentation and YouTube videos of BETA channel and to source code generation using BETA Python APIs.

Its knowledge base comprises of the entire documentation of BETA portfolio, such as User Guides, tutorials, papers, videos, and Knowledge Base articles. This indicates that you may ask direct questions and it will provide you with direct answers, subject to the context on demand. You will also receive links to the knowledge base resources, which you may access and further utilize.

In addition, AI-Assistant offers a new experience for automating complex tasks through scripting using the rich BETA Python API with code generation. By describing the functionality in a direct query, the AI-Assistant will generate a Python script, helping users by reducing the need for deep programming knowledge and by speeding up research into the vast number of implemented functions in the BETA Python API.

AI-Assistant is developed using the latest technologies to provide accurate results in a short period of time. It is a web-based application using Large Language Models (LLM). The knowledge base and LLM are hosted in our premises, and therefore there are no links to any cloud providers or external applications or services.

Privacy and confidentiality are among the top priorities for our company. No personal details when making use of our service are recorded and no data are shared with third parties or services.

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A game-changing experience with the new User Interface in ANSA & META
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The redesign of ANSA & META elevates user experience through a unified environment, with direct access to main browsing tools such as Database and Model browser, lists such as Properties and Sets, and Managers such as Batch Mesh and Connections.

The introduction of Ribbon tabs enhances the user experience by making main functions more accessible and organized, whereas Analysis Ribbons offer a workflow-oriented, procedural approach, grouping relevant discipline-oriented functionality together.

At the same time, workflows are simplified with the new entities' selection feature, by applying direct functionality through context menu.

Furthermore, creating your own Ribbon by combining existing and user-defined functionality adds value to the customization level and elevates the overall performance.

Focusing on META redesigned user experience, a Database Browser and a Model Browser have been added in a manner similar to ANSA, reflecting the aforementioned unified approach from pre- to post-processing. Furthermore, all lists have been unified, along with list views and list filters that are now homogenized in both ANSA and META.

This innovative approach flattens the learning curve and provides direct access and handy interaction to even non-expert users. Thanks to its intuitive workflows, it boosts productivity by simplifying common tasks, thus efficiently streamlining any simulation process.

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Leveraging pre-processing tasks in ANSA
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Along with the revamped, unified approach in tasks' workflow and execution from pre- to post-processing, both ANSA & META come with enriched functionality and upgraded performance.

Starting with ANSA, the introduction of the new Sketch 2D ribbon is one of the breakthroughs in this version, supporting the parametrical design of 2D sketch entities and the assignment of design constraints.

Significant enhancements have also taken place in hexablock airfoil and turbomachinery, as well as in hextreme meshing, along with significant speed improvements in volume mesh generators.

Similar, noteworthy implementations in structural meshing allow for the creation of FE shells or middle curves on selected plane through extruded cross sections and focusing on the geometry preparation for hexa meshing, macro areas are decomposed in 4-sided macros.

NVHConsole has undergone several worth-mentioning upgrades in the new version. For instance, Panel Thickness and Shape changes have been added to the DOE & Optimization capabilities of NVHConsole. These updates facilitate the user to set up DOE & Optimization studies, including variables for Panel Thickness and Shape changes, in a very easy and handy way. They also lead to fast & accurate DOE & Optimization studies, because of the use of reduced modeling. On top of that, the Fluid-Structure interaction, as a new connector type in NVHConsole, enables the treatment of structure and cavity components separately, leading to higher performance and a simpler and more robust process. It also allows for the use of multiple cavities and multiple Fluid-Structure interaction couplings.

In the Safety domain, we constantly keep integrating into our product line all updated safety protocols available in the market. Towards that direction, US NCAP RFC 2025 is now supported in the Pedestrian tool. Furthermore, a dedicated interface for spine positioning in the HBM Articulation tool has been added, along with RCAR bumper and RCAR structural angled offsets regulations for both front and rear bumpers in Low Speed tool. Not to be missed in Crash analysis, the direct creation of spotwelds with beam FE-Representation, as well as the support of the LS-DYNA numbering schema.

Focusing on Durability, the new Oil Canning tool automatically performs the pre- and post-processing for the oil canning analysis to evaluate the durability of a panel area. Moreover, fracture mechanics for Abaqus is a newly introduced wizard for the definition of enriched feature for crack propagation simulations with XFEM for solid models.

In the field of Composites material modeling, Fill Solid Composites is a new tool, capable of filling the volume of a solid mesh with laminate layers, supporting Simulayt .Layup files and CSV files.

Design and Morphing implementations come with enriched functionality, such as fillet morphing, with parameterization and morphing of fillet radius on shell or solid mesh, morphing contacts in DFM while avoiding intersections by pushing surroundings or freezing the modification and 2D ribs handling with interactive reposition and shape modifications.

The Optimization Studies now support expressions between constraints, while new optimization algorithms support the implementation of the Sequential Quadratic Programming (SQP) algorithm for constrained minimization of a single objective function. Not to be missed, the implementation of new RSM algorithms in the Optimization Tool: Ordinary Least Squares (linear), Extreme Gradient Boosting(XGB), Elastic Net and Multivariant Adaptive Regression Spline (MARS).

Closing with SPH solver implementations, the new version offers adaptive timestep and attached inlets, enhanced volume filling tool, wetting, and force sensors support, along with Python script support.

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Significant enhancements and performance improvements in EPILYSIS
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Several noteworthy upgrades come with the release of v25.0.0, with regards to external superelement, topometry optimization, AMLS, and SOL 200 performance.

In specific, external superelements can now be calculated also with free-interface and mixed-interface boundary conditions (CSET) and can be output in Matlab/Simulink format. Initial distribution from nodal thickness and linking of symmetrical PIDs can be considered in topometry optimization. Lastly, apart from a significant performance improvement for SOL 200, AMLS reflects a performance increase for large models on medium-sized WS through a new memory strategy for in-core updates reducing disk I/O.

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Boosted user productivity in META
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The optimized METADB compression rate for displacements and plastic strains in transient simulations is one of the highlights of the new META version and comes along with numerous other implementations.

EuroNCAP 2023 official spreadsheet is now supported in the Pedestrian tool.

Bolts safety prediction according to Eurocode 3, visualization of failure of bolts in 3D model and reports creation with analytical hand calculations are now implemented under the Bolt Assessment tool.

Remarkable improvements have taken place in the Composite tool, such as the reading of results per layer from solver result files and plotting them through the thickness of laminated composites including per-layer solid models.

In the NVH domain, Permas files are supported in Modal/FRF Bar Chart tool and, consequently, it is now possible to review modal energy contribution of parts for Permas analyses. The creation of an Abaqus modal model from measured or calculated eigenvectors has also become a reality in v25.0.0.

Closing, material curves can be plotted for Nastran, Abaqus, and LS-DYNA. Also, geometry and results from MSC DYTRAN .h5 are now supported.

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Machine Learning gaining ground in KOMVOS
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Among the numerous implementations in v25.0.0, the initial step from CAD to CAE now automatically generates the CAE structure from a CAD structure file.

Furthermore, significant enhancements in Machine Learning allow for training and improvement of custom predictors (regression, classification), along with Machine Learning training for field results on selected parts, improving training and prediction time for large FE models.

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Enhanced calculation methods and assembly applications with FATIQ
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The new release comes with upgraded FATIQ features and implementations with regard to calculation methods, seam-welds, solvers, and FKM guideline.

In specific, a new analysis for fatigue life estimation on seam-welds has been implemented, along with the support of multiple seam-weld types for shell modeling.

Furthermore, new seam-welds can be easily defined through Connection Manager and are also automatically recognized from FE-files during import, whereas automated material assignment on seam-welds takes place through sophisticated rules.

Not to be missed, the seamless collaboration of ANSA Connection Manager with FATIQ Connection Manager while importing ANSA connections.

Focusing on FE solver results, Permas and Optistruct FE results for time and frequency domain simulations are now supported.

Closing with FKM Guideline, FATIQ v25.0.0 supports mean stress correction, the influence of surface condition on endurance limit of material curves through the definition of respective factors for surface treatment and roughness as well as the influence of notches to the stress concentration through the definition of Kt- Kf ratio.

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Enhanced performance and greater flexibility in data querying with ANSERS
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This new release comes with boosted performance and greater flexibility in querying of data through pagination and new options in Datasources.

New connection types to SQL Servers and MS Access are now possible with the capability to query data using BETA Query Language syntax.

Additionally, the version introduces two new panel types, a panel to visualize 3D models and results and a scatter line chart, while the BETA QL Browser panel is extended with a user interface to build filters like other products of the BETA Suite.

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Porosity detection in RETOMO
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In this version, RETOMO ships with an advanced tool for detecting, visualizing, and analyzing porosity in solids. For each detected pore, several metrics are calculated and presented, while detailed meshes may be exported for further severity investigation.

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Documentation Transition to HTML format in BETA Product line
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In our ongoing efforts to enhance user experience and accessibility, we have transitioned from traditional monolithic PDF documentation to HTML format.

This modern approach offers several key benefits:

• Improved Accessibility: Users can now easily navigate and search through the documentation online, ensuring quick access to the information they need.
• Enhanced User Experience: The documentation is organized in a more intuitive structure, with hyperlinks and cross-references facilitating seamless navigation between related topics.
• Interactive Features: Incorporation of interactive content, such as code examples and videos, providing a more engaging learning experience.
• Easy-to-Translate: This new format will allow for swift and seamless documentation translated in other languages upon demand.

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CAD data translator
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The supported CAD-data formats handled by the CAD DATA Translators are listed below.

・CATIA V5 (R7 - V5-R34) [.CATPart], [.CATProduct]
　Tesselated data [.cgr]
・CATIA V6 (2011x - 2013x)[.3Dxml]
・3DExperience (2014 - 2024x)[.3Dxml]
・NX (CT based, Unigraphics V11.0 - NX1957, NX CR 2306, NX CR 2312) [.prt]
・NX (UG Open based, NX1953, NX2007, NX2206, NX2212, NX2306, NX2312) [.prt]
・Parasolid (all - 36) [.xmt_txt], [.xmt_bin], [.x_b], [.x_t]
・Pro/ENGINEER (from WF3 to WF5),
　PTC Creo Parametric 2.0 M140, PTC Creo Parametric 3.0 M020,
　PTC Creo Parametric 3.0 M030, PTC Creo Parametric 3.0 M040,
　PTC Creo Parametric 3.0 M090, PTC Creo Parametric 4.0 F000,
　PTC Creo Parametric 5.0 - 11.0 [.prt], [.asm]
・SolidWorks (2007 - 2024) [.sldprt], [.sldasm]
・JT (v8.0 - v10.8) [.jt]
・Inventor (2010 - 2025) [.ipt], [.iam]
・CoreTechnologie [.ctp], [.cta]
・Rhino(up to v7) [.3dm]
・ACIS(R27) [.sat]


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Recommended GPU (OpenCL Support) requirements
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The following presents the recommended GPU requirements.:

・GPU :NVIDIA、AMD
・OpenGL Version:3.3
・GPU memory :1GB
・OpenCL Version:1.2


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Virtual Machine Environment
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Please pay attention to the following specification that is described in a document
beta_lm_tools_v7.2_setup_guide.pdf
・In other words, any instance of an application launched through a Virtual Machine or 　Machine of NIC Teamng will not share the same license and will occupy the prescribed
　number of credits.

In addition,regarding user account and password for downloading modules and documentation, we announce ones only to the customers who had contract.

The customers who had contract,in case user account and password are unknown,
please contact our sales team(Emaill: sales@beta-cae.jp Tel: +81-45-478-3696).

If you have any technical questions about BETA CAE Systems softwares,
please contact our technical team(Emaill: support@beta-cae.jp Tel: +81-45-478-3841).

ANSA/EPILYSIS/META/CAD data translator v24.1.2 has been released.

BETA CAE Systems Japan Inc.is pleased to announce the new release of v24.1.2.

New functions are equipped with v24.1.2.
For details of new features and bug fixes, please refer in the following.

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About this release
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We gladly announce the second bug-fix release of v24.1.x series, for ANSA, EPILYSIS, META, KOMVOS and FATIQ.

The new v24.1.2 comes to enrich prior releases with critical bug fixes and improvements.

In this release, RETOMO also receives an update advancing the Volume Image reader.

A detailed list of the new features and improvements follows.

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Enhancements and known issues resolved in ANSA
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License Management
In case of license unavailability, pressing any button within the User Interface, while the Confirmation window was active, would lead to software abortion.

CAD Import/Export
During translation ANSA would terminate unexpectedly, in case the function base.UpdateMatsFromMDBBy() was executed through TRANSL_FUNCTION_PER_PART.

GUI
While applying a transformation belonging to an include, with the Connection Manager up and running, the software would hang.

Compare
The Compare tool would erroneously attempt to generate a comparison report for the Result Model. From now on, a Model Report is generated instead.

Data Management
Defining a Logbook template, without having set a DM path in advance, would result in an unexpected termination.

In such cases, the addition of new template and the editing of existing templates are disabled, and a related informative message is printed in the Info window.

Connections and Assembly
Upon Input of Connections via .xml file, Connection's comments containing the word "length" would not be read.

Moreover, ANSA would abruptly terminate upon Realization of RBE2-HEXA-RBE2, when "ANSA settings > Connections > General > Spotwelds Cut-off Adhesives" flag was activated.

TOPO
With the Grids flag enabled and the Wire flag disabled, the Curves > Create function would not snap on nodes.

Shell Mesh
Focusing on Octree function, abnormal termination would occur when running Leak tool function and using the option "wrap inner volumes" .

Renumber
Execution of the function Renumber > Offset would lead to unexpected termination.

Furthermore, the renumbering of a model would need excessive time when many entities (approx. 1 million ELEMENTs or > 1 million NODEs) with FROZEN_IDs were involved.

Scripting
Abrupt software abortion would occur during the execution of function base.GetNormalVectorOfShell() for 2nd and high order elements.

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Enhancements and known issues resolved in EPILYSIS
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Calculation
Mass calculation with NSM applied to 2nd order shell elements would not consider the NSM.

SOL200
Unexpected termination would occur in the following cases:

-When a DVCREL1/DVPREL1/DVMREL1 had PMIN or PMAX and the DESVAR was dependent on another DESVAR.

-When DRESP2 referenced a DESVAR that was dependent on DVCREL1/DVPREL1/DVMREL1 with dependent DESVAR.

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Enhancements and known issues resolved in META
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Graphics
Unexpected termination could occur when applying transparency on airbag particle properties.

General
META would cease unexpectedly when trying to calculate section forces from LS-DYNA INTFOR results and the geometry was read from *.d3plot or *.key file.

Nastran
Unexpected termination would occur while reading "Contact Results" from *.hdf file.

SOL145, Flutter results would not be read correctly.

Strain Energy results of 2nd order tetra elements wouldn't be read from *.hdf results files.

Abaqus
Amplitude's names would be ignored in Modal Response when reading an Abaqus load case.

LS-DYNA
Results from femzipped intfor files, would not be recognized properly.

Optistruct
Includes with relative paths ".\ " were not read properly.

States and Animation
Abnormal software termination would take place when trying to access animation bar options under specific scenario with interpolated states.

Managing Curve Data
Unexpected termination could occur by reading data from a DIAdem *.tdms file, as well as when reading curves from a Permas *.hdf file using a python script.

NVH Calculators
Modal Response would not read Abaqus amplitudes with option INPUT from extra file.

Images and Video Handling
Aspect ratio of the Active Window was not respected during image drop in a report.

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Enhancements and known issues resolved in KOMVOS
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GUI
DM Object lists would not retrieve the last used filter mode or sorting attribute.

Data Management
Deleting an attached file of a DM Item through KOMVOS would unexpectedly fail.

Machine Learning
Predictors could not be transferred to other file-based DMs.

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Enhancements and known issues resolved in FATIQ
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Loads
During a Sine Sweep definition of type decibel or octave, wrong frequency values were calculated.

Calculations
Abaqus beam elements would produce erroneous results.

NASTRAN CBEAM elements would produce wrong damage values under specific loading.

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CAD data translator
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The supported CAD-data formats handled by the CAD DATA Translators are listed below.

・CATIA V5 (R7 - V5-R34) [.CATPart], [.CATProduct]
　Tesselated data [.cgr]
・CATIA V6 (2011x - 2013x)[.3Dxml]
・3DExperience (2014 - 2022x)[.3Dxml]
・NX (CT based, Unigraphics V11.0 - NX1957, NX CR 2306, NX CR 2312) [.prt]
・NX (UG Open based, NX1953, NX1980, NX2007, NX2206, NX2212, NX2306) [.prt]
・Parasolid (all - 36) [.xmt_txt], [.xmt_bin], [.x_b], [.x_t]
・Pro/ENGINEER (from WF3 to WF5),
　PTC Creo Parametric 2.0 M140, PTC Creo Parametric 3.0 M020,
　PTC Creo Parametric 3.0 M030, PTC Creo Parametric 3.0 M040,
　PTC Creo Parametric 3.0 M090, PTC Creo Parametric 4.0 F000,
　PTC Creo Parametric 5.0 - 10.0 [.prt], [.asm]
・SolidWorks (2007 - 2023) [.sldprt], [.sldasm]
・JT (v8.0 - v10.8) [.jt]
・Inventor (2010 - 2024) [.ipt], [.iam]
・CoreTechnologie [.ctp], [.cta]
・Rhino(up to v7) [.3dm]
・ACIS(R27) [.sat]


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Recommended GPU (OpenCL Support) requirements
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The following presents the recommended GPU requirements.:

・GPU :NVIDIA、AMD
・OpenGL Version:3.3
・GPU memory :1GB
・OpenCL Version:1.2


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Virtual Machine Environment
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Please pay attention to the following specification that is described in a document
beta_lm_tools_v7.2_setup_guide.pdf
・In other words, any instance of an application launched through a Virtual Machine or 　Machine of NIC Teamng will not share the same license and will occupy the prescribed
　number of credits.

In addition,regarding user account and password for downloading modules and documentation, we announce ones only to the customers who had contract.

The customers who had contract,in case user account and password are unknown,
please contact our sales team(Emaill: sales@beta-cae.jp Tel: +81-45-478-3696).

If you have any technical questions about BETA CAE Systems softwares,
please contact our technical team(Emaill: support@beta-cae.jp Tel: +81-45-478-3841).

ANSA/EPILYSIS/META/CAD data translator v23.1.4 has been released.

BETA CAE Systems Japan Inc.is pleased to announce the new release of v23.1.4

New functions are equipped with v23.1.4.
For details of new features and bug fixes, please refer in the following.

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About this release
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This latest bug-fix version, continues to shine the spotlight on numerous improvements and fixes of the v23.1.x series. Our continuous release cycle ensures that we promptly respond to your feedback, by adding and constantly improving the functionality you need.


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Enhancements and known issues resolved in ANSA
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CAD Import/Export
Regarding API242, two parts with the same Properties would be considered as different if their representation file had the same filename but different file path. In this case, no instances would be created.

Model Browser
Error termination could occur while clearing Filter in Lists.

Modular Run Management
The representation file of a Library Item in DM, when edited with a text editor, would be overwritten, despite selecting to create a new version of the modified file.

Data Management
Sync Representation would not have the expected result on occasions with multi-instantiated groups.

Connections & Assembly
Upon Realize execution, unexpected termination would occur, when the Cut-Off Adhesive Elements option was activated, and the adhesive was passing over holes.
Abrupt termination would also take place when a seamweld was realized with the "Flange to Flange" search pattern.

Topo
ANSA would unexpectedly terminate when executing the Curves > Create function.

Feature Manager
Focusing on Stamps and Fasteners, an abnormal closure would happen during feature recognition of fasteners or stamps, if the setting "Decks>Copied entity id" had a different to its default value.

Plugins
ECAD Importer would unexpectedly terminate, when using trace mapping with layer features smaller than a pixel of the discretization canvas.
The plugin would cease to respond if the imported IPC-2581 file contained inconsistent component definitions (i.e. components with different height, despite belonging to the same package type) .


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Enhancements and known issues resolved in EPILYSIS
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SOL200
Abrupt termination would take place during topology with stress constraints, when the analysis was MODES, DFREQ or MFREQ.

Output
Energies ESE and EKE were not written correctly in .op2 file for transient analysis SOL109 and SOL112.


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Enhancements and known issues resolved in META
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Graphics
Polyhedral elements would not be displayed correctly when per element color or transparency was set.

Moreover, Top and Bottom results would not be drawn precisely on 2nd order quads when fringe quality option was used.

Decks
Unexpected termination could occur in the following cases:
- While executing the command "read geom contents pids shell all" for an
  Abaqus .odb file.

- When reading Ensight results on bar elements.

- When reading on Linux OS OptiStruct H3D results that contained PSOLID elements.

Annotations
Filtering would not work properly when using variables as fields to search with.
In addition, Edit could not work when picking multiple annotations from screen.

META would unexpectedly terminate when using the advanced option for filtering the annotations list.

Unexpected termination could also occur when setting the number of rows to add a table in annotation's text.

Managing Curve Data
Focusing on LS-DYNA, while reading curves from DEFINE_CURVE_TITLE keyword, the offset and scale of curves (SFA|, SFO, OFFA, OFFO) were not read correctly.

With reference to Madymo, the time history result files would not be read properly since version 23.1.1.

Speaking of NX-Nastran, Panel participation analysis results were not read correctly.

NVH Calculators
Concerning Modal/FRF Correlation, AutoMAC values would be incorrectly calculated from Abaqus result files.

Regarding Modal Response, if an output frequency other than 1 was specified in Modal Transient Response, the timestep for time t=0 was not calculated, and the rest of the results were calculated with an offset of one timestep.

Report
Unexpected termination could occur when saving a spreadsheet that contained unsupported conditional formatting.
File Export
META would abnormally exit when an invalid path would be provided to ATFX output.

Automation
Command for deleting a spreadsheet column that did not exist resulted in unexpected software abortion.


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Enhancements and known issues resolved in KOMVOS
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Data Management
Lifecycle Graph tables would not display the attribute values correctly. This would take place either on certain Windows OS or when dealing with Japanese encodings.

Configuration
Unexpected termination would occur, in case no Mime Types for files had been registered in the SPDRM back-end, and the user pressed Next Iteration.

Furthermore, the <profile_name>.db settings file, would not be read when KOMVOS was launched connected to an SPDRM backend, configured with only one Settings Profile.

Scripting
An SPDRM action that was configured to run a script with input arguments would lead to an error message, although the actions were normally executed.


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Enhancements and known issues resolved in FATIQ
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GUI
Fields: Start, End, Offset, Scale and Repeats of Assign Loads window in time domain would falsely accept blank values.

Calculations For the results Log of Damage and Log of Life, natural logarithm was returned instead of log10.

Task
FATIQ would unexpectedly terminate when deleting multiple tasks.


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CAD data translator
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・CATIA V5 (R7 - V5-R32) [.CATPart], [.CATProduct]
　Tesselated data [.cgr]
・CATIA V6 (2011x - 2013x)[.3Dxml]
・3DExperience (2014 - 2022x)[.3Dxml]
・NX (CT based, Unigraphics V11.0 - NX1957,NX CR 2206) [.prt]
・NX (UG Open based,NX1872,NX1899,NX1926,NX1953,NX1980,NX2007,NX2206) [.prt]
・Parasolid (all - 34) [.xmt_txt], [.xmt_bin], [.x_b], [.x_t]
・Pro/ENGINEER (from WF3 to WF5),
　PTC Creo Parametric 2.0 M140, PTC Creo Parametric 3.0 M020,
　PTC Creo Parametric 3.0 M030, PTC Creo Parametric 3.0 M040,
　PTC Creo Parametric 3.0 M090, PTC Creo Parametric 4.0 F000,
　PTC Creo Parametric 5.0 - 9.0 [.prt], [.asm]
・SolidWorks (2007 - 2023) [.sldprt], [.sldasm]
・JT (v8.0 - v10.8) [.jt]
・Inventor (2010 - 2023) [.ipt], [.iam]
・CoreTechnologie [.ctp], [.cta]
・Rhino(up to v6) [.3dm]
・ACIS(R27) [.sat]


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Recommended GPU (OpenCL Support) requirements
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The following presents the recommended GPU requirements.:

・GPU :NVIDIA、AMD
・OpenGL Version:3.3
・GPU memory :1GB
・OpenCL Version:1.2


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Virtual Machine Environment
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Please pay attention to the following specification that is described in a document
beta_lm_tools_v7.2_setup_guide.pdf
・In other words, any instance of an application launched through a Virtual Machine or 　Machine of NIC Teamng will not share the same license and will occupy the prescribed
　number of credits.

In addition,regarding user account and password for downloading modules and documentation, we announce ones only to the customers who had contract.

The customers who had contract,in case user account and password are unknown,
please contact our sales team(Emaill: sales@beta-cae.jp Tel: +81-45-478-3696).

If you have any technical questions about BETA CAE Systems softwares,
please contact our technical team(Emaill: support@beta-cae.jp Tel: +81-45-478-3841).

BETA_LM v7.2 has been released.

BETA CAE Systems Japan Inc.is pleased to announce the new release of BETA LM v7.2.

New functions are equipped with BETA LM v7.2.
For details of new features and bug fixes, please refer in the following.

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About this release
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As BETA LM v7.x is a prerequisite for running any BETA Software Suite Product, starting from the v23.0.0 and onwards, constantly aiming to provide you with first-class support, we announce the second bug-fix release v7.2 of the License Manager series.

There are numerous highly anticipated implementations to look forward to in this new version, along with noteworthy enhancements and fixes.


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Enhancements and known issues resolved in in BETA_LM:
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"Kill User" Tool
On Windows OS, beta_lm_kill_user command would not be successfully executed, even by users with administrative privileges.

Service Installation
BETA_LM “on-the-go”, i.e., the usage of a USB Ethernet/WiFi card for the license server, is now supported for Linux OS, too.

Opt File
Custom groups can now be directly defined inside the administrator's license.opt file.

Through a new syntax, users, groups, etc. can now be limited to a specific number of credits, to be used for any feature.

Credits reservation is now also possible using the new syntax for credits limitation, in combination with a new exclusion syntax.

Furthermore, all users can now be denied/limited, excluding specific users or groups.


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Compatibility
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BETA LM Tools 7x does not require a new host key. Existing license files are compatible with the new license manager.

The new version is compatible with all the previously released BETA CAE Systems software.

Future versions of BETA CAE Systems software will continue to be compatible with the previous version of BETA LM Tools.