OptiStruct Interface 2022.2 Release Notes
Altair HyperMesh
New Features
- Extension of Section Property tools
- Support for single beamsection creation
- Support for single beamsection creation of config Shell | Solid | Elastic sections from model data along with existing beam property update. VABS is limited to beam property update as it requires you to create a PBEAML for OptiStruct.
Enhancements
- Previous Section Property tool is extended to create single beamsections (without target beam) . The existing capability to update beam properties of several beams from an intersection with the model is contained inside the option Update beams.
- Solid beamsection config is now supported.
- New option to generate a sketch entity along with beamsection.
- Keyword Enhancements
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- Rayleigh damping continuation line in MAT1,MAt2,MAT8,MAT9 and MAT9OR
- New PARAM option FCACSV to output.cmode.csv file
- NLMON enhanced to include MONITOR option
- Default value update for A/R field in MATFAT EN option
- DTABLE support in Entity Editor
- Optimization control parameters are supported in Entity Editor
- Discrete design variable DDVAL supported in Entity Editor
- Panel Removal Enhancements
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- SPCP removed from force panel and accessible from Solver Browser
- CURRENT and CDENST4 removed from analysis panel and accessible from Solver Browser
- Some of the optimization cards enhanced to remove panel dependency
Resolved Issues
- 3D detailed visualization of Elastic section generated by Section Property is lost when opening an *.hm binary file if no sketch is assigned.
- Unable to card edit CWELD Element.
- Subcase selection in DCONSTR was missing for input file with PFMOD.
- CGAP node projection
- Incorrect import of Contact clearance value with exponential format
Known Issues
- MATFAT curve related updates that were added in the 2022.2.1 hotfix are not included in 2022.3, but will be part of the upcoming 2023 release.