Ansa v13.0.x Release Notes

v13.0.
5
Release Notes
May, 2010
BETA CAE Systems S.A.

Kato Scholari, Thessaloniki
GR-575 00 Epanomi
Greece
Tel. : +30-2392021420
Fax. : +30-2392021417
http://www.beta-cae.gr
Queries & Services :
ansa@beta-cae.gr
ANSA v13.0.5 Release Notes
May, 2010
1. Introduction
This document contains all information about features improvement and problems fixed during
development of ANSA from version 13.0.4 to version 13.0.5
ANSA v13.0.5 will ask to load the settings that exist in the settings folder of the previous version, i.e.
/home/.BETA/ANSA/version_13.0.4 or older v13.0.x) when will start for the first time.
In the /config/ folder of the ANSA installation, there are the following files with user (*.xml) and run-time
settings (*.defaults):
ANSA.xml
cfd.xml
This is the suggested default GUI settings. Load it from the

$ANSA_HOME/ANSA.xml
cfd.defaults
use the -gui cfd to load the settings and customization for CFD
applications
analyst.xml
use the -gui analyst to load the customization for pre-processing

applications (model set-up), including a User Menu for Safety
TOSCA.xml
TOSCA.defaults
use the -gui TOSCA to launch the special environment for ANSATOSCA applications
radtherm.xml
radtherm.defaults
Suggested settings for Radtherm users
solid.xml
Suggested GUI settings when working (topology/meshing) with

Volumes and solid modeling
NOTES:
ANSA files saved by ANSA v13.0.5 CAN be opened by v13.0.4 and v13.0.3 but cannot be opened
by older ANSA versions.
Release History:
v13.0.5
v13.0.4
v13.0.3
v13.0.2
v13.0.1
v13.0.0
2010.05.12
2010.03.29
2009.12.18
2009.10.01
2009.05.25
2008.12.21
v12.1.6
2008.12.21
( introductory version )
Copyright notes:
All other company and product names mentioned in the software and its documentation are property, trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Whats New in v13.0.5
May, 2010
2. Whats new in v13.0.5

Enhancements New Options New Features
TASK Manager
Barrier
Allow the addition of more than one "Barrier contact" items.
19045
SCRIPTING
Impactors definition fields are now editable by scripting.
May, 2010
3. Known Problems resolved in v13.0.5

GENERAL
Open
In v13.0.4 a fixing operation was introduced regarding CONS and 3D

curves, during OPENing ansa files or CAD data files (step, iges, catia,
etc). This operation caused unaccepted delay in opening some ansa
files.
19412
A new approach is now introduced which significantly reduces the

opening time.
Quality criteria
Improper writing of quality criteria in files (*.ansa_qual) and

ANSA.defaults by v13.0.4 on Windows platforms.
19570
GUI Settings
Starting ANSA v13.0.4 for the first time (there was no .BETA or
version_13.0.4 folders) on some Windows platforms was failed (only the
first time) due to the Copy settings of the previous version.
19605
If the folder version_13.0.4 with the ANSA.xml and ANSA.defaults

(copied form v13.0.3 for example) was manually created, ANSA v13.0.4
was normally started.
Selection tool
When the option select nodes from elements (e.g for the function
MESH>GRIDs>ALIGN) had been enabled and later a function that need
to select Edges (MESH>SHELL MESH>RECONS) were activated an
abnormal exit occurred.
19553
Output
Wave-Front : fixed error that created corrupted ansa files due to

renumbering of nodes.
TRANSF.
Rotate: starting the operation with '-' gave wrong the results for Total
Rotational Angle.
19582
CHECK
The Pause/Break key stops now the 'checking' operation.
18772
DataBase Browser
Modify
Fixed error that caused abnormal exit when using the command
subif ($,'\:','++')
19896
on Windows 64 bit platforms
The 'if' expression did not work in some cases for defining a variable
value in a field, e.g. magnitude for Pressure.
19946
Fixed error regarding calculation of a value given by an 'expression'

within a field. e.g. The magn field in DLOAD card of ABAQUS.
15412
Known problems resolved in v13.0.5
15320
May, 2010
CAD data Translators

Unified
Translator
CATIA
Fixed error that caused abnormal exit when ANSA_TRANSL was used
that called COMPRESS during a translation session that had no hidden
or converted entities.
JTOpen
Fixed error on Windows platforms that caused illegal termination due to
memory corruption.
TASK Manager
Include files
It was not able to export a read-only include contained in a Task include

(e.g. to point to the path where the barrier is located) if it was empty. This
is now allowed.
19434
Assembly & Connection Manager

Seam Lines
Shells creation failed in rare cases where connection line should be

realized by reconstructing the shell mesh with 'single' target edge
number.
'Loose Ends' enabled: Adjusting feature line edges to connection
curve's limits would not work when feature line was only 1 edge.
18168
TOPO
FACEs
DELETE : removing faces that were related to volumes could cause

abnormal exit in particular cases.
19909
May, 2010
BATCH Mesh Manager

The Triangles percentage criterion was wrongly caused Error quality report although
there was not error.
19477
Holes Treatment: in some cases when there was Target Diameter value the Zone
creation failed.
MESH
ELEMENTs
WRAP: Could not rename the part that was created after wrapping.
19408
PENETR. : Freezing the SOLID property of a volume mesh during

depenetration would not work; nodes of the solid elements moved.
Volumes
LIST : Fixed error that caused abnormal exit when Volumes>Map property
list was pressed.
May, 2010
DECKs
KINEMATICS
Automech : fixed error that caused abnormal exit on particular cases.
SETs
Fixed error related to CONS that are loaded into a SET. If the selected
chain of CONS had segments of different Faces that were joined into one
Macro area, the nodes of some segments were ignored.
19562
NASTRAN
Input
Fixed error that blocked ANSA while reading particular nastran files
having DMIG definitions.
19470
D.INFO
Corrected mass calculation when the property field "NSM" had a valid
value AND a BC set was defined also. The calculation of the total mass
took into account twice the NSM (in NET MASS and in NSM mass).
19576
Fix in reading Abaqus *xxx_TEST_DATA under *MATERIAL contents.

The imported *HYPERFOAM was converted to *HYPERELASTIC (if
defining BIAXIAL, PLANAR, UNIAXIAL and VOLUMETRIC test data).
19660
ABAQUS
(v13.0.4)
LS-DYNA
Property
*SECTION_BEAM: Fixed error that caused abnormal exit when editing an

SECTION BEAM card with valid IRID definition and changing the
ELFORM into 2.
Material
Material type 187 (MAT187 MAT_SAMP-1):

Fixed edit card regarding the position of field "LCID_LC" that is moved to
correct position.
Now the "LCID_TRI" is visible in the edit card and is not overlapped by
"LCID_LC" field.
Output
*INCLUDE_TRANSFORM did not offset correctly

*ELEMENT_SEATBELT_RETRACTOR and
*ELEMENT_SEATBELT_SLIPRING
19721
Input
Fixed error that caused unexpected exit when reading Dummy model in
combination with *INCLUDE_TRANSFORM
19911
(v13.0.4)
Fixed reading of *DATABASE_CROSS_SECTION_SET regarding the
"xSID" sets, which must contain proper type of entities;
e.g. between 2 sets with the same ID for "BSID" set, the one that contain
beams will be used.
May, 2010
PAM-CRASH
INPUT
CNTAC_/ TYPE 43: XDMP1 field was wrongly read; its value was
overwritten by the FSVNL value.
19362
CHECK
CONTACTS : when 1D elements (e.g. BEAM) existed in master surface

caused abnormal exit.
19797
Dummy
When rotating a dummy with pam JOIN elements the information about
the angles of the joints were not updated.
19846
The interior faces lost their orientation.
19697
CFD decks
STAR CCM
CFX
OpenFOAM
May, 2010
MORPH
MODIFICATION
FIT > SURF.: The projection of the selected morphing edge was failed on
2nd order Solids.
19609
SCRIPTING
Script function "PickEntities" works now properly when search type is a connection entity.
12042
AssignConnectionSettings : improvements for the the connection attribute strings
19548
The first part (connection type), i.e. AdhesiveLine_ SpotweldPoint_ has to end in
Underscore. However the rest line with the FE-Repr accepts now lower or upper dash
i.e. SpotweldLine_RBE3_HEXA_RBE3_PSOLID_ID and
SpotweldLine_RBE3-HEXA-RBE3_PSOLID_ID are both valid.
Mind that blanks are not allowed.
GetPartDepth script function: Wrong result of Parent and Depth ; it did not return 0 (zero) if
no depth was found.
19387
Problem with the foreach session command. The following session did not work:
foreach file ( /home/*.igs ) {
OPEN:$file
MESH>SHELL MESH>FREE :
}
20043
v13.0.4
Release Notes
March, 2010

GR-575 00 Epanomi
Greece
Tel. : +30-2392021420
Fax. : +30-2392021417
ansa@beta-cae.gr
March, 2010
1. Introduction
This document contains all information about features improvement, new features added and problems
fixed during development of ANSA from version 13.0.3 to version 13.0.4.
ANSA v13.0.4 will ask to load the settings that exist in the settings folder of the previous version, i.e.
/home/.BETA/ANSA/version_13.0.3 or older v13.0.x) when will start for the first time.
In the /config/ folder of the ANSA installation, there are the following files with user (*.xml) and run-time
settings (*.defaults):
ANSA.xml
cfd.xml
This is the suggested default GUI settings. Load it from the

$ANSA_HOME/ANSA.xml
cfd.defaults
applications
analyst.xml

TOSCA.xml
TOSCA.defaults
radtherm.xml
radtherm.defaults
solid.xml

NOTES:
ANSA files saved by ANSA v13.0.4 CAN be opened by v13.0.3 but cannot be opened by older
ANSA versions.
Release History:
v13.0.4
v13.0.3
v13.0.2
v13.0.1
v13.0.0
2010.03.29
2009.12.18
2009.10.01
2009.05.25
2008.12.21
v12.1.6
2008.12.21
Copyright notes:
March, 2010

GENERAL
When launching a new version of ANSA for the first time (starting v1304
and there isn't the .BETA/ANSA/version_13.0.4) user can load the GUI
settings from the previous version (if click Yes) or get the suggested from the
ANSA installation (by click No).
If there is no older version's settings folder and .xml file ANSA automatically
starts with the suggested default settings.
Similarly using the -gui option (e.g. ansa1304 -gui cfd) is able to read in the
respective settings from the previous version's folder, if exist.
File > Open
Read CAD data: IGES, STEP, VDA-FS
18982
The creation of SETs, based on named entities, is now controlled by the new
option that is added in Windows>Options>Settings>CAD input topology.
This option affects also the CAD-to-ANSA translation, e.g. CATIA to ANSA
Selections
Nodes Selection:
When selecting nodes for a function,
a new tool button is available that
enables the selection of nodes
from entities. This provides the Area
selection options.
Windows >
Options
March, 2010
GUI Settings
A new button is added to enable, when it is active, Auto-saving of GUI

settings in ANSA.xml file when Quit ANSA.
Shortcuts
Modifier key 'Shift' cannot be used for shortcuts any more., e.g. Shift+A.
However can be used together with other modifier key, e.g. Alt+Shift+A
Modules >
User Menu
It is now allowed to change the Button's custom name of the User menus
independently of the custom names you use for their original buttons.
CAD data Translation

JT-Open
The extraction of geometry of type "XTB-rep is now supported.
10872
Data Management
Change Representation : the respective dialog box pops up, even if no DM_Root has been
defined, allowing the selection of the default representations: Dont Use/Use/Spc/Lumped
Mass/Trim.
March, 2010
Connection Manager - Assembly

Connectors
New search option for Connectors under "Holes": zones = Out
17886
in order to 'grab' only the outer nodes of a zone.

CHECK
CONNECTIONS: "Spider positioning" checks the projections of

connections and flags an error if they are too close to perimeters or
features.
In order to perform the check, the user may specify

- a Diameter of the spider ( if blank, it'll use the connection's Diam - or
calculate it using the thickness-to-diameter mapping )
- a Zone width ( blank means zero )
- a Distance from perimeter (blank means zero )
The check will report an error if the distance between a perimeter & the
projection is less than (diam + zone + perim_dist)
! Note : this check works only on shells ( meshed macro area and/or
FE-mesh).
March, 2010
MESH Batch Mesh

SHELL MESH > RECONS: reconstruct on TRIA mesh refines mesh in order to improve quality.
MESH>SHELL MESH> PARAM. > Defeaturing
BatchMesh> Mesh Parameters>Defeaturing>
New parameter Maintain sharp edge ribs" to handle the sharp edges on ribs, as depicted below:
March, 2010
SAFETY
Pedestrian
- The New 'EU Phase 2' (GTR) regulation is now supported.

- The EuroNCAP v5.0 has been added.
- the 'EC.Reg' renamed to 'EU Phase 1'
March, 2010
LS-DYNA
D.UTIL
CHECK > SPOT WELDs : a new Fixing option has been added to Rigidize
the nodes of the spotweld.
For example, if the Spotweld Beam is defined of the surface of a Rigid Part,
then the Fixing creates a *CONSTRAINED_EXTRA_NODE between the
Beam's node that touches the rigid part and this rigid part. If a Spotweld
Beam is defined on a shell element whose node(s) participate in a
*CONSTRAINED_NODAL_RIGID_BODY then the fixing will add in the Nodal
rigid body the Beam's node that touches the shell element.
CHECK > PENETRATION : No penetration is searched between
master/slave rigid bodies parts.
PAM-CRASH
CONTROL
CONTROLS > OTHER : Support of INPUTVERSION = 2009 in the drop

menu.
16126
Support of $GEODAT SOLID keyword
17990
Added support of Interior type boundary condition type in the Property

Edit card.
17559
PERMAS
UH3D
Property
March, 2010
MORPH
When moving a Frozen Control point having the MORPHING flag ON a
warning message appears informing the user and asking for guidelines.
15001
18886
CONTROLS
PARAMS : picking from the screen the control points and highlights the
parameter in the list.
19153
March, 2010
SCRIPTING
New built-in session function:
MESH_SHELL_MESH_RESHAPE_VIOLATING
Added script function "GetSpwDiamFromThickness".
Calculates a diameter value, for a connection point with zero diameter, by Spot Weld
Thickness to Diameter Map.
SaveRepresentation() script function. The functions last argument has been enhanced,
Accepted values are:
0 : In case current representation is found in DM, the save procedure for the particular part
should be skiped.
1 : In case current representation is found in DM, it should be overwriten.
2 : In case current representation is found in DM, a new study version should be
created(applies only to parts).
Rigidize new built-in script function
matrix multiplication and DotProduct were changed:
multiplication accepts matrices other than square, and DotProduct vectors with length other
than 3
Script collection
ReportConnectionsOfParts :
Reports in csv format the number of connections in which every part/group participates, according to
the number of flanges that they connect.
CheckDynaContactsFromSolver :
Reads an LS-DYNA message file that is specified by the user. The following warnings are reported in
the Checks List:
-Penetrating nodes of sliding contacts
-Untied nodes of tied contacts
-Nodes of tied contact that will be moved by initialization
-Nodes of tied contct that belong to both master and slave sets.
The functions MeasureAngleNodes, MeasureAngleShells, MeasureDistance are removed.
The new built in function CreateMeasurement supports now all kinds of measurements.
March, 2010

GENERAL
-help works now even if is not the first argument.
Communication
with License
server
Fixed Retry button in window when communication with License

Server is lost.
Fixed error that caused abnormal exit in particular cases.
18314
Fixed error related to improper saving when Volume entities, defined

by EXTRUDE>SWEEP, was visible.
Open
Property, Material or Set names got lost when the ansa file was
opened by ANSA 32bit executable on Windows platforms.
18608
This happened with big ANSA files with size greater than 2Gb.
Input
Fixed error that caused illegal termination when importing files with
"invalid" parts hierarchy, ie multiple defined hierarchies or invalid link
combinations.
Output
Wave Front : elements on Macro Area were not exported. Only nongeometry-related elements were exported.
19107
Save Visible as
An additional check is now performed to make sure a volume is

actually valid for save, in order to avoid saving the entire part instead
of only the visible faces.
18214
CAD Output
Fixed error that caused abnormal exit in IGES export in particular

cases.
v13.0.3
18326
XML reading
18645
The reading of XML files (Read Spots, Product information) was not
possible on Windows 32bit platforms due to a missing library
[libxml2.dll] from the installation.
This particular error has been corrected and the appropriate
packages update was done for v13.0.3 on February 3, 2010.
Print to File
If "window" was selected or "Grab Ansa" is clicked, transparency got

disabled even for png images.
HIDDEN
In Q.GRAPH drawing mode, when ranges were used to display the

color bar, if a range was blank, it should not be included in the color
bar.
Q.GRAPH
QUALITY
CRITERIA
Violation color for quality criteria is now written in ANSA.defaults

or ansa_qual files as RGB colors in hexadecimal numbers.
18281
10
March, 2010
Wrong calculation of Shells angle criterion for PAM-CRASH
18129
When changing the calculation method for crash time step in F11 in
the Shells tab, the Solids tab was not updated.
EL.TEMP
Graph
parameters
F11
Presentation
parameters
Fixed error of the contour plot display that did not take all the values
into account for UNIQUE COLORS mode.
18868
Detail on Demand did not applied on macro areas mesh of ansa

files saved by v12.x
17110
TRANSF.
Fixed error that caused abnormal exit when Copying>Symmetry a

GEB_xx or Connector entity that had a SET as connectivity, and
using Set=>None in the Copying parameters window.
Edit cards
browsing
Focus problem fixed when opening a referenced entity card by F2

inside edit cards field, e.g. open Material card with F2 in MID field
within the Property card.
GUI Settings
Menus and Windows > Disable Docking now prevents windows to

be tabbed as well.
19061
Help window
The documentation index could not be accessed, if ANSA was

launched typing a relative path.
17962
11
March, 2010
Database Browser
Filtering
Improper Expression for Names were defined in Filtering ["Filter

Rules" that were defined via "Open Card"] in lists where Names
contained character(s) (" {}[]:?/()*,\'\"#$!@%%^&+=|<>\t").which were
invalid to be saved in the xml.
17988
Modify
Correction for the Modification time on ANSA_GROUPs while the

Parts Manager was open. The needed time has been now
significantly improved.
13173
Fixed error that did not allow color modification (e.g. of properties)
using the modify edit card by accessing the color pallet with ? in
only one of the color fields.
18504
Columns in Lists
Fixed errors concerning the values shown in lists for Shells (mainly
2nd order TRIAs).
e.g. the G4 node was not listed (blank was shown) for CTRIA6,
wrong ID was shown if the G5 or G6 were added as column.
Save List
Header row is now properly "delimiter-separated" on "Save List".

When more columns than the default ("Id" and "Name") existed in
the list, the default delimiter was added only between "Id" and
"Name" in the header row of the exported csv file.
17496
12
March, 2010

odir<out_dir_name>: the directory in which the (translated)
ANSA files will be saved.
Fixed error, for Windows platforms, that caused wrong interpretation of
the given 'pathname' and did not allow saving of the ansa files.
UNIFIED
Translator
-matvec translation option
18039
Fixed missing information on material vectors when -matvec was used

(thickness value and direction) in conjunction with the proper
ANSA_TRANSL script function.
This particular error has been corrected and the appropriate executables
update was done for v13.0.3 on February 3, 2010.
Catia v4 model file: [ -read_noshow translation option]
18012
Hollow cylinder block was translated as a filled cylinder block.

Fixed error with instantiated parts that contained some types of geometry
that was not checked before being added to instances.
Reading of Attributes/Parameters:
The attributes are now always read for parts/PIDs (Bodies), regardless
the -read_attr option.
Attributes reading has been fixed for Entities (e.g. curve, points, etc)
when the -read_attr translation option was used.
Fixed error that caused abnormal exit when -layer_thic was used
together with -notcreate_volumes.
JT translator
Fix transformation problem in CGR (tessellated data) translation.
18133
The existing ANSA_TRANSL was not called during the translation.
18342
DATA Management
Check DM
updates
Fixed error that reported successful update although the ansa files could
not be opened.
17426
13
March, 2010

Property referenced by connection elements was removed after
applying ERASE FE although was set to "FROZEN DELETE=YES".
17910
Right click is now enabled in ID column of Connection Manager.

Parts viewer
Hide/Show/Show Only Parts:

when 'Show Parts' was selected on a multi-instance part, only one
instance was shown.
Now, all instances of such a part will show/hide.
Note, that if a part is mentioned by its part id then only this particular
instance will be isolated.
Read Spot>
VIP
Importing vip spotweld files in databases that contained part instances

resulted in setting the connection to just one instance and not the whole
module id.
18863
Output > vip2
Fixed error that caused abnormal exit when exporting connections in

vip2 (the 2nd or 3rd time) and the 'POINTs' were visible.
18399
Fixed error in the nodes positions of holes opened by FE-Repr.

application.
Seamweld
Ansa linux 32-bit blocked when applying "Set Weld position"
19050
Hemming
The Width field "W" was missing from the hemming edit card.
18659
CHECK
CONNECTIONS : blank value fields were wrongly interpreted.
14
March, 2010
BATCH Mesh Manager

Fixed error that caused abnormal exit when opening quality criteria in, and the session
name contained two "/" characters.
18494
Reading mesh parameters did not overwrite current settings properly. Now, by saving
mesh parameters, an 'empty' list (for holes, fillets, flanges, etc.) is also written in the mpar
file (in the form of general_hole_parameter = empty) in order to empty this list the next time
this mpar file will be opened.
19039
Significant improvement and corrections in Fillets and Holes Treatment
18812
18024
18864
Correction in joining perimeters due to minimum length

Fixed error that caused abnormal exit when running BM after MACRO > CREATE [Auto]
18649
CFD in batch mesh gave different result than CFD algorithm manually applied due to
repetitive copy of mesh parameters.
18704
Fixed error that caused abnormal exit in some cases where the Removing Logos was
applied.
18262
PARTs Manager
Compare
from File
Fixed error that caused abnormal exit when comparing files with solids
(Volume entities).
17660
Replace
Part
Certain frozen faces of the outgoing parts would not be deleted if they were
pasted to frozen faces of remaining parts.
16787
Fixed error related to invalid RBE3 definition (Re-Application) after replacing

a part.
18892
15
March, 2010
TOPO
CONS
PASTE: Correction of the multi paste of CONS.
17958
Now the selected CONS are recognized as two chains and the pasting is
done without problems. Generally, the selected CONS are split to
independent chains if the angle between consecutive CONS is less than 30
degrees, instead of 60 degrees that was used.
WORK
PLANEs
INFO : reported wrong coordinates for origin for the non-default working
planes.
17935
FACEs
RM.DBL >Geometry : editing results.
18152
Corrections in Faces picking after editing the results (remove/add) while in

function or later by other function, e.g. Focus group..
SKIN : fixed wrong thickness calculation and wrong offset direction.
19047
16
March, 2010
MESH
Quality criteria Improve mesh distortion criterion result. Correct problem detect and color
elements in areas with joined macro area's perimeters.
17888
Q.GRAPH
When using ranges to display the color bar, if a range was blank, it should
not be included in the color bar.
MACROs
SET PID : fixed instability errors (and abnormal exit) when the Multi
Property option was used (with multiple properties selected in the list to be
applied onto selected Macro areas).
18335
PERIMETERs
LENGTH : both functions use now minimum and maximum values of length
of the selected items and not the first one.
16706
JOIN [Keeping Mesh] : fixed error that caused instability.

After applying this function and then using one the following caused
abnormal exit.
18799
MACROs
PERIMETERs
MACROs
SHELL MESH
SHELL MESH
18800
MACROs>RELEASE
SHELL MESH>SMOOTH
SHELL MESH>RECONS
RECONS : failed to identify holes when a triple bound is included in the
selection.
18174
RECONS : fixed error that caused unexpected exit when function was
applied on 2nd order mesh and a hole's zone edge was attached to a
joined macro area perimeter.
18236
RESHAPE: fixed error that caused abnormal exit when applied on 2nd order
shells that were selected from a macro area Without selecting all the macro
area shells.
Therefore the Violating option on 2nd order shell mesh (on Macro Areas)
led to illegal termination.
SUPPRESS: Feature line angle limit specified within the function should
not overwrite the Mesh parameters given in SHELL MESH>PARAM.
18267
SMOOTH : fixed error that caused abnormal exit when applying to FE 2nd
order shell sharing the 1st order nodes with shells of Macro Area.
FILL > Gap (Coons) : assigns now the created shells to the Current PID if
it is defined.
FILL > Hole : failed to performed in case of Visible Triple bounds, even if
the hole's boundary was selected. If the Triple bounds were not displayed
the function worked well.
18077
COLLAPSE : fixed error that caused unexpected exit.
19108
FEMTOPO : fixed error for cases where fem-topo is performed for very small
boundary edges.
17150
17
ELEMENTs
March, 2010
WRAP>Variable Length: correction of the result regarding gaps' to wrap

and minimum element length achieved.
18030
INFO : Correction of the report for the "crash time step" calculation deck for
solid elements.(1st/2nd order). The calculation for the shell elements was
reported instead).
PENETR. > ELEMENT LENGTH : Growth rate improvement in rare cases
would lead to unexpected exit.
(32-bit executable, v13.0.3).
PENETR. > USER THICKNESS: Fix wrong edge-2-edge de-penetration that
did not allow auto-fix of penetrations.
VOLUMEs
OFFSET > Move : correct error that caused unaccepted result if the function
was repeated on the same selection.
18858
MAP : major corrections and results improvement. Several errors have been
fixed.
18401
18199
17128
MAP: If the map volume mesh is created with straight transition between the
two faces, since the upper is a linked face, Ansa always reported, that the
master and the slave macro areaswere not compatible.
16815
If the linked macro was selected at first, map worked.

MAP : fixed error that caused abnormal exit when Map was applied to 2nd
order mesh.
18596
LAYERS : the Layer Area window has been changed (improved) in order
to avoid bad performance in case of big number of listed Properties.
18
March, 2010
DECKs
Database
Browser
Clicking on a SET content (through SETs window), clicking "Go back" and
then "Go forward" resulted in wrong columns being showed.
Material
Database
READ DB : Fixed error that caused abnormal exit when reading Material
Databases that contained ANSA comment keywords of ANSA geometric
entities, e.g. SpotweldConnection
NODEs /
GRIDs
EXPLODE : On Windows OS platforms in case of more than 1000 nodes to

be exploded causing abnormal exit.
18822
ALIGN : when selecting Nodes of elements solid elements (and Thick

shells) were selected instead of their Facets.
ELEMENTs
INFO : Correction of the report for the "crash time step" calculation deck
for solid elements.(1st/2nd order). The calculation for the shell elements
was reported instead).
BOLT
Body type = 'SOLID' , the combobox 'Number of Hexas' had two times the
value 4, instead of : 4-8-16
SET
Fixed error that caused unexpected exit when defining a SET with
SOLIDFACETs via Database Browser (drag'n'drop).
18455
D.UTIL
D.INFO : Fixed error that caused abnormal exit on Windows XP 32 bit.
19097
CHECK > Penetration: Fixed error, causing wrong de-penetration, when

de-penetrating 3D-elements vs non-3D-elements in LS_DYNA, ABAQUS,
ANSYS.
RENUMBER> [Offset]: fixed errors in interface (OK or Enter were
interpreted as Cancel) and errors that might cause Corrupted ansa files
when FROZEN IDs FOUND... and Cancel was clicked.
SAFETY
Coordinate systems defined with vectors did not move through kinematics
tool or dummy articulation.
Seatbelt: Fixed error that blocked ANSA when generating Seatbelt
Elements that were about to be placed into a new Part but were not (The
Part Manager was closed instead).
19098
19
March, 2010
NASTRAN
File> Output
D.UTIL
Fixed error that removed the existed ZOOFS values of the CQUAD and
CTRIA when they were converted to CQUADR and CTRIAR at output.
18058
NSML was applied to sets that were defined by property. In the exported
file, both PSHELL and BCPROP entries appear.
18723
D.INFO : CONM2s by "per element area" and "total mass per element
area" were calculated in twice, hence affecting total mass and possibly
COG calculations.
18042
D.INFO calculated the NSML mass twice in the total mass report.
18198
ABAQUS
FILE> Input
Undefined properties get now materials with correct ids (mat-id <
10000000)
Fix error that caused abnormal exit when reading ABAQUS H350 v7.1
dummy.
19172
When beam orientation is not defined in the abaqus input file, the default
values are now assigned in order to avoid incomplete orientation when
convert it to other deck file within ANSA.
18278
File > Output
Wrong output of *DISTRIBUTING COUPLING defined with solid facet set

is fixed.
18376
D.UTIL
CHECK > CONTACTS ORIENTATION: Improve the proximity detection

and correct several failed cases.
18755
20
March, 2010
LS-DYNA
Input
Correction on reading the initial angle of the joints in latest FTSS

dummies (v7.1) that has a new definition.
18589
Fixed error when reading twice an Ls-Dyna input file that contained
*INITIAL_AXIAL_FORCE_BEAM with "sets"= "keep-old". The second
keyword did not read in.
When importing a file with *DATABASE_CROSS_SECTION_PLANE
the "PSID" should be a set that contains only parts. In case 2 sets with
the same ID are imported the Set that contains parts will be used as
PSID, following exactly the LS-DYNA rules.
Output
Fixed error that caused abnormal exit when importing *INCLUDE

TRANSFORM with OFFSET ID and *MAT_ADD_EROSION has to be
offset.
19180
*DATABASE EXTENT BINARY : the values given in fields NINTSLD,

NEIPH of the respective card, were wrongly interpreted in the exported
dyna file on IBM-AIX operating system.
18156
On HP-UX platforms an error caused abnormal exit at opening/closing

the DATABASE EXTENT BINARY card.
CONTACT : in case the MSTYP and/or SSTYP was type=Part_Set
and is defined by Elements and/or Faces then it was exported empty.
This is fixed and now the PART of the included Elements/Faces is
written in the *SET_PART_LIST that is exported.
19044
Moreover, the drawing of the Contact complies to the Part_Set type

and the entire PART is highlighted (as it is about to be exported).
The SHRF value for BEAM in ANSA.defaults was not taken into
account; the TSHELL value was taken instead.
Elements
Transformations
BOUNDARY
18216
*Element_Mass - *Element_Inertia: the Inertia values were not get

transformed (updated) due to transformations (e.g. by the
Geometry>TRANSF. function) if they where defined in the global
coordinate system.
Fixed errors related to *BOUNDARY_PRESCIBED_MOTION
handling:
18268
The Reference on a node that was used as orientation

node for relative displacement of a *BOUNDARY
PRESCIBED MOTION, did not report the boundary entity.
it was not allowed to PASTE a 'free' node that was used as
orientation node for relative displacement to another node.
This should update the *Boundary card with the new node id..
it was not allowed to define a *BOUNDARY PRESCIBED
MOTION with VAD=4, relative displacement, without the
optional orientation nodes (NODE1 NODE2).
MATDB
Unnecessary ANSA Comments written out when saving a MATDB

caused ANSA to exit when the Material Database was read back into
ANSA.
18064
Materials
It was NOT allowed to assign MAT 77 to a *SECTION_SHELL within

ANSA.
18664
21
Auxiliaries
March, 2010
*DEFINE_TABLE : Fixed error related to wrong sorting of curves

within a table if scientific format was used for x values.
18309
When Editing the Table card, the Auto sorting based on x values was
performed, but in a wrong way: The number 1.6E-7 was considered
bigger than 0.04.
Exiting the card with OK or Cancel produced the erroneous deck file. If
the Table card is not edited no problem occurred.
*DATABASE_HISTORY_SPH : when defining such an entity it was
allowed to pick any nodes. Now only nodes from SPH elements can be
selected.
17285
Fixed error that did not allow to select a

SECTION_BEAM_ELFORM_6 to create a
*DEFORMABLE_TO_RIGID_AUTOMATIC. However, the specific
type was selectable in *DEFORMABLE_TO_RIGID and
*DEFORMABLE_TO_RIGID_INERTIA.
18475
*RIGID_WALL_GEOMETRIC_PRISM were wrongly displayed. The

LENP value should be on the negative n (normal vector) and not the
positive.
17896
Safety
Trans Dummy: Fixed error regarding the Dummy model positioning

and the proper Kinematic_Definition update of FTSS dummies and
NULL elements that were not belonging to KIN_RBODYs.
18240
KCONF
Dummy Handling
KCONF >'Conv to *NOD_TRSFM' : fixed error related to the Set
contents that is exported.
CHECK
SPOT WELDs : the function detected as error any type of solid that
connected to a *CONSTRAINED_NODAL_RIGID_BODY. It did not
distinguish between spotwelds and solids elements modeling parts.
17290
22
March, 2010
PAM-CRASH
Mesh Quality
Wrong calculation of angle criterion for PAM-CRASH is fixed.
18129
TRANSF.
Copy: :Error while copying FRAME IAXIS 0; the new Frame had IAXIS =1.
18157
Output
If an RBODY was put in the Set then in the exported GROUP_/_ its ID
was referenced as ELE. This is fixed and now the nodes of the Rbody are
written withi the GROUP.
18397
RADIOSS
File > Input
Fixed error related to Radioss files having /SUBSET keywords on IBM AIX 5.2
RELEASE version.
File >
Output
Fixed error regarding the material card update according to

CONTROL>ACTIVE VERSION.
17099
When switching from CONTROL the ACTIVE VERSION (e.g. from v4.1 to
v5.1 and vice versa), the Material Card was not updated. Specifically, in
LAW36 Material Card, the 2 fields (Ipfun and Fscale) were always displayed
although they shouldn't.
D.UTIL
CHECK > CONTACTS : When shells and solids had common nodes , the
'facet thickness' of the solids was not calculated correctly.
17676
23
March, 2010
PERMAS
Output
Fixed Beam Element orientation.

Fluid Element type should be exported as FLPENTxx and not FLPNT
Shell element type SOLID_SHELL should not take NSM.
Fixed error in the area calculation for beam integrated sections.
D.UTIL
D.INFO: Corrections in Mass calculation
MEDINA
Input
Correction of the CBUSH element orientation system.
Output
Correct the Contact's Master and Slave Set Ids.

PBEAM Cross Section information complies now to Medina definition.
Correction of the interpretation of CBUSH definition.
Input /
Output
The pids of non-realized spotwelds were ignored during import/Export of

medina files
15437
24
March, 2010
STAR CD / STAR CCM

File > Output
Fixed STAR CCM output baffles.

STAR-CD output: fixed warning message that was printed in case material
ids were equal to or grater than 1000.
17247
Output in CFX format caused random orientation of elements on baffle

surfaces.
18807
CFX
File > Output
25
March, 2010
MORPH
BOXES
CONTROLS
MODIFICATION
Correction of LOAD > VISIBLE in 2D Boxes.
18014
2DMORPH > Curves : improved performance on the creation of 2DMorph Boxes based on CONS (macro area perimeters)
18604
PARAMS : fixed error that caused abnormal exit at definition of Scale

parameter.
18463
NESTED > New: there was no auto-creation of the REFGRID (at the cog
of the nested element).
18474
EXTEND : fixed error that caused unaccepted results.
18076
CROSS SECTION
TOPO>CROSS SECTION> Cut: in case a Cross Section was defined by cutting on FE Model and Geometry the Cross Section was generated only on the FE.
17926
26
March, 2010
SCRIPTING
CreateEntity, CreateEntityVa: When called for NASTRAN Bc's (force, spc, etc,) for a deck
other than NASTRAN (e.g. PERMAS $CONLOAD) caused abnormal exit.
PositionPedestrian : In case the XZ plane of the headform did not coincide with the global
XZ, although the headform was correctly positioned, the rotational components of the
transformation calculated were wrong.
11204
PickNodes : fixed the wrong return of PickNodes function after picking nodes on
perimeters/Faces.
18611
AddPartToMeshingScenario : The first item sent to script function failed to be added if it

was a property.
18628
Also, the function returns now 0 if the item is not added to the scenario.
ChangeElemType : fixed error that caused abnormal exit when used to convert
CONSTRAINED_NODAL_RIGID_BODY to CONSTRAINED_INTERPOLATION.
18687
PrintToFileVa : when executing the function for the first time, it worked OK. However, If
executing the function for a second time, ANSA saved the image of whatever the monitor
displays at that moment (and not of the ANSA graphics window).
18750
VolumesDetect : the function now returns 0 if no volumes are detected and N for the N
number of volumes detected.
17781
D.INFO: correction of the image generation that was not the visible model.
18049
27
v13.0.3
Release Notes
December, 2009

GR-575 00 Epanomi
Greece
Tel. : +30-2392021420
Fax. : +30-2392021417
ansa@beta-cae.gr
December, 2009
1. Introduction
In the /config folder there are the following files with user (*.xml) and run-time settings (*.defaults):
ANSA.xml
cfd.xml
the first time you launch ansa_v13.0.3 this ANSA.xml will be

loaded
cfd.defaults
applications
analyst.xml

TOSCA.xml
TOSCA.defaults
radtherm.xml
radtherm.defaults
solid.xml

NOTES:
ANSA files saved by ANSA v13.0.3 cannot be opened by older ANSA versions.
A new directory is created tutorials_and_examples with data that have been extracted from the
docs directory. The optimization_examples folder is now placed in the examples sub-directory.
Mind to download the extra file ansa_v13.0.3_tutorials_and_examples** that contains now the
tutorials and examples.
Updated / New documents

Updated CFD Practices documentation
Enhanced Script Collection
New Tutorials:
Batch Mesh (./tutorials_and_examples/tutorials/TOPO_MESH/batch_mesh/)
Release History:
v13.0.3
2009.12.17
v13.0.2
v13.0.1
v13.0.0
2009.10.01
2009.05.25
2008.12.21
v12.1.6
2008.12.21
Copyright notes:
December, 2009

GENERAL
Ansa -help
Calling ANSA with the -help option [ ansa -help] in a terminal (command
prompt) prints the starting options of ANSA and CAD-Data translators in
the terminal (command prompt)
Numbering
rules
Special numbering rules are saved in the ansa file if the entity that has the
rule is saved also.
17473
Database Browser
Advanced filter The option "unused" has been added as built-in filter. It isolates the listed
entities that are not referenced by any other entity.
14119
It can be called also in the Simple filter line-edit.
TASK Manager
Nastran
The BCONTACT case control command is supported.

Support of Contact task item for Nastran loadcase
Data Management
The Smaragd PLMXML v6.0 is supported.
December, 2009
Connection Manager
File>Output
ANSA_Comments
Seamweld
The Comment and Name attributes of the Connections, as they

appear in the respective columns of the Connection manger, are
exported as ANSA_COMMENT.
14995
For the FE-Representations:

RBE2, RBE2-CBEAM, RBAR-SHELL, NASTRAN CWELD,
Y-JOINT-SHELL, OVERLAP-SHELL, EDGE-WELD-SHELL,
Y-JOINT-FEMFAT, OVERLAP-FEMFAT, EDGE-WELD-FEMFAT
the check box Loose Ends has been added.
When it is "ON" , there will be no split in the mesh to make it match the
connection line.
FE-Representations: RBE2 , RBE2-CBEAM , RBE3

When a cut is performed ( or elements split , when the new 'Loose
Ends' flag is off ) , it is followed by a local mesh reconstruction.
December, 2009
MESH
VOLUMEs
MESHV > DELAUNAY: The function takes into account the Size
boxes.
MESHV > DELAUNAY: Improvements to avoid swaps on boundary for
better quality.
The Delaunay volume mesh takes into account the Size boxes.
Batch Mesh
All Mesh Parameters are now converted according to the current UNITS
(Windows>Options>Settings>Units)
When changing the units all parameters that are distances will be converted according to
the new units ( global mesh, volume and layer parameters).
Read parameters (ansa defaults, *.mpar, *.lpar): reading distance values are supposed to
be in [mm], so conversion is done if the current units in ANSA are not [mm].
Saving parameters : all distance values are saved in [mm], regardless the current selected
units in ANSA.
!!! Mind to check the Scale Model dimensions in order to comply the changes between
'mesh parameters / criteria values' with the 'model's size'.
December, 2009
ABAQUS
ELEMENTs
Support of C3D10I element type of Abaqus v6.9
16245
CHECK > CONTACTS
17653
LS-DYNA
D.UTIL
When nodes take thickness from the minimum element length rule, they
are shown in a sub-item of the check>contact header.
FLUENT
File > Input
Changing of Input option labels of options :

Skip Inner Faces Skip Interior Type Faces
Skip Cells Skip Volume Mesh
MORPH
BOXES
MODIFICATION
2DMOPRH > CONV2BOX

The converted Boxes are split in the middle.
17339
2DMOPRH > CONV2BOX

User is asked to Keep or Delete the original 2D Boxes.
17340
MOVE & DIRECT: middle-mouse functionality of confirmation window is

changed in order to be the same with the other modification functions.
Now the middle mouse click Cancels the movement.
December, 2009
SCRIPTING
CurvesConnectMulti: New built-in script function. Connect multiple curves. It takes a matrix
of CURVES with the total of matrix and tolerance (nodes matching distance) and the angle
between the curves.
GetPartCogAndPrincipalInertiaVectors : New built-in script function. It calculates the part's
center of gravity, based on the part's faces, shells, solids and volumes. It also calculates the
principal inertia vectors.
Session Command:
OUTPUT_PAMCRASH: added an extra argument : output_rmat = "on", "off"
KinematicsSetParameters : Support move by actuator joint in scripting
17415
BrachEntity : supports now the creation and modification of PASTED_NODES.

CreateMeasurement : new built-in script function
December, 2009
Script collection
ShellSet2FacetS
Select from a list, sets with faces or shells. In the case that there are solids elements
connected to these faces/shells, ANSA will add or create a new set (depending on flag)
with the facets of these elements.
TriasWithCommonEdge
Finds trias with common edge
ParseDirectoryTree
Searches recursively in directory for finding files of specific type
SelectionAssistantConnectorsGEBs
Generatesthebutton"SelAssistantCntrGeb"intheUserScriptButtonsmenu,underthe
customcategory"AUXILIARIES".
Thisfunctionpopsupacustomuserinterface.Theuserispromptedtoselectedtheentity
typeswhosevisibilityhe/sheneedstocontrol.Availableentitytypesare:Connectors,
GEB_BC,GEB_ORandGEB_MT.Thevisibilityoftheentitiesiscontrolledbasedonthe
entitiesthatarecurrentlyvisibleonthescreen.Theseentitiescaneitherbegeneratedby
theConnectors/GEBsorbetheentitiestheConnectors/GEBsattachto(i.e.connectivity).
Theoptionsavailableinthedropdownare:
VisibleEnts:ThiswillcontrolthevisibilityofallthoseConnectors/GEBswhosegenerated
entitiesarecurrentlyvisible.
VisiblePartsVisibleProps:Thesetwooptionswillcontrolthevisibilityofallthose
Connectors/GEBsthatreferenceevenoneofthevisiblepartsorpropertiesintheir
connectivityfields.ThisdoesnotworkwithANSAGROUPs.
VisiblePartsOnlyVisiblePropsOnly:Thesetwooptionswillcontrolthevisibilityofall
thoseConnectors/GEBsforwhomalltheconnectivitypartsorpropsarecurrentlyvisible.
VisibleParts/PropsVisibleParts/PropsOnly:Theseoptionsallowthevisibilitycontrolof
allthoseConnectors/GEBsthathave"mixed"connectivity,consistingofbothpartsand
props.
Thevisibilitycontrolperformedbythebuttonslocatedatthebottomofthewindow:Show,
Hide,ShowOnly.
BringConnectivityToVisible
Generatesthebutton"AND_Connectivity"intheUserScriptButtonsmenu,underthe
customcategory"AUXILIARIES".Thisfunctiongetstheuserinselectionmode,inorderto
selectanynumberofConnectors/GEB_xxorConnectionEntities.Onmiddleclickitbrings
tovisibletheirconnectivityparts/props/includes.
Thefunction"FourBars.bs"isremoved.
December, 2009

GENERAL
ANSA -h
The -h option is used only for : -h port@server,

Use license server "server" on port "port"
The Help with the available options is printed now only with the
-help option.
File>Compress Fixed error that caused major instability when compressing CROSS
SECTION Curves.
File> Print to
File
Geometry
Window configuration, e.g. Active buttons, options, etc, are now saved
in the ANSA.xml as soon as the Compress window is closed
(Enter/OK).
16897
The Compress function was not able to remove unused Nodes related
to Geometry. Only after deleting the related Faces the nodes could be
removed. Now the Compress can handle these nodes.
17043
- It was not allowed to change the 'text and axes' option when 'tiff'
format was active.
- The 'tiff' format didn't respect the background color. It printed the
current one and not the one specified in the print to file window.
15065
The function (Print to File) is now able to be called by a shortcut (if

defined) preserving another function that was already active.
3323
The Print-to-File holds its own history in the File Manager.
15228
TRANSF.
The distance field was, wrongly, set to one (1) although it was set to
zero (0) by the user in order to create duplicate elements (at the same
position).
17354
ISOLATE > FLANGES PROXIMITY : when it had to work onto 1D

gaskets would lead to abnormal exit.
MEASURE
HIDDEN
Q.GRAPH
Measurement Names did not appear next to the measured entity but
at the [0, 0, 0] instead.
16834
Fixed error that caused abnormal exit (or corrupted ansa file) and it
was related to Measurements that were wrongly preserved although
the entities they were based on were previously deleted.
Now these measurement will be also deleted.
17106
Fixed redraw problem in HIDDEN and Q.GRAPH mode for

Pam-Crash crash time step criterion.
The calculation of the crash time step in PAM-CRASH is affected by
the value of CONTROL>TCTRL>SHELL_TIMESTEP>
THICKNESS[BEND/BENDLARGE/NOBEND]. However, when this
option was changed the values and the displayed elements were not
directly updated for the aforementioned drawing modes.
16988
F11>
Presentation
Parameters
Feature
Selection
December, 2009
The "Feature lines angle" in the F11>Presentation Parameters was

updated by the value given in the Feature selection angle value
(feature Area). However, if the value was changed in the F11 window
did not update the value in the Feature selection ...although the
selection worked with the new value ...that was not displayed in the
field.
(v13.0.1)
16683
Selection tools Correctly update of the feature line selection angle when first showing
the toolbar.
List windows
Feature Line: pressing the [Alt] key, in order to use the shortcut to
activate/deactivate the selection tool, exited the function instead. This
happened to Rigid body line elements (i.e. Nastran RBE2, Dyna Nodal
rigid body, PamCrash Rbody, etc.), in TOPO>CURVEs>CONS2CV.
17575
Properties/Materials: Filter line-edit

a long filter (e.g. ids separated with commas) made the list window to
open with increased width. This is fixed. The selection lists in
Database Browser did not have this problem.
17004
Database Browser
Modify
Save
Fixed error related to a particular actions using the Modify

application on Shells. The selected Shell elements were not saved
in the ansa file.
17669
December, 2009
TASK Manager
Fixed error that caused instability and abnormal exit when the
Output task item was executed and the Esc key was pressed while
the File Manager opened.
LS-DYNA
Model Checks
17234
Fixed error that caused malfunction and different results between

the Check>Contact within the Task Manager and the respective
function of the D.UTIL group when applied on Contact with
exempted set type

Fixed error that caused deletion of empty parts which contained
attributes though.
DATA Management
Check DM
Updates
Now the function excludes hidden parts from Check DM Updates,

i.e. files not related to the DM-updates function are not listed
16769
Wrong set contents after parts replacement.
17039
(v13.0.2)
Wrong update of Sets containing Properties when changing Part's

version.
17304
(v13.0.2)
D.INFO
BatchMesh
D.INFO and BatchMesh statistics/report: could not be saved

(neither in html or text format) in DM_ROOT or any other existing
subdirectory of the DM_ROOT.
17672
10
December, 2009

Bolt
Fixed error that caused corrupted ansa files or/and abnormal exit when
the same property id was wrongly assigned to both Body and Head
elements although they were of different type.
Adhesive
Lines
It was not allowed to realize the connection between flanges that belong
to the same ANSA_PART (same module id in P1 and P2 columns)
Seam Lines
Fixed error that wouldn't allow the realization of OVERLAP-SHELL and

OVERLAP-FEMFAT seam welds.
12521
16778
Y-JOINT-SHELL ( Offset row , Double row , Height ) ,

OVERLAP-SHELL ( Offset row , Double row ),
CRIMP-WELD-SHELL ( Double Row ) :
Error caused abnormal exit in some extreme cases, such as a small
step length relatively to width , height , local element length , parts
distance.
Read Spots
If setting the spotw_mode = XXXX then the File>Read Spots menu

missed the XML option
(v13.0.2)
16713
XML: the weld direction of the Crimp Weld type was imported.
17282
CREATE
DEF CNCT.->MANUAL Fixed malfunction that 'blocked' ANSA when

switching from "Multiple parts per Pi" to "Single part per Pi" after
selection.
Convert
Fe To Adhesive (RBE3-HEXA-RBE3): Correct the connected Parts

information in the resulted Connection Line.
16712
FE to Cnctn Pts (NASTRAN CWELDs) : correct the Parts assignment

to connections produced by CWELDs. Two cwelds connections are
merged now to one connection if corresponding cwelds share common
nodes only to one side, else one connection is created for each cweld.
16824
The Connection's "Comment" & "Name" can be now exported as ANSA

COMMENTS
14995
XML: Fixed error that occurred during XML-output of connections with

seam welds containing base sheet index information:
When grouping the connections (in <connected_to> tag), some
connections' connectivity was swapped (P1 and P2).
When this swap occurred, the base sheet index did not change
accordingly, so when reading back, another part would appear to be the
base sheet, therefore not allowing to realize again.
17274
XML: the weld direction of the Crimp Weld type was not saved in the
exported file.
17282
Output
CONNECTORs
The connector search was not able to capture the mid-side nodes of 2nd
order elements.
(v13.0.2)
16882
Fixed error in case that rigid elements, as interface, were realized in

areas (e.g. A hole) where rigid elements already existed.
The connector was marked as 'Ok' without having connected the
representation to the rigid body on the hole.
16158
11
December, 2009
BATCH Mesh Manager

Significant improvements in Batch Mesh results by means of Quality and efficiency.
Major enhancements in Fillets treatment
Fixed error that caused abnormal exit in particular case with Box Session.
17240
Mesh Parameters > Holes Treatment
16825
The Node Number definition was incorrectly read (it was disabled) if it was set "Initial" in
ansa files saved by v13.0.1 and in *.ansa_mpar files created by v13.0 and older.
Mesh Parameters
16784
Fixed problem in reading of mesh parameters (ansa_mpar file). Problem existed only for
the "Holes>Node Number" field and only if the option L0, L1, ... , L15 was selected.
(v13.0.2)
Corrections in Chamfer detection and treatment
16817
(v13.0.2)
Fixed error in Chamfer treatment (the problem appeared on the Linux 32 bit version, while
the Linux 64bit worked well).
17244
Fixed error Copy Mesh Parameters from batch mesh to SHELL MESH>PARAMS:
17377
if CFD is selected, then the target element length is now turned always to "1*initial local
length" and not to CONS Resolution.
Mesh parameter: "Freeze Triple bounds" was not saved in ANSA.defaults
17636
PARTs Manager
When the Target Mass was erased and the field remained <blank> a very
small value (instead of blank or zero) was displayed in Tree list view for the
Target Mass column.
Replace
Wrong set contents after parts replacement.
17039
12
December, 2009
TOPO
CONS
CONS > PASTE : selecting with corner angle tool the two sides did not
result to correct application.
17200
FACEs
MIDDLE> MULTI : In Auto mode the "Next" button now brings the closest
found pair in order to eliminate the random order of pair selection, also
reported as "traveling".
15629
RM.LOGOS>PER FACE : did not work when selecting the entire model
17060
Working Plane could not be deleted after the creation of 2D points on it.
17743
WORK.
PLANE
13
December, 2009
MESH
16957
Quality criteria Fixed error in reading angle quality criteria in -gui mode.
FOCUS
EXTREME : Zoom in to worst element did not work for Mesh distortion,
distance from origin, distance from geometry quality criteria
17407
(v13.0.2)
SHELL MESH
RECONS / SMOOTH : fixed malfunction due to big Distortion value

(Perimeters>Distortion)
15517
(v13.0.1)
ELEMENTs
PENETRATION > USER THICKNESS : Fix did not work
16765
(v13.0.2)
PENETRATION > Element Length: Improved Fix operation in order to

give better result with smoother growth rate.
17792
(v13.0.2)
PENETR. : when it had to work onto 1D gaskets would lead to abnormal
exit.
TO-SURF > PER AREA: fixed error that produced corrupted ANSA files.
16785
(v13.0.2)
OFFSET > COPY : when Geometry-related shells were selected (upon
Macro Area) the created shells were connected to the Macro Area (tho the
shells that initially selected).
16841
(v13.0.2)
VOLUMEs
EXTRUDE > SWEEP: Fixed error that caused unaccepted mesh result.
16910
EXTRUDE > SWEEP -
16861
HEXABLOCK
Fixed error that caused abnormal exit, related to unsaved curves or line
elements referred by 'sweep volume' and morphing boxes refereed by
'hexablock volume'.
MESHV > DELAUNAY: Improvements to avoid swaps on boundary for
better quality.
The Delaunay volume mesh takes into account the Size boxes.
Layers connection caused abnormal exit when the mesh had some highly
skewed trias as well as some collapsed Cons areas. When these were fixed
layers could be grown without any problem. Now the function works without
exiting unexpectedly.
16739
LAYERS : correction of the messages that are printed during layers

generation in the Ansa Info window.
16969
14
December, 2009
15
December, 2009
DECKs
File > Output
I-DEAS M-SERIES: missing information about Sets, Elements and Nodes

in the exported file.
16648
STL : fix facet normal vector. It should point OUTWARDS from the solid.
File > Input
IDEAS M-SERIES: fix writing of set names.
17828
Units
Beam Cross
section
Windows>Options>Settings>Units
Changing the Units e.g. from Millimeters to Centimeters, without activating
"Scale Model dimensions" it was wrongly affected the drawing of the cross
section of the beam that was scaled.
16100
NODEs
PASTE: the window options are now preserved for the next application of
the function.
16625
ELEMENTs
Fixed error caused abnormal exit when creating line elements with the
"Curve (seq.)" option.
(v.13.0.2)
16796
AUXILIARIES
TRANSFORM: when applying a transformation on a set containing

Properties the Connectivity of geometry nodes to FE elements gets lost.
Similarly when applying the script functions CreateTransformTranslate()
and GeoTranslate()
An extra argument has been added in the related script functions
"Connectivity" and can be set to 1 or 0, to keep or release connectivity
respectively.
No problem occurred when the set contained directly elements or nodes.
17095
MODEL CUT : Fix of model cut when plane passes through a face that
belongs on volume skin.
FORCE /LOAD
distribution
Distr : Fixed error that caused abnormal exit when distributing force "On
Mass" and selecting SOLIDs.
D.UTIL
CHECK > PENETRATION > USER THICKNESS : Fix did not work
(v13.0.2)
16765
SAFETY
Dummy - Seat Depenetration : allow and highlights now the picked
positions for the Vector definition.
8561
Pedestrian: In some cases for large raster boxes, the raster didn't follow
strictly the Front Reference Line.
Pedestrian : Fixed the calculation of the Bumper Reference Lines so to
be measured as should be, with a flexible tape.
v13.0.2
17286
Pedestrian : in case the used Coordinate System (CID) was defined by

nodes that were not included in the Headform set, the Positioning was
failed. Now this is fixed and there is no demand to put these nodes in the
Headform set.
Interior > FMVSS 201U : Fixed error that led to abnormal exit in particular
example when the Get Target Points is requested.
17775
Seatbelt: when 2D seat-belt elements (surface) were created just after the
creation of 1D seat-belt elements, without exiting the function, the Seat
Belt Parameters 2D Elements window did not open and therefore the
Width of the surface element was taken by the previously given [Element
Length].
16
December, 2009
NASTRAN
File> Input
Fixed error that caused abnormal exit in some cases when importing
nastran files with 'PCOMP' or 'PCOMPG'
COORDs
CORD2 : correct instruction message is added during the generation of

CORD2xx entities.
17494
ELEMENTs
CWELD, CFAST : elements are preserved after mesh modification (i.e.

Reconstruction, etc) that might change the referenced shell elements.
9571
!!! Mind to Check the integrity of the CWELD/CFAST and apply Fix when
needed.
LAMINATE
by PCOMP : fixed malfunction of converting PCOMPS to Laminate entities.
D.UTIL
CHECK > FREE : CFAST nodes GS - GA - GB were, wrongly, considered

as free always.
D.INFO : The NSM on Set entities were ignored in mass calculation.
17249
10876
17
December, 2009
ABAQUS
File > Input
File > Output
The *PHYSICAL CONSTANT is now well read as

*PHYSICAL CONSTANTS
*BEAM SECTION, SECTION=I was wrongly converted to
*BEAM GENERAL SECTION, SECTION=I
16864
*SECTION CONTROLS: if the referenced SECTION CONTROL does not

exist, an undefined one with the same name will be created.
16913
TRASFORMATION (*NMAP) defined on Includes, during output is exported

as defined on Set. This new-created set from Include is written before the
transformation keyword as it is demanded by Abaqus.
Fixed wrong output when splitting 2nd order pyramids and Output was set
to All. No problem if the Output was set to Model.
STEP
*MODAL DAMPING : removed message "missing required mutually

exclusive parameters MODAL, RAYLEIGH, STRUCTURAL" as the above
parameters are optional.
17265
9816
Fixed error regarding the Abaqus multi-loadcurves, related with the

position of temperature column, for the following cases:
*BRITTLE FAILURE
*BRITTLE SHEAR
*CAST IRON COMPRESSION HARDENING
*CAST IRON PLASTICITY
*CAST IRON TENSION HARDENING
*DAMAGE INITIATION, CRITERION = [HASHIN | JOHNSON COOK | MK | FLD | FLSD]
*PLANAR TEST DATA (for *HYPERFOAM and *MULLINS EFFECT)
*PLASTIC, HARDENING = COMBINED (for DATA TYPE = [STABILIZED | PARAMETERS])
*UNIAXIAL TEST DATA (for *HYPERFOAM)
*VOLUMETRIC TEST DATA
*BIAXIAL TEST DATA
*SIMPLE SHEAR TEST DATA
*AXIAL
*COHESIVE BEHAVIOR
*CONNECTOR DERIVED COMPONENT
*DAMAGE EVOLUTION (for SURFACE INTERACTION)
*DASHPOT
*FILM PROPERTY
*FLUID EXCHANGE PROPERTY
*GAP CONDUCTANCE
*HEATCAP
*M1
*M2
*SPRING
*THERMAL EXPANSION
*TORQUE
*GAP RADIATION
BOLT
Fixed error that caused illegal termination when creating bolts with Panels
and the representation was *RIGID BODY.
CONTACT
FLANGES : did not work for 2D elements different than shells

( ELSURFACE, RIGID etc ).
FLANGES : Inspect All > Edit Contact : changing set would lead to
abnormal exit.
CHECK > PENETR. & ISOLATE > FLANGES PROXIMITY : when in the
detection area there were 1D gaskets [GK3D2] would lead to unexpected
termination.
D.UTIL
D.INFO: Reports now the non-structural mass used by each property
10849
18
December, 2009
LS-DYNA
File > Save
Files with SECTION_BEAM_ELFORM_6 that were saved by big-endian

platforms, e.g. HP-UX, were read by little-endian platforms, e.g. Linux,
with wrong value in the VOL field of the SECTION_BEAM_ELFORM_6,
and vice versa. The saving and reading is corrected for files saved by
v1303 and later.
17817
Fixed error that caused abnormal exit when importing LS-Dyna file with
*DEFINE_TABLE keyword which was having all its data lines
commented.
17584
No warnings are given now if empty lines exist after the *END.
17750
File > Output
Fix writing of *KEYWORD optional card values : spaces between values

were missing
15705
SPH
SPH element edit card requires a valid value (not blank, negative or zero)
for "MASS" field.
INITIAL
STRESS > SOLID: fixed error that caused abnormal exit when pressing
Esc while the "NHISV Definition" window was open to input values.
CONTROL
CONTROLs > SPH > FORM -: supports now all accepted values. The
FORM fields support "0 to 6" numbers as values.
DATABASE
OPTION : the default BINARY value in the DATABASE_OPTION card is

now blank, instead of 1 as it used to be.
CURVE
When selecting curves to edit in, the order that they are displayed is not
the expected but, the last selected is first.
13231
MATERIALs
*MAT_081 MAT_PLASTICITY_WITH_DAMAGE is now compatible with

solid properties.
17028
Output : the MAT_ADD_EROSION card was not exported for Materials

MAT 124, *MAT_076, *MAT_129, *MAT_HYPERELASTIC_RUBBER
and *MAT_OGDEN_RUBBER.
17120
File > Open
File > Input
16833
17271
MAT_026 & MAT_126: De-collapse fields "MACF" and "AOPT" in the

material's edit card for the correct definition of the related options.
19
December, 2009
PAM-CRASH
Input
Fixed error that caused abnormal exit when importing a PamCrash file
with Time-History entities (THELE, THNOD) and the current deck was
LS-DYNA.
16764
Imported BAGIN / keyword: When there was LEAKAGE option then the
following INFLATOR keyword was ignored.
File> Open
File> Input
CONTROL : SUBRUN > L_FRAME and RUNEND> SENSROR

parameters were not displayed in the relevant fields within the dialog box
of the PamCrash Controls, although they were defined in the imported
(opened) file.
ELEMENT ENT
SAFE > BAGIN: correct the selection and assignment of Curve Ids within
the EDIT CHAMBER dialog box.
MATERIALs
Material types 107 and 117: The field "STRAT3" was not available
(visible) in the edit card.
CONTROL
CONTROLS > METRIC : when a new metric is inserted in list it is now

placed at the bottom of the list. Also sequence of metric files during input
is preserved while listed in Controls card.
17542 i
CONTROLS > COUPLING : when SDS was selected the file_name data
line was missing.
D.UTIL
CHECK > CONTACTS
17676
When shells and solids had common nodes , the 'facet thickness' of the
solids was not calculated correctly.
CHECK > CONTACT : Edge-to-Edge penetration is detected only
between Contact types: 37, 43, 46 (it is ignored for 33,34,36,44,54)
11065
Mind that the contact types 37, 47 take the contact thickness from the
hcont field within the CNTAC card, while hcont cannot be <0 or =0
20
December, 2009
RADIOSS
File > Input
Fixed error related to Radioss files having /SUBSET keywords on IBM AIX 5.2
RELEASE version.
File >
Output
Fixed error regarding the material card update according to

CONTROL>ACTIVE VERSION.
17099
When switching from CONTROL the ACTIVE VERSION (e.g. from v4.1 to
v5.1 and vice versa), the Material Card is not updated. Specifically, in LAW36
Material Card, the 2 fields (Ipfun and Fscale) are always displayed although
they shouldn't.
D.UTIL
CHECK > CONTACTS : When shells and solids had common nodes , the
'facet thickness' of the solids was not calculated correctly.
17676
21
December, 2009
PERMAS
$PRESCRIBE direct assignment to a single CONSTRAINT VARIANT.
Fluid Structure Interaction Module fixes : output properties for FSINTA is now
supported.
CONTACT > FLANGES:
11709
Improvement is proximity detection to locate flanges on solids facets.

Input
Property Id assignment according to GEODAT Name.

Material Id assignment according to Material Name.
Set Id assignment according to Set Name.
Set Name assignment according to Set DESCRIPTION field.
PERMAS Spring6 check for stable plane of element system.
PERMAS System Variant Name support.
MEDINA
Input
MEDINA - PAMCRASH
The created PLINKs get now the Part/Property connectivity information.
Output
MEDINA - PAMCRASH
Connection Manager Option "One PLINK Per Flange Pair" was not taken into
account in MEDINA output.
22
December, 2009
STAR CD / STAR CCM

File > Output
Fixed STAR CCM output baffles.

STAR-CD output: fixed warning message that was printed in case material
ids were equal to or grater than 1000.
17247
File > Output
Fixed error that caused double writing of elements.
17463
File > Input
Fixed error that caused abnormal exit when importing particular fluent files
having active the Skip Cells.
17518
Skip Inner Faces was taken into account faces that belonged to zones with
name default-interior and interior-"id". From now on if Skip Inner Faces is
active then all faces that belong to zones with type interior will be ignored.
17146
FLUENT
23
December, 2009
MORPH
if Current deck was LS-DYNA the cylindrical movements were not
correct.
More information (Id numbders) is now given in the related message in
case of "Overlapping Morphing Boxes"
17056
Fixed error in the creation of Linked 2D Morphing Boxes
17260
Linked Boxes
The Morph Hatch color (yellow) and the frozen Control Points color (red)
should not be affected of the current Linked Boxes color.
17335
BOXES
SPLIT: Fixed error in splitting Linked Boxes.
17259
CONTROLS
NESTED > RBE2TONESTED : In case the initial RBE2 was defined with
its central node located on the COG, the nested element that was created
by the function, adapted this (COG) node as REFGRID. This caused bad
Load>Visib of the nested element in case that RBE2 visibility was off.
16874
PARAMS: Morphing a parameter with zero value led to a slight Morphing.
17245
EDGES
TANGENCY > USER > New : when applied on many edges, which did
not have the same vector, and the OK button or Enter key was pressed
without selecting any vector, the vector displayed in the User Tangent
window was applied to all selected tangents. This did not happen when
the middle mouse was used for confirmation instead.
17794
MODIFICATION
FIT > EDGE : ANSA blocks using Edge Fit with Box-in-Box morphing
option active (Windows>Options>Settings>Morph).
17117
FIT > PRJ USER : the orientation vector was not correct when a local
coordinate system was used. The projection was applied according to the
global coordinates and not according to the local. This happened for
element or edge coordinate systems and in systems that were defined in
DECKS.
12601
FIT > SURF NORMAL || SURF USER

Surface fit can also be applied to surfaces of Volume entities.
17363
Optimization
Optimization Task : Hidden Morphing Boxes did not restore their position during simulation.
15013
Optimization Task : a Deformation Parameter can be now connected to a Design Variable.
17230
Optimization Task >: Simulate : fixed error that led to unexpected increase of the file size after
using a large number of steps (i.e. 40)
17493
CROSS SECTION
Correct wrong Warping results.
1962
Fixes related to DB Browser selections and CROSS SECTION Tool
24
December, 2009
SCRIPTING
Fixed error in operation of the view mode button "SHADOW" by the the SetViewButton
function.
Wrong interpretation of relative paths through load script
In case of include statements, expressed as relative paths to the location of the script itself,
path was interpreted relatively to the "current" directory instead of the location of the loaded
script.
17008
Fix in reading session files to ignore comments

v1302, Oct 1st
CheckIntersections' did not consider unmeshed faces when "check_visible" flag was 0.
16836
Transformations functions:
GeoTranslate()
GeoRotate()
GeoTransform()
GeoScale()
GeoMirrorPoint()
GeoMirrorPlane()
GeoMirrorAxis()
GeoSymmetry()
did not keep the connectivity between FE and GEOM entities during transformations. The
argument "Connectivity" has been added in the above functions and can be set to 1 or 0,
to keep or release connectivity respectively.
17095
CreateSectionForce script command led to abnormal exit when executed twice.
17237
ReadConnections("XML", file): function assumed that it was run only in "-nogui" mode and
never displayed the window that selects the variants.
16750
25
v13.0.2
Release Notes
October, 2009

GR-575 00 Epanomi
Greece
Tel. : +30-2392021420
Fax. : +30-2392021417
ansa@beta-cae.gr
October 2009
1. Introduction
ANSA.xml
cfd.xml
the first time you launch ansa_v13.0.2 this ANSA.xml will be loaded
cfd.defaults
applications
analyst.xml
TOSCA.xml

TOSCA.defaults use the -gui TOSCA to launch the special environment for ANSATOSCA applications
NOTES:
ANSA databases saved by ANSA v13.0.2 cannot be opened by older ANSA versions
Updated / New documents:
ANSA v13.0.2 User's Guide
New Reference manual for How to define PERMAS Keywords in ANSA
Updated CFD practices
Updated ANSA scripting manual
Enhanced Script Collection
New Tutorials
Abaqus/Standard model set-up
CFD: PIPE BEND; case setup and morphing for openfoam
Creating the middle surface using recently implemented tools
Release History:
v13.0.2
v13.0.1
v13.0.0
2009.10.01
2009.05.25
2008.12.21
v12.1.6
v12.1.5
v12.1.4
v12.1.3
v12.1.2
v12.1.1
v12.1.0
2008.12.21
2008.08.06
2008.04.21
2007.12.21
2007.06.12
2007.01.24
2006.08.04
Copyright notes:
All other company and product names mentioned in the software and its documentation are property,
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
October 2009

GENERAL
Launching
Command line Help is accessed by -h or --help running options:

ansa -h
ansa --help.
File Manager
The Look in combo-box is able to host more than 20 items now (history,
drives).
15667
Mouse
Wheel Mouse rolling regulated as the F7 and F8 keys for zoom in/out.
13268
Windows
The expand window feature, by 'Shift+MiddleMouseButton' is enabled for

the Database Browser tree list as well.
15156
ShortCuts
When a shortcut, with no "Shift" as a modifier key, is applied to rolling

buttons (e.g. Draw mode: Alt+v ) a reverse shortcut is created automatically
with Shift+the normal shortcut i.e. Shift+Alt+v .
The Feature selection tool buttons can be enabled/disabled by shortcuts,
e.g. Feature Area by Alt+4
Moreover, two more shortcut options are available:

Ctrl+1 : enable/disable the last used option
Ctrl+2 : change option, e.g. from angle to PID-regions to MacroArea, etc
FACEs
The "Name" field has been enabled in the FACE edit card.
16274
File> Open
October 2009
CAD files import

STEP IGES
The Nameof FACE is supported.
The FACEs with the same Name are grouped to SETs with that Name.
File>
Output CAD
STEP IGES : Support writing faces names in exported cad files.
File >
COMPRESS
'Lock' functionality in pull-down menu is added.
14031
Error
Messages
Display error messages also in ANSA Info window to make their reading
easier.
16224
October 2009
General Buttons:
D.UTIL
The RENUMBER button is now located in the D.UTIL group of buttons in

the Common General buttons. It has been removed form the Auxiliaries
Group of the Deck Modules.
GEOMETRY
TRANSF.
15186
The "Finish" button does not exit the function, allowing for a new selection
of entities like the MiddleMouseButton and Enter key do.
MEASURE:
The measurement type is shown in the edit card of the Measure Entity. Therefore
the type could be changed in order to transform the stored measurement in a
different one. The pulldown in the edit card includes only the possible measurement
transformations
(the same that are included in the pulldown during the
MEASURE>NEW).
FOCUS
ISOLATE> LOGOS: indicates the logos shown like small ribs, from faces
ISOLATE> BOUNDS :
14774
works on 'Macro Areas' for 'SINGLE' and 'TRIPLE' bounds. The whole
'Macros' are isolated.
Database Browser
Filters Tab
Evaluate option is available in the right-click menu on a list name, in order

to evaluate all filters of the selected list.
October 2009
TASK Manager
ABAQUS
Checks/Fixes: Fastener Eccentricity check is added.
Mass Balance
Script Reader item is now available
15040
Data Management
Save Representation:
"Skip" option has been added in Save Representation dialog box. User is prompt regarding
saving groups or inner parts representations and overwriting or creating new study versions
for a given representation.
Read model definition:
16003
Until now it was not allowed to delete a group of empty linked parts, that are auto-created,
without deleting the parent parts. Now you can choose whether you want just the linked or
the parent parts deleted as well.
October 2009
CAD Data Translators

The distance between the thickness lines (-layer_thic) is now returned. It is stored in the
MatVecThickness variable, available through ANSA_TRANSL functions.
Changes in PID assignment. Now the colors of distinct bodies are the same with those in
the CAD models, regardless of the -col2pid option.
However, if the -lay2pid or -singlepid are specified, colors will not be the same with the
original cad model, since PID creation depends not on bodies or colors.
NX6 data can be translated
JT translators now work with version 5.0 of the Toolkit API
CAD Data Translator gui
15052
NX : Added a directory list button that can be used to create the searchdirs.txt file which is
necessary for the NX translator.
October 2009
Connections & Assembly

Settings
Windows>Options>Settings>Connections
A new setting for the configuration of the mesh reconstruction that is

performed by the FE-Repr. application, e.g. SPIDER2. If the checkbox is
enabled the mesh parameters, i.e. mesh size, feature line detection, etc,
through the Mesh Parameters window (MESH>SHELL MESH>PARAM.)
will be used, otherwise internal default values will be taken into account.
Thus, if configuration of mesh parameters is required, activate the option
and proceed to the configuration via the PARAM. Function.
Currently the new setting is used only by the SPIDER2 FE-Representation.
Create
Connections
TOPO & MESH>WELD SPOTs>

DEF. CNCTN>MANUAL
13633
The Edges selection option is supported for :

Multiple Connection Points: and :Connection
Curves creation.
Moreover, for Edges and Perimeters selection,
the 'curve' can be formed either on the selected
line or in the middle in case of curve pair
selection. supports edges.
When middle curve preview can not be produced
a temporary warning message is shown. Middle
curve preview is not produced when only one
perimeter or line edges are selected or when the
selected edges or perimeters have too different
lengths.
!!! Even though for the selection of edges, box
selection is available, it should be preferred for
easier deselection rather than selection. The
angle of "feature line window" is suggested to be
used to define the preview curves.
The CONVERT function is now available also in MESH>WELD SPOTs
5011
TOPO/MESH >WELD SPOTs>CONVERT> FE to Seamline

CWELDs,only ALIGN type, can be converted to seamline connections.
October 2009
TOPO/MESH >WELD SPOTs>CONVERT> FE to Cnctn Pts
10026-i
The created Connection Points haveas Comment the PID information of the
elements to were converted.
TOPO/MESH >WELD SPOTs>CONVERT> FE to Cnctn Pts:
9598
PAMCRASH KJOIN can be selected for connection points creation
FE- Representations
RBE3-
In case the Keep All Branches = OFF
16288
and (by a new internal check) the realization of the RBE3 is done as if the
Keep All Branches = ON so as to avoid FATAL Errors during the solution.
Bolts
Interfaces> Zones: Outer
9644
New option has been added to attach only to the outer nodes of the zone.
Attach mid-nodes of 2nd order elements when applying Bolt Connections.
7871
11398
SpotWeld
Point/Line
NASTRAN CWELD
15715
For the type ELPAT a new option 'Create Piercing Points GA,GB' is added.
When enabled the created CWELD is defined by GA,GB and not GS.
This option is not available for Gumdrops, as without GS no mass could be
defined with cweld.
SPIDER
7105
"Compatible Holes" option added. When this is enabled, the perimeters of the
created holes are aligned to the closest perimeter of all faces were the spiderhole s are created.
SPIDER2
14992
"Dist From Perim":

set the least desired distance between bounds ( perimeters and
features ) and outer zone of the spider
12483
"Allow Violation of perimeter" -- "Allow Violation of feature"

if the spider lies on a narrow flange, and there is not enough space for
the hole & zones, you may explicitly choose to violate the distance
criterion from the perimeter, feature, or both bound types.
"Move Up To"
specify the max distance that the connection may move to find the best
position according to the criteria above. The biggest this value is, the
more time it takes to find the best position. If remains BLANK, it is
allowed to move up to the Search-Distance.
!!! Note, that in order for connection manager to respect a certain (say 5degree) feature angle, so that reconstruct doesn't break these features, click
the [Windows->Settings->Connection->Use Current Mesh Parameter
Values.] and make the proper customization in the Mesh Parameters window
October 2009
before the connection Apply.

Otherwise, connection manager will use internal default mesh parameter
values.
Adhesive
Lines
CONTACT
14369
A Tie Contact is created.

The slave set contains nodes collected from P1 part according to a detection
distance and the master set contains properties from elements from P2 part
found in a search distance.
The Width [W] of the connection is used as the detection distance. If width is
0.0, the slave set will contain all nodes of all elements from P1 found in a
search distance.
Contact ID:
-If "Contact ID" is given and corresponds to a valid contact, the given contact is
used as a template and one new contact will be created by copying the
template.
-If "Contact ID" is not given, Connection Manager will look for a contact whose
master set contains the shell properties needed.
If no matching contact can be found, a new will be created.
In case "Contact ID" is not given, the search distance is used as POS_TOLER
in the TIE card.
Adhesive
Faces
RBE3 : new representation.
15687
The REFGRID Nodes of RBE3s are searched from connection face to part P1
within search distance. For every REFGRID Node the other nodes are
searched to part P2 within search distance.
If RBE3 diameter is BLANK or ZERO, only the nodes of nearest, to the
REFGRID node, shell are assigned to RBE3. Else, all nodes from projection
point ( of Ref Node to nearest shell ) within Rbe3 diameter are assigned to
Rbe3 too.
HEXA-CONTACT , COHESIVE-CONTACT
15330
"Create Single Contact" option is added.

Seam
Lines
NASTRAN CWELD: new representation.
15572
Creates CWELD type "ALIGN" for Seamlines

SHELL-CONTACT : Seam lines new representation realization using shell plus
tied contact
8887
W is considered as the thickness of the the seam-weld shells.

The shells are not pasted with the connected parts.
No reconstruction on underlying surfaces.
Interfacing achieved using tied contact (shell edge2surface + offset option).
The projection method will always be normal projection from the connection
curve to the 2 parts, regardless of feature lines around. This means that when
realizing e.g. a T-weld, the weld-shells will not be necessarily vertically
projected to the flange, neither necessarily attached to the feature line. It will all
depend on the connection curve positioning.
October 2009
Y-JOINT-SHELL:
15187
Keep Adjusted Shells new option. If it is enabled the shells that correspond to
the "height" adjustment on Y-JOINT-SHELL are not erased. Therefore a blue
bound between the weld shells and the secondary sheet shells is defined.
CONNECTORs
Search methods
PassThrough option has been added.

ResultsFromSet option has been removed; it can be achieved with
Connectivity = SET and Search Method = PassThrough
10
October 2009
BATCH Mesh Manager

Mesh
Parameters
Fillets:
Chamfer treatment
"Do not join perimeters created from split treatment" is used for both, fillets and
chamfers.
Holes Treatment
The tab of Tubes is removed : the tubes treatment is now controlled within the holes
tab.
11
October 2009
Some parameters of holes and tubes made common:

- "Create perimeters on zones"
- "Attach zones"
Holes Treatment
Specify the hole's Node Number also by giving :
the hole's perimeter element length (L0), or
a zone's perimeter element length (maximal 15 zones, L1-L15),
In addition the node number can be defined as :
a product of the target element length (*L), or
the minimum element length (*Lmin).
The ansa_mpar file is also changed in order to support the new features (N=, L0=,
L1=, L2=, etc.).
Fix Quality : elements suffering by Maximum Element Length criterion can be now
corrected.
Volume
Scenario
Layers
Scenario
Volume / Layer sessions
16130
The Copy to F11 is added in the sessions Quality Criteria window

The IsolateAndCopyParams" is added in the Right Click menu
onto the Layers and Volume sessions.
PART Manager
GEB_xx
The functions Replace, Delete and Save are now able to handle GEB_SB (set builder)
and GEB_GN (general builder)
12
October 2009
TOPO
FACEs
RM.LOGOS
PER FACE : removing logos by selecting the faces upon which the logos
stand
AUTO: automatic detection of the logos faces to be removed
DACH
chamfer fillets can be detected and treated by the function (for sharpen or
split)
CHECK
GEOMETRY: Break surfaces is supported in fix application.

GEOMETRY > Needle Faces.
14178
Added fix for needle faces due to resolution.
13
October 2009
MESH
PERIMETERs
A.SPACING>CFD
the spacing accepts angles lower than 1 (one) degrees.
Improved speed of A.SPACING >CFD
15728
LENGTH : Feature selection>Feature Line is available
10128
MACROs
CREATE function is restored
SHELL MESH
FILL>Gap>Edges : can select 3D-curves
12513
Fill>Gap>Coons : is able to select edges/perimeters/curves without the

need of selection mode (radio buttons) window. A new preview is also
available.
12513
FIX QUAL : function is now able to correct elements suffering by

Maximum Element Length criterion.
UTIL
The projections are now performed on each different part or pid instead of
finding the closest one
UTIL
A pull down menu gives access to the function
list.
Each function is applied onto selected entities.
The application on the Visible entities has been
removed.
Once a function has been selected there is still a
chance to use a different one as this can be
defined in the Utilities Parameters window by
the Mode option:
14
ELEMENTs
October 2009
RESHAPE: Preview is available when the function applied onto FE-mesh
15925
WRAP > [Variable length] : now it takes into account the Size Boxes
14840
PENETRATION
16559
Solid Elements have thickness only for current Deck modules LS-DYNA
and ABAQUS. In all other decks, property thickness penetration between
shells and solids is detected only if the solid gets inside the shell's
thickness.
VOLUMEs
Volume Mesh Generators are now able to mesh Volumes with more than
1000 sub-volumes.
13272
MAP > Thin Parts :

New function to be applied onto curved thin parts. The created map mesh
orientation will follow the shape of the master shells and will be
perpendicular on them.
MAP : the selection order for the straight transition has been changed.
Thus, the path of transition is given just after the selection of the master
and slave surfaces and not at the end.
EXTRUDE>OFFSET
14333
15242
The offset distance value can be specified from the screen, i.e by picking
two positions.
EXTRUDE : the created solids have now the same number of pids
(instead of only one pid) as the root shells. Thus, if the selection of the
root shells contain two properties, then two solid properties will be
created.
Mesh
Parameters
16516
Holes Treatment
Specify the hole's Node Number also by giving :
the hole's perimeter element length (L0), or
a zone's perimeter element length (maximal 15 zones, L1-L15),
In addition the node number can be defined as :
a product of the target element length (*L), or
the minimum element length (*Lmin).
The ansa_mpar file is also changed in order to support the new features
(N=, L0=, L1=, L2=, etc.).
15
Mesh
Parameters
October 2009
All parameters that define the target length are now written in the
ansa_mpar file (from SHELL MESH>PARAM.).
14702
The new entries are written under the "element-length" and are:
a) target_element_length_radio (accepts: Specified, Average,
Free)
b) target_element_length_factor (accepts: a float number > 0)
c) target_element_length_param (accepts: init_average_len,
init_local_len)
Quality Criteria
Color for min and max length in F11 for the HIDDEN drawing mode are
now separated from each other.
15540
16
October 2009
DECKs
Input / Output
Update of the IDEAS-M format in order to include Universal Dataset

Number 151.
15195
GRIDs/ NODEs PASTE>AUTO>SELECTED NODES: selects by node's feature angle.

ELEMENT
UTIL>Change Type>1-D Entities:
16092
Changing from line elements with no orientation (e.g. TRUSS) to elements

that require orientation (e.g. BEAM) does not create non-accepted
elements (i.e. collinear orientation axis) but elements with default
orientation. Mind, however, to verify the result.
AUXILIARIES
BOLT: Added option to attach only to the outer nodes of the zone.
BOLT : The bolt axis is corrected to pass through the center of the
smallest hole.
DB Browser
Lists
Materials' Mapping List is now available also from "MATs SYNC" window
of property list.
15216
Improved performance when reading huge files with tabular data (e.g. with
more than 120000 lines)
15083
(ii-iii)
Properties/
Materials
Curves /
Tables
Respecting of blank spaces when used as separator of columns. However,

if other separator is used (e.g. colon) no blank spaces should exist before
or after the separator.
17
SAFETY
October 2009
FMVSS 201U
Target points detection - generation for all the vehicle's interior components.
The FMVSS Tool is used for the calculation of the target points and the positioning of the
FMH (Free Motion Headform) for the simulation of the occupant protection in interior
impact laboratory test according to the FMVSS 201U standard
FMVSS 201U Interface separated in three tabs :
Target Points - Positioning - Manual Operations.
Target Points: The user has to feed the tool with a number of sets (Vehicle Components
Set) and a number of points (Seating Reference Points), in order to calculate the target
points. With the Get Target Points ANSA calculates the needed planes and derives the
characteristic curves and the target points. At the same time that approach angles for
each point is automatically calculated and are set in the appropriate fields in the
Positioning tab. The created planes, curves and points are stored in sets with the prefix
FMVSS201U. With the Undo All the user deletes all the above.
Positioning: This tab is used to position the FMH to the target points according the
FMVSS 201U regulation.
Manual Operations: This tab is used to manually position the FMH.
18
October 2009
Pedestrian
The Reference Lines creation includes both EURONCAP & EC Reg. regulations
New Buttons :
WAD Line : for creation of customized WAD lines
Conv2Beams : for converting curves to beams
Moreover, 3d-points are create at the intersections of translated side lines with lateral
lines.
Target Points:
Distance : defines the minimum desired distance between the critical points that will be
detected in each area.
Rotate Dummy / Rotate Dummy Part
'Total Rotation Angle' field became editable.
Dummy part or Dummy is moved at the
specified position after OK or Enter is pressed.
All Safety tools can be applied onto geometry, i.e FACEs.

CHECK
PENETRATION & CONTACTS : Solid Elements have thickness only in LSDYNA and ABAQUS. In all other decks, property thickness penetration
between shells and solids is detected only if the solid gets inside the shell's
thickness.
16559
19
October 2009
NASTRAN
D.UTIL
D.INFO : mass report takes into account CONM1 elements and report
them accordingly in the MASS INFORMATION Table.
15967
ELEMENTs
CWELDs > ELPAT / PARTPAT.
15715
The Piercing Points GA and GB, can be created onto the connected
patches by activating the option of the dialog box that pops up.
PARTPAT: Allow multiple CWELD definitions by selecting multiple GS

nodes.
ELPAT: when the Create Piercing Points GA, GB is enabled and NOT
GS is picked (middlemouse is used to skip GS selection) the CWELD is
created without GS but only with the GA and GB piercing points.
SOL200
Topology (TOPVAR), Topography (BEADVAR), Topometry (TOMVAR)

are supported.
CHECK
CWELD
58
A new errors detection function is added to identify :

invalid projections,
6735
7115
invalid agnle between patches,

not shell nodes used as GA,GB in type ALIGN,
missing patches etc .
in the CWELDs according to NASTRAN welding realization.
Fix option is available (where possible) to automatic correct the detected
problems, i.e move the GS to a proper location for a successful projection.
CFAST
Detect projection errors for the CFAST realization
20
October 2009
ABAQUS
ABAQUS version 6.9 is supported
Output
Angle values throughout of (90, -90) range specified within Shell Element
cards are now preserved in the exported abaqus deck file since it is now
supported by Abaqus (> v6.8) as well.
15533
Abaqus keywords *INTERACTION PRINT and *INTERACTION OUTPUT

are valid only for Abaqus versions < 6.8
Keywords:
*CONTACT
*CONTACT INCLUSIONS
*CONTACT EXCLUSIONS
*SURFACE PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT
are also supported in ABAQUS/Standard for versions > 6.8
Materials
CONNECTOR BEHAVIOR
10815
Support option DEPENDENCIES in *CONNECTOR ELASTICITY
Materials
*ACOUSTIC MEDIUM is supported.
9715
21
October 2009
INIT.CONDIT.
INITIAL : Support of *INITIAL CONDITION, TYPE=NODE REF

COORDINATES (ABAQUS v6.9)
STEP
Support of *MODAL DAMPING, *GLOBAL DAMPING
9816
12628
13909
Support of *SELECT EIGENMODES (for Abaqus 6.9) and *RETAINED

EIGENMODES (for Abaqus v6.8 and earlier)
CONTACT
Support MINIMUM DISTANCE option for *CONTACT PAIR ( for Abaqus

versions >= 6.9 )
CHECK
CLOSED TIE LOOPS: Detects tie contact loops
12893
15882
14334
22
October 2009
LS-DYNA
LOAD
BLAST: Support of *LOAD_BLAST_ENHANCED.
15089
INITIAL
Support of *INITIAL_AXIAL_FORCE_BEAM card
16345
Materials
Extend acceptable values of "HR" field of Ls-Dyna MAT_036 to 7.0 and

MAT_190 to 6.0
Support *MAT_ADD_EROSION per LS-DYNA 971 R4 requirements:
16010
Added "EFFEPS", "VOLEPS", "NUMFIP", "NCS" fields at

MAT_ADD_ERROSION first card.
CONTACT
Additional option on CPARAM8 (=2) field of the *CONTACT_MPP card
16542
CONTROL
Support of "BMSID" and "ID_OFF" fields of

CONTROL_SPOTWELD_BEAM.
16383
AUXILIARIES
DFRMBLE : *DEFORMABLE_TO_RIGID_AUTOMATIC
15352
Several improvements for easier and error proof selections.

During new creation, only deformable properties can be selected for D2R
and R2D PIDs. Also only rigid property can be selected for MRB.
In edit card PID fields are mandatory (zero or blank are not acceptable)
and a check is performed if they are deformable. If MRB parts are
defined, a check is performed if they are rigid (check >model data).
By pressing F1 in a PID field, only deformable properties remain visible
for selection and only rigid for F1 in MRB fields. Also pressing "?" in
property fields provide a selection list with compatible properties
(deformable/rigid depending on the case)
23
October 2009
PAM-CRASH
SAFETY
Rot Dummy > Rotate Dummy Part : Joint's info is got by the kinematic joint.
This gives user the choice to set up manually the stop angles by editing the
kinematic joint's card, where the angle values fields became editable.
CHECK
PENETRATION & CONTACTS :
16559
Penetration between shells and solids is detected only if the solid gets inside
the shell's thickness.
24
October 2009
ANSYS
Input
Extension in reading ANSYS keywords EN and R.
9808
Also support ANSYS keywords TYPE, RMORE, REAL, MAT.

The ID for the Property (PID) that the element has in ANSA is now taken
by the REAL sets (if exist).
Every mass that has the same data (mass values) with another one, points
to the same REAL.
ANSA Info
Echo ANSYS keywords SPC, CERIG, RBE3, CE, CP and materials in

ANSA Info window, during info-pick and edit from list.
NODE
UTIL
14144
9326
10372
7219
The options "Change CSYS" and "Change NODAL COORD" have been
added.
ELEMENTs
SOLSH [NODE || ELEM]
8492
Support of element type SOLSH190; type specified within the Property

card.
13395
It can be created by picking nodes, upon shell elements or by converting

solid elements.
SFE loads can also be applied on facets of SOLSH190 elements.

SOLSH190 facets can be added in ANSA sets in order to apply SFE on
them or to be used properly by contacts.
25
October 2009
JOINT > [TWO NODES || ONE NODE]
3626
Support ANSYS joints : element type

MPC184.
10400
The following MPC184 elements has been

supported:
LINK
BEAM
REVOLUTE
UNIVERSAL
SLOT
SLIDEPLANE
TRANSLATIONAL
CYLINDRICAL
PLANAR
WELD
SPHERICAL
Supported keywords:
SECJOINT
SECSTOP
SECLOCK
Support ANSYS 2nd order shell element ET 281.
14531
Support ANSYS element type COMBIN40.
14532
Support ANSYS element type PLANE183.
14530
Support element types :

FLUID29, FLUID130 (shell)
CONTACT
FLUID30
(solid)
FLUID129
(beam)
Assign default values in real constants of Contact card.
14687
Every new created contact in ANSA, get the default values for ANSYS
reals, according to table 3.1 of Contact technology Guide, section 3.8.1 of
ANSYS 11.0 manual. Thus all created contacts have always real values.
PRTENS
Support of PRETS179 : Pre-Tension Section
8493
Pretension Section Assistant is available for quick and easy definition of

ANSYS pretension.
CHECK
MODEL DATA
14539
nd
Detects Shell or Solid elements that are 2 order and are wrongly
assigned an ET that corresponds to 1st order Element and vice versa.
With this new option the abaqus models that are switched to ANSYS can
be verified regarding the correct Element Type assigned to 2nd order
elements.
26
October 2009
CFD Decks
Size Boxes are also used by WRAP [Variable Length]
CFX
OUTPUT: avoid writing shell_properties not matched to solid-facets as boundary

conditions
STAR
AUXILIARIES> SOLVER INFO :

specifies the solver :STAR_CD or STAR_CCM.
The property field type can take now BC types only of the specified solver.
StarCCM output baffles are output oriented uniformly.
PERMAS
New supported keywords
15073
$TRANSLOAD
$FUNCTION TABLE
$MODDAMP
$PARAMETER
LOADING
PRETENSION : define Pretension Load for Bolt modeling.
AUXILIARIES
PRETENSION > [PLANE || THREAD] : Pretension definition for bolt

modeling.
The CONNECTOR button has been added.
27
October 2009
MORPH
Hatches
The cross-hatches onto Morphing Box faces are drawn as dashed lines (like the
Geometry Faces)
Link boxes
Color of Frozen Control Points of linked Morphing Boxes becomes

orange (the same as for the original Morphing Boxes) when the Freeze
toggle button is enabled.
16194
CONTROLS
PARAMS : the LENGTH parameter renamed to EXTEND
15340
BOXES
LOAD > [NOTLOADED]
11054
Frozen Control
Points
This function highlights entities that are not loaded to any Morphing
Boxes.
MODIFICATION
MOVE : Specifying local coordinate system in morphing actions is

done by right mouse click without the need of special button. The
elements do not get transparent so their local coordinate can be picked.
Moreover, the selected Coordinate System is preserved as long as the
function is active for modifications.
15374
MOVE : Selection of Morphing Box local coordinate system is enabled.
15350
MODIFICATIONS
/ DIRECT
MORPHING
MOVE > TRANSLATE / ROTATE & DIRECT>NODES :
DIRECT
MORPHING
DEPRESS
the movement is applied as soon as the Middle-Mouse-button, Enter or

Apply is hit and not automatically.
8415
Function creates triangular mesh if the meshing type (MESH TYPE) is

switched to TRIA (MESH>MESH GEN.>TRIA)
28
October 2009
Optimization
TOSCA Structure
Pre-Processing: Convert From Model option is added.

TOSCA error log can be saved as html.
"Monitoring Process" is available during optimization run.
TOSCA Smooth : Allow multiple Smoothing Instances per Task.
START OPTIMIZATION: New Task Items Convergence Plot and View Tosca
Out.
Optimization Task
In Run_mode=Execution : edit in Design Variable is allowed for Min / Max and

Current values fields.
NASTRAN SOL-200
Simulate:
The Simulation functionality has been added for the SOL 200 to
animate and simulate the shape changes that occur from the
DESVARs that are connected to DVGRIDs.
A Fringe plot with contour colors of the virtual displacements as

an effect of the corresponding Design Variables is displayed.
Mind to have the F11>Graph Parameters>
Color_Bar_colors=Pallet
Topology (TOPVAR), Topography (BEADVAR), Topometry
(TOMVAR) are supported.
12901
These are also available within the NASTRAN Loadcase Design

Optimization in the TASK Manager.
29
October 2009
DRESPi : New Response types Compliance (COMP) and Mass

Fraction (FRMASS)for topology optimization
DOTPRM : Parameters added: TCHECK , TDMIN
30
October 2009
SCRIPTING
GetNormalVectorOfShell : New built in function
(the script GetNormalOfShell.bs is removed from the script collection
packagesince it becomes obsolete).
CollectEntites accepts a Connection Point as a container argument.
11578
VolumesMeshV : New built in function

NearElements script function now accepts multiple 3d points as input to speed
up calculation.
ReleaseElements : accepts a matrix argument
14485
IsolateAndCopyParameters function for script.
9814
HideWindow : new function in script library

AutoSetConnectivityInConnections : Auto function of connection manager
15334
CenterConnections : "Center" function in Connection Manager

AddToSet : can now add entities as EXCLUDED.
EraseConnectionFeRep : "Erase FE" function of Connection Manager
15607
ConvertFeRepToConnection : New built in function

Script functions RunSession, RunMeshingScenario, RunSessionGroup,
RunAllMeshingScenarios
return 0 if check button is closed, 1 if everything is OK, and 2 if something hasn't
run.
15445
Script functions RunSession, RunMeshingScenario,

RunAllMeshingScenarios have one extra argument.
That argument is a time limit in minutes. If that limit is exceeded then batch
mesh process is halted. Old calls of these functions will work normally using 0
time limit.
SetEntitiesPart : New script function that assigns to a parent part a matrix of
elements.
CollectBoundaryNodes : New built in function
15514
3749
CheckGeometry: New built in function

GetConnectionSettings: gets any parameter from a connection with a keyword.
15806
In script function PickEntities when:

1. User sets "SHELL" as keyword, shells from macros, fe can be selected with
angle selection.
2. If sets "SOLID"/"SOLIDFACET", then solids/facets from volume or fe can be
selected with angle selection.
3. If sets "FACE", can select faces with angle selection. If is in TOPO menu then
the angle selection is based on faces neighborhood. In other case selection is
3265
31
October 2009
based on angles between shells.

In script function PickNodes when:
1. User sets "VOLUME" as keyword, nodes of solid elements of a volume can be
selected with angle selection.
2. If sets "FACE", then nodes of shell elements of a macro can be selected with
angle selection.
3. If sets "SHELL"/"SOLID", nodes of shell/solid elements can be selected from
macros/volumes with angle selection and there is and option to select nodes of
elements (user selects element, but only nodes are returned).
SetEntityPart now works with matrices of elements as well.
New built in script functions: RotateDummyPart, RotateDummyAroundHPoint
and TranslateDummy
New built in function :
AssignConnectionSettings : assigns the desired settings to the connection
without creating FE representation.
New built in function: MoveGridsToOrigin.
9582
New script function : CalcQCHECK : It calculates the QCHECK value of all

components included in the matrix.
5068
New script function : KinematicsConvertToNMap

New script function : IsolateBaffles
New script function: AparameterTaskItemLinkToAparameter
Added an argument mode at 'RotateDummyPart' and
'RotateDummyAroundHPoint' script functions. If mode = 0 then the angle
argument is the increment angle, else if mode = 1 the angle argument is the total
rotation angle for the selected rigid body.
32
October 2009
Script collection
Folder:
ANSA_TRANSL
ANSA_TRANSL_material_vector
ANSA_TRANSL_read_attr_files
ANSA_TRANSL_Read_CAD_header (new file)
ANSA_TRANSL_Read_extra_options_field (new file)
Folder:
PostRealization
PostRealize_PrintArgs.bs (new file)

PostRealize_SpiderCbarToCbeam.bs (new file)
PostRealize_ChangePbeam.bs
PostRealize_PIDsInComment.c (new file)
SplitBeams
New script that Splits each beam in two, while is keeping

the original properties
DesignVariablesParametrizeThickness
For each selected shell property, the function creates an

A_PARAMETER for the thickness and a Design Variable
that controls it.
An Optimization Task must have been created in
advance. The Design Variable is named
PSHELL_<PID>_T and is of type REAL.
The current thickness is set as Current Value. The
Min/Max values are calculated based on user specified
factors.
RedConsGridsInSet ( binary)
Script is removed. The built in function

CollectBoundaryNodes can do the job.
RedConsShellsTriasInSets (binary )
Script is removed. A new function BoundaryTriasInSet is

added instead. This works in FE also.
AlphabetSorting and
AlphabetSortingAllProps
are unified to AlphabetSorting
AlphabetSorting
now works with any starting id
PropShellToSet
Now the user doesn't have to type the property name
TriasToSet
is removed from distribution This function is used to find

trias that violate the min height. It seems to be obsolete
since this criterion is now supported from ANSA.
FindNodesShells
The function FindNodesShells was renamed to

ShellsPerNode which describes better the functionality
PartName2Pid
PartName2Pid was renamed to PartName2PropName to

describe better the functionality.
Also, now only PSHELLs are renamed and also it is not
required the parts and properties to have the same pid.
IsolateSolids
is removed since there are predefined filters in filters tab
ReportSets
The function is removed since the set list displays the

content of sets
GroupPropsReport
Obsolete
UpdateAbqProperties.bs
Function is removed. It is obsolete
CompressRbe2
The function CompressRbe2.bs is substituted by the
33
October 2009
CompressRbe2Rbe3.bs
OpenCatiaInAnsa
The function works in Windows too and now saves the

ANSA file in the directory where the CAD file is located
OpenNXInAnsa
The function was added in distribution. it works as the

'OpenCatiaInAnsa'
PedestrianWithIncludePam,
PedestrianWithIncludeDyna,
PedestrianWithIncludeRadioss,
PedestrianWithIncludeAbaqus
Functions have been updated in order to take into account

more separators when reading the file with points.
34
October 2009

GENERAL
DB Browser
PROPERTIES, CONNECTORS, GEN BUILDERS: fix for edit cards,

modify and display for fields: PRESERVE, FORCE, SUBOPTION
15835
While the Database Browser was active caused long delay on

switching modules (e.g. Mesh to Decks) in big files.
15438
It is now allowed the modification of FROZEN_ID, FROZEN_DELETE

on Curves and Tables (e.g. LS-DYNA *DEFINE_TABLE) within the
Database Browser List.
16551
Fixed selection of Facets and Edges through DB browser using the

Feature Selection>Area tool.
16537
STEP : Unread faces by reading STEP file is fixed.
15992
STEP: wrong interpretation of transformation information and

creation of empty parts errors are fixed.
16487
File> Output
CAD
Reading STEP file and CAD output VDA resulted in particular cases to
abnormal exit.
16334
File> Print to
File
When the operation was performed by scripting, although all the steps
were processed, the produced images were blank.
15221
problem regarding overwrite in the filename field is fixed.
15307
File>Open
Geometry
TRANSF. : Correct print out of the total transformation distance.

TRANSF. > Copy: applied on Cutting Planes
6319
15220
even though a New Part or New Instance was selected the newly
created cutting planes were not assigned to the newly created part or
instance.
Includes
TRANSF. > Move : When performing a movement the Solid Facets

removed from Sets' contents.
15346
TRANSF.>Copy & MESH>ELEMENTs>Offset functions:
12462
Newly created elements will be placed in the same include as the

parent elements along with the new property and nodes that are
created. If the transformed/offset elements do not not belong to any
includes, the new elements, properties and nodes will be placed in the
current include.
35
FOCUS
October 2009
ISOLATE>Single : used to keep also 1-D elements, i.e Bars, Rbodies,

etc.
14132
ISOLATE>BAFFLES : Fixed error caused unexpected exit on

WindowsXP platform.
GUI
When starting ANSA with the "-i" option and giving a CAD file (i.e
vdafs, step, iges) the menu buttons on top of the GUI are "messed-up"
and some lost their labels.
15012
Unnecessary warning messages were printed during buttons

relocation.
15011
SHADOW
In particular cases the Pause/Break does not halt the shading process.
16102
Pull down
menus of
buttons
On Windows platforms (XP an Vista) the mouse-release event for

pull-downs of buttons did not activated the button's default option and
the pull down menu remained visible with no option selected.
16174
Settings
36
October 2009
TASK Manager
Surf.Wrap
Adding the "Surf.Wrap" item, Editing it and pressing Cancel/Esc in

the window caused abnormal exit.
15022
Optimization task
Could not export ABAQUS explicit in -nogui mode in an

optimization task
15259
Connections
Wrong message at 1st run of TM regarding Connection Status:
15303
Spider & Bolts which support the 'Allow Single Part' feature, failed
to pass the task-manager check.
TOSCA
Hitting Cancel/Esc did not discard the creation of a TOSCA task

item.
15929
Several fixes in TOSCA Task creation and editing.

Model Checks /
Fixes
ABAQUS : Check>Fastener
Convert from
Model
Contacts of spotwelds are not merged into the Task.
Now the check is performed for fasteners that belong to the task.
12318
37
October 2009

Modifications of connections' values from connection manager,
database browser or script became faster.
15037
Erase FE removed not only the FE-Repr. Properties but also all the
ones that were created as Copy (manually) of them.
16272
Realized Connections in old ansa files (older or equal to v12.0.2) appear

as having status 'blank' instead of 'Ok' when open these files in v13.0.1
16277
Having the Connection manager docked, option "Edit Connection" did

not work.
15965
ANSA.defaults with more than 100 entries in the mapping table

thick__spw_diam caused abnormal exit in launching ANSA.
16137
15038
The maximum length of the array changed from 80 to 202.

External
Assembler
When the connection with External Assembler is made, the Status

became <blank> and the Error Class became "CUSTOM FE".
15448
Connections
Selection
Assistant
Select spots of Visible Props. did not work on solid properties.
16593
Gumdrops
RBE3-HEXA-RBE3 : misleading message "Internal error Validating

Gumdrop" was printed although the connection was realized.
15560
Adhesive
Lines
RBE3 diameter did not work for adhesive lines with regular distribution
15861
Hemming
FOLDING : In many cases even though elements were successfully

folded, the RBE3-HEXAs were failed. Algorithm that creates HEXAs on
hemming is now much less error prone.
15683
Seam Lines
Y-JOINT SHELL: Fix Y-Joint height adjustment so not to shrink the

heat affected zones (HAZ). The HAZ width defined is now respected.
15309
SpotWeld
Points/Lines
RADIOSS WELD: 'Use thickness to PID Map' option did not work
when called a script function. This error first appeared in v12.1.5
15621
SPIDER2: Fixed error that caused abnormal exit on realization.
15756
NASTRAN CWELD: Fixed error that made unable the realization of

CWELDS type ELPAT (no space for the spotweld area).
16190
During the Cweld realization the elements to be created are checked if

they satisfy the Nastran projection criteria. The Diameter within the
PWELD is taken into account for this check. Therefore, for ELPAT &
PARTPAT welds that are applied with a non existing PWELD-ID, this
PWELD that will be auto-created, will have D (Diam) = 0, even though
the connections may have D>0. If the PWELD diameter is modified later,
the CHECK>CWELDs has to be performed manually.
Applying CWELDs with an existing PWELD ID (or with the PWELD field
blank) the CWELDs to be created will be checked with the current
diameter, thus they will fail if there is no space for the spotweld's area.
38
Bolts
October 2009
Applying Bolt (with current Deck module = LS-Dyna) with Body Type
= RBE2 , the setting Split In >1 , the fix rigid dependency that is
automatically done (to avoid dependency conflicts due to Rigid Parts,
etc.) created some unnecessary *Constrained_Extra_Nodes.
Connection manager did not drill bolt holes if the holes were quite
close to the boundaries.
7210
This margin from the bounds has been decreased, and holes can be
drilled now very close to the boundaries.
Check
CONNECTIONS: Fixed error that caused abnormal exit during check

connections
16297
Convert
Connections : from Spotweld Points to WeldLine did not found common

connectivity. In v1301.
16200
Fe To Adhesive : abnormal exit when converting Pam-Crash LLINK

elements( on Ansa 64-bit).
15342
CONNECTORs
For current Deck module Pam-Crash, the Interface-i RBE2 creates
now Rbody type 0 with the exact definition of Pam Crash. The NCOG is
auto-defined by the Apply and not during the output to Pam-Crash.
10129
39
October 2009
BATCH Mesh Manager

Problem when changing the 'Fill' option to 'Spot' in Holes treatment; the change was not
applied.
15075
When saving the layer parameters the file manager did not automatically fill the
*.ansa_lpar in the filename.
15276
Save Session did not save parts correctly in the case where the scenario was PID based.
15071
Save Scenario: The File Manager did not open and the saving failed, in case of nonexistent DM path.
15271
Fixed abnormal exit in batch meshing of particular case.
15158
Some FE shells were not highlighted from the batch mesh Parts window.
16425
Draw Sessions did not colored the parts of the session if
16428
FE elements (not geometry) was loaded in a session and
were selected as PARTS/GROUPS
PARTs Manager
Save Part
Boundaries or Fasteners which belonged to a part were not saved correctly

in the new ANSA file.
40
October 2009
TOPO
CONS
PROJECT : double projection of faces. Fixed the problem , caused ONLY

when the Feature are selection tool is activated and the selection is done by
simple click on the CONS - not by box selection, and created unaccepted
projection.
16055
PASTE: Problem with the selection of joined CONS which didn't have hot
points on its boundaries; the selection continued to the adjacent double
(yellow) CONS.
15324
FILL HOLE: if the "Convert point to connection point" was activated without
activating the "Make point at center hole" flag no connections were created.
15250
Now both options work independently to each other.

FACEs
SURFs
MIDDLE>MULTI: Property assignment of new middle faces was wrong in a

specific case, when exiting and re-entering the function to continue.
15629-vi
MIDDLE>MULTI: Fixed error that caused abnormal exit when using Auto &
Trim manual on Unix HP UX11
16026
COONS and SURFs>SWEEP/GLIDE:
15411
when selecting an element edge of FE-model mesh ANSA terminated

unexpectedly.
41
October 2009
MESH
SHELL MESH
FILL>Hole: Unaccepted result was given if the selecting the hole was
comprised between geometry and fe model.
16037
SUPPRESS : produced unaccepted results when it was applied on 2nd

order elements.
15809
MACROs
RELEASE>Keeping Mesh : results improved significantly
15794
PERIMETERs
EDG2PER : fixed errors that caused unaccepted results.
14013
8556
EDG2PER : New perimeter segments that are created have, instead of

last applied length, average length of the macro area the 'cut' shells
belong.
GRIDs
6873
A.SPACING > [CFD] : Fixed error that caused abnormal exit on a

particular case.
16191
A.PASTE
15081
When using "Selected Nodes" and activating "Project on Geometry", there

was no projection. The projection performed only with "Selected
Elements".
Having selected "geometry Pos", the nodes were moved to the average
position and vice versa..
Malfunction of the "preserve ids" option has been also fixed.
ELEMENTS
VOLUMEs
EXTRUDE > SWEEP / GLIDE: fixed error that caused abnormal exit.
15123
SPLIT>[SOLIDS] did not allow the splitting of solids when the whole
database was visible. Function worked only if remained visible an isolated
small area around the solids to split.
15987
WRAP > [Variable length] if implying no contact among any PID

(Contact Groups = 0), produced elements smaller than minimum length.
Regardless of the specified length range ANSA refined down to 1. It
checks now the Min length of each PID instead.
16169
MAP : failed to remesh after cutting one macro but leave the same
number of elements.
16278
MAP : correct misleading warning message (Incompatible Master slave

combination) that was printed although the problem of the mesh
generation was related to an existing volume definition.
16341
MAP: fixed error that caused heavily distorted solid elements.
15209
MAP : a message is printed if surfaces belongs to already defined
16225
42
October 2009
volumes.
MAP : fixed error that produced wrong and unaccepted mesh result when
the function was applied onto 2nd order mesh.
Quality criteria
QGRAPH
drawing mode
MAP: fixed error that led to abnormal exit on particular cases. Appeared
only for 32bit ANSA v1301.
15318
MAP - Volume Remeshing :didn't work on copied volume definition,

e.g. created by Geometry>TRANSF.>Copy. All the surfaces of the copied
map-volume were marked as master.
15777
EXTRUDE > TRANSLATE : fixed error that caused abnormal exit related
to Faces' and solid's facets selection using the Feature area.
15439
EXTRUDE>OFFSET : fixed error that caused unexpected termination.
16238
IMPROVE> FIX QUAL for 2nd order Shells and Solids( in order to
improve Jacobian, Mid.Point Alignment, Mid.Point Deviation) did not work
on Macro Area and Volume Definition.
15200
Increased precision for the values given in the cells of the quality
criteria. Values are rounded on the 10th decimal position. Change of
values is now avoided.
15456
Fixed problems of recalculation/refresh of Quality Graph display for Mesh

Distortion, Distance From Geometry, Distance From Origin criteria.efresh
problems appeared also after applying TRANSF>MOVE or
ELEMENTs>OFFSET.
Fixed error regarding Mesh Distortion calculation and display on
Cylindrical Faces.
QGRAPH
S.GRAPH
16240
QGraph>Mesh Distortion & S.Graph: Fix in drawing of elements on

perimeters which are between no-tangent faces, if the faces are Offset
Linked faces.
14929
16038
4542
10306
43
October 2009
DECKs
Output
Output Parameters window > General > Ansa Comments
15104
Although the "Above keyword" option was selected, the comments

were written At the End of File and vice versa.
Output Parameters window > Miscellaneous > Thickness
15940
When exporting element thickness (Output elements' thickness)

enabling the using properties grouped by element's thickness an
invalid property with 0 thickness was created.
GRIDs/NODEs
ABAQUS / PAM-CRASH : fixed error that caused export of multiple

elements with same ids when MULTIPLE PROPERTIES were
assigned on Macro Areas.
16281
Splitting line elements by the TOPO/MESH>HOTPOINTs>PARAM.and INSERT function was not possible
15752
PASTE>Auto
15081
15868
When using "Selected Nodes" and activating "Project on Geometry",

there was no projection. The projection performed only with "Selected
Elements".
Having selected "geometry Pos", the nodes were moved to the
average position and vice versa..
Malfunction of the "preserve ids" option has been also fixed.
ELEMENTs
UTIL> Change order : from 1st to 2nd order elements conversion left
unconnected nodes
UTIL > Renumber : having enabled the Macro Area option in the
Feature Selection and using 'box selection' was selecting twice the
elements and led to invalid renumbering. The error might cause
corrupted files after saving.
SET
15451
16564
Modify Contents: fixed error related to selections of property subcategories and unwanted removal of all properties that were contained
in the set.
15426
Fixed error regarding highlighting of sets after filtering. Sets that did not
match the filtering and did not selected in the list were (wrongly)
highlighted as well.
15325
MODEL CUT
When rotating a cutting plane from its Z-Axis using MV.FREE, pressing
Esc didn't return it to its original location (appeared in v12.1.6)
15915
Impactor
Impactor Positioner caused abnormal exit when a second vehicle

model is imported as an impactor
16020
D.UTIL
CHECK > CONTACTS
15605
Entities specified as excluded in sets were not interpreted properly from

the check>contacts function. E.g. if the set is used in a tied contact the
excluded nodes (DELETED) of the slave set were still considered for
the projection validity although they should not.
44
October 2009
AUXILIARIES
CONTACT>FLANGES : significant improvement of the function's

results especially for contact detection onto solids' facets.
11709
SAFETY
K JOINT - Rotate Dummy part
16107
Although the K_JOINT type was changed, e.g. from spherical to

revolute, the Rotate Dummy Part recognized the K_JOINT still as the
previous type.
Fixed error that caused wrong interpretation of the K_RBODY
information, stored as comments, in the imported deck file. The case
was related to definition of K_RBODY with ANSA_PARTs.
Pedestrian > Reference Lines:
16152
- Fixed error at bumper reference lines creation.

- Smooth translated rear bonnet reference line's corners
45
October 2009
NASTRAN
Output
Output Parameters window > Miscellaneous > Thickness
15940
When exporting element thickness (Output elements' thickness) enabling

the using properties grouped by element's thickness an invalid property
with 0 thickness was created.
Input
Support the importing of CWELDS type ELPAT, with GA, GB (piercing

points) and NOT the GS node definition.
15715
Such elements can be now created in ANSA as well.

BCs
Fixed error related to the evaluation of an expression in the field, when load
applied on Set, e.g. BCs>TEMP>Set, In the field T(GI) type ="zg(@G@)".
15646
D. UTIL
D.INFO:
10876
Fixed errors that caused improper calculation for NSM

- In order to calculate the NSM mass in the Deck Info, the user had to
activate the NSM visibility, although the option "Apply on Whole DB" was
selected.
- If the NSM Set was defined as a combination of two or more NSM Sets
(NSMADD) then the NSM mass value was ignored at all.
D.INFO :
10986
When NSM or NSML was defined on a property set, the NS mass was
always computed in D.INFO for all included types (e.g. PBAR, PSHEL )
that might contained in the used set, although only one particular type was
chosen in the NSM card e.g. TYPE=PBAR.
D.INFO:
16208
Fixed problem in calculation of the COG of CONM2 elements with offset

values.
If a mass element (CONM2) was applied on Set of nodes is transformed
through the X,Y,Z offset distance values, the D.Info did not respect the
offset for the calculation of COG.
ANSYS to
NASTRAN
PELAS
9199
GE field in NASTRAN PELAS property was not updated when you switch
from ANSYS to NASTRAN (appeared in v12.1.1)
Now the GE of PELAS is updated by the corresponding values of the CV1
field of the COMBIN_PROP in ANSYS
AUXILIARIES
GEB_xx : Creating BC SETs through scripting

[ CreateEntityVa (NASTRAN, "LOAD_SET"); ]
didn't succeed if color values were not specified. Related BC SETS:
16376
LOAD_SET
TEMP_SET
DMIG_SET
SUPORTSET
NONLINEAR_SET
46
October 2009
TICSET
ABAQUS
Output
Fixed error that prevented the output of abaqus file having Numbering
Rules which had to apply to GROUPS that were auto-created during the
exporting process.
16096
Fixed Output of *SURFACES (based on ANSA Set containing ANSA

Parts, FACETs, Solid-C.SHELL-COHESIVE Properties) that were
exported blank.
15178
Input
When importing a file without the property cards (SECTION) the

Element type was not preserved. E.g. Element type was set to S*RS and
it was switched to (the default) type which is S*.
15357
Materials
MATDB > Copy (from Material Database to Material List): Fixed error that
caused unexpected termination when copying Abaqus material containing
TABLE.
MAT-SYNC : Fixed error in conversion of the Mat8 Nastran material into
Abaqus material.
Drawing mode
MAT-SYNC: Empty SFA/SFO in LSDYNA CURVE caused wrong Material

Synchronization when the target DECK was ABAQUS.
If the *DEFINE_CURVE of LSDYNA had SFA and SFO are left blank
(which by default means that they are equal to 1), then the created
D.TABLE in ABAQUS had all its values equal to 0.
16082
EL.TEMP > : fixed error that caused abnormal exit when trying to draw the
TEMPERATURE field as contour plot in a file with
15502
*TEMPERATURE, FILE=
LOADS
INFO>RESULTANT>[All Pressures] : fixed error that led to unexpected

exit if DLOAD was defined on SET.
16090
AUXILIARIES
STEP: DSLOAD reset flag was not saved in the ansa file.
16441
CONTACT > FLANGES: improved detection of flanges as candidate

contact pairs to avoid small areas (one element).
14563
D.TABLE: fixed problems regarding handling of data tables
15084
- select and copy a column and then paste it in another column, then the
values were be pasted in rows.
- select more than one columns and apply delete,then only one of them
was deleted. In case you select many rows then the delete function will
delete them all as expected.
D.UTIL
CHECK > AMPLITUDES> End Time : malfunction is fixed.
15954
CHECK > FASTENERS : improved connectivity detection to cover more

cases where the connectivity projection was not calculated properly.
15808
CHECK > CONTACT ORIENTATION : the function changed the

orientation of elements although there was no such a need and no fix was
required.
16154
CHECK > CONTACTS ORIENTATION: improved proximity detection and
8466
47
October 2009
the function is now able to find problems that were not detected (v12.1.2)
48
October 2009
LS-DYNA
Output
Input
DB Browser
Lists
LOAD
Wrong *DATABASE_BINARY D3PLOT DT value was exported, e.g.

instead of 0.05 the value 0.046875 was written in the exported *.key file.
15172
The *INITIAL_STRESS_SECTION was not exported in Visible mode

even though the corresponding *DATABASE_CROSS_SECTION (the
one referenced in the SECID) was visible.
Now, in Visible mode: the INITIAL_STRESS_SECTION is exported if the
Cross Section is visible.
12703
Importing of FTSS LS-Dyna Dummy model caused abnormal exit.
15632
Fixed error that caused abnormal exit when importing key file with
*INITIAL_STRESS_SOLID
15977
Fixed error regarding the visibility control of

*DATABASE_HISTORY_{option} using the "Show", "Show Only",
Hide" options.
15407
BLAST / File>Save
the value of field "CFP" (2nd card)of the *LOAD_BLAST was not saved in
the ANSA file.
AUXILIARIES
CONTACT
16213
*CONTACT_FORCE_TRANSDUCER_PENALTY : it was not allowed to

define this contact type with the Master Set ID blank.
15760
CONTROL
PARALLEL : The CONSIST pull down menu of the
*CONTROL_PARALLEL card had the values 0 and 1 instead of 1 and 2.
15537
CONTROL
15538
THERMAL_NONLIN. : wrong values were presented for the

*CONTROL_THERMAL_NONLINEAR values (REFMAX, TOL and DCP
fields).
DATABASE
15539
EXTENT BINARY: replaced ADAMS label by EXTENT_BINARY.

DFRMBLE
15336
DEFORMABLE_TO_RIGID_AUTOMATIC: MRB is cleared when

Add/Remove Parts > D2R was applied.
D.UTIL
CHECK > PENETRATION / CONTACTS
11375
The CONTROL Parameter SHLEDG was not taken into account from in
penetration/contact check.
Now, ANSA takes in account the shell edge thickness when SHLEDG is 0
or not defined. Only when SHLEDG=1, the shell edges are assumed
square.
SAFETY
Input : reading of LS-DYNA Dummy 'inf' files did not create any
kinematic entities.
FOCUS
AND : applying the function on shell elements (not in a specific area) with
box selection, made visible all the PRETENSIONERs that were in the
15433
49
October 2009
current model.
PAM-CRASH
Input / Output
CNTAC: Contact type 36 > "IEDGE" field was ignored.
15288
Moreover, the following changes now, for :

INPUTVERSION <=2003 : IEDGE parameter format is I5
INPUTVERSION >=2004 : IEDGE parameter format is I10
INPUTVERSION >=2006 : NACC, NUMBKT and THKEXT are not
exported.
Input
fix reading of values:
15085
ECTRL: RATESCALE & RATEFILTER and

OCTRL: RSTOUTPUT
Input
Fixed error regarding interpretation of Materials : could not create the

five blanks after CURVE keyword.
15194
Output
SUBSTRUCTURE
13433
RBODYs were written wrongly in the Substructure Group as elements.

CONSTRAINTs
RWALL> Set : the selection of empty set is not allowed now.
D.UTIL
D.INFO
Wrong mass calculation of shells assigned materials 130, 131 and
132. The information (mass density, thickness) defined in the PLY data
was ignored.
CHECK>PENETRATION / CONTACTS : did not take into account the
PLY thickness (sum of PLY thickness) when hcont<0.
15253
15702
15699
(For elements assigned materials 130, 131 or 132 )

SET
"Modify Contents" did not display the category CONSTRAINTs
16069
Materials
Material 200 (bar/beam null material): E=0 for is now allowed.
16308
Materials / PLY
Materials 130, 131 and 132 are considered invalid if they don't have at
least one PLY definition.
PLY : The fields "E11","E22"", "E33", "G12", "G23" and "G13" can not
be blank, zero or negative. Must be > 0.
15704
The aforementioned cases are detected by CHECK>MODEL DATA.

CONNECTORs
For current Deck module Pam-Crash, the Interface-i RBE2 creates

now Rbody type 0 with the exact definition of Pam Crash. The NCOG
is auto-defined by the Apply and not during the output to Pam-Crash.
10129
50
October 2009
51
October 2009
RADIOSS
Input
TIME
HISTORY
In imported files with TH/PART , thePART was interpreted only as

PROP/SHELL. Therefore references to PROP/SPRING or
PROP/BEAM was not read correctly.
16043
It was, wrongly, not allowed to create TH/PART by using

/PROP/SPRING/
16050
Fixed problem with beam-pipe elements
15116
ANSYS
Output
the field 9 of EBLOCK command should be the number of nodes

defining this element. ANSA exported these elements with field 9
equal to zero.
Output
Unused (needless) node sets were exported when having solid facets
sets used by contacts.
15302
Database
Browser /
Lists
Could not filter by Advanced Filter for "TETRAHEDRAL" element

type in ANSYS deck.
16065
Properties
Property BEAM188
15299
When switching to BEAM188 type in corresponding property card the

MID field was not available and so it was not possible to define
material for this type.
MEDINA
Input
Fixed ANSA - MEDINA Transformation Matrix relation (A - A transpose).

Nastran input file with CWELDS of type ALIGN, GRIDID and ELEMID did
not properly converted into MEDINA
15558
Note that 'CWELD, GRIDID' cannot be converted since MEDINA does not
support this CWELD type.
Fixed creation of two ANSA_Parts with the same name after importing two
medina files one after the other.
16482
52
October 2009
CFD++
Output
CFD++ output problems related to the type of entities within the ansa
file i.e. FE-model mesh or Macros mesh and ANSA Volumes mesh
13588
(in v13.0.0)
OpenFOAM
Output
boundary file did not specify number of patches
16196
Input
Fixed wrong interpretation of ':' character in BC name
15175
SOLVER INFO
Informative message is now printed in case of invalid combinations

in General Tab.
15086
Fixed error caused abnormal exit when importing UH3D file with
invalid property reference.
16431
UH3D
Input
STAR CD / STAR CCM

StarCCM : surface mesh of baffles did not have uniform orientation in
output. This error is fixed.
16221
FLUENT
Input
Fixed double precision syntax input problem of Fluent .cas binary file
format.
53
October 2009
MORPH
DB. BROWSER
List
Fixed abnormal exit when deleting morph entities within the

DB.BROWSER Selection List.
16067
Moreover, missing options for Morphing entities management have

been added ( e.g. Branch).
BOXES
ORTHO>MIN VOL. : Fixed error in function that led to illegal exit.
15020
INFO : did not make visible the loaded solid elements of Volume
Definitions.
16322
CHECKS
GEOM CHECK list window did not close when opening another ansa
file, that led to abnormal exit if the Geom.Check window was
accessed.
15817
MODIFICATIONS
MOVE > MV.FREE : Applying mv.free with local CS moved control

points in unexpected positions.
15375
DIRECT
MORPHING
The functions of the Direct Morphing were not recorded to the

Deformation Parameter.
15003
Optimization
Task
Manager
Optimization Task: Simulation of Cylindrical Boxes
15447
When simulating a design variable which is connected with a Parameter of

a cylindrical box, upon ESC the parameter got the maximum or minimum
value and affected the box shape. The problem appeared when there
were concentric splits.
CROSS SECTION
PART Manager > Save Part: a part with cross section that was saved as ansa file caused
abnormal exit when was imported in ansa.
16094
Fix the calculation of Wx and Wy for solid sections.
10276
TOPO>CROSS SECTs>NEW>Multicut : when it was applied on geometry led to "notcalculated" cross sections.
12842
54
October 2009
SCRIPTING
SystemOutput command didn't work on Windows platforms
15163
Misleading help file lead to crash when the TOPO_GEOMETRY_TRANSFORM() was

used in scripts.
16357
Fixed MERGE from script when filename contains blanks

ANSA crashed when after the batchmesh scenario the WriteStatistics() was called via
script
15693
PrintToFile functions didn't work as expected when opening a file with the
15198
'-i' and '-exec' flags.
15221
Fixed problem with the PrintToFile script function
15152-ii
fix script function OutputOpenFoamPoints when mode == visible or mode == model.

Added an extra argument in OutputOpenFoamPoints "Scale" as regular output does.
CollectEntities fixed and enhanced behavior
15304
Fixed script function MESH_PERIMETERs_FL2CURV.
14393
The entered value didn't affect the result.

The current feature line angle value was used instead.
NodesToElements : fixed the wrong result with 2nd order elements
12073
nd
The function used to returned the element twice when the 3rd node of a 2 order tria
was given as input.
WriteStatistics returned 1 although the meshing scenario was completed
15974
Return value problem is fixed. Status of scenario wasn't informed after run.
Fixed error that caused abnormal exit when importing script, if not having any script
already loaded.
15975
'Use Thickness to Diameter map' didn't work when a script function was given in
ANSA.defaults (v13.0.1)
15615
Fixes for :
GetNewSession/GetNewLayersSession/GetNewVolumeSession:
AddSessionToMeshingScenario:
DeleteEntity:
CreateEntityVa : Could not create HOURGLASS or DEFINE_SD_ORIENTATION, or
DEFINE_VECTOR, SENSOR undefined through scripting at once.
16385
55
v13.0.1
Release Notes
May, 2009

GR-575 00 Epanomi
Greece
Tel. : +30-2392021420
Fax. : +30-2392021417
ansa@beta-cae.gr
May 2009
1. Introduction
Several errors first appear in v13.0 have been fixed in v13.0.1 but they are not mentioned here apart from
particular cases. Moreover a lot of feature changes have been made between v13.0 and v13.0.1 ;
functions are described in this document as they appear in v13.0.1.
ANSA.xml
cfd.xml
the first time you launch ansa_v13.0.1 this ANSA.xml will be loaded
cfd.defaults
analyst.xml
TOSCA.xml
applications
TOSCA.defaults use the -gui TOSCA to launch the special environment for ANSATOSCA applications
NOTES:
ANSA databases saved by ANSA v13.0.1 cannot be opened by older ANSA versions
Updated / New documents:
ANSA v13.0.1 User's Guide

Reference manual for How to define LS-Dyna Keywords in ANSA
Updated CFD practices
Updated ANSA scripting manual
New Tutorials
Creating the middle surface using automatic tools
Batch mesh for cfd mesh
Kinematics tool
Optimization with TOSCA (bead, topo, shape)
Optimization with modeFrontier
Release History:
v13.0.1
2009.05.25
v13.0.0
2008.12.21
v12.1.6
v12.1.5
v12.1.4
v12.1.3
v12.1.2
v12.1.1
v12.1.0
2008.12.21
2008.08.06
2008.04.21
2007.12.21
2007.06.12
2007.01.24
2006.08.04
Copyright notes:
All other company and product names mentioned in the software and its documentation are property,
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
May 2009

GENERAL
A new Graphic User Interface with many new menu and layout customization options:
a short description of the new layout:

1.Main pull
down menus
2.Toolbars
3.Module Buttons
4.Module Buttons
Group
5.Hidden Buttons
pop-up
9.Database
Browser
Hidden
Window
10.Status Bar
6.General
Buttons
8.Command Line
7.Ansa Info
Launching
May 2009
When ANSA v13.0.1 is launched searches (to read) the ANSA.defaults ,

ANSA.xml and ANSA_TRANSL within the folder:
for unix
/home/user/.BETA/ANSA/version_13.0.1/
instead of the user's home directory
for windows
C:\Documents and Settings\user\.BETA\ANSA\version_13.0.1\
that will be automatically created the first time ANSA will be launched.
Apart from the .BETA folder ANSA.defaults and ANSA_TRANSL are read in also
from the ANSA_HOME and the current directory.
All settings that used to be saved within the ANSA.defaults that were related to
user layout (buttons, colors, fonts, etc) are obsolete since all these settings are
now stored within the ANSA.xml
The ANSA.xml file has all the user settings regarding the buttons location,
menus configuration, colors, fonts, window style, windows size and location,
filters, list windows configuration. The ANSA.defaults file hosts all the functions'
configuration like mesh parameters, morphing, topology settings, etc.
ANSA.xml can imported in an open ANSA or can be auto-read by any location
using the -xml starting option.
Moreover, you can start ANSA with the -gui option and as a second option give
a <name> that corresponds to name.defaults and name.xml, e.g.
ansa.sh -gui cfd
will start ANSA that will read the cfd.defaults and cfd.xml which are placed into
the /home/user/.BETA/ANSA/version_13.0.1/
or the ANSA_HOME directory.
Windows
All List windows and Module Buttons windows can be docked, e.g. on left/right
or bottom side of the main ANSA window in order to have more clear graphic
area.
The windows can be tabbed in other docked windows.
A preview is given when a window is docked or placed as tab using drag and
drop.
Expand the size of a window by moving the mouse towards the side to be
expanded holding down the middle mouse button and the Shift key. This is
not available for tree-form list windows, i.e SETs
Click with middle mouse on the title bar of a floating window in order to roll it
up . (the window is minimized to its title bar)
Columns in List windows can be added by using the new tool List Fields that
provides all the edit card's fields of the listed items.
Menus
The bottom menu called General Buttons is available in any Module Menu in
order to reduce menu changes. All General buttons can be used despite the
currently active Module. For instance the REALIZE button that launches the
Connection Manager is available also when a Deck menu is active.
All Module Menus (TOPO, MESH, MORPH, DECKs, etc.) as well as the
General Buttons can be docked or tabbed.
Buttons of each Group of Module buttons can be easily placed in a position or in
the Hidden window by drag and drop. The Hidden buttons pop-up window easily
accessed by the arrow next to the Group's name.
May 2009
The Hidden window opens by right-click onto Module Buttons group label.
Functions of an open Hidden window can be used in any Module menu, e.g. The
Hidden window of MESH>SHELL MESH can be used while the
Deck>NASTRAN Module is active.
A Group of buttons in each menu (Module/General) may be removed or added
group
User Menu
A custom made menu can be created by drag and drop Module buttons, Group
of buttons from any module, including the buttons that are created by script.
User Menu and Groups of buttons within it, can be given any custom name.
To create such a menu go to Modules>Create Menu. The edit mode is
activated ; during this mode only custom user menu definition is allowed.
In the field next to the Add Group button enter an appropriate name for the first
group of functions that is going to be created, and press Add Group.
The Deck Mode specifies the deck module that can be used as source of deck
buttons.
The Draw mode specifies the style of the displayed Faces/Macro Areas.
Using drag and drop with the middle mouse button, pick buttons from any
module buttons group, to place them in the group of the User Menu. A whole
module buttons group can be placed in the User Menu, by picking it with the
middle mouse button from the label of the group.
Tooltip balloons indicate the origin path of the button that is placed in the User
Menu.
Delete a button from a group by pressing the Ctrl key and the right click on the
button. Once a group is empty from buttons the user can delete it, by clicking
with the right mouse button onto its label while pressing the Ctrl key.
Press Finished to confirm the custom menu definition. The new menu is
available as a Module Buttons menu.
To edit an already created user defined menu, one have to activate it and then
by right clicking on its title bar select 'Edit Mode'. To delete a user defined menu,
right clicking on its title bar and select 'Delete Menu'.
Shortcuts
May 2009
Any button can be assigned to a keyboard shortcut combination with Shift, Ctrl
or Alt keys
140
Buttons defined by scripts can be also called by a shortcut key.

The toggle buttons (switch) of the Selection and Drawing modes (ENT, PID,
MID, ..) can be changed (switch between options) using a shortcut.
Shortcuts are defined by the
Windows>Options>GUI Settings>Buttons Manager
Windows >
Options
The Windows>Options enable the Options - Buttons Manager window that

gives access to Functional preferences and Menu/Layout configuration.
The options that are related to Functions preferences are listed under the
Settings section (mainly hosts the former SETTINGS>SETTINGS menu).
They are saved in ANSA.defaults
The options that are related to menu, layout and user interface customization
are listed under the GUI Settings. They are saved in ANSA.xml.
May 2009
GUI Settings
Menus and Windows:

- specify the Window style
- customize the number of Rows and Columns for buttons for the Module
Buttons , General Buttons and User Script buttons menus.
- configure the drawing (size and position) of the Axes for the Global
Coordinate system
- Enable/disable Tooltips for Module buttons and Docking for windows.
Colors:
- customize colors and enable Gradient style for the main drawing area
- choose colors for the Layout (buttons, windows, menus, etc)
- handle Front and Back color for Faces, elements, etc (ENT drawing mode)
- enable the different color between lines in List windows.
Fonts:
- choose font type and size for OpenGL , Windows and Menus
Toolbar Manager:
- handle visibility, icons, labels, etc of buttons in toolbar
Buttons Manager:
- control visibility for main toolbar functions
- customize the default action of the drop menu (the first option of the menu
which is also enabled with single click on the button)
- define Shortcut keys for functions
May 2009
- assign icons for buttons

- modify button's tooltip and label
!!! with Ctrl+middle_click onto a button opens the Buttons Manager directly
for this button configuration.
Due to the fact that all user preferences regarding layout, menus, function
pull down menus options, etc are stored in ANSA.xml, these particular
settings are obsolete from older ANSA.defaults (where they used to be
stored).
SELECTIONS
Area selection : new window with icon-buttons that can be docked on the
toolbar menu.
new selection types:

Macro Area : the entire Macro Area is selected with single click. Box
selection selects Macro Areas as well.
PID Region : single click selects elements that define a region of the
currently visible and connected shells of the same property. The selection
stops at blue bounds (common edge for more than two elements).
Feature Line : new window with icon-buttons that can be docked on the
toolbar menu.
PID Neighbs : new selection type that with single click selects line elements
(e.g. beams) that are currently visible and connected.
The Feature Area selection has been added in several functions like the
TOPO>FACEs>[SET PID] , the Geometry>DELETE or the
DECK>ELEMENTs>DELETE.
Exiting
Codes
784
ANSA returns the following exiting codes:

0 : normal exit
-1 : licensing related error (no available credits, communication error, etc)
other than 0 or -1 : abnormal exit
May 2009
Database Browser
Database
Browser
Windows>Database
A new database browser window that can be docked and remain active along
with any function.
The browser provides a tree formed list and list management windows for all
entities of the loaded database controlling also their visibility as it used by the F12
window.
The Include Manager and the applied Advanced Filters (of any list) can be
accessed via the Database function.
As soon as the user selects one group of entities, the respective Selection
window appears, which can also be docked. In order to open the Selection list for
the first time double click on the entity in the tree-form list.
Moreover, the list of Reference entities appear as Tab in the Database browser.
Right click on a group of entities provides a drop menu with on-screen control
functions (Show, Hide, Show Only) as well as to Open or Open in New Tab in
order to launch a list with these entities.
Entities
visibility
control
The visibility of all entities by means of their drawing is now controlled by the
13223
Database browser. The Deck Parameters window that was launched by the F12
13183
is removed. The F12 key now launches the Browser if this is not already open.
The display control is achieved by the check boxes under the Visible column.
Right click on the header label [Visible] activates the menu with the options
All, None, Invert, Lock
The check box of the Group of entities (e.g. ELEMENTs) controls all child items.
It also remembers the status of the 'child' items since the last time.
If there is at least one 'child' item not enabled the Group's check box is faded.
Filter
window
May 2009
In the Filters window all the applied filters that

have been produced from the advanced
filtering in the lists, are saved and remain
available for future use and editing.
The filters are categorized according to the
type of entity that had been applied to. In this
window a right click menu is available either
for a group of filters or for each filter
separately. In this menu, visibility commands
are available, edit and delete actions, plus
evaluation actions.
By selecting 'Evaluate', 'Re-Evaluate' and
'Evaluate All', you can apply the filters and
see how many entities satisfy its rules.
All the filters in the Filters window are saved
when ANSA quits in the ANSA.xml file, and
are available for future use.
Clicking on a filter opens the respective list
(displayed in the Selection window).
By clicking on a filter and dragging it, for
example on an include, all entities that satisfy
this filter are dragged and dropped into the
include.
The right click drop menu for Filters:

Multiple selections are also allowed.
The Filters of a group can be edited with right
click onto the group name.
Selection
list window
May 2009
Within the Selection list all common visibility and selection options are available.
Right click in the list opens a menu with the functions that can be applied on the
listed items. These options can be available as buttons in the lower part of the
window while they can also be hidden.
History arrow-buttons (Go back - Go forward) switch between selections that
were made within the Database, the Includes, the Filters or the Reference lists.
Right click on the column's label enables a menu with on-screen isolation
control [Show, Hide, Show Only] for referenced entities, open list options
[Open, Open in New Tab] and direct quick modification <modify>.
For example, when the Material ID has been added as a column in the Property
list, the right click onto the MID label (column's header) allows the visibility
control of the respective materials referenced by the selected properties.
LISTs
In the Selection window of the Database Browser as well as in all LIST windows
is now possible to add columns based on the edit cards of the listed items
using a new tool that is launched by the option List fields. Activate the
respective check boxes and the list. A proper switch exists in order to change
the type of the listed keywords, if exist any different. Moreover, auto-completion
for the available fields is available in the <add new column> feature.
The simple Filter edit line hosts the used Filters History (including both simple
and Advanced filters).
The New and Delete options are available.
The lower and upper buttons or check-boxes of the list windows can be appear
or disappear on the window. This is controlled by the arrow on the left side of
the window.
10
Filter in
Lists
May 2009
For the Database Browser's Selection list and all LIST windows:
- The filter field hosts the history of the used simple filters and advanced
filters.
- user is able to filter based on the field of the listed items' edit cards. Autocompletion/suggestion of the field label is provided.
- filter type "Expression" is now available also for the simple filter. Type
"Expression:" in the simple filter line followed by an expression (for example
in a property card check if the MID1 is greater than 2: @MID1@>2, or
reference a field from another card: @MID1@->@NU@==0.3 etc.).
- The user may omit to type "Expression:" and type right away an
expression. The filter will be interpreted as an expression as long as it starts
with a @ and the first field (the value between the first two @) is one of the
columns in the list.
11
Modify
May 2009
massive modifications can be performed:
quick <modify> directly on a field that appears as a column; right

click on the field's label header and type the new value that will be
applied to the field of the selected items
Advanced Modify: right click in the list and choose the Modify option
(former EFM>Modify tool) to enable the dialog box for the
modification of more that one fields in one shot.
The expressions and language of the EFM tool (Edit-Filtering-Modify) , like $,

COUNTER are still valid.
Modify can handle Name and Comment fields (strings) with no need to close
the string in double quotes " " in case of simple cases, e.g. substitute all the
name with a new name or add a comment in a blank field. In complicated
cases where special characters are used the double quotes are needed.
If any entity failed the modification process, an option is given to have a list
shown with these entities.
The box that hosts the fields to be modified can store the input fields.
Moreover, is able to auto-complete the name or suggest possible options of
the field, for easier input.
The last used Modify Rules for each entity type are preserved during the
ANSA session and are saved in the ANSA.xml for future use.
12
Filtering
May 2009
Advance filters:
New interface:
The box that hosts the field that is used for the filtering stores previously used
fields and auto-completes the name of the input field (providing also potential
field labels)
While the Apply button isolates in the List only the items that fulfill the given
filtering criteria the Select button selects only these items without removing
the other items from the List.
New filtering types:
- "Expression": type an expression using the EFM language, for example in
a property card check if the MID1 is greater than 2: @MID1@>2, or reference
a field from another card: @MID1@->@NU@==0.3 etc.
- "use filter". A filter is able to use another filter. Select two or more existing
filters and create a new filter that uses the selected filters, either matching All
or Any of them. Mind that when a filter references a filter that is absent, the
check always returns true (pass) for the absent filter.
The name of an Advanced filter is automatically added in the history of the

used filters accessed by the simple filter of List.
13
May 2009
Besides the method through the Filter Rules and Modify Rules windows
there is the option to choose the fields to be filtered or modified through the
edit card of the listed entities that accessed by the Open Card button.
The edit card is available only for the type but not for the group, i.e for
Shell Properties or Beam Properties but Not for All Properties.
The card of the respective (selected) entities opens. Enable the label of the
field and type the filtering or modification expression and thus perform the
filtering/modification directly in this card, without creating filtering or
modification rules by adding fields.
14
File>
Open
May 2009
STEP
Transformation matrices, Hierarchy, Property Name & Thickness, Part's
module-id and Product version are well interpreted and imported into
ANSA.
13855
Properties are created based on Layer, Color or Body

IGES
Property Thickness is imported form IGES files that have been exported by
ANSA.
The Windows>Options>Settings>CAD Input topology
gives access to the preferences for the reading of CAD data such as
*.iges, *.step, *.vda-fs
13415
The check box 'GEOMETRY CLEAN UP' is disabled by default.
After the reading of the CAD data a message in the Ansa Info window
reporting the preferences used for the interpretation.
IGES & STEP input: in case of imported problematic face definition on
periodic surfaces, these faces are detected and are replaced by
untrimmed faces. Curves that describe the actual bounds of these
problematic faces are created. In order to be easily isolated (face with its
curve bounds) they are grouped into sets (DECKs menu) with the prefix
"untrimmed_periodical_face_with_bound_curves".
File>
Output CAD
3814
9876
9944
STEP : Improved interpretation to STEP format. Parts Hierarchy, Property

Name and Property Thickness are supported. Properties (PID) are
translated into Layers.
IGES : Property Thickness can be exported.
15
File>
Compress
May 2009
The function includes the former FILE>COMPRESS and the

DECK>CLEAR capabilities.
974
Provides a preview of detected unused entities in a tree list for ALL

entities: F.E. , Geometry, ANSA Parts/Groups.
The activated check boxes for each entity enable their deletion. The check
box for the parent level entity eg. F.E. Affects all the child items.
The [ Details ] button enables the preview of the detected unused entities
and allows control and further selection/deselection of the entities that will
be removed.
The In List column shows the number of the detected items that could be
removed. The To Compress column shows the number of entities that
will be finally removed.
16
May 2009
Double left click on the number to open a list of these entities. They appear
marked in this list; Deselect the ones that should not be removed and
press OK. Only the marked items will be removed.
When the check box Delete by step is enabled then the removal of some
entities is done only if some other is removed before.
e.g. the removal of the Load Curves that are referenced by unused
Materials is done in a next step, after the Materials' removal.
File Manager
Help
Filters for Directories and Files are available where Regular expressions
can be used.
6651
The On-Line help consists of html pages and accessed via a built-in html-browser.
Get help on a function by Ctrl+left click on the function's button.
The functions can be activated while the Help window is open.
Common browser operations are available : Go Next, Go Previous, Create Bookmarks,
open Tabs
Searching among functions labels [Index] or help text [Search] to locate the function's
help or find particular text within the open function's [Find].
The html pages of the Help are placed within the ./config/helpfiles/
Documents
The documentation collection html page is directly accessed by the
Help>ANSA documentation index
Tooltips
Tooltip balloon appears with a short description about the function, when the mouse is
moved on the button.
It is controlled by the
Windows>Options>GUI Settings>Menus and Windows>Disable tooltips
Moreover, tooltips of the Module buttons can be edited through the Buttons Manager
(Menubar>Windows>Options>GUI Settings>Buttons manager)
17
Function
Finder
May 2009
Windows>Function Finder
Find a function to use by searching its name (button's label) or by searching within the
On-Line Help text.
With Double Left click on the list activate directly the function (without looking for its
button).
With Middle-click the Buttons Manager window appears ready to configure this
function (default option, its visibility, etc).
With Right-click the Help of this function is available within the On-Line Help window.
By default the Function Finder is activated with Ctrl+F
18
Display
May 2009
F11 : Quality Criteria Presentation parameters window

Detail on Demand : This display control feature has been added in the Presentation
Parameters tab of the F11 window.
Provides a gradual increase of detail for the model, which will depend on the current view.
Such a detail on demand effect can be obtained by adjusting the respective regulator.
The more the user zooms in, the more details of the model come to visible, leading in a
more detailed view of the model.
The detail on demand effect affects, first of all the visibility of the mesh in a model. By
zooming out, the wire is lost equivalently to the view with the WIRE flag off. In this case in
order to indicate the existence of mesh on Macro Areas, small dot are displayed in the
middle of the shells.
The righter the regulator is, the more intense is the effect, which means that less zoom
out is needed for the details disappear.
19
May 2009
Graph Parameters
The settings in this tab control the color view modes:
EL.THICK , EL.NSM, EL.PRESS , EL.TEMP , C.THICK , M.SCALE, QGRAPH , SGRAPH
Besides the Q.Graph and S.Graph sections that refer to the respective color view modes,
generally:
Color Bar Limits

select the limits of the color bar, by choosing one of the following three options:
Whole DB: Auto adjust range from all shell elements of the Database
Visible: Auto adjust range from Visible shell elements only
User min-max: Specify user defined min and max values in the two activated
fields
Ranges defined min-max: used only for the Q.GRAPH color view mode
Color Bar Colors
select the way the color bar will be configured, by choosing one of the following two
options:
Palette: Specify the number of classes (colors). Each color can be configured by
pressing on the sample square.
Unique color: Assign a unique color for each class of thickness.
Use unique color for each range : used only for the Q.GRAPH color mode
The Color Bar Limits and the Color Bar Colors options can be combined according the
user's needs.
20
Color
View
modes
May 2009
SGRAPH: Separation Graph color view mode

This new color view mode can be used for comparisons between two FE meshes or
between a FE mesh and a geometry.
Having in the current database two FE models with a certain mesh, or a geometry model
and a FE one, activate the SGRAPH view mode to compare them.
The shell elements of the FE mesh are colored according to their distance from the
geometry.
The distance can be calculated based on the selected option inside the F11 window in the
Graph Parameters tab : distance from the middle point of the shell element or from
its nodes. (In case the nodes option has been selected the average of all is displayed.
These two options can be combined, and in this case again the average distance of all
will be displayed).
Switching to the SGRAPH view mode ANSA is calculating the distances and such a
procedure might take a while. To halt the process one can press the Break key.
Transparency ( enabled in ENT/ PID/ MID drawing modes)
When a Deck Module is active, in several functions as well as while working with the
Database browser lists, the entities that are related with the activated function remain in
normal drawing on screen while all the rest become transparent in order to facilitate
selection and identification of the important entities. The transparent drawing can be
temporarily disabled by Ctrl+Shift.
21
May 2009
General Buttons: The bottom menu contains group of buttons which are available along with any
activated Module. They can also be added in a User Menu.
FOCUS
ISOLATE : the pull down menu is reorganized and new functions added.
FLANGES
PROXIMITY : locates potential flanges based on the following

recognition parameters
LINK : locates group of parent and child Linked Faces
SHAPE : detects candidate flange areas on each part
CONNECTIONS : new option to locate flanges based on a search

distance detection and the existence of connections on them.
RADIUS
HOLE ZONES: new function to locate element zones around holes
SKIN: this is the former OUTER/INNER function that isolates the outer or inner
faces of a solid description or a complex assembly
TUBES: the function is now able to detect tubes taking into account Solid
elements' Facets and FEM shell elements. A new option has been added to
create a center line of the tube.
9776
BAFFLES: new function to locate the thin-wall structures

SHORT PATH: indicates the shortest path between two elements (this function
used to be the ELEMENTs> WRAP [Short Path] )
BOUNDS > SINGLE || TRIPLE || SPURS :isolates all neighboring elements to
single and triple boundaries as well as those with irregular connection to their
neighbors. (The function applies on FE-model elements only)
BEST : After the selection of 3 points, the model is transformed so that the
vector defined by the first two selected points turns parallel to the x-axis of the
screen.
6498
OR NOT : the functions affect FEM entities with no property also in PID
selection mode
22
May 2009
OR with PID selection mode : using box selection in empty space clears the
screen
12780
OR NOT AND - !NOT in ENT selection mode : with double click (left or
right) the selection is performed as if it was in PID mode.
D.UTIL
The group hosts the Deck Utility functions :

D.INFO : deck report
CHECK : detect errors and verify model's integrity
VISIB
BOUNDS : The Boundary drawing style is enabled for FE entities not related to
Geometry also when in TOPO Module menu.
W.SPOTS
This group contains the following functions that used to be in the TOPO>WELD
SPOTs group:
9921
REALIZE: activates the Connections Manager

ERASE: removes connections via the Connections Selection Assistant
RM.DBL. : detects double defined connections within a given distance with the
option to combine their information to the remaining ones.
GEOMETRY : The group contains the TRANSF. , DELETE , FINE , and MEASURE functions
MEASURE
2917
2396
10512
11883
Enhanced functionality that enable numerous measurement options:

Node position, Distance, Length, C.O.G. , Angle, Polyline, Curvature, Area,
Volume, Middle Point, Inscribed Circle, Circumscribed Circle, Equivalent Circle.
23
May 2009
User is able to, simultaneously, measure multiple quantities between groups of

different kinds of entities. For example, the user can consecutively select
nodes, edges, shells or solids and watch the real-time alteration of the potential
measuring results. The latter are displayed via a pull-down menu in the main
Measure window and, therefore, the user has a full overview, in order to
conclude to the final combined measurement result.
Note the ability to switch between different selection modes using the "1" key in
the alphanumeric section of the keyboard and, additionally, the ability to switch
between different potential results using the 2 and 3 keys, for Up and
Down arrow-keys, accordingly.
Middle-mouse confirmation is demanded after the aforementioned procedure.
The results of the measurement are reported in the Ansa Info window and on
screen.
The MEASURE function offers the opportunity for saving the applied
measurements with the Store button on the initial Measure window. The latter
are saved in a List and can be previewed, edited, deleted, or generally altered
at a later stage. Note that all items in the List are Measurement Entities, which
can be previewed in the Database Browser. The MEAS. toggle button of the
VISIB group controls the stored measurements visibility as well.
The Clear button on the initial Measure window deletes real-time
measurements. As real-time measurements are considered all measurements
that take place while consecutively selecting entities, either before, or
immediately after middle-mouse confirmation.
The measurement calculations are generally based on the Global coordinate
system. An extra check box in the main Measure window offers the opportunity
for calculation based on a Local coordinate system.
The results of the measurement are reported in the Ansa Info window,
signifying the use of a Local coordinate system.
In order to return to the (default) Global coordinate system calculation, just deactivate the corresponding check box.
Measurement limits : The user can specify minimum and maximum limits of
the measurement. The defined limits appear on screen, accompanying the
measurement result and the whole edit-group becomes red, when exceeded.
LIST
INFO: prints the result of every selected measurement in Ansa Info window
REFORM: Opens the initial Measure window for direct access to the desired
measurement modifications. With the specific option the user can radically
change the whole measurement from the very beginning: change the
measurement result type between potential measurements, alter the entities'
measurement combination, set or remove limits and/or local coordinate
system. Mind that using the Reform option the limits and local coordinate
system can be massively changed.
Windows > Options > Measurements:

this section of the functions preferences handle the presentation of the
measurements, such as :
color, printing format, number of digits, etc
24
May 2009
TRANSF.
The Feature Area selection is available
New interface for the Geometric Transformations:
Once the entities to be transformed have been selected, specify the transformation type
(Translate, Rotate, Scale, Symmetry, Transform) and input the necessary values.
The COPY or MOVE can be selected/redefined within the application window. The Move
is auto-enabled after a Copy to better relocation if needed. A new Copy transformation
can be applied after a series of Move transformations as well.
Use the [+] button (plus) to apply the specified transformation towards the given vector or
use the [-] button (minus) to apply towards the opposite vector. Use the [-] button to go
steps back (undo). In some options instead of plus/minus there is the Apply button.
Use Middle-mouse-button , instead of the [+] or the Apply to proceed. Mind that repeating
the same transformation is done with the Apply or the [+] button. A second middle-click
exits the function!
With the Finish button accept which ever transformations performed and exit, while with
the Cancel button reject all transformations performed and exit.
The Esc key works like the Cancel button while the Enter key works like the OK button.
25
May 2009
Undo / Redo is provided: The respective arrow

buttons host their History list which allows to
scroll down the history of transformations and
move back and forth between them
26
May 2009
TASK Manager
Highlight
Selected Entities related to Task items are now highlighted on screen once
the respective button is enabled.
Output
Specify the File name of the exported file or leave the suggested one. By
having disabled the check box Overwrite and the file name specified
already exists, you will be asked for overwriting but if the check box is
enabled no warning appears.
Contacts
The Contact task items can be organized in Groups.
Checks/Fixes
The checks Part Thickness Penetrations , User Thickness Penetrations

and Mesh Quality can be defined up to two times.
Undefined Properties (DEFINED=NO) can be now detected within a
Task.
9175
10602
Geometry: Check for geometry errors is

available within Task manager's Common
Model.
27
Dummy
May 2009
Mesh Quality: Enhanced fix function. The fix

function can also perform Reconstruction and
Reshape on the Violating elements. The user
can specify at the time of the fix the desired
mesh parameters.
13325
Dummy Depenetration: new function added in order to compress seat's

foam due to dummy positioning. Moreover, the Initial Reference
geometry keywords can be created based on each Deck.
12420
A position based on a Kinematic Configuration can be stored and Applied

by the Save Position and Apply Position task items.
Seat Belt :
a) the Parameters option has been added in order to host all the settings
to guide the seat belt creation when the task is executed. Moreover, user
can select the PIDs for the seat belt elements (surface and line) that will be
created.
b) seat belt task item can be defined without the existence of a dummy
item.
Dummy on Seat:
-- Move Dummy to Seat: position the dummy onto the seat by arranging
the proper translations/rotations.
-- Link Dummy and Seat: link the dummy and the seat by selecting the
kinematic configuration for the seat.
Move Mechanism : dummy and seat moved at the same time. The Link
Dummy and Seat has to be defined.
Move Limb to Target : the user selects the rigid bodies of dummy that has
to be moved by matching points.
Connectors,
GEB_xx
Connector and GEB items that reference connectivity with Properties of

Barrier or Dummy items, keep the connectivity information if the Barrier or
Dummy task item is removed. Thus, the Connectors and GEB_xx can be
re-Applied when the Barrier-Dummy are reloaded.
ABAQUS
The 'Initial Temperature' has been added (under FE Model group).
28
May 2009
Data Management
Ansa DM toolbar button:
INCLUDE files
Data Management (ANSA DM) is able to handle Include Files (input deck files) as it does for
ANSA Parts (ansa databases).
Include Files can have Version, Study Version, Representation thus they can be handled by
the ANSA DM functions (Check DM Updates, Reload, Save Representation, Change
Representation) through the Includes Manager.
File>Read model definition
&
ANSA.defaults
Add the variable :

part_id_convert = y
in ANSA.defaults under "Assembler Parameters" section to control whether to strip leading
zeros from PART Module Ids and move trailing characters into PART Version when reading
a product tree (e.g. VPM tree).
Compare DMs
Choose two different DMs and compare them in several categories (Parts, Boundary
Conditions etc).
It is also available to copy or synchronize the contents between the two DMs.
29
May 2009
Additionally, advanced filters can be used for the compared items. The User and Last Edit
information is also listed.
Check DM Updates:
8095
10939
New options added:

- search for newer study version, based on the current version.
- search for common representation based on the newer version if one has been actually
found. Common representations will only be reported, there will be no option to import them
in the database.
30
May 2009
Compare Versions
Allow multiple selection: New option that allows switching between single and multiple
selection of items in the results lists:
single selection, clicking on items is equivalent to choosing to keep the respective
items.
multiple selection only changes the status of selected items through the right mouse
click options.
- Property thickness field is visible in compare lists even if there is no difference in the
thickness value of the compared parts/files.
- New option to save the comparison Report as html or text(csv) file.
- Explode View/Reset can be applied from both lists.
- 'Show Differences Only' button has been removed from the Compare Versions window.
Instead a 'Differences Only' option has been added in the Advanced Filtering tool.
In case of transformation matrices differences the user can select which matrix will be
kept. Upon confirmation all selected changes are performed, 3 groups are created:
The first contains links of the new incoming parts/groups.
The second contains links of parts/groups whose transformation matrix was
affected.
The third contains links of parts/groups whose version/st version/representation has
been changed.
Save Representation : the whole procedure can be discarded, without saving in DM, by
pressing Cancel on any of the pop up windows. Moreover, the new dialog boxes enable
better communication.
An appropriate Report is given in the Ansa Info window (text) after Change representation,
Sync representation or Save representation application.
Save Representation / Change Representation : multiple parts/groups can be selected.
7399
31
May 2009
CAD Data Translators
CATIA translation: Important improvements / changes have been done regarding
The recursively defined Catia V4 *.model files are now translated as single parts: the
information of the respective parts and instances is taken. The part is named like the
filename (without the path).
The PIDs are created per BODY but if the BODY names are the same (for different
bodies) the same PID is used. This is to avoid creating multiple different PID's for multi
instanced .model files for each body instance.
Significant improvements in Color to PID and Layer to PID options.
7340
NX translation : each part's attributes is given in the respective ANSA Part comments. The
format is :
<Attribute title> : <Attribute value>
The attributes are written in lines (separated by '\n' in the comment)
Names of Curves and Points and the attributes of Curves and points are read in and given to
the Comment fields of the respective entity card.
Moreover, the attributes of BODY are given in the Comment field of the respective Property
card.
32
May 2009
ANSA TOSCA environment

A special ANSA environment dedicated to TOSCA Structure can be launched with the option
-gui TOSCA
this is an environment with limited functionality and requires a special license.
33
May 2009
Connections & Assembly

Connection
Manager
The REALIZE buttons that launches the Connection Manager is now placed
in the W.SPOTs Group of buttons in the General buttons menu (bottom
menu).
Connections List > Right click menu
Editing : the edit mode is now enabled for a single connection with
double click in a field or with Edit option from the right click menu for
massive modification of selected connections.
Show Only : keeps visible in the graphic area only the selected
connections. Mind that any other already listed connections appear
in green in the graphic area although they are are not visible.
Show Parts: makes visible the referenced components that are
connected by the selected connections.
Show Parts Only: makes visible only the referenced components
that are connected by the selected connections. Any other items are
not shown.
Connectivity to Props || Connectivity to Parts : change the
referenced connectivity information from Module-ID (Parts) to PID
(Props) and vice versa while preserving the realized FERepresentations. It takes also into account the referenced includes
and switch the IN-id to PID or Module-id respectively.
Auto detection of connectivity
information:
9163
- the settings of the window are now

saved in the ANSA.xml for future use.
- Clear Connectivity: activate this
check box in order to remove all
connectivity information and update it
with the detected by the function.
Parts/Properties/Includes list
- left click on a component in the list does not affect the visibility of this
component.
- when a component is selected the connections are not selected in the
Connections list.
- Right click menu
Remove from Connections : all selected items are removed from
the connectivity information from all selected connections.
Select Connections || Deselect Connections : select or deselect
the listed connections that are related to the selected components.
Show || Hide || Show Only : control the visibility of the selected
component affecting also the referenced connections if only the
Apply to Connections check box is enabled.
Select All || Select None : select or deselect all listed components.
Read spots
VIP2 : the connection's PID and material's data are interpreted as Comment.
This is controlled by the variable vip2_info_to_comments = y
which has been added to ANSA.defaults.
7067
34
Output
May 2009
VIP2 : exporting to vip2 file writes the Comment as PID, MID if these data
are read from the connection's comment are valid. With invalid comment,
vip2 file is produced with the old way and if "vip2_info_to_comments = y"
a warning message is showed.
new output option "XML(pid)" : exports the connectivity of all connections to
with the respective property id (PID) only.
This particular output option can be used for the xMCF format (an XML
extension) that intended to be used by solvers as well.
Create
Connections
TOPO>WELD SPOTs>CONVERT>
FE to Cnctn Pts : in the case of self welded Parts, i.e. connections
between flanges of the same Module-id / PID) the same Module-id /
PID is specified twice (or more if needed) in a separate column of
the Connection Manager for every time the Part is connected to
itself.
FE to Cnctn Pts : Rbody elements e.g. Nastran RBE2s with more
than 20 nodes are not directly converted into connection points. A
warning message appears while the view is zoomed to the elements
that is highlighted in red.
10992
7723
FE to Seamline : PamCrash ELINKs to Seam-lines

FE to Adhesive : PamCrash LLINKs to Adhesive lines.
Connection Points can be aligned along a line, onto a surface or a plane by
the ALIGN function (Deck>NODE)
10077
TOPO>WELD SPOTs>DEF.CNCT>MANUAL
12472
Selection : the selected parts can be referenced either as single part in Pi

fields or Multiple parts in Pi fields. In the latter case the user should separate
each Pi field's components with middle click. Each selected group of
components is highlighted in different color during the selection. The
confirmation of selection is done with a second middle click. Box selection
also works for this function.
13633
Definition: apart of connection points (spotweld) user can now specify more
connection types in more flexible way:
Select option : specify what to select in order to define the
connection or a position. The Point on face allows picking freely
onto Faces or FEM shells, while the Point option selects existing
positions, i.e. nodes, hot-points, 3D-points, etc.
Connection Type: specify the type of connection. Options based on
the main category as described below.
35
May 2009
Single connection point

at the picked positions the Point Connection
Type that is activated will be defined.
Multiple connection points

Point connections are defined but along a
described line; either polyline (straight
segments) or curve.
The connection points are created along the
line based on the 'spacing' and 'margin'
parameters.
Connection curve
a connection curve can be directly defined
based on a line (polyline or curve) that is
created according to the selected positions.
Additionally to the other categories a Macro
Area's Perimeter can be also selected.
36
CHECK
May 2009
TOPO>WELD SPOTs>DEF.CNCT>
HOLES : new function that creates
Bolt connections at detected holes
either on Geometry or on FEM-mesh.
13471
CONNECTIONS : new function to check Total Thickness
11630
the sum of the thickness of the connected part is compared to the given
value. Connection fails the check if the total thickness of the parts is bigger
than the threshold value.
CONNECTIONS > Check intersecting parts
10971
the "SHOW ONLY" button from the Checks list isolates also the relative
flanges of the problematic connection. In case of FEM-mesh, 1 zone of
neighbors is added.
CONNECTIONS : Fix option besides the renaming of the selected
connections, opens the connection manager with the specific connections
already loaded.
Scripting
CheckConnections( matrix InputConnectionsArray, matrix

InputCheckDataArray, matrix OutputCheckReportArray );
12597
37
May 2009
FE- Representations
Hemming
FOLDING
The FOLDING FE-representation is used to fold a shell element flange on top
of another, creating a hem. The hem, consists of an RBE3-HEXA-RBE3
element combination between the bottom and the top flange.
Note that the order with which connectivity strings Pi are specified is significant
for the successful realization of the hemming. The last of the connectivity
strings must be the component around which the hem flange will be folded and
the first must be the component that will be folded as shown in the example
below.
Variable folding angle in the same connection can be achieved if the

connection is defined on more than 1 curves and the name of a curve includes
"folding angle = XXXXX". If such a name is found , the XXXXX value will
override the connection manager's value.
All 'folded' nodes (that belong to Macro Area perimeters) return to their original
position after Erase-Fe.
38
Seam
Lines
May 2009
New representations related to durability and fatigue analysis: Heat affected

zones can be created assigned a different Property. Zones width and
projection's method are controlled in Connection Manager.
Y-JOINT-SHELL
OVERLAP-SHELL
CRIMP-WELD-SHELL
LASER-WELD-SHELL
EDGE-WELD-SHELL
To define the direction of the weld (in the seamweld types that support direction,
i.e. Y-JOINT-SHELL, CRIMP-WELD-SHELL), the user can specify a vector by
right-clicking on the connection entry in Connection Manager and selecting the
option Set Weld Position. The weld position vector is defined by picking two
points: The tail should lie on the Connection Line (left click on the seam-line and
press middle click to confirm) and the tip should be a node of the model (left
click on a node and hit the OK button). The weld position is read in by the xml
connection file and is stored in the exported deck file as ANSA Comments.
If the user does not check the zone PID fields, then no heat zone props are
created.
The ERASE FE removes any shells generated and the shells of the heat zones
are assigned their original PID.
"Base sheet" for seamweld connections:
- "Base Sheet = P1 || P2 :specify the base sheet, without having to swap
P1 and P2
- if you set "Base Sheet = Auto", then the parts P1 & P2 are scanned,
and the thickest is assumed to be the base-sheet.
Mind that if you try to weld the seams the wrong way round, you will get
NO F.E. Representation message.
Moreover, the "BaseSheet" is an attribute that is stored (and required)
by the xMCF format.
39
May 2009
The realization of the Y-JOINT-SHELL is illustrated in the following images. The heat zones in different
properties and the way the weld shells can be created are shown.
All the above can be specified in the Connection Manager. Similarly (with less options in most of them)
are realized the rest of these new seam weld types.
The seam weld settings, including the weld position, are read in by the xMCF file in xml format. Mind also
that Connection Manager can output this new xml format : XML (pid).
40
May 2009
Additionally 5 new representations for Seam Lines, dedicated to FEMFAT

solver, are also available :
Y-JOINT-FEMFAT
OVERLAP-FEMFAT
LASER-WELD-FEMFAT
CRIMP-WELD-FEMFAT
EDGE-WELD-FEMFAT.
"Weld type" pull down selection specifies the materials that will be assigned to
the heat zones, according to FEMFAT modeling guidelines.
coordinate systems are assigned to the welding nodes:
C100 : Welding seam.
C102: End of welding seam not welded around.
For the Y-JOINT-FEMFAT : no "weld shells" , only heat zones are created.
All the FEMFAT-seamwelds create heat zones that are surrounding the
welding cut ( end of welding seam is welded around ).
SEAMLINES
(Y-JOINT-SHELL, OVERLAP-SHELL, LASER-WELD-SHELL, CRIMP-WELDSHELL, EDGE-WELD-SHELL )
Realization of HeatZones With the option 'Weld Around' enabled.
41
Spot
Weld
Lines
May 2009
The spacing value S, for the distribution of the spot welds along the spot line, can either
be a positive or negative real number.
A positive spacing value "s" with a margin value "m" implies that upon realization, priority
will be given to the preservation of the margin value "m". Thus, the resulting spacing value
may vary between "s" and "2s".
A negative spacing value "-s" with a margin value "m" implies that upon realization,
priority will be given to the preservation of the spacing value "s". Thus, the resulting
spacing value will be as specified, while the actual margin value may vary. In this case,
during the output of connection information in xml or vip2 format, a positive spacing value
will be exported.
Contact Realizations
DYNA SPOT WELD [Spot Weld Points/Lines]
RADIOSS WELD [Spot Weld Points/Lines]
HEXA CONTACT & COHESIVE CONTACT [Adhesive Lines/Faces]
CONTACT : [Seam Lines]
The field Contact ID has been added in the following FE-Representation settings where
contact(s) is (are) defined automatically by the realization.
- Contacts that take 'single surface' are not accepted as an input to 'Contact Id' field.
- The new elements (e.g. hexas/beams/cohesives/springs) that are created are placed in
the sets referenced by the specified contact, if Contacts and Create Single Contact
check boxes are enabled (where both these check boxes exist; or where only the Single
Contact check box exists).
- if "Create Single Contact" is disabled (or where there is no this check box), then the given
contact is used as a TEMPLATE. Connection Manager will look for a contact that matches
the template (i.e. named 'SPOTWELD CONTACT ...', whose master set contains the shell
properties needed AND for which the values of fields in the edit-cards all match) and will
update its sets. If no matching contact can be found, one will be created by copying the
template.
- The 'given' contact must exist and it must support both master & slave sets.
- Merging of contacts does not take place when Contact Id is given.
Point-to-Point Connections:
In case of FE-Repr. elements that are connected to the mesh the projections, and
therefore mesh reconstruction, is not performed if a node already exists at the projection
position.
The properties, materials, rupture models and coordinate systems, that
are automatically created by the connection manager, are erased when the
Representation of the connection is changed or the connection is deleted,
unless they are referenced elsewhere in the database.
10857
RBE3 pinflags : the representation that contains RBE3 will have as default the following
settings:
'Use Separate REFC pinflags' = ON
'REFC pinflags' = 123456 ,
'RBE3 pinflags' = 123
ERASE FE : Hot-Points on the mesh nodes (Macro Area) where the connection elements
were attached are now removed after the FE-Repr. deletion
42
SpotWeld
Point/Line
May 2009
PAM-PLINK
9890
'Connect To Mesh' option is removed.

'Do Not Move' and 'Dist From Perimeter' options have been added.
The value used in the SPOTRA is compared to the available distance taking
into account the new options status.
9986
The 'Dist From Perimeter', works even if SPOTRA = 0mm.

The 'Dist From Perimeter', is useful for cases where it makes no sense to have
the spotwelds too close (or outside) the bounds of a flange.
9086
When an existing property is given in the IPART field the values specified in
'Search' , NGESP, SPOTRA and 'Create rupture model' are checked if they
match with the existing Plink Property and the used Link Material. The PLINKs
are realized but the existing PLINK Property is not changed. The input values
are ignored and respective messages appear in the Ansa Info window.
SpotWeld
Point/Line
TIE CONN3D for abaqus.
14307
It creates a TIE contact between the nodes and shell properties of the
connection's connectivity. CONN3D is always directed from P1 to P2.
There is an option not to create the CONN3D if there is no physical gap
between the flanges.
SpotWeld
Point/Line
ABAQUS FASTENER : In order to directly reference the Connector Section

within the Fastener's card, keep the 'Use connector' check box inactive and
specify the CONNECTOR PID. This will create a Connector Section whose ID
is referenced in the Fastener's card [CONN.SECTION].
10433
Seam Lines
RBE2 , RBE2-CBEAM
4915
"Force Node To Node" : When activated ( default = off ) it will attempt to force
1 to 1 node connections between connection parts. It works only when
seamline "snaps" a feature line in both assembly parts ( in the other cases
"node to node" was already achieved by projections ). Also , the feature line
must be single and continuous on each part ( otherwise seamweld creation will
continue as if option was off ). In that case , the 2 perimeters and nearby shells
are reconstructed to achieve the desired result, as possible.
Seam Lines
CONTACT
12551
Width [W] column is taken into account when adding the flange's nodes to the
contact. Nodes within distance 'W' from the edge of the seamweld will be
added to the contact.
Adhesive
lines
RBE3-HEXA-RBE3,
RBE3-COHESIVE-RBE3
COHESIVE-CONTACT
Seam lines
SpotWeld
Point/Line
HEXA-CONTACT,
7012
Step Length : can be defined as a factor of the Width value [W].

CWELD
- The criterion for the angle between the connected flanges has to be
fulfilled. User can specify the angle value threshold.
- GS node is defined for ELPAT type.
9998
- "Distance From Perimeter" : element won't be realized if a value is given

and the projection of the connection lies within this distance from the
perimeter.
11227
43
Gum Drops
May 2009
CWELD: mass element is defined on the GS node.
9562
Every GS node of a cweld has a mass and if there are no GS nodes, the mass
is applied to the connected cweld nodes which belong also to the mesh ( type
= ALIGN). The mass input in the "m" field, is divided according to the number
of GS nodes or cweld nodes.
Adhesive
lines
RBE3-CELAS1-RBE3
7600
'Create Coords' option has been added
SpotWeld
Point/Line
SpotWeld
Point/Line
SPIDER2
3395
- Dist From Perim option is added. It is measured from the last zone ring of
the spider to the perimeter. If no zones exist then it is the distance of hole's
free edge to the perimeter.
4782
5901
- Do Not Move: option has been improved and in conjunction with Dist From
Perim safeguard the result of the FE-Representation. Thus, no holes are
drilled on bounds.
Feature Lines are detected based on the Shell Parameters.
SpotWeld
Points/Line
DYNA SPOT WELD: Option not to create the contact at all
13858
DYNA SPOT WELD: SECTION_BEAM with ELFORM=1 or ELFORM=2 can

be selected (these cannot have MAT 100 material) for the PBEAM_ID field.
13851
SPIDER
Create Hexas: this new check box, which can be enabled only if the Create
RBE2 is disabled, provides the PSOLID ID field for the Property ID of the
hexa elements which are created. The Hexas are directly connected to the
perimeter and inner nodes of the Center Circles.
44
Bolts
May 2009
Body
- the Length can be specified as an absolute value
13750
- Minimum Element Length can be specified
13477
Bolts
Num of points around hole:
8055
SpotWeld
if left blank, or if the node number specified is less than 4, the node number
will be calculated automatically, based on the average element length of the
neighbor elements. If the average element length dictates less than 4 nodes, 4
will be used.
13786
MESH > WELD SPOTs > ADHESIVE
6801
The option to Search in Visible has been

added.
CONNECTORs
Search methods
PassThrough option has been added.

ResultsFromSet option has been removed; it can be achieved with
Connectivity = SET and Search Method = PassThrough
45
May 2009
BATCH Mesh Manager

Main
management
window
New interface that enables the creation [Add] of Meshing Scenarios and Meshing
Sessions as well as Volumes and Layers scenarios.
Refinement Boxes with special meshing parameters for local mesh size treatment can
be set up within Meshing Sessions.
New interface for the Scenarios/Sessions contents selection with enhanced filtering
options. Selection of Properties to be meshed is also enabled.
FE mesh (no geometry related) can be treated.
46
May 2009
Refinement
Boxes
Every refinement box takes its own

special parameters (e.g. target
length) respecting however the main
mesh parameters and quality criteria
of the session where it belongs.
Mesh
Parameters
Defeaturing
Defeaturing level has been added.
Symmetry plane treatment: create
Perimeters on the symmetry plane or
just Cut the mesh on symmetry plane
without perimeter creation.
The option "Do not join perimeters that belong to sets" has been removed. Now all
perimeters that belong to sets (CONS) will be protected from joining.
Holes Treatment
- Better and faster holes recognition.
- more than two zones can be defined around holes
- Perimeters can be created (Macro Areas) on hole zones
- Parametric definition of Target Diameter and Zone based on given Value, current
Diameter, element Length, minimum element length and for the Node Number based
on given Value, current Diameter. Additional options are also available within the drop
down menu.
- For the created Zones the user can specify dimensions for the zone width or the
zone diameter
Tubes Treatment : The preferences for the tubes treatment is now in a separated tab
- Tubes treatment now is applied also to tubes with a non circular shape.
47
May 2009
Fix Quality
- Parametrical specification of maximum allowed movement based on target and/or
minimum length size.
Layers
Scenario
Layers session parameters
Volume
Scenario
Volume session parameters
The layer scenario and layer session

parameters are now specified within its
own window.
The volume mesh mode is specified between:

Tetras structural algorithm , Tetras CFD algorithm or Hexa Interior.
The Size Boxes affect the volume mesh generation defined by Tetras CFD algorithm
or Hexa Interior only if they are visible during the meshing.
48
Session
May 2009
Save Session (right click menu)

The option to save Only the Parts that failed (do not have
OK status) has been added. This option allows further
handling of mesh improvement.
A Single ansa file can be saved consisting of all parts of
the session or each Part can be saved separately.
Import Meshing Files (right click menu)

Use this new option in order to update parts that had been given for further mesh
improvement after the Batch Mesh.
Once a Batch Mesh session has been completed particular Parts that had failed the
desired mesh quality could be saved in a separate ansa file. These files could belong in
different sub-assemblies (hierarchy) and they could have multi-instantiated parts as
well. When they have been improved and the ansa file is saved, there is a need to
Update these parts inside the initial model in the proper position in the hierarchy
structure. The Import Meshing files finds the respective parts in the initial file (i.e.
same Module ID, same Name, same Representation) and automatically updates them
with the incoming (mesh corrected) parts of the picked ansa file (that is selected via
the File Manager). Moreover, it performs Synchronization of Multi-instantiated parts.
The function provides capabilities of the Data Management even though there is no
DM_ROOT established.
Scripting
new function RunAllMeshingScenarios that runs all active scenarios of DB.
49
May 2009
PART Manager
PART manager is activated by the Windows>Parts. A respective button is placed on the top toolbar (by
default).
Main window
Replace
New dialog boxes with additional options for the part replacement operation.
Ability to save the Replace Report in a html or txt file.

Delete
When a Link part is picked the option Follow Links becomes available in the
dialog box and if it is disabled only the picked Part will be deleted. If the check
box is enabled the source Part is deleted as well.
Right mouse
button menu
New option in ANSA.defaults called 'ShowOnlyHideRelated'.
ANSA defaults
Save
8207
10642
It can be assigned 2 values: 'Connections' and 'ConnectionsConnectors'.

Controls whether related connectors will be shown through Show Only along
with related connections. Set the value to 'ConnectionsConnectors' so that
related connectors will be made visible.
The study version information is saved within ANSA_Comments for the
ANSA Parts.
14209
Save Part function now offers separate options for connections and
connectors. User can select to save only connections or
connectors( internal/affected) or both.
8642
50
May 2009
Compare from
file
Allow multiple selection: New option in that allows switching between

single and multiple selection of items in the results lists:
single selection, clicking on items is equivalent to choosing to keep the
respective items.
multiple selection only changes the status of selected items through the right
mouse click options.
- Property thickness field is visible in compare lists even if there is no
difference in the thickness value of the compared parts/files.
- New option to save the comparison Report as html or text(csv) file.
- Explode View/Reset can be applied from both lists.
- 'Show Differences Only' button has been removed from the Compare
Versions window. Instead a 'Differences Only' option has been added in the
Advanced Filtering tool.
Identification and handling of Groups that have entities referenced directly to
them
9652
Group icons will contain a (!) mark in case they have entities of their own(which
do not) belong to any child-parts. When right clicking on them you get another
option regarding Show/Hide/Show only of this groups. You can either handle
all selected entities (groups and the included parts) or just the entities that are
referenced directly by the selected groups.
51
May 2009
TOPO
HOT-POINTs
INTERS. : The Extend option has been added in all cases of intersection.
613
CONS
PASTE :
1178
- it is now allowed to paste non-frozen CONS to frozen CONS. In case of

different node distribution the nodes of the frozen cons are preserved.
2440
- chain of CONS (e.g. two opposite strips) can be selected to be pasted

- in case of non-uniform selected CONS the Alt. option can be activated for an
alternative paste solution.
RELEASE: selection of a chain CONS is enabled. The Corner angle selection

tool is available. The hot points that take part are also released, but only the
necessary ones.
FACEs
MIDDLE>MULTI
This new function creates the middle faces between
two sets of faces, selected either manually, assisted
by selection tools, or by automatic identification. The
new faces will lie on a new surface that is created
between the surfaces of the two selected sets of
faces. The shape of the resulting middle faces is a
combination of the perimeter shapes of the two
selected sets of faces.
52
May 2009
The result of the function's application is topologically cleaned reducing the

extra effort for clean-up actions.
Manual selection: Consecutive selection of the two faces and thickness,
followed by middle-mouse confirmation at each.
Auto selection: Entering a value for Thickness activates the Auto button,
which enables the automatic detection of all pairs of faces, potential for
middle-skin. Proceed with middle-button confirmation, or with 'Edit' button for
extra manipulations.
The shape of selected Faces can be adjusted while working with the function.
INTERS.
7559
The function is now able to define intersections taking

into account also FE-mesh (no geometry related) as
well.
The intersected shells can be Reconstructed.
Unwanted areas can be deleted by activating the
respective check box.
After the intersection and topology a preview is
given showing the entities that can be deleted.
SURFs
RM.DBL: Symmetry and Mirror-Plane options have been added for the
detection of similar entities for Geometry-to-FEM and FEM-to-FEM
comparisons.
11935
COONS : middle click now confirms the generated faces
8454
53
CURVEs
May 2009
NEW>PICK: a dynamic preview is available during selection.
'Tangent at Start' : pick a curve where it's tangent will be the start of the new
curve. The direction of the new curve can be changed by pressing the
'Reverse' button.
'Tangent at End' : pick a curve where it's tangent will be the end of the new
curve. If needed, pick also any points from which the new curve will pass
through them and the option 'Detach curves' will become available. By
enabling it, the start and end curves become detached from the rest of the
new curve.
If the 'Merge curves' is enabled, can merge the chain of curves that were
selected.
NEW>BOX : creates curve based on positions collected by box selection.
10557
Exact : generates curve that passes through the given points (for input data a
line (or lines) of points).
Through cloud : generates a mid-curve (for input data a line (or lines) of
points with noise data of "cloud width" thickness).
Single : generates one curve.
Multi : generates multiple curves with minimum distance from each other
"distance".
CONNECT>SINGLE:
11308
If the Merge curves is enabled, can merge the chain of curves that were
selected.
EXTEND : the button has been removed. The extend curve can be achieved
through the NEW>PICK (tangent only at start) or with the
CONNECT>SINGLE
POINTs
NORMAL : a 3D curve can be created as a normal line onto a shell element.

With the right click snap to an existing position.
8687
NEW>IN_LINE : create 3D points along a straight line formed by two picked

positions (any type of points) counting also the picked positions.
7151
ONCOG : Added automatic-hole selection has been added for EDGES
54
CHECK
May 2009
GEOMETRY
8933
New errors detection function to locate: unmeshed

macros, unchecked faces, collapsed cons, triple cons,
needle faces, overlaps and cracks.
The function is placed in the D.UTIL group within the
General Buttons menu (bottom menu)
55
May 2009
MESH
The buttons of the MESH Module has been re-arranged.
A Buttons Group MESH GEN. hosts now functions related to Mesh Generation, the SHELL MESH
hosts the Mesh Parameters and functions related to mesh manipulation and improvement.
When a new Macro Area Perimeter is generated, e.g. by MACROs>CUT>Cut 13286
the length of the new perimeter is defined based on the neighboring segments
or the macro area's other perimeters.
If the Target Element Length that is given in the Reconstruct/Reshape
Parameters (SHELL MESH>PARAM.) is smaller than the Minimum Element
Length (F11>Quality criteria) a warning message appears at the application
of RECONS. or RESHAPE functions.
PERIMETERS INFO: Multiple selection is enabled.
NUMBER: multiple selection of perimeters is now possible. The given number 7731
will be assigned to all selected perimeters.
9777
MACROs
The CREATE function ( and the respective session command ) has been
removed.
GRIDs
MV.FREE:
5782
Num. input : enables the typing in the X,Y,Z fields. The

input values correspond to the new coordinates of the
node.
11051
Keep view mode : by activating this check box the

affected elements are drawn according to the current
drawing mode(s).
Move Links : enables the movement on the node of the
corresponding 'link' mesh (e.g. mesh on the Symmetric
link macro area).
ORIGIN : returns the node(s) to the initial position.
use the keyboard numeric buttons1-7 to enable/disable
the check boxes of the MV FREE window.
Snapping can be achieved by pressing the right mouse
button over an existing point.
MESH GEN.
BEST
Options : user can specify within the Best Options
window:
- the mesh generators that will run
- the order of the mesh generators
- if the best quality mesh or the firstly created mesh
result will be kept.
As soon as the BEST function completes its operation
reports the number of meshed Macro Areas that were
meshed by each of the specified Mesh Generation
algorithms.
56
SHELL
MESH
May 2009
PARAM. : Mesh Parameters window

General
Target element length : can be defined based on the average length or by

respecting different local element length.
Freeze > Volume skin : preserves intact the shells comprising the outer skin of a
volume definition.
Fem : the FEM perimeter recognition settings are placed in a special tab
These settings are used by the RECONS, SMOOTH and FIX QUAL functions
Defeaturing
8373
This tab hosts the defeaturing settings that are used by the RESHAPE function.
Defeaturing level: draft || middle || fine : controls the level of details (features)
that will be kept, i.e. more details (feature line perimeters) are preserved with fine.
Symmetry plane treatment: create Perimeters or just cut the mesh along the
symmetry plane.
The option "Do not freeze perimeters that belong to sets" has been removed. Now
all perimeters that belong to a set will be protected from joining.
57
May 2009
Holes
Use all or any of the criteria for the bolt holes detection
the Target Diameter can be specified by: an absolute Value, as a parameter of the
Diameter, the element Length or the minimum element length.
Node Number can be defined by a Value as a parameter of the Diameter or to
preserve the initial value based on the element length and distortion.
Zones : more than 2 zones can be specified (max. = 15). The size can be
referenced either as a width or as diameter. Both can be given as Value or as
parameter of diameter, element length or minimum element length.
RECONS: reconstruct between FEM mesh and MACROS mesh is supported
RECONS RESHAPE > Violating
auto-selects only the elements that violate the quality criteria with a number of
zones around them. The number of zones is determined by the respective field in
PARAM>Fix Quality.
RESHAPE : the function can be applied also on FEM-mesh and defeature in the
same manner as it does for the macro area perimeters.
FILL: the function, placed in the SHELL MESH buttons group, has the options:
Hole || Gap (Free) || Gap (Coons)
The function is now able to handle openings formed between Macro Area and
FEM-mesh.
13340
Preview of mesh reconstruction

yellow nodes : connected with non selected FEM elements
white nodes : corner nodes (can be deselected) or more than 2 perimeters
junction
orange perimeters : perimeters contained in a SET
magenta perimeters : boundaries between different properties or between macro
areas and FEM mesh.
dark green perimeters ... perimeters on CONS
58
May 2009
COLLAPSE
Use this new function to repair FE-model mesh by means of needle element
collapsing. The repair is applied on visible elements. In the parameters window enter
the collapse tolerance that will be used and activate, if required, the option to smooth
the curvature of the STL surface. The repairing tool will locate and remove collapsing
elements while maintaining the important feature lines.
REFINE
5663
New function apply local mesh refinement. A preview of the refinement result is
displayed. The refinement takes place by means of edge splitting.
You can apply more refinement steps, adjust the refinement area, select either mixed
or quad mesh type, control the transition zone, freeze the free edges. An external
transition zone is added at selected shells
The refinement parameters can be set in the respective tab of the Refinement
preview window. The mesh style can be also specified: Mixed Mesh, Radial Quad
Mesh, Quad Mesh, Smoothed Quad Mesh.
In the Steps tab modify
manually the Refinement Area
by adding (+) or subtracting (-)
zones of elements. Moreover
the refinements are performed
by means of steps using the
forward and backward arrows.
If at once step the mesh style or
other options need to be
changed, use the Apply button
to repeat the refinement using
the new settings.
On the other hand, in the

Parameters tab specify the
refinement settings, including
minimum length and maximum
refinement steps as well as
number of transition zones.
Pressing the Apply button the
refinement is performed.
59
May 2009
Refinement mesh styles
Radial Quad Mesh
Quad Mesh
Mixed Mesh
Smoothed Quad Mesh
60
May 2009
UTIL
2849
All mesh manipulation functions, be means of feature creations, are available

through th Utilities Parameters window:
9549
6347
Project Points | Project Edges | Project Perimeters |

Open Holes | Created Zones | Plane Cut
11059
The functions can be applied on selected shells based on the Area Selection
tool.
6671
Click on the label of the function in the Utilities Parameters in order to activate
the function's settings.
More than one functions can be executed simultaneously.
The Number of shell zones affected for these functions is controlled by each
function's settings.
Projection mode : Normal || Screen || User is available for Project line/point and
Open hole.
Projection Tolerance : if the check box is activated the projection is applied if the
distance of the picked item is within the input tolerance value.
If the function is applied onto Macro Area there are options to Cut faces on result
edges or zones.
The functions manipulate the mesh based on the Mesh Parameters specified by
PARAM. function and the Quality criteria defined in F11 window.
Project Points
5327
1771
Move projection to nearest perimeter : in case of projection onto macro area, the
projected position is moved to the closest perimeter.
Move to projected point (0-1) : define parametrically the new position of the node
that is produced by the projection. Zero (0) position is the projection's origin
(picked position) and one (1) is the projection onto the mesh (red point).
Paste projected and result grids : the picked nodes pasted to the projected
positions.
The new nodes generated by the projection can be added in a Set.
When projection is done onto a Macro Area the projected nodes can be Marked
as WeldSpots.
61
May 2009
Open Holes
2413
Holes per projection enables the opening of holes on the same selected area if
needed due to its shape.
The elements of the zones can be added to a Set
Project Edges
11713
Use this function to select edges of shell/solid elements as projection source.
Zones around the projection result can be defined.

The elements can be disconnected (released) along the resulted line.
62
May 2009
Project Perimeters
Use this function to select 3D curves , shell/solid element edges and morphing
box edges can be used as projection source.
Define the target length or target edges number of the selected perimeter.
Create Zones
define zones of quadrilateral elements around edges.
Set the number of zones and offsets (zone size), target edge number (length of
the elements along the selected edges).
Plane Cut
5837,
11713
The plane that cuts the mesh can be defined either by 3 picked positions, by 2
positions as normal to the screen or by an existing working plane.
SUPPRESS
8498
New function that can be used to Flatten or smoothen beads, embosses and
other features. Specify the maximum feature angle of the resulting shells in the
"Edge angle limit" field. The smaller the angle limit the smoother the result.
63
ELEMENTs
May 2009
INFO: information of the selected element is displayed on screen based also

on the current drawing view mode:
QGRAPH : the value for the currently criterion (of the QGRAPH mode) is
shown on the screen.
HIDDEN : all violating criteria are shown on the screen.
Moreover, only the active criteria will be calculated and printed in the Ansa Info
window.
TO-SURF > PER AREA
Create FACEs based on FEM mesh. The Area Selection tool assists the mesh
selection. The boundaries of the generated FACEs are automatically defined
and can by customized by the user.
SWAP
3692
The function automatically detect cases were swapping would lead to

unaccepted mesh and thus is not applied.
5167
Left mouse clicking on the new edge recycles through the acceptable cases.
Right mouse clicking on the common edge of 2 trias joins the trias.
SPLIT
Direct preview of the split elements.
TSHELL (thick shells) can be split as Solid.
SPLITQ
New function to perform diagonal split on
quadrilateral elements, to create triangular
elements, based on:
Quality of the resulted trias, Orientation of the
produced trias, Violation of quality criteria of the
selected quads.
With the Violating option the function splits quads
only if they violate one of the related criteria:
warping, skewness, tapper min /max angle.
A preview of the split result is shown.
64
May 2009
TO-SURF > PER ELEMENT
7563
Options to Join CONS that are produced, according to an angle limit

between the initial Shells or Facets, and Delete the FEM shells that was
selected. After the deletion the neighboring elements are topologically
connected to the created FACEs.
EXTRUDE
Create Shell elements by extruding edges based on GLIDE or SWEEP
method.
11138
WRAP > Variable Length

Creates finer mesh around locations of
high curvature.
Specify different mesh length
parameters for each involved property,
in order to control element length
locally.
PENETRATION > ELEMENT LENGTH
10565
13734
Check positive orientation only check box enables the detection of

penetration based on the element's orientation. This options replaces the
previous Based on volume".
65
May 2009
VOLUMEs
5305
VOLUME Entity card for each volume mesh type and the respective
parameters.
Note that the MESHV specifies (might change) the Type option
LIST : volume definitions management window
FREEZE / UNFREEZE volume entities
MODIFY : change the surface that define the volume
REMESH: takes into account the Type specified in
the Volume Entity card.
REMESH, FREEZE, UNFREEZE
exists both as options within the LIST of Volumes
and as buttons in the VOLUME group of buttons.
DETECT : improved detection of volume definition. Several cases are now
covered by the available detection options.
9062
9874
PARAM : Tetrahedral meshing parameters

A coordinate system can be chosen to guide
the tetra elements creation
MESHV : DELAUNAY volume meshing algorithm is available.
66
May 2009
MAP:
- Definition of Map Areas: Master = blue,
Slave=green, Round=red (click OK to create the
mapped volume mesh).
- redefinition/modification of the Map areas : click on
the respective button in the Map window
- Remesh a Map Volume entity (via the Volumes
List) is now possible. The definition of the Map
areas is stored.
A map volume cannot be created if the selected
map-areas specify an already existed volume
definition. A warning message is given in this case.
13365
If Linked Faces (parent or child) have been selected

to define the Mapped-Volume, the related Link
faces are auto-detected and the respective volumes
that are comprised by them, can be automatically
map-meshed as well without selecting them.
LAYERS
New Layers generation function that provides
advanced options.
The projection of layers is automatically operated
and the added options allow greater control over the
layers generation resulting in higher quality.
Vector separation at sharp edges: Separate the
layers growing from edges that exceed a predefined
angle.
Excluded areas: not grow layers from an area
based on specific criteria.
Allow Squeeze: Squeezing of layers that exceed
specific criteria.
Layers from zero thickness walls: A new
enhancement that identifies zero thickness walls
and grows layers from both sides.
Layer sides auto-connect: The layers tool has
automated the procedure of layers sides
connection.
Generation of quad-tria interface: New option
creating a non conformal quad-tria interface.
Layers growing from selected areas with different settings: The selection of the
areas where layers will grow from is controlled by a separate list that allows the user
to select different areas based on properties or parts and with different parameters.
Selection can be done either by Property or ANSA_Part
67
May 2009
Note that layers will always grow on

the positive (gray) side, therefore the
model must be correctly oriented. Also
the layers parameters can be saved in
a file (.ansa_lpar) and used on different
models several times.
LAYERS>PROJECT_LAYERS has
been removed.
COMP.SKIN
This function detects incompatibilities between visible unstructured volume mesh
and visible skin shells and is able to locally remesh the volume mesh to fix the
problem.
Detection results are given in preview allowing selection/deselection.
Moreover, the check box [Auto remesh tetrahedral volume on skin changes] has
been in Windows->Options->Settings->Mesh: enables direct remesh of
unstructured volumes on skin modifications made by the Element modifications and
not Mesh Generation or Reconstruction.
HEXBLOCK : hexahedral mesh creation based on
selected wireframe. Volume definition is created
and is able to be edited and remeshed.
1473
3D curves or MORPH Boxes can be selected.
For Curves selection, minimum 4 (maximum 12) sets of curves are required. A
given curve-group can be Modified.
For Morph selection there is an option to auto-load the generated hexas into the
Morphing box.
68
May 2009
A preview or the nodal distribution together with the Volume Hexa Block parameters
and a System-definition (S,T,W) is given. The Number of Nodes along each
direction and biasing method (No biasing || Linear || Exponential || Bell Curve) can
be defined.
IMPROVE
Automatic improvement of volume elements
RECONS : reconstructs selected tetras and pyramids. RECONS option is controlled
by the quality criterion value specified in VOLUMEs>PARAM, say NASTRAN
aspect=3 or Fluent Skewness=0.8, and not the F11 Quality Criteria window.
SMOOTH : smooths tetras, pyramids, pentas and hexas. It can also affect the
volume and surface mesh simultaneously provided that the flag Freeze Volume
Skin is off in the SHELL MESH>PARAM [General Tab]
FIX QUAL : fixes hexa warping and for second order elements mid-point deviation
and alignment and Jacobian of tetras only. This is achieved by the automatic
movement of nodes only by the distance required so as the elements will have
acceptable criterion value. Fix Qual is controlled by SHELL MESH>PARAM and
F11 Quality Criteria window values.
Scripting :
Function to find a volume by the coordinates of a point :
xyzIsInsideVolume (float, float, float);
functions for tetra mesh volumes by their ID
HexaInteriorbyID (int,int,float)
TetraCFDbyID (int)
TetraFEMbyID (int)
69
F11
May 2009
New Quality Criteria Presentation Parameters window
the new window is separated into 4 tabs

Shells Quality criteria
Solids Quality criteria
Graph Parameters :
Presentation Parameters
Quality criteria (Shells & Solids)
- the user can customize the color for the criteria (for the element that violating the criterion in
HIDDEN drawing mode)
- the visible criteria in the F11 window can be customized by the [Edit Visible Rows]
- different threshold values can be defined for shell and solids
New quality criteria
Shells:
stretch
triangles per node
mesh distortion
distance from geometry
distance from origin
multi violation
Solids:
stretch
collapse
distance from origin
multi violation
70
May 2009
Ranges [Enabled by the respective check box]

The mesh quality by means of given criteria can be further evaluated using ranges between
the Best and Worst values that can be calculated for the criteria. There are 4 default ranges
(Best, Good, Failed, Worst) for quality evaluation while the user can Add/Remove ranges.
The user can specify the accepted percentage of the elements that fulfill each range's limit
value along with a weight factor for each criterion and a penalty value for elements exceeding
the thresholds in order to estimate the mesh quality. i.e.
In the example depicted above for the min length:

The Worst value is 3 with Percentage 100%, which means that ALL elements have to be
better (larger in this case) than this threshold value. Next there is a user defined range
Custom saying that 97.5% of the elements should be larger than the value 4. The Failed
value (which is the basic threshold value) should be satisfied by the 95% of the elements, etc.
In other words according to these settings only 5% of the elements are accepted if they
exceed the Failed threshold value.
Along with the threshold values there are penalty values assigned for each column and a
weight factor for each criterion. These are used to get a visual inspection of the mesh quality
and locate the areas suffering by particular quality criterion.
The penalty value of an element is equal to the sum of each
criterion value, multiplied by its weight factor and the penalty
value, divided by the sum of the weight factors.
For elements that have a criteria value between the
thresholds of the ranges the penalty pi will be calculated by
the interpolation between the max and min values of the
range.
A quality evaluation is calculated for each part according to
the formula on the left:
The new color view mode QGRAPH (controlled by the F11>Graph parameters) displays (only
in SHADOW mode) the above evaluation (penalty value) or any other selected criterion.
The cells in the criteria accept also a custom range by placing it in parentheses: "5.4 (90%)".
Otherwise, the common range will be considered ( "5.4" ).
71
May 2009
QGRAPH color view mode / F11>Graph Parameters

Shell elements can be colored according to their quality, based on a certain criterion.
Once the ranges have been defined, select criterion as the option to plot for the
Quality Graph by:
Choose the Color Bar Limits
[Visible || Whole DB || User min-max || Ranges defined min-max]
Choose the Coloring rules in the Color Bar Colors
Palette (add/remove and edit colors if needed), Unique Color , unique color for each range
Switch to SHADOW and QGRAPH modes to display the mesh quality
CHECK
BOUNDARY TRIAS
Identify triangles attached to inner or outer boundaries. The Fix option removes
them or move them away from the boundaries by locally reconstructing the mesh.
2028
13480
13654
72
May 2009
DECKs
New Deck pre-processing Module menus :
- CFD++
- FLUENT
- FLUENT-2D
- OPENFOAM
- STAR ( Star-CD & Star-CCM )
- UH3D
- PERMAS
The respective formats are, therefore, supported by INPUT and OUTPUT.
FEM entities
visibility
The DECK PARAMETERS window accessed by the F12 key has been removed.
Filtering
The FILT.MOD. function has been removed by the drop menus of the INFO buttons
(e.g. ELEMENT>INFO> ).
Modification
The visibility of the FEM entities (as well as for all entities) is controlled by the
Database Browser. However, if this is not open the F12 key opens it.
All filtering and modification capabilities are integrated as list features.

Quick filtering of the list entries can be achieved by typing filtering keywords or
regular expressions in the field at the top. As soon as the user starts typing, ANSA
suggests alternative filtering possibilities with auto-completion. The alternatives are
listed in the drop-down menu and the user can navigate through them with the
up/down arrow keys. Pressing ENTER applies the specified filter.
Typing an integer number automatically detected as id filtering while typing
alphanumeric characters in the filter field, it is automatically considered as name
filtering.
Quick Modify : The attributes of the listed entities that were added as columns in the
list can be quickly modified without the need of editing their cards. Quick-modification
for an attribute of selected items can be achieved by typing the modification
expression in the field that appears with right-click on the column header.
Besides the simple and quick filtering and modification, advanced tools are provided
for more complicated applications:
73
May 2009
Advanced Filtering Procedures are performed by the Advanced Filter window which
is invoked by the Advanced button in any List.
On the Filter Name section, all advanced filters already defined for the entities of this
particular list are listed. The user can add a filter by picking the New option of the
right-click menu. A defined filter can be renamed, copied or deleted with the
respective options.
In the Filter Rules section, the actual filtering rules are defined: The attribute affected
by a filter rule is defined in the left field. Typing the attributes name enables the autocomplete feature, which suggests in a pull-down menu all valid options. Additionally,
this list contains any attributes that already exist as columns in the list.
Combinations of existing filters can be defined as well.
All the advanced filters that have been defined in an ANSA session or have been
invoked through the ANSA.xml customization file can be found in the Filters window,
under the Database toolbar button or through the Windows>Database menu option.
The Filters window appears by default as a tab in the Database Browser window.
Advanced Modification Procedures can be

applied through the Modify window which is invoked
by the Modify option of the right-click menu in any
List. The entities to be modified are the ones that
are selected when the Modify window is invoked.
The attribute affected by a modify rule is defined in
the left field. Start typing the attribute's name
enables the auto-complete feature, which suggests
in a pull-down menu all valid options. Additionally,
this list contains any attributes that already exist as
columns in the list or have been used for
modification before.
The modification pattern is defined in the field on the right. A modification pattern can
either be the literal new value the attribute should get, or a Modify Syntax expression.
Expressions allow the modification of attributes based on their current values or
based on the current values of other attributes within the same card.
! Note that when the Modify window is invoked for a list where a modification had
taken place before, the last modification rules applied are displayed.
74
May 2009
Additionally to the method through the Filter Rules and Modify Rules
windows there is the option to choose the fields to be filtered or modified
through the edit card of the listed entities accessed by the Open Card
button.
The edit card is available only for the type but not for the group, i.e for
Shell Properties or Beam Properties but Not for All Properties.
The card of the respective (selected) entities opens. Enable the label of the
field and type the filtering or modification expression and thus perform the
filtering/modification directly in this card, without creating filtering or
modification rules by adding fields.
75
Load Curves
Data Table
May 2009
Within the Database Browser List the fields of curve definitions can be
treated (Filtering/Modify) , e.g. :
8137
11399
Pam-Crash>FUNCT : SCALEX, SCALEY, SHIFTX, SHIFTY.

LS-Dyna>DEFINE CURVE : OFFA, OFFO, SFA, SFO
ABAQUS>AMPLITUDEs : SCALEX, SCALEY, SHIFTX, SHIFTY
INCLUDEs
The Includes Manager has been moved from the Deck>Auxiliaries Group
and is now accessed by the MENUBAR>Windows>Database. Therefore
can be active along with other functions.
When selected entities (from a List) are dragged and are about to be
dropped into the Includes list, a New Include can be defined directly if the
entities are dropped onto the [New Include] box.
76
SET
May 2009
The SETs Management window is now a tree form list
This form allows direct information of the Set's contents and also
definition/update of the Set by drag-and-drop from the Database
Browser list into the set.
When selected entities (from a List) are dragged and are about to be
dropped into the SET list, a New Set can be defined directly if the entities
are dropped onto the [New SET] box.
When more than 10000 entities are selected, the drag and drop operation
can be performed by dragging the [drag selected] box that appears.
Create a new Set options:
i. Select entities in the Database Browser list and drop them in to the
open SET list onto the [New SET] sign. A set is automatically created
containing the dropped entities.
ii. Create a Set with the New option (right click menu or New button)
and then drag and drop entities, selected from the Database Browser list,
onto this new Set. Alternatively use the Modify Contents option to
enable the respective mode that allows selection from screen.
77
May 2009
The Modify Contents opens the 'Modyfing SET ...' selection mode
window where the type of entity that should be selected is chosen. Along
with this a List window opens with the entities of a particular type (the one
chosen in the 'Modyfing SET ...' selection mode window).
The entities already contained in the set (if any) are marked in the List
whereas the 'In SET' column displays in red the number of the contained
items of each type.
Use Ctrl+left_click to deselect or select entities from the List or use left /
right mouse button to select/deselect from the screen. Related selection
tools appear to facilitate the selection from the screen.
middle click to confirm the set's contents modification.

Double click onto a Type label within a SET to open the Database
Browser List with the entities of this type. If the Browser List is already
open, the List switches to the proper type (the one picked in the SET).
The Add option [right click menu]
Using this option you can add Edges, Solid element Facets, Ranges or
Exclude definition.
78
May 2009
The Edges and Facets options enable screen selection. Mind that Edges
and SolidFacets can be also added in a Set using drag-and-drop from the
Database Browser list.
The Set Range option opens the RANGE card where can be specified
the Type [NODE || ELEMENT || PROPERTY] and the START/END Ids.
The Excluded option allows the exclusion of entities which otherwise

would be included in the SET. Once you have enabled (Add) an Excluded
section within the set (appears as DELETED), you can drag and drop
entities into this Excluded section.
Remove option [right click menu]
With right click onto a Set's type of entities (e.g. Property) all the items of
this type can be removed from the Set.
Right Click on RANGE > Convert to Entities :
11548
converts the range to its entities. The contained items in a range

(currently existing in the model) are placed in the same set (according to
the Type they were defined in the Range) ; the Range definition is
removed.
A SET is now able to contain SETs, ANSA Parts and ANSA Groups.
Numbering Rules > [ General || Per Type || From File ]
can be defined for Sets.
Line Elements
Line elements such as Beams have the field "Element Length" in their
entity card. This new field is not editable.
General
COMMENT
ANSA General Comments length can be defined in ANSA.defaults

through option :
13338
GeneralComments.MaxLength
Valid values are: "undefined" or the number of characters.
79
PROPERTY
LIST
May 2009
The Property List is now open by the MENUBAR>Windows>Property (appears also

as a toolbar button by default) and the Database Browser as well.
The PROPs> INFO, PROPs> APPLY are now integrated in the Property list as
Modify and Apply options (available also in the right click menu).
Apply: firstly select the property, press Apply and then select the elements to
change their property.
MATERIAL
LIST
The Material List is now open by the MENUBAR>Windows>Property (appears also

as a toolbar button by default) and the Database Browser as well.
The MATs> INFO, MATs> MATDB are now integrated in the Material list as Modify
and Material DB options (available also in the right click menu).
Moreover new options added:

80
May 2009
Change Type : switches the selected material to a compatible type that can be
picked from the Compatible material types window that pops up. Mind that the
Material card has changed and does not have the Type switch menu, thus the
Change Type has to be used.
Map Materials : opens the Materials Mapping List in order to specify the mapping
rules of material types between different pre-processing Decks. The material
mapping takes place during File>Input and when the Mat-Sync is performed (by the
Property List).
New:
when a Material Database is already loaded a pull down appears with options:
Form Library : opens the Material Definition list with the Supported
materials to choose the proper type.
From Material Database : opens a list with the materials that are loaded in
the Material Database to choose the proper type.
When the Material Database is empty (for this particular Deck) the New button
opens the Material Definition list, as it does for the From Library option.
Material DB : drop menu that opens the Material Database window with the List
option and hosts the Copy to DB, Update from DB , Compare to DB which are
moved in the drop menu and do not exist as options in the Material List or the
Material card.
Material
Database
The Material Database is now invoked by the Material DB >List within the
Materials List.
The Auxiliaries button drops a menu with options (based on current Deck) to open
the Curve DB, Table DB, Rupture Models DB etc., i.e. the entities that are
referenced by the Materials loaded in the Mat DB.
Updating Materials from the Material Database
When a material from the MatDB updates an existing material in the model or just
copied to the model, the referenced entities, i.e. Curves, Tables, etc. are compared
to already existing ones in the model (taking into account ID and Name) and in case
identical entities found, they are used in the material's card instead of creating new
81
May 2009
entities. No duplicate entities (e.g. Load Curves) are created by copying the same
material from Mat DB to the Model.
Moreover, ID and Name of the incoming material (the one in the Material Database)
have higher priority and replace any existing ids and overwrite names. The achieved
result is having the same material with the respective one in the Mat DB.
Comparing materials
During the comparison between materials in the model (Material List) and materials
in the Material Database the activated check boxes [ compare by Ids, compare by
names, most similar ] are taken into account also for the auxiliary entities
referenced by the Materials, i.e Curves, Tables, etc. and any differences between
these auxiliary entities are reported, e.g. Curves with different ID.
Control Cards
management
AUXILIARIES>CONTROL>DELETE
8509
new function has been added to delete Control Keywords

(PAM-CRASH, RADIOSS, LS-DYNA)
Generic Entity
Builder
AUXILIARIES>GEB
New button that hosts in drop menu the GEB types:
GEB_SB, GEB_BC, GEB_OR, GEB_MT, GEB_GN
GEB_GN : new type of Generic Entity Builder : General
The representation can be defined only by library item (FromFile)

Search Method : ResultsFromSet option has been removed. A SET in
connectivity can be used instead.
Search : new search methods
10955
-EntitiesIdRange
At the Entity pulldown define the entity that it will search for (Node,
Element, Property) and in the Id Range the ids of that entity. (e.g.
1,4,6,10-100-30)
82
May 2009
-Box
At the Entity pulldown define the entity that it will search for (Node,
Element). The element is in the box if at least one node of the element
is in the box. In the box you put the id of the box (created by
Auxiliaries>BOX).
GEB_MT
10931
new Representations
PropertyMass : input the final mass that the given property should
have.
PerElement: : input the mass value to be distributed to the nodes with
respect to the original element mass, i.e. proportionally to it.
83
RENUMBER
May 2009
It is now checked if the renumbering affects contents of Sets defined of 11547

ranges. Renumber can be canceled. Moreover, in case the renumber
continues, although the warning message, a new list becomes available in
Renumber Report that displays entities that won't be referenced by the
Set ranges any more.
Numbering Rule definition for SETs

Numbering Rules > [ General || Per Type || From File ]
can be defined for Sets.
Offset: offset the RANGE values definition of SETs, when there are set of 9706
nodes/elements/properties RANGES and the [Offset set range] check box
is active in Offset tool window.
84
LAMINATE
May 2009
Auxiliaries > LAMINATE

The tool is now available for ABAQUS and RADIOSS
LAMINATE REPORT TOOL
Layer Info : creates a report in html format containing information about the
layers of the laminate property and the plies [PCOMPs] that will be exported.
VRML and/or PNG images for each layer can also be created, enabling the
respective options in the Laminate Report window.
85
May 2009
KINEMATICS
A multi body dynamics solver integrated within ANSA has been introduced in order to allow the user to
efficiently position complex kinematic mechanisms such as convertible roof, hood, occupant seat, dummy
models, suspensions and many more that might need an accurate positioning.
A rigid body dynamics solver requires rigid bodies and joints in order to provide a solution. For this
purpose special ANSA entities have been introduced in order to create kinematic rigid bodies out of FE
models and kinematic joints out of FE joints. These kinematic entities are used by ANSA for the internal
solver and they are not related to the corresponding FE solver entities.
KIN_RBODY
ANSA kinematic rigid body. It consists of a combination of elements, properties or

nodes.
KIN_JOINT
ANSA kinematic joint element. It is used to connect two rigid bodies and allows
relative motion between them according to its type (revolute, spherical etc.)
KIN_CONFIG
ANSA kinematic configuration. It is used to set-up a specific rigid body motion by

allowing certain joints to move.
KIN_POSITION
Saved positions of a KIN_CONFIG
AUXILIARIES > K JOINT & AUXILIARIES > K RBODY

K JOINT and K RODY are functions that allow the editing of the results given by AutoMech and Mech
From Sets (both placed in the SAFETY group of buttons)and the creation of Kinematic Rigid Bodies and
Kinematic Joints.
AUXILIARIES > K CONFIG
This function allows the creation of kinematic configurations. With the locking and unlocking of
kinematic joints configurations such as backrest tilting, seat sliding, seat height adjustment etc. can be
created.
86
Kinematic
Rigid Body
May 2009
For every rigid body, all of their entities are listed. Entities can be added in a rigid body
by Drag and Drop operations from the Database Browser.
Kinematic
Joint
RIGID BODY 1,2: the two rigid bodies that are connected by the joint. If any of the
joints is 0, ground is assumed.
ANCHOR: Location of the joint.
AXIS: Orientation axis of the joint
Joint limitations: Joint limitations and current position of the joint.
An additional use of KIN_JOINT is the creation of a boundary condition. A very
common boundary condition is the Ground, where, for instance, the seat is Fixed in
space.
87
May 2009
Kinematic
Configuration
Kinematic Joint: the available

mechanism are listed. In a tree view
the available joints of each
mechanism are also shown.
Kinematic Configurations: With

Drag and Drop create the different
types of Kinematic Configurations.
A joint needs to be set up as an

actuator that is going to drive the
mechanism. This is done by the Set
as Actuator option.
The Move Joint option allows for
the movement of mechanism. The
user drives the actuator joint and in
turn a kinematic rigid motion of the
mechanism is performed
Each position of the model can be
stored by the Save Position. At the
moment a new position is saved, it
is stored in a form of a
KIN_POSITION entry. These
positions can be easily retrieved
and used by the Move To option,
where all the previously saved
positions are listed.
The kinematics tool allows the user to output transformation information of the
mechanism in order to avoid re-writing a model output. This is done with the Conv
to _ NMAP in Abaqus, NODE_TRANSFORM in Ls-Dyna, TRSFM in Pam-Crash)
option in the right mouse pull down menu. The options are to select either a saved
KIN_POSITION or the current position by selecting Reference Position.
88
SAFETY
May 2009
A new Group of buttons labeled SAFETY has been created for

ABAQUS, LS-DYNA, PAM-CRASH and RADIOSS Modules.
It hosts the Dummy/Safety options used to be in Auxiliaries Group.
When importing a dummy model (ABAQUS, LS-DYNA, PAM-CRASH)
the hierarchy structure that exists is interpreted to the respective
Kinematic Configuration.
AutoMech
In cases where a dummy model may be missing its hierarchy-tree

definition this function creates the appropriate dummy hierarchical
structure, that is a kinematic rigid body configuration.
This function replaces the previous Auto-Create.

Mech from Sets
This function creates a mechanism configuration in a stepwise fashion.

Since the parts of a model that consist the rigid bodies of the kinematic
mechanism are usually predefined node sets, these sets (for the rigid
bodies or the connectors) are used to create the kinematic mechanism.
The user just selects the node sets from a list, and then is guided
through the creation process: to accept or not every kinematic rigid
body. The user may also give a set of joints and ANSA will create the
K_JOINT and the K_RBODY.
89
May 2009
! Note that only one side of joints is needed due to symmetry. Thus for
simplicity and to avoid mechanism locking, the joints of the one side
need to be accepted and the other to be rejected.
Pedestrian
Use this function to set up a pedestrian test based on the EuroNcap

protocol (also for other protocols and regulations as well after
manipulation). The function has the following capabilities:
- Creation of the Wrap Around lines for the bumper and
the bonnet.
- Creation of Raster of Target Points on the Bonnet.
- Detection of critical Target Points based on hard
surfaces.
- Headform and Legform positioning.
90
May 2009
EuroNCAP lines
Front Car: This field requires the set id of the front of the vehicle.
Ground Point Z: In this field the Z direction of the xy plane that defines
the ground is needed.
Apply on: Gives the option to apply the lines on the Bonnet, Bumper or
both.
Stepsize: The stepsize value determines the resolution of the curve
relative to the underlined Front Car set.
Target Points:
Creation of target points and critical point detection The critical target
points are detected by providing the SET that contains the hard parts
(such as the engine block, the battery etc.). ANSA will detect the points
based on the minimum distance between the raster points and the hard
parts SET at the given impact angle.
91
May 2009
Raster Length: Is the length of every square of the raster.

Raster Side Tol: The raster is generated from the middle of the bonnet
and outwards. This tolerance dictates the length of the last step of the
raster closing on the reference lines. If the length of the last step is less
than the side tol, this length will be added to the last step of the raster.
If the length of the last step is greater than the side tol then a raster
step of that length will be created.
Windscreen: The windscreen set is used to better detect the points on
the A-pillars. If a windscreen set is given target points will be created on
the side reference lines.
Hard Parts: A SET of the hard parts of the under hood.
Search Step: Step in x and y directions per EuroNCAP lines area.
Points: Specifies up to how many points should be detected per
EuroNCAP lines area.
Test Zone: Specifies the test zone per EuroNCAP protocol Adult or
Child
Impact Angle: The impact angle of the Headform
The raster is created based on the Test Zone selection. The raster is
made of null beam elements and any point can be chosen to position
the impacting device.
The critical points detection function creates 3D points and a measure
entity that show the critical distance. 3D points can be picked as
92
May 2009
position for the impacting device also.

Additionally all the points of the raster and the critical points can be
exported as a text file by pressing on the Write File button.
Headform Legform positioning
parameters for positioning the impacting device are defined
Besides the Headform positioning, now the tool is able to position

Legform model that has to be defined as a SET. Its ID has to be input
in the Legform field.
Trans Dummy
The Translate function performs a

translation of the whole Dummy model
by moving it based on the global
coordinate system. In order to have
this function working properly, the
dummy model has to be properly
defined in advance.
93
Rot Dummy
May 2009
Rotate Dummy option is used to rotate the whole dummy around its HPoint. The Interactive Movement Sensitivity slider regulates the sensitivity
of the mouse movement relative to the model movement during interactive
mouse rotations. Far Right is maximum sensitivity where far left is the
minimum sensitivity.
Rotate Dummy Part option is used to rotate dummy parts (limbs). The
rotations can be performed through the window or interactively from the
screen (hold down the left mouse button while moving the dummy part).
94
May 2009
Move Limb :
A new useful function for performing minor translations of limbs such as
moving the upper limbs onto the steering wheels, or moving the lower
limbs onto the pedals.
With successive left mouse button pressings the user selects the
length of the limb (sequence of rigid bodies) that will participate in the
motion. After the selection of the limb two points are needed for the
translation, one point on the limb and one target point.
Interior : hosts the functions :
Interior [ FMVSS 201 / ECE R-21 ] : positioning of the headform pendulum
for the simulation of the occupant protection in interior impact laboratory
test according to the FMVSS 201 standard.
Interior [ FMVSS 201U ] : positioning of the headform pendulum for the
simulation of the occupant protection in interior impact laboratory test
according to the FMVSS 201 standard.
Seat Depenetrate :
A new option to create the initial geometry has been added:

in LS-DYNA : *INITIAL_FOAM_REFERENCE_GEOMETRY
in ABAQUS : INITIAL CONDITIONS, TYPE = REF COORDINATE
in PAM-CRASH : METRIC
95
May 2009
SeatBelt :
The option to specify the PID for the seatbelt elements (shells, bars, etc.)
Model Cut
Cut Model
Handling of Unconnected parts :
Delete None : No unconnected part is deleted

Delete All : All unconnected parts are deleted
Delete All/Exclude cutting box interior : Delete all unconnected parts,
except those that lie inside cutting box(es). Use this option in combination
with one or more cutting boxes to selectively delete unconnected parts.
96
Model Cut
May 2009
Check Cut
Applied on selected 'cut planes' and reports any elements that belong to
both 'substructure' and 'user area'. Also provides functionality for
moving selected planes by a specified step ('+' and '-' buttons) and for
expanding or shrinking moved planes so that a closed box is formed.
'Expand/Shrink' only works for planes that are mutually orthogonal.
Edit cards
the switch option by (node || set) has been added in several entities
edit cards, that allows changing the definition method of the entity. This
option enables the creation of several entities by script.
5385
for instance:
NASTRAN : SPC , SPCD , CONM2 , NOLIN, ...
ABAQUS : BOUNDARY, TYPE=DISPLACEMENT () , MASS, CLOAD
ANSYS : D , F,
LS-DYNA : MASS,
BOUNDARY_CONSTRAINED_MOTION_[NODE/RIGID/RIGID_LOCAL]
, LOAD_NODE_POINT/*LOAD_NODE_SET/*LOAD_RIGID_BODY, ...
PAM-CRASH : MASS, DIS3D / VEL3D / ACC3D / RAN3D / RVE3D /
RAC3D, CONLO
RADIOSS : MASS, IMPDISP - IMPVEL - IMPACC, CLOAD, GRAV, ...
CHECK
Duplicate : detects duplicate elements that all are assigned Null

Material
CLEAR
The DECK > CLEAR has been removed. It is now incorporated in the
File>Compress.
97
May 2009
NASTRAN
Implicit Nonlinear (SOL 600) entities are supported:
AUXILIARIES
5745
BCBODY : Management and Definition of flexible or rigid contact body

BCPARA : Management and Definition of Contact Parameters
CONTACT : Defines a contact pair or self contact
ELEMENTs
GRIDID & ELEMID > [Multiple] : Edges or Nodes can be selected for the
definition of the GS node of the generated CWELDS.
9569
RBE3
8965
Create RBE3s between 2 facets of solid elements or between shell

elements ( area selection tool is available).
BCs
CHECKs
TEMPP1 and TEMPRB are supported (I/O) and can be defined by the
respective buttons.
6991
6992
Dependency: in case of dependency conflict between 2-node rbe2s (one

slave node has two or more masters) there is now a Fix option available
98
Property
May 2009
PSHELL : TS/T field default value can be specified in ANSA.defaults:
13138
# User Defined Default Transverse Shear Thickness ratio (TS/T)

# Default Transverse Shear Thickness ratio
= 0.833333
Element type is specified by a pull down menu in their property.

PSHELL, PCOMP > CQUADR / CTRIAR
PLPLANE
Materials
> CQUADX / CTRIAX
MAT-SYNC (Property List & Input)
14114
Material synchronization from Nastran MAT8 to Abaqus *MATERIAL and

vice versa.
99
May 2009
ABAQUS
Output
Write FILM as *SFILM when defined on a set that is marked to be output

as surface. Similarly for *RADIATE/*SRADIATE and *DFLUX/*DSFLUX.
CONTACT : *CONTACT INCLUSIONS, *CONTACT EXCLUSIONS are
supported for Standard analysis if Abaqus Version is set to 6.8 in the
Output Parameters window.
14681
Generate output with *ORIENTATION coupled to *DISTRIBUTION

keywords for the support of material angle per element, in ABAQUS
composites.
ELEMENT
*ELEMENT,TYPE=C3D20E.
5020
Now the *ELEMENT,TYPE=C3D20E is preserved and not converted to

C3D20RE during input.
New *SOLID SECTION window that provides the necessary switch buttons
to specify the element type.
*BEAM GENERAL DEFINITION
9576
The *M1,*M2 *AXIAL, *TORQUE, options are now supported.

GASKET > ELEM new generation option
create Gasket elements by selecting shells or solids.
13453
Support HEATCAP element type and the corresponding element property

definition *HEATCAP
5987
The following element types for COUPLED TEMPERATUREDISPLACEMENT analysis:
5986
Shells:
S3T, S3RT, S4T, S4RT, S8RT (structural/conventional)
SC6RT, SC8RT (continuum)
CPE3T, CPE4T, CPE4HT, CPE4RT, CPE4RHT, CPE6MT, CPE6MHT, CPE8T,
CPE8HT, CPE8RT, CPE8RHT (continuum plain strain)
CPS3T, XPS4T, CPS4RT, CPS6MT, CPS8T, CPS8RT (continuum plain stress)
Solids:
C3D4T (1st order tetra)
C3D6T (1st order penta)
C3D8T, C3D8HT, C3D8RT, C3D8RHT (1st order hexa)
C3D10MT, C3D10MHT (2nd order tetra)
C3D20T, C3D20HT, C3D20RT, C3D20RHT (2nd order hexa)
The aforementioned types are specified by the respective switch menus

within the related Property card: [ T ] parameter wherever applicable.
Support [ T ] (Thermal) option for complete 'family' of axisymmetric
elements CAX**
10051
CAX3T, CAX4T, CAX4HT, CAX4RT, CAX4RHT, CAX6MT, CAX6MHT, CAX8T, CAX8HT,

CAX8RT, CAX8RHT.
100
CONSTRAINTs
May 2009
SETS in *EQUATION card supported only for Input.
9064
*MPC: LINEAR type is supported. Created by the MPC> MESH.REF

function.
7971
MESH.REF >NODES: Explicitly select nodes to create a mesh refinement

MPC.
MESH.REF>SETS : Explicitly select node sets to create a mesh refinement
MPC.
MESH.REF>AUTO : Automatically create mesh refinement MPCs on
selected nodes.
*FASTENER:
The new options standalone &
connector control the method that a
Fastener references connector behavior
attributes. Indirect creation of
CONNECTOR elements is done by
providing a Ref.Node or Ref.Node Set
AND a CONNECTOR SECTION:
standalone = yes & connector = no
enables the [CONN.SECTION] field to
reference a Connector Section ID.
The "ATTACHMENT METHOD" option
has been added (ABAQUS v6.8).
Increased number of SURFACEs in
FASTENER definition from 6 to 12.
11415
New FASTENER display symbol indicating the connected parts.
8407
The Radius value of the *FASTENER PROPERTY is displayed as

diameter of the fastener, if the Bar/Beam CrossSection is enabled within
the Presentation Parameters (F11). Moreover, the symbol indicate the
Fastener nodes according to the Search Radius / Influence radius.
12422
101
BOUNDARY
May 2009
BOUNDARY : DOFs 1 through 16 inclusive are supported
7943
11202
Old method of assigning DOFs in *BOUNDARY (e.g. "123456") is also valid

e.g. when applied to DOFs 1,2,3,4,5,6,10,11.
In order to assign one or more DOFs greater than 11, a comma delimiter
must be used. For example, setting "14," will constrain DOF:14, but setting
"14" (no comma) will only constrain DOF:1 and DOF:4.
LOADs
DSLOAD : new VP option for Viscous Pressure definitions
11990
*DLOAD and *DSLOAD Support of load distributed type HP (hydrostatic

pressure).
10831
When Magnitude->Loads check box is active in Presentation Parameters

Window, HP DLOADs are drawn with their actual magnitude, i.e. as a linear
distribution with respect to the hydrostatic head.
When Magnitude->Loads check box is disabled, their "nominal magnitude",
as defined in edit card, is shown.
DLOAD
6820
Added LOAD TYPES : EDLD , EDLDNU with associated Vx, Vy, Vz fields in
DLOAD edit card to handle case of edge loads on structural shells.
Added checks in DLOAD edit card to check the validity of "LOAD TYPE" in
conjunction with the element/set on which it is defined. For example, defining
a DLOAD with LOAD TYPE=P on the edge of a structural element will result
in error.
AUXILIARIES
CONTACT DEFINITION: Support of TABULAR and INPUT parameters in

*CLEARANCE.
7155
102
May 2009
*CONTACT PAIR, *CLEARENCE and *CONTACT CONTROLS options are

output with the CPSET parameter (required in ABAQUS/Explicit) instead of
the MASTER, SLAVE parameters (used in ABAQUS/Standard). The name
of the CPSET is defined by the name of the corresponding *CONTACT PAIR
(so that *CLEARENCE and *CONTACT CONTROLS with a particular
CPSET refer to the *CONTACT PAIR with that particular CPSET)
4934
CONTACT>FLANGES: Update Clearance
12031
During the calculation of the clearance, takes into account the thickness of
the parts.
SET
13672
- The default type of surfaces that use facets to is now "ELEMENT"

- The option 'Element sets as surfaces' in Output parameters window ignores
sets that contain 1-D elements.
SET > Orientation of Set's Entities
All orientable elements (e.g. Shell, Gasket, Continuum Shell, etc) and the
respective Properties contained in SETs, can be given a particular
Orientation (SPOS / SNEG). This is a characteristic of the Set and can be
assigned per contained entity, i.e a Shell property defined as Oriented=
SPOS in one Set can be Oriented=SNEG in a different Set. Also two
Properties in a Set can have different Orientation.
The orientation of the exported surface, based on the Set (Output as
surface), is specified either by the ORIENTATION type or by the Entity's
Orientation that is now available.
In order to define the orientation on a set's contained entity:
- Open the SET management window and click on Set's contents that need
to specify Orientation.
- The Database Browser List with these entities (e.g. Properties) appear with
the Column Oriented. This appears as an option within the Entity's card as
well. However, the field/column becomes available only through the Set
management.
- Using Quick Modify you can change the field directly in the list.
103
May 2009
- The Entities assigned orientation are listed under the ORIENTED section
GEB
*TIE
Support *CYCLIC SYMMETRY MODEL keyword and CYCLIC SYMMETRY
option
3881
GEB_OR : the CONTACT_OUTPUT option has been added.
11677
NMAP : Capability to setup a default option for the type of the NMAP
keyword.
12151
Windows>Options>Settings>DECKS>'Default Abaqus NMAP type'

BOLT: Bolts with Hinge as the body, can be created between a Hole and a
single node.
AIRBAG > Enclose Cavity : select two group of shells, so that the function
connects the outer boundary of two groups of shells.
12321
104
May 2009
STEP : New ACTIVE TASK main window
lists also BOUNDARY, CLEARANCE, CONNECTOR MOTION, CONTACT,

CONTROLS FIELD, SURFACE PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT,
TEMPERATURE that are defined as model data
- RESTART/PREPRINT/CONSTR.CONTROLS/PHYSICAL
CONSTANTS/FILE FORMAT button's label are colored in red if values have
been defined.
- lists also names of groups that refer each step in tree format. Each group's
contents can be moved or copied to another step by drag-and-drop the
group-item.
.... ....
105
May 2009
- Sequence of ONE step can be changed by dragging the selected STEP

below or above of another STEP. Sequence of multi steps can be changed
by selecting STEPs from list and using up/down arrows.
- Show / Show active loads functions are now available in the right mouse
drop menu( right click on a STEP).
- *LOAD CASE is created through STEP manager. (The Auxiliaries> [LOAD
CASE] button has been removed)
- Name of *STEP and *LOAD CASE can be changed directly in the Step list
(without opening relevant edit card)
Delete: while deleting a step the user can select either to delete all entities
referenced by the step or to move, if possible, referenced entities to model
data and delete all the other
CHECK
Support of keyword *FILE FORMAT. It is handled by the STEP manager.
8869
FASTENERS:
12422
CONNECTIVITY: reports an error if the number of layers specified in

the NLAYER field of the FASTENER's card or the Surfaces specified
in the SURFi fields cannot be found within the search radius
SEARCH R from the reference node.
ECCENTRICITY: identifies FASTENERs whose eccentricity is
bigger than a user specified value. The distance from the fastening
point to the center of the cloud nodes, taking into account their
weight factors, is considered as the FASTENER's eccentricity.
Properties
The SHELL SECTION, COMPOSITE property is supported. Use the

LAMINATE tool, which is now available in Abaqus Module, for creation and
handling of composite modeling.
Materials
MAT-SYNC (Property List & Input)
11867
Material synchronization from Abaqus material to PamCrash materials

102,103,105 and 106 and vice versa. Data about stress-strain/strain rate
behavior are synchronized.
MAT-SYNC (Property List & Input) : Material synchronization from Nastran
MAT8 to Abaqus *MATERIAL and vice versa.
14114
*COHESIVE BEHAVIOR is supported (ABAQUS v6.8).
11918
Additionally the associated keywords: *DAMAGE INITIATION,

*DAMAGE EVOLUTION and *DAMAGE STABILIZATION are supported.
Support of *NO TENSION and *NO COMPRESSION keywords when
10830
106
May 2009
*ELASTIC=YES
Support heat transfer link element types
5986
1-Dimensional : DC1D2, DC1D2E, DCC1D2, DCC1D2D

2-Dimensional : DC2D3, DC2D4, DC2D6, DC2D8, DC2D3E, DC2D4E,
DC2D6E, DC2D8E, DCC2D4, DCC2D4D
Use Property Card's 'TYPE' pull-down to switch among 'T3D2', 'DC1D_' and
'DCC1D_'.
Color Draw
mode
EL.PRESS MENU, EL.TEMP MENU modes provide list (as a second level
pull-down options) with all available Abaqus steps. The user can select a
particular step and view pressures (DLOAD) or temperatures
(TEMPERATURE) that either belong to the step selected or have been
defined in a previous step and are still active.
For the case of TEMPERATURE, selecting IN.TEMP only depicts

TEMPERATURE's that have been defined as *INITIAL CONDITION,
TYPE=TEMPERATURE, i.e. as initial conditions
107
May 2009
LS-DYNA
Input
Safety / Dummy Models

The PRIMER keywords for the dummy tree and mechanisms are
supported and interpreted to ANSA Kinematic entities (Kinematic
Configuration).
CONSTRAINED
LINEAR > [Many Nodes || Two Nodes || Branch || Modify || List ]

New function for creation and management of
*CONSTRAINED_LINEAR_GLOBAL.
LOAD
BLAST : definition of the keyword *LOAD_BLAST.
13601
INITIAL
VELOCIT> Rigid Body
9396
*INITIAL_VELOCITY_RIGID_BODY is supported.
AUXILIARIES
*DEFINE_CURVE : 9 digits for LCID is supported
3341
*INTEGRATION_BEAM : Support all ICST values (1 to 22) for v9.71
11587
*INTEGRATION_SHELL : the FAILOPT option is added (v9.71)

*NODE_TRANSFORM (v9.71) is supported and exported if the related
option is selected in the *DEFINE_TRANSFORMATION window
[Auxiliaries>TRANSFRM] and a valid node set is used.
CONTROL > CONTROLs new window
11868
108
May 2009
CONTROL>*KEYWORD
13747
Support of *KEYWORD_ID.
SET
6915
The *SET_PART_ADD keyword (v9.71) is supported and can be defined if

Part-Sets are placed in a SET.
The DELEM, DNODE, DPART, DBOX are supported by the DELETED
option in a SET (Add>Excluded).
DFRMBLE
12304
Drawing colors for *DEFORMABLE_TO_RIGID entities detection:

properties that will be switched to rigid : red
12201
master properties : white

properties that will be switched to deformable : green
Add/Remove Parts option has been added : Select D2R and R2D parts
(box selection also allowed). For isolating and manage the proper parts for
selection.
*DEFORMABLE_TO_RIGID_AUTOMATIC : box selection is enabled
CHECK
Rigid Dependency :
Constrained Extra Nodes must be associated with a part having a rigid
material (MAT20). A fix function is also provided: user can delete the
offending nodes or select a new rigid material.
Boundary Prescribed Rigid Motion must be associated with a part
having a rigid material (MAT20). A fix function is also provided: user can
delete the false entity, select a new rigid material or choose another rigid
part.
Load Rigid Body must reference a component having a rigid material. Fix
is provided either by delete it or associate rigid material with the
component being referenced.
Constrained Rigid Bodies must reference a component with a rigid
material. Fix is provided either by delete it or change material to rigid type.
A fix function made for Seatbelt Accelerometers that are connected to
non rigid elements. The user has the option to "rigidize" the local element
to which the accelerometer node is connected, by selecting a new rigid
part or by selecting a new rigid material.
Curves are checked for the following criteria:
for LS-DYNA material types (MAT24, MAT103, MAT123):
i) First data point must be (0.0 , yield stress).
ii) Plastic strain values should be less than 3.
iii) Yield stress values should be less than 2.5.
iv) Slope of curve should not exceed Young's modulus.
109
May 2009
v) If a strain rate - scale factor curve exists (LCSR):

a. strain rate should be less than 20.
b. scale factor should be less than 2.
vi) If LS-Dyna TABLE is defined, all associated curves are
checked according to above criteria.
Also now, all load curve errors are listed after check is performed
JOINTS
Joint nodes must belong to rigid materials. In a case of a non rigid
component message "Node is deformable" appears in Check List. The
user has the option to update the material to a rigid one. In case a joint
node is free ( "Node is deformable (Free)" ), fix will assign the node to the
appropriate rigid part of the joint. If fix cannot find a rigid part, user is
prompt to update the material to a rigid one.
For GEAR joint, N1 must not coincide with N2 and N3 must not coincide
with N4. Fix is available so user can decide which node of the joint will
change and selects another node to replace it.
CONTACTS FROM SOLVER: If messag file is not able to be read with
the normal process user is asked to pick it from file manager that pops
up.
9208
7865
INITIAL VELOCITY :
If *INITIAL_VELOCITY_GENERATION Card and any other
*INITIAL_VELOCITY_, are both defined for the model, an error is issued in
the Checks list. The user (via fix function) has the choice to delete one of
the velocity definitions.
A fix function is also made for multiple definitions of initial velocities on the
same node. The multiple entities are presented in a list, and user can
select which wants to delete or edit them.
Initial velocities that have been defined via *PART_INERTIA card (for rigid
parts only), are taken also into account.
Materials
Support all fields of *MAT_124

(*MAT_PLASTICITY_COMPRESSION_TENSION).
13129
Material *MAT_112 (*MAT_FINITE_ELASTIC_STRAIN_PLASTICITY) is

supported.
12037
Beam elements assigned null material with density less than 1.e-11, are
considered as having zero mass.
13749
Elements assigned Null Material (*MAT_009) are ignored for the CrashTime-Step criterion.
*MAT 123 can be now assigned on solids elements.
14028
Support of v9.71 fields for *MAT_ADD_EROSION specified within the

material card.
13748
110
May 2009
Support of *MAT_099
(*MAT_SIMPLIFIED_JOHNSON_COOK_ORTHOTROPIC_DAMAGE)
13364
Support of *MAT_163 (*MAT_MODIFIED_CRUSHABLE_FOAM)
13890
DFRESULTANTS
10630
Manual and automatic creation of

*DEFINE_SPOTWELD_FAILURE_RESULTANTS
Right click on the top section to Add the default failure card
then right click in the lower section to specify the Pairs.
Selection can be done either form the list or from screen. Moreover,
there is an automatic detection Auto-add from model.
The *DEFINE_SPOTWELD_FAILURE_RESULTANTS keyword can be

created (manually or automatically) only if the Pairs of parts are connected
with Solid spotweld elements with
MAT100_MAT_SPOTWELD_DAMAGE-FAILURE and OPT 7.0 and
*CONTACT_TIED_SURFACE_TO_SURFACE.
111
May 2009
DFRICTION
New interface for the creation and management of *DEFINE_FRICTION
Right click on the top section to define the default friction values and then
right click to the lower section to Add the Part Pairs either from the list or
from the screen.
112
May 2009
PAM-CRASH
INPUTVERSION: 2007 & 2008 are supported
Various keywords and options have been added for v2007 and v2008
CONTROL
CONTROLS: new window with tabs
11868
Support new options in SUBDF_/ and in SUBRUN (v2007).
10202
Support new option of METRIC_/ (v2007)
10204
Contain the information for the airbag initial metric file in the main file.
Support new options in ECTRL_/
10203
THICKNESS_INTEGRATION options.
METRIC_3D_LOAD (v2007)
Support SENSOR optional keyword in RUNEND/ (v2007)
10200
Support AUTOSLEEP keyword (v2007)

113
May 2009
CCTRL : Support new option LEAKFILTER (v2007)
10201
supported control keywords
14229
ANALYSIS : IMPLICIT (v2008)

ECTRL : XROTSHELL, SHELL_FORMULATION, SOLID_FORMULATION
ICTRL : implicit general control cards (v2008)
NODAL ENT
CONLO : Added "ISENS" field.

Support new options in DAMP : fields TIDAMP and TFDAMP (v2007)
10207
ISELECT as well as, DRAGCO and ODENS (v2006)

ELEMENTs
MEMBR : Support of fiber angles (b1, b2) in MEMBRANE element card.
8194
PLINK :
ON EXISTING NODES : If the picked node is used by an element, i.e. by
a shell of the connected Parts, a new node is created at the picked
location and used as N1 node of the PLINK.
CENTER PLINKS : If the N1 node of the selected PLINK is shared with
other elements, e.g. by a shell of the connected Parts, a warning
message appears. These PLINKs are highlighted in orange and won't be
moved by hitting the Cancel button while any other selected PLINKs that
do not have shared nodes will be moved. With OK all PLINKs will be
moved.
CONSTRAINTs
RBODY type 3: Zero, blank and negative values of mass and principal
moments of inertia, are not allowed.
1764
PLOT OUTPUT
SECFO : The infinite cross section plane is drawn in the appropriate

size so to cut the elements that it refers (via the respective Set). The
plane's boundaries are stipple lines and they are colored red if no
elements are cut.
11376
THxxx > THNODE | THELE : both options can be defined directly on

entities (NODE or ELEMENT respectively) without the need of a set.
AUXILIARIES
GEB > GEB_OR
SECFO>Assistant
11517
The GEB_OR that is created by the SECTION>Assistant by picking

properties and has:
connectivity : #PID
search : PassThrough
114
May 2009
Representation : SectionForces
sec_type : PLANE
The set that is created consists of Properties; the ones that were picked
and successfully cut.
SENSOR : Support IREVFLG (v2007)
10211
SET
General Entity Selection // GROUP
ANSA SET now supports the DELNOD, DELPART, DELELE, DELGRP
via the DELETED option created by the Add>Excluded.
RUPMO: Support new cards 5 and 6 in the case of IRUPT=2.
10212
PLY : Support PLY__/_ keyword in all INPUTVERIONs up to 2008.
10767
Edit card of this entity is depended of the INPUTVERSION value in

control cards.
Materials
Material synchronization from Abaqus material to PamCrash materials

102,103,105 and 106 and vice versa. Data about stress-strain/strain rate
behavior are synchronized.
11867
Material type 301 : support new options : IDEABEN=2,

SDMPR, IDOFN, IDOFS1, IDOFS2, DSTART, DRELEA, RFAC
(v2007)
10196
Material type 223 : option INDOF has been added (v2007)
10198
Support new options of Material type 224 (v2007) including the IFLGP
and the user defined constant stiffness fields.
10199
Materials type 212 and 213 : added flag for element elimination strain
limit choice in card 6.
10206
Update Material types 107, 117 (v2007).
11237
Rupture model 5 is allowed for Material type 223 (Nonlinear 6-DOF

Spring-Beam Element).
13812
Support RMAT definition.
9046
14835
Activate the Output RMAT check box in the Output Parameters

window in order to reference the Material Names within all the PART
definitions instead of their Ids.
115
May 2009
Visibility of Material Orientation based on the IORT definition in the

PART.
CHECK
12166
FUNCT : detects errors also in LOOK UP TABLES (LOOKU)
10788
DEPENDENCY
4463
An error is reported if NOT ALL slave nodes of RBODY_0 are selected in

ACFLD or DAMP.
A check for the NCOG node of RBODY type 0, is also added. A warning is
issued when an acceleration field or a damping group is applied on it. The
corresponding fix function gives the ability to delete the nodal entity or to
apply the same on the slave nodes of rigid body.
The new check THNOD-THLOC , detects :
4462
i) whether THNOD and THLOC keywords are defined on the same node
ii) CONSISTENCY OF ACFLD SUBTRACTION FOR THLOC OUTPUT
(whether two or more different ACLFD keywords are defined on the same
THLOC) : fix option allows to add an ACFLD ID in the THLOC card
116
May 2009
SUBSTR
13433
New function to create new and manage Substructure definitions
Create a new definition through the SUBSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS

CREATOR window. Cutting Planes (already defined by MODEL CUT
function or via the New button) should be Added so to define the User
Area volume.
Visualize the entities of the substructure with the Preview button.

The substructure is created the moment the output is made. ANSA writes
the model and following 'cuts' it and writes also the substructure file.
During output all necessary in CONTROLs cards (i.e. SUBRUN) are
updated in the substructure file and the SUBDF_/_ definition is
automatically created (and written) in the main file.
117
May 2009
RADIOSS
RADIOSS CONTROLS new window.
11868
CLOAD and GRAV are supported according to Radioss v5.1
ANSYS
Input
Support input of *.cdb files exported by ANSYS 11.0 Workbench.
12651
118
May 2009
CFD Decks
ANSA provides now DECK module menus for the setup of cases for CFD++,
FLUENT (2D and 3D), OpenFOAM, StarCD and UH-3D.
Select in advance the required solver DECK as this will allow the proper display of
Property cards for the specification of Boundary Conditions.
It is recommended that ANSA is started with the option -gui cfd
This will allow the better setup of the software interface for CFD pre-processing.
Size Box
The user can control the size of the surface and the volume mesh in selected
areas of the model using ANSA Size Boxes.
Size Boxes are flexible entities and can have any orientation or form, thus making
mesh size control very precise.
They influence the functions:

- PERIMETERs>A.SPACING [CFD]
- MESH GEN.>CFD
- VOLUMEs>MESHV [Tetra CFD] and [Hexa Interior]
Size Boxes can be created in the SIZE BOX Group of buttons in every CFD Deck.
119
May 2009
CFD++
For CFD++ the user can specify in the Shell Property card whether it is of type
Boundary for 3D Simulations or Cell for 2D simulations.
OpenFOAM
ANSA supports input and output of OpenFOAM v1.4.1 and v1.5 file structures.
The user can specify the solver settings, boundary and initial conditions for a full
simulation.
STAR
In the STAR deck the user can specify boundary conditions for
Star-CD and Star-CCM
e.g. specify the TYPE to e.g. Wall type in Shell Property card
The volume properties can also be specified as fluid or solid.
UH-3D
For UH-3D Deck the user can specify in the Shell Property card the boundary
condition type and magnitude for:
Surface Temperature
Surface Heat Flux
Mass Flux
Grill Resistance
During output the user can renumber the model.
FLUENT 3D
The assigned PIDs of shell (Fluent Faces) and volume (Fluent Cells) elements will
be translated into Fluent 3D Zones during the output, maintaining the same ID and
name. If there are any spaces in the PID names these will be converted
automatically into underscores _ during output, for Fluent compatibility.
If ANSA detects Properties with identical names, it will rename them (adding a :1)
during output to avoid conflicts in Fluent.
The type of boundary condition can also be prescribed in the EDIT card or shell and
volume Properties.
ANSA supports the input and output of both *.msh and *.cas ascii and binary files.
FLUENT 2D
For Fluent 2D meshes the geometry and mesh should be constructed in the z=0
plane.
The PIDs of ANSA shells will be output as fluid 2D cell Zones in Fluent.
Boundary Condition (BCs) names and types along edges (2D Face zones in Fluent)
must be specified on ANSA SETs.
If no SETs are created then by default all free boundaries are written in a defaultexterior Zone of Wall type, and all interior Faces in a default-interior Zone. If needed
they can also be separated later in the solver.
120
May 2009
PERMAS
A new Deck module has been added for set-up simulation models for the PERMAS solver.
Directly Input and Output of permas deck files is supported.
Substructure analysis (Multiple Components) can be handled in ANSA via the Includes
Manager. Mind that identical Ids are not allowed for similar entities in different components.
Preserve the user specified names of Sets (nodes and elements)
13984
Unique name for Contacts
MEDINA
I/O
Support read/write in bif-file of the LS-Dyna keyword

*DATABASE_CROSS_SECTION.
Input
Import of TRIAV and QUADV elements as MEMBRANES for MEDINA PAMCRASH.
13474
121
May 2009
MORPH
Module's Buttons group modifications.
Synonymous buttons (like SLIDE, OFFSET etc), previously located in different menus, have
been unified under the new MODIFICATION group. This group has replaced the former BOX
MORPHING menu.
CHECKS: A new group of buttons that hosts the flag buttons (MORPHING, Hi.Li, TRANS,
FREEZE , TANG), which are also available during modifications, in the respective window.
There are two modes:

Non-morphing mode: Boxes are simply reshaped in order to better fit to the model's
geometry.
Morphing mode: Boxes are reshaped and their loaded entities are morphed
accordingly.
The MORPHING flag button (CHECKS group), enables the user to toggle between the two
aforementioned modes.
A new visibility flag button (MORPHVIEW) has been added in the CHECKS group. Using this
button the user can toggle between TOPO and MESH view, while being in MORPH menu.
Morph Settings
Special settings that are used during the
Morphing process can be defined through the
Windows> Options>Settings>[MORPH]
function
''2D morph thickness'' : Defines the virtual

thickness of the 2D-Morph Boxes.
''Apply extra-fine tolerance'' : Applies
extra-fine tolerance to the morphing
functions, irrespectively to the current value
of tolerance that is used through the
OPTIONS>Tolerances function.
''Box in Box morphing'' : Activates the Box
in Box morphing functionality (see section
22.5.3).
''Include morph points in load'' : Enables
User to automatically load Morph Control
Points, using the LOAD>VISIBLE function.
''Ask for morph movement confirmation'' :
Activates a Confirmation window after each
Morphing action.
''Color for linked'' : Activates the Color
Editor for the Linked Boxes.
122
May 2009
Geometry Morphing
Geometrical entities can now be loaded in Morphing Boxes and morphed accordingly.
The notification : ''GEOMETRY MORPHING INACTIVE'' appears in red color, at the right
bottom of the graphic area. Activate the CHECKS>GEO_CHECK function in order to prepare
the model (containing FACEs) for Morphing.
During the GEO_CHECK ANSA examines all the loaded Geometrical Faces and performs
cuts in areas where they intersect Morphing Boxes. Thus, new faces are produced. These
Faces are properly distributed to the appropriate Morphing Boxes. The Geometry Morph
window appears listing the loaded Faces and reports any Conflict status due to cutting
problems. These Faces should be placed into the proper Box by choosing the related Status
option [IN || OUT]
All connection entities, 3D curves can be also morphed.
123
May 2009
BOXES
11307
CYLIND>CONV2BOX
Using this function, it is possible to create hexahedral Boxes in place of
cylindrical ones.
Case1. Select a Cylindrical Box without any concentric splits. One hexaedral
Box like the one shown below is going to be created:
Case2. Select a Cylindrical Box with concentric splits. ANSA creates five
hexahedral Boxes. One Central Box and four more located all around it.
Simultaneously, Morphing Parameters are automatically created in order to

control the Length and Radius dimensions of the initial Cylindrical Boxes.
2DMORPH>CONV2BOX: this new function creates 2 Hexahedral Morphing
Boxes based on the selected 2D morph entity.
MULTIBOX
8091
The user can create multiple Morphing

Boxes in a single step.There are two
main options. The Hexa-Block and the
O-ring. Using the first, 27 boxes are
created in a block-type shape while in
the second option, six hexahedral boxes
are created around the central box.
An existing Box can be selected as well
124
May 2009
OFFSET BOX
11305
A new function to create Morphing Boxes.

In this function the user selects an outer (single) Morphing Hatch and defines
an offset value. The new Box is connected to the old one by the selected
Hatch.
CONTROLS
HISTORY
The History during Morphing modifications can be recorded. Morph History
States can be recorded through the Confirmation window, after each
modification [Rec.Hist]. Additionally, History States can be recorded at any
time using the HISTORY function. Using Morph History States, the user can
jump at any time to any, previously defined State. Thus, it is quite easy to
delete the mistaken Morphing actions.
Using the options under the Create drop menu the user can create a
Deformation or a Curved Deformation Morphing Parameters, etc between the
selected History States.
User Defined Tangency
[EDGES>TANGENCY>USER
]
11310
The user is now able to define

or modify the orientation of
tangency on Morphing Edges,
by specifying the desired
vector or plane. There is also
the option to set an already
user-defined tangency
orientation, as a Morphing
parameter.
125
CONTROLS
May 2009
NESTED>RB2TONESTED
Nested elements can be created from RBE2s.
The original RBE2 still exist after the creation of the nested element.
PARAM
New Morphing Parameters have been added:
SPIN :
The already known, SPIN modification function can now be performed
through a Morphing Parameter.
CURVED_DEFORM :
Using such a parameter the user can perform Morphing, moving along a
curve, defined by selected Morph History States. The user defines a factor
between 0 and 1 morphs the model parametrically along the defined curve.
USER_TANGENT :
Morphing actions performed by modifying a User Defined Tangency, can
also be saved and performed through the relative parameter.
MODIFICATION
MOVE
11902
New options and interface for Control Points movement. Transform and
Scale options have been added.
11903
126
May 2009
DIRECT
The DIRECT function is now available also in the MODIFICATION menu.
It is performed on Control Points in order to move them directly.
Select Control Points to be moved. Then define the Control Points that are
going to retain position. Finally select the Control Points to move following
strictly cursors movements. Press left mouse button in order to lock on the
desired position.
FIT>EDGES
A new, friendly and convenient interface helps the user to modify edges
and curves selections or to save them, as an EdgeFit Morph Parameter.
As soon as the function is activated the EDGE FIT window appears which
is auto updated by the selections.
In case you need to modify a group of curves or edges, select it and press
the ''modify'' button. Add more entities using the left button or deselect the
already selected using the right one.
Press the ''Save as parameter'' button, to create an EdgeFit parameter

based on the defined groups.
Press the ''Apply'' button in order to proceed with Morphing.
The Master/Slave Fit function of older versions, has also been
incorporated here. There is also the possibility to add a slave Edge group
by right clicking on the relative Master.
ALIGN : control points can be aligned on a plane along a user specified
direction.
11909
127
DIRECT
MORPHING
May 2009
4S.FIT: A selection list appears and automatically updated by the

selections made and allows the user to highlight and modify the groups of
the selection.
The ABAQUS REFERENCE COORDINATES , the PAM-CRASH

METRIC_NODES and LS-DYNA INITIAL FOAM REFERENCE
GEOMETRY can be loaded and morphed.
12176
128
May 2009
Optimization
Optimization
Task
New capabilities in the Simulate Window

Through the simulation window, it is now possible to view an animation of the
various steps defined by the design variables.
All the defined design variables are displayed in the upper section. Specify
the number of the simulate steps to view in the animation session. Press
''calculate'' button in order the internal states to be calculated. After that, all
the animation buttons are enabled and the user can proceed with the
animation.
Except viewing the animation, it is also possible to save it in avi format using
the ''Rec'' button.
129
May 2009
TOSCA
Structure
A complete interface for the TOSCA

Structure 6.2 has been integrated into
the Task Manager. The interface
supports the TOPO, SHAPE and BEAD
optimization for both CONTROLLER
and SENSITIVITY algorithms. The
graphics interface and the SETs
functionality of ANSA can be used for
the definition of the TOSCA groups and
constraints.
Through the TOSCA Structure Task
user can:
- Set up the pre-processing of the
optimization problem. The Task
Manager guides the user through the
valid options according to the selected
optimization case.
- Run all the tests that TOSCA provides
(TEST1, TEST2,...) before start the
optimization run and provides full report
of the process.
- Invoke TOSCA in batch mode to run
the optimization problem.
- Invoke TOSCA Smooth in batch mode
to define the smoothed surface around
the model of the optimum iteration.
- Quality improvement. After the definition of the smooth surface, the TOSCA Structure
Task is able to improve automatically the quality of the surface using the
RECONSTRUCT functionality.
- Definition of the validation model. Solid mesh is applied to the smoothed surface.
Additionally all loads and boundary conditions are re-applied to the solid in order to
create a ready to run model and validating the optimum solution.
Mind that a special ANSA environment dedicated to TOSCA Structure can be launched
with the option:
-gui TOSCA
this is an environment with limited functionality and requires a special license.
130
NASTRAN
SOL-200
May 2009
SOL200 has now been incorporated in the NASTRAN Loadcase under the integrated
Design Optimization task item.
131
May 2009
SCRIPTING
ANSA_TRANSL
Language &
main features
The ANSA_TRANSL file is now read from the

'/home/user/.BETA/ANSA/version_13.0.1/' directory, instead the user
home directory (i.e. : /home/user/).
Furthermore, there are some changes in its functionality.
Global code:
the global code is written inside the function CAD_Translate. E.g.
def CAD_Translate()
{
your code
}
Rest code: All the other commands are still written inside the function
def autoexec(), except the buttons creation.
To create user buttons use the command defbutton which creates the
button and defines the function simultaneously. The name of the function
is the same with the name shown on the button.
Moreover, you can define in which group the button will be created into, by
writing the name of the group beside the defbutton command.
Example of creating buttons:
Old ANSA_TRANSL:
def autoexec()
{
AddUserButton("Do Something","DoSomething",1);
}
def DoSomething()
{
your code
}
New ANSA_TRANSL:
defbutton DoSomething()GROUP_NAME
{
your code
}
Thus, with the new way of creating buttons, every time you change the
default script the buttons are updated automatically, and only active
buttons remain visible.
!!! All ANSA_TRANSL files written in the old manner can be read by
ANSA_v13.x, provided that they are in binary format.
132
May 2009
The keyword 'const' has been added in scripting language

External files
The use of external files in ANSA_v13.x has become more similar to the
one in C language.
'#include' statement. The '#include' statement incorporates the contents
of a specified file at the same point where the statement appears.
Common static functions that exist in different include files can not be
treated independently, and therefore only the last one is kept.
'#projectfile' statement. The '#projectfile' statement is another way to use
external files within a source file. Its major advantage is that every
specified file is treated independently, and thus, any common static
functions are allowed.
!!! The '#projectfile' statement in ANSA_v13.x works similarly to the
'#include' statement in ANSA_v12.1.x.
File>Script
The File > Script button menu has the options to

enable script editor and perform other operations
related to scripting
Script Editor
Project Window. In this window you can create, control and execute a
project. A project is a file that has references to many scripts,
incorporated as external files.
View>Editor colors. In the new script editor you can select the colors you
will use for each type of text, as well as for the background.
Windows. All the windows of the script editor are handled in the same
manner as all ANSA_v13.x windows. Thus they can be visible or not,
docked or undocked etc. You can control the script editor windows from
the Windows drop down menu.
133
May 2009
The File>Script>Default option opens a window where all loaded and

added scripts are displayed. The index in front of each path indicates
which is the default sequence. Always, the script with zero index is the
default.
File>Script>Reload reloads ALL loaded scripts

Command line
Command line execution. Execute a script function when starting ANSA

with the -exec using brackets in the function's call
-exec function_name()
type any arguments for the function within these brackets.
Script
Functions
Function CollectAffectedConnectionEntities has been enhanced.

An additional value 'AllEntities' is supported by the CONNECTION TYPE
argument, so that all connecting entities can be collected at once.
An additional value 'AllAffected' is supported by the SEARCH OPTION
argument, so that both internal and external connections entities can be
collected at once.
New function 'FillGapFreeShells' for 'MESH>FILL>Gap (free)>Shells'.
12321
New function ReferenceEntities.
10606
Extra category "__CONNECTIONS__" added in "TypesInCategory" script

function.
11578
New parameter added in script functions: TranslatePart, RotatePart,

ScalePart, TransformPart, SymmetryPart, MirrorPartPoint,
MirrorPartAxis, MirrorPartPlane.
9888
You can specify the module id offset in the case of Copytransformations, when creating a new part.
New function FacesConvert converts link faces to normal faces
11742
New function OutputOpenFoamPoints, that outputs only points of the

mesh.
134
May 2009
New function CopyMatToMdb().
12145
New functions KinematicsSavePosition and

KinematicsMoveToPosition
new session functions added:
SESSION>MESH>SHELL MESH>
PARAMETERS>DISTANCE_FROM_SURFACE
PARAMETERS>DISTANCE_FROM_SURFACE_PARAM
PARAMETERS>DISTANCE_FROM_PERIMETER
PARAMETERS>DISTANCE_FROM_PERIMETER_PARAM
to set the respective fix quality parameters through script.
New function RunAllMeshingScenarios, that runs all active scenarios.
New Function RefineElements
New function MorphParamCreate to create parameters from script.
12652
12655
New functions : InputFluentVa, InputStarCDVa, OutputFluent,

OutputFluent2D, OutputStarCD
New functions MorphFreezeFlag and MorphMorphingFlag to enable or
disable flags
12388
Script function ReconstructShells added : accepts an array of shells and

performs reconstruction.
'tanfromnear' flag added in Dach script function.
7450
Enhanced capabilities of the CreateEntityVa script function :
5385
Switching between definition methods 'by node' (or 'by element') and 'by
set' using script, is now possible for entities such as the following:
*CONNECTOR MOTION (ABAQUS),
SPC (NASTRAN), SPCD (NASTRAN), *BOUNDARY, TYPE=DISPLACEMENT (ABAQUS),
D (ANSYS),
TIC (NASTRAN),
*TEMPERATURE, *INITIAL CONDITIONS, TYPE=TEMPERATURE (ABAQUS),
*CONNECTOR LOAD (ABAQUS),
SHELL PRESSURE (LSDYNA KWD: *LOAD_SHELL_, PAMCRASH KWD: PREFA,
RADIOSS KWD: PLOAD),
INITIAL CONDITION, TYPE=STRESS (ABAQUS),
PLOAD2 (NASTRAN),
DAREA (NASTRAN),
INITIAL CONDITION TYPE+ PLASTIC STRAIN (ABAQUS),
135
May 2009
LOAD_BEAM (LS_DYNA), PREBM (PAMCRASH),

ASET, BSET, CSET, (NASTRAN)
VISCOUSFORCE (ABAQUS),
TEMP (NASTRAN),
*INITIAL CONDITIONS, TYPE=HARDENING, CROSS SECTIONS (ABAQUS),
*INITIAL CONDITIONS, TYPE=FIELD (ABAQUS), *FIELD (ABAQUS)
*FASTENER (ABAQUS),
SPH (LS-DYNA), SPHEL (PAM-CRASH),
*CFLUX (ABAQUS),
*DFLUX (ABAQUS),
*FILM (ABAQUS),
CONM2 (NASTRAN), MASS (DYNA , RADIOSS, PAMCRASH, ABAQUS),
ACFLD (PAMCRASH),
BOUNDARY_CONSTRAINED_MOTION_[NODE/RIGID/RIGID_LOCAL] (LSDYNA),
DIS3D / VEL3D / ACC3D / RAN3D / RVE3D / RAC3D (PAMCRASH),
IMPDISP / IMPVEL / IMPACC (RADIOSS),
*BOUNDARY (ABAQUS),
NOLIN (NASTRAN)
Updated LAMINATE scripting functions to handle ABAQUS LAMINATEs.

Added functionality to set the NIP (Number of Integration Points) field
(specific to ABAQUS and ANSYS) from script.
Enhanced function GetTaskItemStatus, in order to identify if a script item
is disabled.
11858
New Script Functions
11857
- EditCommentsTaskItem (set a comment on a task item)

- GetCommentsTaskItem (get the comment from a task item)
- SetBreakTaskItem ( set break on a task item)
- ClearBreakTaskItem ( remove break from a task item)
In ReplacePart script function the default behavior is the same for
connections and connectors.
Function AirbagCreator(int DECK, matrix GROUP_1, matrix GROUP_2,
int RECON, element PART or int PART_ID)
12321
Now, the script functions 'AirbagCreator' and 'FillGapFreeShells' can take

'pointer' or 'id' for appropriate 'part' and 'property'.
If the input data are not valid, they will create new 'part' or 'property'.
New script functions RmdblGeomFemSymmetric and
RmdblFemFemSymmetric.
11935
Added new script variable argument function "PrintToFileVa".

Pedestrian script function returns six more numbers (total 16). These are
the coordinates of target and contact point
New function MorphMultBoxAbsDis for the creation of multiple morph
boxes.
136
May 2009
New function Compress. Allows also to specify if empty parts/groups will

be deleted during geometry compression.
13377
SetViewButton() script function controls also the "LOCK" flag position via
SetViewButton("LOCK", "on"); or SetViewButton("LOCK", "off");
13557
Added also script functions:

LoadStoredLockView(char name) - restores model views.
StoreLockView(char name) - stores model views.
New function CheckConnections( matrix InputConnectionsArray, matrix
InputCheckDataArray, matrix OutputCheckReportArray );
12597
New function CheckInteriorIntersections( matrix InputEntsMatrix, int

fast_run_flag, matrix IntersectedEntsMatrix )
12492
New function xyzIsInsideVolume to find a volume by the coordinates of a

point
New functions for tetra mesh volumes by their ID
HexaInteriorbyID(int,int,float)
TetraCFDbyID(int)
TetraFEMbyID(int)
New function CutModelByPlanes(int deck, args...).
Script function: CollectEntities.
12638
An additional argument "prop_from_entities" has been added. In case

SEARCH_TYPE is a property, this flag controls if the property must be
acquired from the entities referenced by the entities in CONTAINER or
not.
CollectEntities works also for Lock Views
New function GetFaceArea( face ) returns the area of the given face .
10291
This area depends on the resolution of the face (the number of the
boundary nodes). In order to get more accurate result set a very small
CONS Resolution value.
New script functions :
ReconstructTetras : runs IMPROVE>RECONS to the tetras
12170
ReconstructViolatingTetras: runs reconstruct on the violating ones plus

some zones of tetras specified by the user.
SmoothTetra : runs IMPROVE>SMOOTH on visible tetras and pyramids.
137
May 2009
New script functions to handle or create Abaqus Analytical surfaces

integer AnalyticalSurfaceProfileInfo(entity surface, params)
integer AnalyticalSurfaceInsertLine(entity surface, params...)
New script functions 'SelectOpenFileIn' and 'SelectSaveFileIn'
New function for Task Manager GetRunningTaskItem(void).
New function MorphUserTangent for the creation of user tangents at
control points
New functions to handle xml attributes
XmlClearBaseAttributes
XmlGetBaseAtributes
XmlSetBaseAtribute'
New function: PrintFastenerWeights(arg1, arg2).
arg1: a *FASTENER entity
arg2: the name of a file
Prints node weights of fastener defined by 'arg1' in file specified by 'arg2'.
If no file is specified, output is directed to 'Info' window.
added OsName function
New function Intersection(integer, matrix, matrix)
New function CalculateOffElements
New function EntityToCurve
In function OffsetIds one more argument OFFSET_SET_RANGE = 0, 1
to offset range values of existing set ranges or not.
New function ImportMeshingFiles
New function ClearCurves : Clear identical curves which have been
multiply defined and overlaid.
5007
138
May 2009

GENERAL
ANSA terminated when trying to open a previously saved file with
"save visible as" option containing an adhesive face. (Error
appeared in v12.1.5)
11214
Tolerances window issue fixed. From now on, the pull-down option
(draft, middle, fine, extra_fine) is saved in the ANSA defaults file.
9823
Corrected error of Saving mesh parameters.
10903
Corrected AREA and VOLUME calculation.
10291
Comma , can not be used instead of dot . for decimal point in card
fields. Warning message is prompt so to avoid improper input.
9746
TRANSF.[MOVE] was not able to move Nodes on Macro Areas

PERIMETER
13256
MEASURE: Wrong calculation of dx,dy,dz when measuring EDGENODE, EDGE-EDGE
13519
FOCUS
LOCK: Fix improper selection of Lock view from a long pull down
menu.
13903
File>Compress
All : removed entities that were referenced only in sets, thus these sets
remained empty.
14201
File>Open
IGES reading problem related to mispositioned parts.
14653
STEP : Problematic CONS error fixed
7927
Geometry
9912
File> Output
CAD
Problem with VDA output : centers of circle curves were confused with
the 3d-points and results in a wrong vda output. Now the Circle
CENTERs are exported as PC instead of PN.
8419
STEP : Fixed problems in particular cases
1492
139
May 2009
TASK Manager
Abnormal exit caused by selecting Change option on a particular script
that merged ansa files into Task manager
9959
Fix Method option for Checks>Mesh Quality
13325

PAM PLINK : duplicate and unused mat_302 was created
10019
PAM PLINK : when IDPART field points to an existing property and the Create
Rupture is enabled; the related material is not changed (i.e. no rupture model is
created since this would change the given Property).
10020
TOPO>WELD SPOTs>CONVERT> FE to Adhesive
11912
When Converting RBE3-RBE2-HEXA-RBE2-RBE3 to Adhesive lines the created

adhesive lines get now the right connectivity.
Fixed abnormal exit when applying node connections
7746
Thickness-to-Diameter mapping for Spotwelds was not correct for Connections

which need projection.
10923
Connections (Lines or Faces) that had their 3D-Curves or Faces deleted are now
not shown in CM, nor can they be selected.
4403
Wrong realized representations:
13891
Seamlines > RBE3-HEXA-RBE3

Adhesive lines> RBE3-HEXA-RBE3 & HEXA-Contacts , with options 'Force
Ortho Solids' and 'Preserve Width' active.
the rbe3 (or Hexa nodes in contact) are attaching upside down
RBE3-HEXA-RBE3 : Zero Height HEXA
7864
When the connection is between 3 parts or more, and one of HEXAs is of zero
height, ANSA still creates the RBE3-HEXA-RBE3. It does not FAIL the
connection as it should according to the FAIL ASPECT > option.
Read
Adhesive Lines: Bad Hexa quality in circular adhesive lines. Now a circular curve
will produce all its hexas completely symmetrical.
14065
Reading an adhesive line from vip2 with H=0 is interpreted in ANSA as H=1.0
13776
140
May 2009
BATCH Mesh Manager
Didn't accept holes with diameter smaller than ANSA node matching distance tolerance at
reconstruct hole treatment
13772
Left unjoined perimeters on windows xp prof 64. Different results on different machines
although the same file and parameters were used.
10313
Abnormal exit on particular case.
10761
More nodes were created along Holes' perimeters. The number of nodes on the holes
which were near perimeter was not the same with the node number specified by the Holes
treatment tab.
11213
TOPO
FACEs>OFFSET>[FACES] gave bad results
8495
FACEs> SHRINK : fixed error that caused unaccepted result in particular cases.
13456
CROSS SECTs>NEW>MULTICUT: unexpected termination when cutting elements

(solids) giving small step length.
13638
CROSS SECTs>NEW>CUT did not perform a proper cut on faces
12211
CROSS SECTs>NEW>MULTICUT: did not calculate sections although this could be

achieved by the Cross Section tool.
12259
141
May 2009
MESH
PERIMETERs>SLIDE : Error caused distorted hole and abnormal exit..
12331
13862
PERIMETERs>SLIDE | Batch-Mesh
3190
if the SLIDE function performed onto holes after Batch Mesh the Faces were distorted and
re-run of Batch Mesh caused abnormal exit.
GRIDs > ALIGN : abnormal exit on Windows 32bit (in v13.0.0)
13808
14007
GRIDs>MV HOLE> [Slide] : generation of unaccepted elements
7261
SHELL MESH>MAP : in 2nd order MAP mesh the Middle nodes did not always follow the
curvature of the face.
11841
SHELL MESH>UTIL>[Open Hole] : if a big number was given for the nodes on the hole's
perimeter the shape of the hole got deformed.
13706
SHELL MESH> RECONS | WELD SPOTs>MARK
12160
(1114)
After marking a Hot-Point the mesh Reconstruction caused collapsed shape.

SHELL MESH> RECONS : cased unexpected termination if used on Frozen Macro Areas.
14422
(in v13.0.0)
SHELL MESH>RECONS : When applying reconstruction on some 2nd order shells (part
meshed by Batch Mesh) the middle-nodes of not selected elements were moved to the
Origin position.
9614
ELEMENTs>SPLIT>Shells : Abnormal exit in particular cases with EDGES selection.
13735
ELEMENTs>TO-SURF>[PER AREA]: fixed error caused abnormal exit (in v13.0.0)
14934
VOLUMEs>IMPROVE> RECONS : caused abnormal exit if applied on tetra mesh having

more than 255 tetras per node. (in v13.0.0)
13335
VOLUMEs>EXTRUDE>TRANSLATE : the Distance was not updated by the two picked

positions. (in v13.0.0)
14330
VOLUMEs>EXTRUDE>ROTATE : unaccepted results if function applied on 2nd order shell

elements. (in v13.0.0)
13822
VOLUMEs>EXTRUDE> SWEEP : abnormal exit and corrupted file creation if saved.

(in v13.0.0)
14083
142
May 2009
DECKs
SETs
Problem with the visibility of set contents: When having a set that
contains shells from macros and do Show Only to these shells nothing is
visible on screen.
13532
Renumber
Unaccepted delay of renumbering during assignment of big number of

elements into Include with General numbering rules.
13616
Incorrect renumbering result regarding special rules; the function should

be applied twice in order to satisfy the rules.
13667
ABAQUS /
ANSYS
Fixed Problem with CONTACT>FLANGES and CHECK>CONTACT

ORIENTATION
10550
GEB
Fixed problem with the GEB_SB when it is applied in two different

(mutually exclusive) parts with the same PID. The two parts had the
same PID but only one at a time was active. The set builder got
deactivated when one of the sub-group that contained one of the parts
got disabled.
11170
CHECK
Missing information in check window of "Check Model Data". Now

description info is reported in check list.
10224
Checks List : Fix problems related to Highlighting selected items that

are reported in the list
12370
Negative volume > Fix/Orient in 2nd order elements, error is fixed
10105
Duplicate : should check 2nd order elements according to their 1st

order nodes
8675
Free : 'visible' or 'whole model' blocked ansa
8904
Connectivity : did not work using PERMAS Spotwelds realization
8396
12614
14599
Check Connectivity should also work when the SPRING element is not
accompanied by a welding surface (MEDINA case).
143
May 2009
ABAQUS
Problem with Edge option of DLOAD : The P,P1,P2,P3,P4 labels of DLOAD for
edge-based surfaces (E1,E2,...) were not valid.
6820
DLOADs defined on Shell Edges were written with TYPE='EDLD'/'EDLDNU'

instead of 'P'/'PNU'.
INPUT
CHECK
*DSLOAD applied on *SURFACE consisting of shells is read in, but exported as

*DLOAD. Also, in certain cases, the sign of DLOAD's magnitude was wrongly
reversed. This is also fixed.
11991
Ranges with step different than one were not supported. Now all kind of generate
options will be read in properly, without keeping the information of the generation
step itself but only the true entities according the the range specification.
10118
CONTACT>FLANGES: Did not recognize contacts between CSHELLS
12614
CONTACT>INFO>NEW : Definition of CONTACT PAIR without "SURFACE

INTERACTION specified was accepted. Now it is not accepted.
13215
Connectivity check reported unconnected parts, although abaqus recognized

them connected
13929
If a contact set was defined as SURFACE:
7875
CHECK>CONTACTS would report error "No master/slave set defined".

CHECK>CONTACTS ORIENTATION would report warning "No proximity...".
Those wrong error/warnings are not reported anymore.
LS-DYNA
Input
HISTORY : fixed problem regarding DATABASE_HISTORY_BEAM and

CONTACT_CABLE_ID
12495
Output
Error in output of MAT_ARUP_ADHESIVE (*MAT_169): Card 5 for this

material should only be written/available when the EDOT2 field is non-zero.
13457
I/O
Material angles definition for membrane shell sections:
13629
Problem in input:
In an ELFORM 9 (FI membrane) shell section due to NIP=0, ansa ignored
the ICOMP and assigned ICOMP=0. Therefore the layer information was
lost. Furthermore, if the user defines NIP=1, the angle B2 was ignored.
Problem in output:
Although for NIP=1 ansa allowed to define both B1 and B2, in output the B2
value was not exported.
Now added "0.0" at "NIP" pulldown menu as a value.
input :" " blank field is read as zero.
output :
if "NIP" is set to "0.0", B1 and b2 values are written out.
144
May 2009
if "NIP" is set to "1.0", only B1 a value is written out.

if "NIP" is set to "x.0", B1, B2 ... Bx values are written out. (x!=0,1, x<=30)
D.INFO
Different mass report compared with the d3hsp of ls-dyna
13884
*INITIAL_STRESS_SECTION: now allows blank VID (vector id) if the

SECTION is of PLANE type / used for solids (v12.1.5)
12702
*CONTROL_SHELL : "PSSTUPD" and "PSNFAIL" changed to set types

from plain integers in order to avoid their removal by the File>Compress
13768
PAM-CRASH
File>Compress
Now the "Encrypted" MATERIALS and FUNCT are not removed.
Input
FTSS H305 v5.1s3 female dummy model:

the input of the female dummy HYBRID III 5th v5.1-s3 did not set the
proper hierarchy although the *.pos (positioning) file was read!
13950
11915
MEMBR elements were switched to SHELL if no PART definition

existed in the imported file.
8289
Model Data: is now able to detect Invalid Set used for NSMAS;
defined by nodes instead of elements (or Parts)
5367
Model Data: Shell materials with option curve: e.1=<blank> is now

allowed
13925
Model Data: PART BEAM with MAT213 and valid "IDSEC", <blank>
or zero value for "A" is acceptable.
11089
Rigid Dependency : Node related to Macro Area (geometry node)

was ignored by the check regarding the usage of the RBODY NCOG
as a connectivity node (used by other element)
14817
Different mass report compared with the solver report is fixed
13884
Input
RADIOSS v5.1 : improper interpretation of the /UNIT keyword is fixed.
11464
Check
Rigid Dependency: when a Master Node has to be "moved" out of the BOX,
ANSA did not check if the candidate position fails inside another neighboring
BOX
Check
D.INFO
RADIOSS
145
May 2009
CFD++
Output
CFD++ output problems related to the type of entities within the ansa
file i.e. FE-model mesh or Macros mesh and ANSA Volumes mesh
13588
(in v13.0.0)
MEDINA
Wrong output of PERMAS Spotwelds with diameter=0 as Medina bif file: the diameter
changed from zero to 20. In this case the diameter of the spotwelds is used as an
indicator of a adhesive line.
13860
CROSS SECTION
Wrong result in Cross Section Calculation : CONN_SPOT with was not properly
projected to the cross section curves. SpotLines were not properly projected to the
cross curves.
9804
ANSA didn't calculate defined cross section.
10107
Solid cross section, though was well defined (CHECK was successful), the section's
values were not calculated.
Boundary element distribution: The highest possible number of boundary elements
sometimes was not enough to give accurate results. In addition, the distribution in
complex areas was not proper enough. Now the upper limit on boundary elements is
removed.
13067
SCRIPTING
LaminateLayerNew script function problem (v12.1.4) : It did not take into account the
variable "NAME".
10627
GetEntityCardValues was very slow when was applied on curves
8805
CollectEntities: If CONTAINER included Macros and SEARCH_TYPE was Property

(eg. PSHELL) the function did not return any property, when 'prop_from_entities' flag
was on.
Fix regarding DeleteEntity script function. When deleting shells through script with the
use of DeleteEntity() connection entities that referenced the shells' pid lost their
representation.
14338
146

Ansa v13.0.x Release Notes

Transféré par

Informations du document

Copyright

Formats disponibles

Partager ce document

Partager ou intégrer le document

Options de partage

Avez-vous trouvé ce document utile ?

Ce contenu est-il inapproprié ?

Droits d'auteur :

Formats disponibles

Ansa v13.0.x Release Notes

Transféré par

Droits d'auteur :

Formats disponibles

v13.0.

BETA CAE Systems S.A.

ANSA v13.0.5 Release Notes

This is the suggested default GUI settings. Load it from the

use the -gui analyst to load the customization for pre-processing

Suggested settings for Radtherm users

Suggested GUI settings when working (topology/meshing) with

Whats New in v13.0.5

ANSA v13.0.5 Release Notes

2. Whats new in v13.0.5

Allow the addition of more than one "Barrier contact" items.

BETA CAE Systems S.A.

Whats New in v13.0.5

ANSA v13.0.5 Release Notes

3. Known Problems resolved in v13.0.5

In v13.0.4 a fixing operation was introduced regarding CONS and 3D

A new approach is now introduced which significantly reduces the

Improper writing of quality criteria in files (*.ansa_qual) and

If the folder version_13.0.4 with the ANSA.xml and ANSA.defaults

Wave-Front : fixed error that created corrupted ansa files due to

The Pause/Break key stops now the 'checking' operation.

on Windows 64 bit platforms

BETA CAE Systems S.A.

Fixed error regarding calculation of a value given by an 'expression'

Known problems resolved in v13.0.5

ANSA v13.0.5 Release Notes

CAD data Translators

It was not able to export a read-only include contained in a Task include

Assembly & Connection Manager

Shells creation failed in rare cases where connection line should be

DELETE : removing faces that were related to volumes could cause

BETA CAE Systems S.A.

Known problems resolved in v13.0.5

ANSA v13.0.5 Release Notes

BATCH Mesh Manager

PENETR. : Freezing the SOLID property of a volume mesh during

BETA CAE Systems S.A.

Known problems resolved in v13.0.5

ANSA v13.0.5 Release Notes

Automech : fixed error that caused abnormal exit on particular cases.

Fix in reading Abaqus *xxx_TEST_DATA under *MATERIAL contents.

*SECTION_BEAM: Fixed error that caused abnormal exit when editing an

Material type 187 (MAT187 MAT_SAMP-1):

*INCLUDE_TRANSFORM did not offset correctly

Known problems resolved in v13.0.5

ANSA v13.0.5 Release Notes

CONTACTS : when 1D elements (e.g. BEAM) existed in master surface

The interior faces lost their orientation.

BETA CAE Systems S.A.

Known problems resolved in v13.0.5

ANSA v13.0.5 Release Notes

AssignConnectionSettings : improvements for the the connection attribute strings

BETA CAE Systems S.A.

Known problems resolved in v13.0.5

BETA CAE Systems S.A.

ANSA v13.0.4 Release Notes

This is the suggested default GUI settings. Load it from the

use the -gui analyst to load the customization for pre-processing

Suggested settings for Radtherm users

Suggested GUI settings when working (topology/meshing) with

BETA CAE Systems S.A.

Whats New in v13.0.4

ANSA v13.0.4 Release Notes

2. Whats new in v13.0.4

Fix in reading Abaqus xxx_TEST_DATA under MATERIAL contents.