Ansys Release 2020 R2 is here!

Improving the user experience

• CAD Hierarchies can be adopted.
• Reference RST files from other projects for external loads and sub-modeling
• Import of Discovery files
• Direct specification of which files should be sent to RSM and retrieved
• Material available as a parameter
• Parameter fitting for various material models directly in Workbench

Scripting

• Beta function: Recording in Mechanical
• Editing the legends
• APIs for imported loads and objects

LS-Dyna

• Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) directly in Ansys Mechanical

Reliability of electronic components

• Trace import with network-independent reinforcement elements
• Integration of Sherlock for evaluation
• Direct export from Sherlock to Icepak

Topology optimization

• Constraints only on individual components
• Shape optimization through net morphing

Additive

• No build zones can be considered
• Manual definition of support regions

Material Designer

• Analytical homogenization of short fiber reinforced materials

Ansys Motion

• Mapping of gears and chain drives now directly in Workbench
• Set up by using the specialized modules, Links and DriveTrain

BEAM STRUCTURES IN Ansys MECHANICAL

• Bar cross-sections can now be defined and assigned directly in Ansys Mechanical.
• The new Cable280 element, allows the calculation of ropes in Mechanical APDL.

IMPROVEMENTS IN HANDLING AND PERFORMANCE

• Smart Select is now the default setting for the selection.
• For contacts, you can now set for distributed invoices whether they should be split and calculated on different cores.
• For transient and harmonic computations with modal superposition, expansion can now be omitted. Results are only expanded if necessary. This saves computing time and data space.
• Solution combinations can now also output the maximum and minimum values of all combinations.

FORMING WITH LS-DYNA

• Shell thickness after forming can be output as a result.
• The LS-DYNA calculation can be switched to Implicit to calculate springback.

TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION

• The validation system is now based directly on the network and can be carried out without the need for geoengineering.
• The boundary conditions are applied automatically.
• Own results can be used as criteria for topology optimization.

ADDITIVE

• A tree support structure can now be used in Additive Prep.
• A workflow is available to transfer the model and support structure from Additive Print to Additive Workbench.
• This allows you to calculate, for example, the effects of separating the support structure

Ansys MOTION LEFT

• New ground models allow the observation of soft ground such as sand, clay or snow.

Ansys GRANTA MI PRO

• Break through the barrier between CAD and CAE
• Material data are sometimes managed decentrally and in different tools.
• MI Pro closes this gap by providing a central repository that can be used by CAD and CAE systems.
• This means that material data can be transferred completely, even if not all properties are needed in the CAD or CAE system.

Fluent

Fluent Meshing Workflows

• Recording of used WildCards, so that an automated process can be set up in a simplified way
• Improved mesh setting options in the Watertight Geometry workflow
• Edge-based sizing's
• Region-based maximum element sizes
  - Possibility to start from an imported surface mesh
  - Fault Tolerant Meshing Workflow now with Hex Core and Poly Hex Core Meshing option

Fluent battery modeling

• Simplified and unified selection of available models
• An FMU can be linked to take into account the heat production of the battery
• Both short-term and long-term effects of battery life can be considered
• Improved field size naming in post-processing with Battery-Addon

Physical models, multiphase

• New multi-phase model for transition region between Euler-Euler and resolved free surfaces (GENTOP, GENeralized TwO Phase flow approach)
• New methods for liquid-solid systems (Filtered Two Fluid Model and EMMS Model)
• Instability detector for NITA method
• New drop decay model (after Schmehl, with several decay regimes)

Further physical models

• General-Turbo-Interface Spectrum extended (all interface types, stationary/transient)
• Non-Equilibrium Wet-Steam for pressure-based dissolvers
• Enhanced post-processing for Monte Carlo radiation model
• User-defined export of heat transfer coefficients (y+-controlled)
• Adjoint Solver compatible with new GEKO turbulence model
• Expressions can be used in many other places
  - Initial distributions ("patch")
  - Material data definition (solution dependent)
• Expression plot via two independent variables directly during creation and material definition
• New weighting functions (mass related summation), as well as "bessel" and step functions
• Generalized material data, now also available for Fluent for reliable starting values

Fluent

User interface and simplified menu navigation

• New, clearly arranged start window
• Chinese and Korean language available
• Menu for boundary conditions by clicking in graphics window
• Rendering: Display of reflections, shadows, etc.

Fluent Meshing, user-guided networking workflows:

• Workflow for waterproof geometries: More flexibility, e.g. through locally changeable boundary layer layers or additional features to control the mesh fineness
• "Fault Tolerant Workflow": Additional features, such as an "Update Boundaries" - step analogous to the "watertight workflow", or the "Import CAD and Part Management", which allows the import of geometries as individual parts.

Physical models:

• Volumetric turbulence generator for aeroacoustic simulations with SBES (Stress blended eddy simulation)
• Kirchoff Integral available for the acoustic wave solver, allows calculation of the radiation into the far field  
• Clearer setup of Eulerian multiphase simulations, now within a single dialog box
• Eulerian Multiphase: An "Algebraic Interfacial Area Density" (AIAD) model for the simulation of free surfaces was newly implemented
• Simulation of turbomachinery in Fluent: Modelling of rotor-stator interaction at different numbers of blades using the "General Turbo Interface" (GTI).

Battery simulation: 3-dimensional electro-chemical modeling of lithium-ion batteries

Post-processing:

• Shortcuts for contour plots and color settings available
• Flexible, variable sectional planes for more user-friendly presentation of results  

CFX, TurboTools

• Performance increase by a factor of 2-3 through faster convergence with the harmonic-balance method
• Extension of the map calculation possibilities in CFX
• Illustration / Networking possibilities of secondary flow paths TurboGrid

Ansys HFSS

• Enhanced HPC enabled 3D Component DDM solver for array antennas
• Postprocessing for 5G Applications: Power Density and Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF)
• New Multiaction Solver for Space-Based Applications

Ansys Maxwell

• Auto Partial Simulation
  - User only deals with full model from setup to field visualization.
  - Software automatically creates and efficiently solves partial model
• ECE ROM Model of Induction Machines
• Transient A-Φ solver for power electronics

Ansys SIwave

• Automatic reporting of critical signal integrity metrics
• Integration of SPISim technology
  - Compliance Testing: 802.3ac (COM) & USB
  - IBIS-AMI Support: Model generation and IBIS-AMI utilities

Ansys Q3D

• Visualization of the electric field for capacity solver

Ansys Icepak

• New parallel meshing paradigm
• Support import of external meshes
• Dynamic thermal management to auto-throttle active device characteristics based upon system temperatures

Ansys EMA3D Cable

• New Product: Platform Level EMI/EMC Cable Modeling Solution
• Automated and streamlined workflow
• Rapid and forgiving mesh for extremely complex platforms

Electronics Desktop und Multiphysics

• New, robust TAU-Flex networker

 Ansys Maxwell

• Extension of the GRANTA "Materials Data for Simulation" material database with iron loss coefficients
• Support of strand line models in the eddy current solvers
• Volumetric coupling of harmonic forces to Ansys Mechanical
• New machine types in the Electric Machine Toolkit
• New plotting possibilities for demagnetization coefficients

Ansys HFSS / HFSS 3D Layout

• Improved workflow for the "Distributed Memory Matrix" (DMM) method for antenna arrays with 3D components
• Project templates and predefined 3D components for EMC/EMI applications
• SBR+: Consideration of creeping waves during antenna placement

Ansys SIwave

• EMI Xplorer: Expansion of the EMI scanner to include "what-if" studies
• SIwave: More comprehensive coupling detection

Ansys Q3D Extractor

• New Remeshing Option: Better conditioned system matrix, more even convergence
• Improved solver performance and robustness

Ansys Icepak

• Transient solver available in AEDT
• Support of parameters for PCBs, fans and heat sinks

TWIN Builder

• For 2020 R2, the export functions have been significantly enhanced, so that an export to Fluent, or for Internet of Things (IIoT), specific coding is now directly possible.
• The co-simulation FMU 2.0 (Tool-coupling FMU) can also be exported directly now.
• Linux support for Modelica addon libraries and the Twin Builder Solver
• Sectional plans and selection of areas in the ROM 3D visualization

TWIN Builder

• A new General Reduced Order Model (ROM) viewer allows geometry and results to be displayed as a point cloud. Different ROMs can be compared.
• The Diagram Viewer allows you to view the internal structure of Modelica models.
• A new wizzard allows quick setup and calculation of simple battery packs.

• All in one application: design, experiment with ideas in seconds, highly accurate validation
• Innovative operating concept - closer to the user
• Built-in multiphysics: temperature, fluid, mechanics
• Seamless connection to Ansys Mechanical/Fluent

Discovery Live

• Topology optimization based on statics and vibration
• Finer resolution of thin structures in mechanics
• Stationary fluid mechanics

Discovery AIM

• Orthotropic material for layered building materials
• Hyperelasticity for rubber components

NEW HPC LICENSING OPPORTUNITIES

• Starting with 2020 R2, other required solver licenses can be replaced with HPC licenses for parallel calculations of parameter optimization

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTE SERVICES

• Definition of reference files and exchange of data via the DPS Web User Interface
• Support of a material exchange, between two parameter points
• As a beta option, OptiSLang can now be directly linked to DCS

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTE SERVICES

• New interface for calculating multiple design points outside Workbench
• Stable calculation of very large numbers of design points (10 000+)
• Nice overview of the calculation progress of the whole task
• Use of different end devices (Windows Workstation, Linux Cluster, Cloud) for different tasks possible.

• 10x faster evaluation of the screw results
• new dropdown buttons in Mechanical, which simplifies the insertion of certain safety factors.
• Model class 2 (Beams): Screws consisting of several joined line bodies can be used, even if the line bodies have different directions

Please also check info on update webinars at the product site.

• Migration to the new KISSsoft version (2019)
• Bolt verification now also for model class II: The screw is modelled as a line body. Compared to the modeling as solid body (model class III) the number of elements in the calculation is reduced. Especially for models with many screws the calculation time can be reduced considerably. (Note: This function is subject to a surcharge when upgrading from version 2019)
• Simplification of licensing through central license management

• Simplification of licensing through central license management

Please also check info on update webinars at the product site.

• A new load case editor for additional load combinations is now available. The proof can be performed with any number of proof groups that are proportional or nonproportional to each other.
• Optional stress linearization at the weld seam transition is available in FKM inside Ansys Weld, if a geometry does not allow the determination by "Hot-Spot" concept (IIW). 
• Simplification of licensing by central license management.

Please also check info on update webinars at the product site.

• Improvements in APDL macros
• Improvements in examples with piezoelectrical models
• New example to parametric model reduction (contact resistance as a parameter)

Please also check info on update webinars at the product site.

• Simplified workflow for parametric model reduction
• Simplification of licensing through central license management

• The alignment of the fiber orientation data (FOT) or Initial Stresses (IST) from the injection molding simulation to the desired component in Ansys Mechanical can now also be performed using a local co-ordinate system.
• Simplification of licensing through central license management.

Please also check info on update webinars at the product site.

• Elastic deformations of shaft
• Define moment and angle​ in order to Calculate tilting angle

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• Migration to new Tribo-X Solver version (January 2020)
• Easier operation via new toolbar (icons, tips, grouping)
• Use of 'User Defined Result' objects for the display of the storage results
• Animation of bearing results over several load steps
• Overlay of storage results by using expressions
• Increased performance in result mapping
• Module "Linear Rotor dynamics" - Extension of the result output by the tilting stiffness and damping
• Simplified workflow to consider user-defined input data for warehouse analysis
• Simplification of licensing through central license management

• Adaptation to 12th edition of the VDI heat atlas
• Clear and comprehensive work for the simulation of heat transfer and provision of the necessary material data
• Updated methods and material data
• New chapter on latent heat storage

Please also check info on update webinars at the product site.

• Now available in eCADFEM
• New user-friendly interface
• Simplification of licensing through central license management