ANSYS 2019 R2 nCode DesignLife fixed

DesignLife - New Features

Large displacements between load cases
A new property LargeDisplacements has been added to FEImport analysis group. If set to True, the FE translation will take account of large displacements in the model by calculating the nodal surface normal and local coordinate systems based on the displaced node coordinates.
Rainflow load provider
A new type of load provider is available, that can be used when the input data to a fatigue analysis is, at source, in the form of a rainflow histogram of cycle counts. The rainflow load provider allows this data to be used directly, without the need to construct a time series as input to the CAE Fatigue glyph and then cycle-count that time series within the glyph. The rainflow load provider may only be used with an SN analysis engine.

DesignLife – Enhancements

Group selection via the material map
The user may now control the selection of FE groups via the material map. The user must specify a BoM file in a material map loader and the groups listed in the material group column of the file will be added to the analysis.
SeamWeld vibration with Multi-PSD loading
Multi-PSD loading is now supported for seam weld vibration analysis.
SN 4 Parameter Materials
The SN analysis engine now supports materials defined using a 4-parameter method.
Axisymmetry using the X or the Z axis
Previously, DesignLife could only analyse models represented by axisymmetric elements if the axis of symmetry was the Y axis. The user can now choose between the X, Y and Z axes by setting the SymmetryAxis property of the FE Import Analysis Group object.
Support for PAMCrash erfh5 FE results
Previously, DesignLife only had Beta support for PAMCrash results. PAMCrash erfh5 results files are now supported. Support is currently limited to linear/non-linear stress/strain, vibration (from FRF).
Shear Stress calculation for Seam Weld analysis from force/moment results
DesignLife now optionally calculates the shear stress from force moment results (EntityDataType=ForceMoment or ForceVibration) for use in Seam Weld analysis
Back Calculation Enhancements
The performance of a back calculation with a critical plane combination method has been improved significantly. Now, generally only a single back calculation is performed per entity using the known critical plane angle and damage value from a pre-existing forward calculation (except if all the planes are “Beyond Cut- off” in the forward calculation). The output also shows only the results for the angle with the greatest damage value.
Grey Iron Calculation speed
The performance of the grey iron EN calculation has been improved significantly
Safety Factor Analysis Engine
The safety factor analysis engine can now carry out critical plane analysis with 3D stress results and can now use the Haibach small cycle correction.
NX Nastran SOL601 and MSC Nastran SOL400
DesignLife now supports stress results from these non-linear analyses for use as a linear stress

DesignLife - Other

Medina BOF File Export Removed
Medina BOF file output is no longer available from the FEOutput Glyph.The Export BOF post processor is also no longer available through Advanced Edit on CAE fatigue Glyphs.

GlyphWorks

GlyphWorks - New Features

Python 3.6 Support Added
The support for Python has been extended to include Python 3.6. Prior to this the software only supported Python 2.7. We now have a preference that can be set to either “Python2.7” or “Python 3.6”. The software will then be configured to look for that version of Python on the target machine. This generally requires a full installation of that particular version to be available on the target machine. A new document called Using python in nCode is distributed with the software and describes further details.
B&K BKC file format support
Reading of the B&K BKC file format is now supported on Windows. Not all data types are supported, but various time series channels, and some types of histogram channels which contain a single two-dimensional histogram, can now be read into GlyphWorks.
Dewetron DMD file format support
Reading of the Dewetron DMD file format is now supported on Windows. We currently only support single dimension floating point channels which are imported as time series data. Any of these channels with multiple “sweeps” are imported as multiple runs.
Zoom and Pan of the workspace
The workspace may now be zoomed using Ctrl + mouse wheel or F2 + mouse wheel and panned using Ctrl + right mouse button or F2 + right mouse button.

GlyphWorks - Enhancements

XY Display cross shaped cursors
A new ‘CrossShapedCursors’ preference for the XY Display allows switching between the usual straight vertical or horizontal line, and the new cross shaped cursor mode where the cursor is shown as a cross on the data line.
XY Display cursor labels
A new ‘verbose cursor labels’ checkbox on the ‘Cursors’ dialog box allows the cursor labelling to be switched between the usual cursor name with position and, where appropriate, data values, and the new more compact label which only includes the cursor name.
More options for the label source property in XY Display
More options are now available for the label source property which specifies what text to show for the channel title above a plot. The channel name and data title can now be shown with or without the test name.
Display control summaries added and updated
New ‘control summary’ toolbar options have been added to the Campbell Plot and Histogram displays. Control summaries for other displays were updated to improve consistency
New options to pan and zoom the Studio display window
New options have been added to pan or zoom the Studio display window using the mouse in combination with the keyboard, along with a new ‘control summary’ toolbar button to display them
MATLAB Support - MATLAB R2018b
We now support MATLAB R2018b on supported nCode Windows 64-bit platforms.
SIE meta data support extended
Several more items of meta data are now read when reading an SIE file. Specifically any meta data tags that were associated with the file at the top level or values relating to the acquisition setup used are now read in.
Kyowa ks2 file format support improved
The Kyowa ks2 file format is now supported up to version 1.06
Rainflow rebinning added to Histogram Manipulation glyph
The rainflow rebinning functionality from the Rainflow module is now available in the Histogram Manipulation glyph.

ANSYS 2019 R2 nCode DesignLife is supported on the following Windows operating systems:
- Windows 64-bit (7, 10)
- Linux RHEL7.4 (64 Bit)
- SUSE Linux 12 SP3 (64 Bit)
The minimum hardware configuration for these platforms is:
- 2 GB storage
- 4 GB of memory (RAM)
- 1024∗768 resolution with 256 colours
Note: An OpenGL compatible graphics card to display 3D models is also required.
Software Prerequisites:
ANSYS 2019 R2 Win/Linux (SSQ release)