Structures Simulation Enhancements in the R2026x Release
Discover an overview of the recent enhancements within the Abaqus solvers and new 3DEXPERIENCE features from the latest 2026x releases.
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What's New in 3DEXPERIENCE SIMULIA R2026x
Explore the latest SIMULIA R2026x release, featuring new capabilities, product enhancements, technical resources, webinars, and expert insights.
Delivering New and Updated Capabilities to All Users Throughout the Enterprise
Dassault Systèmes has delivered 3DEXPERIENCE Release R2026x to all customers, including enhancements for MODSIM (Unified Modeling & Simulation), CATIA & SOLIDWORKS designer simulation, Cloud simulation flexibility and performance. We continuously enhance the functionality of our products, and regularly deliver these to you throughout the year. Learn here about the latest and greatest simulation functionality in our SIMULIA portfolio available to you on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.
3DEXPERIENCE SIMULIA R2026x FD03
Virtual Twin Physics Behavior Creator
Accelerate innovation by training Virtual Twin Behavior Models with machine learning based on high-fidelity physics data to deliver trustworthy, simulation-driven predictions at scale.
Simulation Process Experience Engineer
This new role, Simulation Process Experience Engineer (PXS) is designed to improve engineering productivity and expand simulation adoption by enabling users to execute approved methodologies through intuitive, guided experiences, which ensure consistency and reduce complexity. It is a further step in the democratization of simulation. The simulation user has access to approved engineering methods that are provided through templates.
Further Enhancements to 3DEXPERIENCE SIMULIA FD03
- Structures
- Fluids
- Motion
- Automation
- Functional
Structures User Experience Enhancements
- Unconstrained Mode Detection is enabled by default for faster analysis troubleshooting (Structural Engineer, Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Monitor, query and create simulation results interactively during solution progress (Structural Engineer, Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Improved usability of load sets and load case creation tools; efficiently define loads, boundary conditions (Structural Engineer, Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Add annotations to identified hotspots, detecting local min/max on a user-defined area (Structural Engineer, Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Name and comment results for better organization of complex analysis outputs (Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Resume stopped simulations from any saved increment or step of incomplete multistep analyses (Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
Structures Functionality Enhancements
- Advanced Lanczos and Subspace iteration solvers for reliable frequency response analysis (Structural Engineer, Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- GPU compute technology for faster explicit dynamic simulations (Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Encrypted material file support for secure sharing of protected material definitions (Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Composite solid element results visualization for assessing composite structural performance (Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Relative stress gradient correction for more accurate fatigue life predictions (Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
User Experience Enhancements
- Streamlined volume setup—Simulation Volume defaults to the parent domain; Physics Domain defaults to the child (Fluid Dynamics Engineer)
- Streamlined scenario setup for enhanced user experience (Fluid Dynamics Engineer)
- Improved post-processing—faster variable filtering and quicker access to force, moment, skin friction, and fluid traction metrics (Fluid Dynamics Engineer)
- Faster file uploads—improved upload performance in the Simulation Manager Content tab (All Physics Analyst—PowerFLOW PowerBY)
Functionality Enhancements
- Multiphase flow seeding—start from a previous simulation to reduce runtime for transient multiphase analyses (Fluid Dynamics Engineer)
- Additional compute capacity—use tokens and credits to run 8–32 CPU cores per job and launch multiple simulations in parallel (Plastic Injection Engineer)
- Local CVM mesh controls—refine faces, edges, and vertices with targeted mesh settings for improved accuracy in critical regions (Plastic Injection Engineer)
User Experience Enhancements
- Select Sub-mechanisms from deeper levels in the Product Structure hierarchy to simplify setting up complex motion models. (3D Motion Creator, Motion Engineer, Motion Analyst, Suspension Analyst)
- Improved glyphs and axis labels make Motion Markers easier to identify and select in 3D. (Motion Engineer, Suspension Analyst, Motion Analyst)
Functionality Enhancements
- Save critical assembly positions as DMU slides to share motion results with designers. (Motion Engineer, Suspension Analyst, Motion Analyst)
- Use the 3DEXPERIENCE Compass Play button to quickly review Motion model content and behavior. (Motion Engineer, Suspension Analyst, Motion Analyst)
- Inspect geometric relations between two vectors via Motion Probe to clarify 3D Motion model state and results. (Motion Engineer, Suspension Analyst, Motion Analyst)
- Flexible body stress/strain visualization. View stress and strain data from dynamic loads directly in the Motion App animation. (Motion Analyst)
User Experience Enhancements
- Run and monitor trusted automated simulation workflows to improve engineering productivity and expand simulation adoption (Simulation Process Experience Engineer (PXS))
- Export XY history data from simulation results for greater post-processing capability (Simulation Process Engineer)
- Simplified configuration of the Python adapter with the ability to create a document directly. (Simulation Process Engineer)
- Ready-to-run activity status—indicate ready-to-run activity status in a democratized MODSIM scenario (Simulation Process Engineer)
- Protected read-only references—drag object references in read-only fields without exposing those fields as writable (Simulation Process Engineer)
- Greater ability to view array parameters within the monitoring tab (Simulation Process Engineer)
Functionality Enhancements
- Resizable array handling—gain greater control of array parameter population with support for resizable arrays (Simulation Process Engineer)
- Traceable process reuse—reuse a standard process within another process with full traceability, saving all inputs, outputs and related artifacts (Simulation Process Engineer)
- Automated image access—access images from simulation results through automated processes (Simulation Process Engineer)
Isolation and Synchronization
- Branch Advanced on Simulation Objects: Branch simulation objects, including Physical Products, using the broad renaming capabilities of the standard Advanced Branch command.
Results Exploration
- Structures Domain improvement: Monitor, query, and create simulation results interactively during solution progress across both local and cloud simulations. Detect local min/max values to identify local peaks or valleys. Visualize composite solid element results to assess composite structural performance (All Structures roles, Physics Results Explorer)
- Experience Content Visualization: View enhanced vector plot representations with controlled symbol density for improved clarity and consistency between Physics Results Explorer and Physics Simulation Review (Simulation Collaborator, SIMULIA Physics Simulation Review)
3DEXPERIENCE SIMULIA R2026x FD02
Simulation Foundation Essential Collaborator
Simulation Foundation Essential Collaborator enables users to store and manage models, simulations, and results as a single Simulation Object in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. With centralized data, it enables efficient data-driven decisions by developing 3DEXPERIENCE Simulation Power'BY applications using the MSR data model.
Further Enhancements to 3DEXPERIENCE SIMULIA FD02
- Structures
- Fluids
- Electromagnetics
- Motion
- Automation
- Multiphysics
- Functional
Structures User Experience Enhancements
- Accelerate creating and configuring connections by re-using previously defined parameters and templates (Structural Engineer, Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Easily create high-end visualizations of orphan results with new part-based rendering settings in Physics Results Explorer (Structural Engineer, Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Rapidly select all faces of partitioned geometry as geometrical supports for quick definition of relevant operating conditions (Structural Engineer, Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Easy redefinition of mechanical contact numerical parameters enabling more accurate modeling of product physical behavior (Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
Structures Functionality Enhancements
- Improve local mesh quality with support of a minimum element size when defining local sag specifications (Structural Engineer, Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Performant and streamlined definition of a large number of loading features and pertinent load cases to represent aircraft operating conditions for internal loads analysis (Structural Engineer, Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Improve the accuracy of threaded bolt connection simulations with added support for threaded contact (Structural Engineer, Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Easily create a high-fidelity mesh of solid rods from 3D Part with an automatic procedure of extracting the neutral fiber, meshing and defining its section properties (Structural Engineer, Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Improve mesh quality with the option to auto-defeature small fillets (Structural Engineer, Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Optimize mesh orientation around holes by aligning patterns through constrained node movement along the circular boundary (Structural Engineer, Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Advance the accuracy of durability simulations with the ability to apply a critical distance theory correction (Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Effective modeling of the stabilized nonlinear structural response of products subjected to cyclic loading for efficient virtual product validations (Structural Analysis Engineer)
User Experience Enhancements
- Easily simulate electronics cooling applications with an enhanced user experience. Define thermal resistance between components in a new workflow. Incorporate Joule heating phenomena into thermal analyses for power electronics use cases (Fluid Dynamics Engineer)
- Enhanced richer rendering visualization capabilities in Physics Results Explorer (covered in Results Exploration section) (Fluid Dynamics Engineer)
Functionality Enhancements
- Perform accurate simulations by accessing up-to-date material data, with 51 new polymer grades added, 22 Covestro grades updated and 9 obsolete polymer grades removed (Plastic Injection Engineer)
- Achieve more accurate and realistic Mold Cooling simulations through modeling and meshing support for Baffles and Bubblers, extended in the R26xFD02 release (Plastic Injection Engineer)
- Enabled thermal protection workflows with Implicit Solid & Shell Conduction with acceleration, support for Materials with Temperature-Dependent Emissivity and support for Shell checkpoint & seeding (PowerFLOW Suite 2026 R2)
- The new Immiscible Multiphase Phase Field Solver handles high-density and viscosity ratios with adjustable surface tension, enabling workflows such as Water wading, Tank filling, Tank sloshing and Mixing tanks (PowerFLOW Suite 2026 R2)
- GPU Enhancements—10-30% sliding mesh scalability improvements, with data tables now supported in GPU simulations (PowerFLOW Suite 2026 R2)
- Increased Stability at Higher Mach Numbers—the upper limit for the High Subsonic with Extended Range option increased from 1.2 to 1.4, impacting workflows such as Open Rotor Installed Performance, Engine Aero-acoustics Design and Airframe Aerodynamic Noise (PowerFLOW Suite 2026 R2)
- The Under Hood Cooling template is now shipped with the standard distribution (PowerFLOW Suite 2026 R2)
- Enable OptydB workflows in 3DEXPERIENCE Cloud to support SimuliaCLOUD sunset, with PowerINSIGHT in 3DEXPERIENCE Cloud now able to run a PowerACOUSTICS step to execute OptydB scripts (All Physics Analyst (PowerFLOW POWERBY)
User Experience Enhancements
- Easily manage electromagnetic projects using 3DEXPERIENCE lifecycle applications and functionalities from Electromagnetics Engineer and CST Studio Suite to streamline simulation project management (Electromagnetics Engineer)
- Accurately view cyclically swept and fully animated results of rotating electric machines with Physics Results Explorer (Electromechanical Analysis Engineer)
- Easily manage electromagnetic projects using 3DEXPERIENCE lifecycle applications and functionalities from Electromagnetics Engineer and CST Studio Suite to streamline simulation project management (All Physics Analyst - POWERBY)
Functionality Enhancements
- Assess Motion dynamics for electric drive workflows more accurately by including the effects of eccentricity in Electromagnetic loading submitted to Motion through the unified and intuitive Surrogation (ROM) (Electromechanical Analysis Engineer)
- Optimize electrical machines efficiently using Multidisciplinary Optimization Engineer (Electromechanical Analysis Engineer)
User Experience Enhancements
- Quickly reach a specific state of the mechanism without multiple switches of the lock/unlock button in the kinematics player (Motion Engineer (ZME), Motion Analyst (ZMA), Suspension Analyst (ZSA))
- Define mechanism element connectivity more intuitively by using the robot manipulator (Motion Engineer, Motion Analyst, Suspension Analyst)
- Effortlessly identify bodies affected by clash/clearance occurrence in a mechanism element through clear visual feedback (Motion Engineer, Motion Analyst, Suspension Analyst)
- Improve process and documentation efficiency by customizing reports to add assessments/comments that highlight specific occurrences of interference through the new probe persistence feature (Motion Engineer, Motion Analyst, Suspension Analyst)
Functionality Enhancements
- Quickly enable specific visualization information in motion animation replay without running the analysis case computation again (3D Motion Creator, Motion Engineer, Motion Analyst, Suspension Analyst)
- Optimize contact calculations by directly selecting specific products/parts in an assembly instead of including all products associated with a body in a motion mechanism (Motion Engineer, Motion Analyst, Suspension Analyst)
User Experience Enhancements
- Greater flexibility when visualizing results in 3DPlay (Simulation Process Engineer (SPF))
- Massively improved highlighting capability for components within a custom user interface (Simulation Process Engineer)
Functionality Enhancements
- Organize MODSIM Process assets in standard 3DEXPERIENCE Classify & Reuse library structures (Simulation Process Engineer)
- Automated export from 3DEXPERIENCE to LS-Dyna input format (Simulation Process Engineer)
User Experience Enhancements
- Easily access Manatee Multiphysics simulations in 3DEXPERIENCE to streamline concept electric machine simulation project management with the new Connector for Manatee app, connecting Manatee to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform (All Physics Analyst (Manatee POWER'BY)
- Easily create and access custom POWER'BY applications in 3DEXPERIENCE to streamline simulation project management in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform (Simulation Foundation Essential Collaborator)
Functionality Enhancements
- Assess concept and preliminary electric machine noise and vibration workflows more accurately by including structural modal bases from the 3DEXPERIENCE platform (All Physics Analyst (Manatee POWER'BY)
- Enable collaboration with lightweight visualization for concept and preliminary electric machine noise and vibration workflows (All Physics Analyst (Manatee POWER'BY)
- Store and manage models, simulations and results in a single object in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform (Simulation Foundation Essential Collaborator)
- Use the lifecycle benefits of the Simulation Object in 3DEXPERIENCE (Simulation Foundation Essential Collaborator)
- Access to native 3DEXPERIENCE data, such as design data and composite model data, required for building simulation models through POWER'BY connection (Simulation Foundation Essential Collaborator)
- Enable collaboration by sharing and viewing lightweight visualization across teams (Simulation Foundation Essential Collaborator)
- Enable grid compute for 3DEXPERIENCE POWER'BY applications with the Simulation Manager app (Simulation Foundation Essential Collaborator)
Isolation and Synchronization
- Manage enterprise design-simulation associativity with reliable isolation and synchronization of simulation models.
- Efficiently duplicate Simulations objects including the Physical Products leveraging the broad renaming functionalities of the standard Advanced Branch command.
- Allow efficient synchronization of the simulation branch with the design supporting simulation representations, materials and publications.
Results Exploration
- Structures Domain: monitor, query, and create simulation results interactively during solution progress across both local and cloud simulations; detect local min/max values to identify local peaks or valleys; visualize composite solid element results to assess composite structural performance (All Structures roles, Physics Results Explorer)
- Electromagnetics Domain: easily explore the complete electric machine results with accurate animation of the rotor. The complete view of the electric machine is automatically extrapolated from the single section of the Electromechanical simulation with a sweep/cyclic cylindrical pattern (Electromechanical Analysis Engineer, Physics Results Explorer)
- Cross Domain: intuitively create stunning visual on any results, with new custom appearance per part in Physics Results Explorer (all Structures roles, Fluid Role, Electromagnetics Role, Physics Results Explorer)
- Quickly switch between cartesian and polar view to visualize angular data (Simulation Collaborator, SIMULIA Physics Simulation Review)
- Improve curve selection with large number of plots (Simulation Collaborator, SIMULIA Physics Simulation Review)
3DEXPERIENCE SIMULIA R2026x FD01
XFlow Analyst
The XFlow Analyst is a new role that delivers an end-to-end, web-based, interactive, session-based workflow for preparing, running and post-processing XFlow simulations on the 3DEXPERIENCE Cloud.
Further Enhancements to 3DEXPERIENCE SIMULIA FD01
- Structures
- Fluids
- Electromagnetics
- Motion
- Automation
- Functional
Functionality Enhancements
- Compare design alternatives leveraging SOLIDWORKS configurations for efficient what-if scenarios (Structural Designer, Structural Engineer, Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Create high-quality mesh with improved mesh flow algorithm addressing small geometric features—holes, fillets and flanges (Structural Engineer, Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Amend intersecting model sections with enhanced automatic and manual tools to fix intersections and penetrations (Structural Engineer, Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Accelerate selection of specifications definitions with selection by propagation for topology Edges and Domains (Structural Engineer, Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Validate sub-model accuracy by overlaying outputs with the global model (Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Automate fastening creation with increased allowable point fastener stacking combinations and constructs (Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Flexible definition of contact formulation parameters for robust modeling of product performance (Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Create high-fidelity digital representations of advanced materials with new material calibration options (Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
User Experience Enhancements
- Review simulation results with results plot legend enhancements (Structural Engineer, Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Detect and create point fasteners based on placement lines (Structural Engineer, Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Import Abaqus input files by bringing model and materials in one step (Structural Engineer, Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Create mesh groups directly in the support manager while defining scenario features (Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Define and select exact time points when configuring output requests for thorough results examination (Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Improve the accuracy of complex assembly simulations with consolidated definition of contact formulation parameters and controls (Structural Performance Engineer, Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
- Create amplitudes while defining scenario features to simplify loads and boundary condition definition (Durability and Mechanics Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer)
New Features in Fluids Simulation
User Experience
- Initialize simulations with results from previous runs to cut down on setup time and boost overall performance (Fluid Dynamics Engineer)
- Simplify multiphase simulation setup by initializing VOF/Species location via shapes (Fluid Dynamics Engineer)
- Visualize defect regions where plastic did not reach with the new Unfilled Volume Result, including the total % of filled mass displayed in the legend (Plastic Injection Engineer)
- Modify simulation time (number of timesteps) directly in SIMMANAGER without firing up PowerCASE (All Physics Analyst—PowerFLOW PowerBy)
- Select a specific PowerFLOW version directly from the interface (All Physics Analyst—PowerFLOW PowerBy)
Functionality
- New momentum interpolation method increases stability and convergence speed (Fluid Dynamics Engineer)
- Built-in time/iteration averaging during the solve delivers an average value of run-time KPIs for clearer insight into simulation behavior when periodic or numerical noise is present (Fluid Dynamics Engineer)
- End-to-end web-based session-based workflow for preparing, running and post-processing XFlow simulations on the cloud (XFlow Analyst—New Role, CA)
New Features in Electromagnetics
User Experience
- Antenna Placement Electromagnetics Engineer moves to Controlled Availability. Enables antenna system integrators and simulation specialists to collaborate on the assessment and validation of installed antenna performance (Antenna Placement Electromagnetics Engineer)
- Enhance CST Studio Suite meshing robustness for robust and efficient design-integrated EMAG model-build (Electromagnetics Engineer).
- Enhance CST Studio Suite meshing robustness with 3DEXPERIENCE for robust and efficient design-integrated EMAG model-build (All Physics Analyst Power'By).
Functionality
- No major functional enhancements in this release.
New Features in Motion
User Experience
- Generate 2D plots over arbitrary x channels to improve your understanding of the mechanical system behavior (3D Motion Creator, Motion Engineer, Motion Analyst).
- Review clash volume and clearance information directly in the 3D view to reduce turnaround time for clash and clearance violation analysis (3D Motion Creator, Motion Engineer, Motion Analyst).
- Identify critical clash/clearance occurrences easily with an updated interference UI experience (native client apps only) (3D Motion Creator, Motion Engineer, Motion Analyst).
Functionality
- No major functional enhancements in this release.
New Features in Automation
User Experience
- Provide convenient access to standard lifecycle and collaboration functionality for simulation process objects directly in the native authoring environment (Multidisciplinary Optimization Engineer).
- Ensure clarity of selected referenced objects by including revision details within the user interface (Multidisciplinary Optimization Engineer).
Functionality
- Augment MODSIM democratization scenarios for process setup (Multidisciplinary Optimization Engineer).
- Support 3DEXPERIENCE Low Frequency Electrical Machine workflows for process setup. Simplifies the building of processes for structural, fluids and plastics simulations with a new adapter (Multidisciplinary Optimization Engineer, Electromechanical Analysis Engineer).
New General Features
Results Exploration
- Structures Domain improvement for R2026xFD01 Manage the display of multiple Analysis Cases with explicit control over relative display priority, ordering cases visually like layers so it's clear which one appears in front. Validate submodel accuracy by overlaying outputs with the global model (All Structures roles, Physics Results Explorer).
- Electromagnetics Domain improvement for R2026xFD01 Visualize heat map plots containing complex data by selecting the complex form—modulus, phase angle, real part or imaginary part—that you want to plot (Electromechanical Analysis Engineer, Physics Results Explorer).
- Fluids Domain improvement for R2026xFD01 Size particles to scale for more intuitive visualization, streamlining workflows involving discrete particles such as cyclone separators (Fluid Dynamics Engineer, Physics Results Explorer).
- Cross Domain improvements for R2026xFD01 Capture the full state of the viewer with Scenes—including plots, camera and overlays—and return to them instantly by applying the saved Scene, restoring field plots, slices, streamlines, isosurfaces, overlays and camera settings exactly as captured (All Structures roles, All fluid roles, Physics Results Explorer).
- Enhance legends in Physics Results Explorer with more colormap styles, logarithmic scale support and a new option to lock the range across frames or adapt it at each frame during animation (All Structures roles, All fluid roles, Physics Results Explorer).
- Display multiple plots together in Physics Simulation Review, including streamlines, slices and isosurfaces, with each plot carrying its own legend and visibility controlled through the content chooser (Simulation Collaborator, SIMULIA Physics Simulation Review).
3DEXPERIENCE SIMULIA R2026x
Physics Simulation Advisor is the role for interacting with AI-powered Virtual Twins Physics Behavior, which provides quick evaluations of the performance of a design to compare design alternatives or show the impact of a design change. The 2026x release sees enhanced management of favorite designs and access to requested KPI results from predictions.
Structural Analysis Engineer role and other Structures roles have a new KPI-focused results exploration. This offers the ability to define simulation goals in the Physics Results Explorer and a user-friendly pass-fail view showing which goals have been met, in order to quickly identify problems and begin the investigation of the root cause of failures.
Electromechanical Analysis Engineer role also sees enhancements in the Physics Results Explorer, with the ability to easily measure the performance of an electrical machine from heatmap sensors, and a new link to SIMULIA Parametric Design Study. Users can now also visualize transient electromagnetic fields in linear actuators and similar machines, taking the motion of the device into account.
For the design and analysis of electromagnetic systems on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, Electromagnetics Engineer role now enables the efficient conversion of electrical behavioral models for connectors into electronic logical components. The relationship between the logical and physical models can be easily managed on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.
Fluid Dynamics Engineer role has seen several significant enhancements to its workflows and underlying technology. Applications that benefit from these problems include electronic cooling applications, with new electronics cooling component models, and centrifugal pumps, with the ability to simulate rotating geometry in the geometry-based workflow. Immediately assess product performance with a new KPI-centric approach to Results Exploration, introducing the new Goals command in Physics Results Explorer.
Motion Analyst, the role for multi-body system dynamics simulation, now has support for advanced flexible body damping capabilities in Motion Analysis and more advanced system excitation definition using knowledgeware design tables and user-defined formulas.
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