Version 3 beta

Victor

I'm looking for people to try the beta version of Mecway 3. If you're interested, please contact me privately and I'll send you a download link.

Here are the main changes:

Bonded contact between incompatible 3D meshes
Unrefine x2 tool
Calculix/Abaqus .inp files can be opened and saved. Save is not very comprehensive yet
Spin softening for centrifugal force in modal vibration 3D and buckling
Centrifugal force for nonlinear static
Stress stiffening for shells in modal vibration. Not allowed with laminates.
Constraint equations (MPCs)
Transfer displacements from solution
Open .XYZ files from Prop Design, Accutrans3D or chemistry software
Cylindrical and spherical polar coordinates for Move/copy and Node coordinates.
3 orientations for cylindrical coordinate system plus spherical polar coordinates in New Node
Show model edges button to highlight sharp edges
Option to change the mesh color
Trackbar for changing the color plot scale. Right click menu for manual input or changing color options.
Can use Tochnog Professional solver.
Rayleigh damping can be applied to selected elements in the dynamic response analysis type
Gravity can be different in each load case
kN and kPa units added
Fluid Potential Flow 3D allows all solid element shapes
Keyboard shortcuts for mouse zoom/pan/rotate menu items
Quad local refinement x2 produces fewer triangles
Added Hex8 local refinement at a point by applying templates
Color key and node number colors adjust to the background color for greater contrast
Displays line3 as curved
Mouse cursors for pan, zoom, rotate and tape measure.
Dotted icon for invisible components
Field variable ranges on shells and beams update together.
Geometry items (CAD files) can have visibility toggled.
Deformed view automatically recalculates the scaling factor when changing modes and loadcases and solving
Gmsh export includes component and face selections for more compatibility with openfoam and bconverged.
Gmsh import reads solution data
Can create a named selection from the geometry graphics.
Velocity and angular velocity outputs in modal response.
Improved accuracy for modal response
Removed FROM … TO … BY format for entering lists of integers
Removed Non-Newtonian fluid analysis type and Herschel-Bulkley material type and properties
Removed Hex templates. Use point refinement and Refine Custom instead for common cases.
Removed coupled DOF from UI. When loading files, they're converted to constraint equations.
Deprecated Modal Vibration 2D Transverse Vibrations of Membrane analysis type. Use shells instead.
Bugfix: gravity with load cases (bug 4 listed on product page)
Bugfix: Eigenvalue on-axis cyclic symmetry nodes would sometimes cause a solver fail