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1. CCX version updated to 2.23 vs 2.22

   

   by Victor · March 23

   From your pictures, it looks like Spooles doesn't converge in either version so there's no inconsistency there, and Pastix is the one that gives different results. Is that right?

2. CCX version updated to 2.23 vs 2.22

   

   by Fatmac · March 22

   Yea auto time step certainly helps convergence. The bit that surprised me was the very differing solution with the same solver but different version- see pics in last posting

3. CCX version updated to 2.23 vs 2.22

   

   by Fatmac · March 22

   I have seen some differences in the solution generated from the same model in Mecway when I use 2.23 and 2.22 ( specifically a non linear contact involving bolts and pretension). In some cases 2.22 …

4. Mecway 33

   

   by Victor · March 20

   This is currently a release candidate so it has a higher risk of new bugs. If no serious bugs are found, it will be promoted to a stable release, otherwise it will be superseded by version 34.

5. Openradioss contact with offset shells

   

   by Victor · February 27

   Shell offset doesn't currently work with OpenRadioss. I'm not sure if OpenRadioss even has that capability? I see that Mecway allows you to define shell offset and doesn't give any error message. This

6. Convergence Issue with Concrete (Linear Compression) and Steel Interface

   

   by Aftab · February 22

   I’ve also created another version using contact with a small tangential stiffness, allowing a small amount of slip in case the concrete needs to “breathe.”

7. Mortar Contact Fails to end.

   

   by disla · February 7

   Maybe the Mortar routines were excluded from the Mecway’s ccx version of the executable?

8. Pretension Section. Lenght adjustment without Amplitude.

   

   by disla · February 3

   Regarding RF on the REF node , there is a bug in 2.22 that has been fixed in the last ccx version 2.23.

9. Mecway 31

   

   by Victor · January 15

   Because of this serious bug Fatmac found in loads & constraints groups, I've rolled back publishing version 31 on the download page.

10. Mecway 31

    

    by Fatmac · January 14

    Version 31

11. Mecway 31

    

    by Sebastianmaklary · January 13

    The file that was 20 Gb in version 30 is now 7,8 Gb after being rerun in version 31. So it is true that the single precision results takes up about half as much space as the double precision results a

12. Alibre Assy File Error

    

    by Victor · January 12

    Version 31 available today works with assemblies and Alibre Atom3D. https://mecway.com/download

13. Mecway 31

    

    by Victor · January 12

    Bug 47. Accounts for a change in the OpenRadioss solution beam moment definition according to the release version number which you specify. It also shows warnings on beam moments which are incorrect w

14. Alibre Assy File Error

    

    by ToddG · December 2025

    Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I can't find any other version of Alibre except my licensed one, and that is the one that Mecway finds and to which is linked. And I can import individual ad.prt

15. Alibre Assy File Error

    

    by Victor · December 2025

    Maybe you have multiple versions of Alibre Design installed and Mecway is linked to an unlicensed one. Confirm the version number in Tools -> Options -> Alibre.

16. Mecway 30

    

    by kennethfugate · December 2025

    I like the addition of Mystran as a solver option. I experimented with it in version 29 including the 'Read Mystran F06' Lab option. The initial implementation works well and look forward to more inte

17. Mecway 30

    

    by Sergio · December 2025

    Thanks! I tried installing Mystran with the 29 version and didn´t work, results were not imported, will try again now. In which cases Mystran would be better than Internal, CCX or OpenRadioss solver?

18. Feature requests

    

    by pberry · November 2025

    Is there an official thread for next version feature requests? I only found a dead thread from Jan 2024.

19. How to use OpenRadioss

    

    by Fatmac · November 2025

    while looking into using element deletion in solids (which I now get the feeling is not possible with the starter pack -only the full version) I was playing around with some small simple blocks and ca

20. How to use OpenRadioss

    

    by Sergio · November 2025

    @Victor about deleted elements in OpenRadioss, the new version of CCX has a new damage initiation models with element deletion also, based on plastic strain, so maybe if you implement something to dea