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Surface Forces Available in Cylindrical Coordinate Systems. Cylindrical coordinate systems may now
be applied to Forces applied to surfaces, to facilitate simulations involving cylindrical symmetry.
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Remote Displacement. Remote Displacement joins the list of supports, allowing users the capability for
applying both a displacement and rotation from an arbitrary remote location in space.
Solution Enhancements
The following solution enhancements have been made at release 9.0:
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Refinement Depth Control Added to Adaptive Convergence. For adaptive converged solutions, users
can now control the aggressiveness of the mesh refinement.
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Number of Processors Setting Added to Details View. Users now have the ability to specify the number
of processors to use during solution under the Solution Details View. Previously, the number of processors
could only be set through the Options dialog box.
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Automatic Time Stepping. Users now have the option to turn automatic time stepping on or off, or to
let the program automatically control it.
Results Enhancements
The following results enhancements have been made at release 9.0:
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Scoping Results to an Edge/Vertex. Results can now be scoped to multiple edges. A graph showing the
variation of the result along a single scoped edge or contiguous scoped edges is now superimposed over
the result plot and displayed in the Worksheet tab. Prior to this release, the graph was only displayed in
the Worksheet tab.
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Beam Stress Results. Beam stresses can now be viewed using a new Beam Tool. The types of beam
stresses available include Direct Stress, Minimum Bending Stress, Maximum Bending Stress, Minimum
Combined Stress, and Maximum Combined Stress.
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Electromagnetic Results. It is now possible to solve for electromagnetic results. The types of results
available are Flux Density, Directional Flux Density, Field Intensity, Directional Field Intensity, Force,
Directional Force, Electric Potential, Inductance, and Flux Linkage.
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Enhanced Harmonic Results. Users can now request additional contour results and vector plots for
harmonic analyses. Previously, only component stresses, strains and displacements could be displayed.
Now, quantities such as principal stresses and strains, and total displacement can be displayed as well.
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Error Results for Structural and Thermal Simulations. Error result items are now available that are
based on stresses (for structural simulations) and heat flux (for thermal simulations). Error result items
help identify regions that would benefit from a more refined mesh for producing more accurate results.
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Vector Display Option. A button added to the Results toolbar allows users to view vector results, which
is extremely useful for viewing Electromagnetic results. A Vector Display toolbar is also available with
various options for controlling vector formats to suit specific viewing applications.
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Customized Scale Factor for Viewing Deformed Results. The scale factor drop down control in the
Results context toolbar now has a provision for users to enter a customized scale factor as well as using
any of the preset scale factors.
Miscellaneous Enhancements
The following miscellaneous enhancements have been made at release 9.0:
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Expanded Capabilities for Commands Objects.
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