Functional Value
New material options (Valanis-Landel strain energy potential, specific heat and mean field damage for fiber reinforcement, etc.) increasing the range of possible simulation workflows
Automatic partition of a solid to accelerate dramatically the hexahedral mesh generation workflow
Ability to create several beams for virtual bolts to increase the simulation fidelity for specific cases
User Experience Value
Support of SOLIDWORKS custom materials with simulation domain improving efficiency and re-use
Upgrade of the tet filler mesher algorithm leading to improvements in the mesh quality and robustness
New dedicated dialog box for virtual bolts results accelerating access to relevant outputs (force, moment)
Quicker and easier access to simulation reports through the specification tree
Integration of Physics Simulation objects to the 3DMarkup app to create persistent annotations and slides based on such data, useful for collaboration and design change process