No changes were made for Compliant Modeler in 8.0.0.1.

•The FEA Point Linking respects model's units. (71782)

•Message stating "ignore force limit..." displayed for clamps is changed to: "An interference is present at the current location, an infinite force will be applied to remove interference, and the applied force will be ignored at ClampPair." (71779)

•The Object/Target labels for Compliant Pattern Move will now be displayed correctly.(71775)

•Changed codes to accommodate Ansys command Updates from 1019 to 2021.(72389)

•The Density value for Nastran file when using Imperial/English units requires the WTMASS parameter and thus it changes the mass matrix coefficients. In StiffGen the mass matrix calculation is now taking into account this parameter's value and outputs the correct coefficients. (72178)

•Create coordinate points from FEA Mesh for a large number of node (9k or more) is now running fast again. Displaying Legacy Labels makes this process even faster.(72964)

•The nodes coordinates are read correctly for a *.cdb mesh file created with Hypermesh and stiffness file created using Ansys solver. (72181)

•The 'Refresh Initial Moves' button allows reading the clamp/join moves from the Tree and removes the previous results in Sequence Optimizer. (72220)

•Multiple direction setting options are added to compliant moves. (70790)

•Changed codes to accommodate Ansys command Updates from 1019 to 2021.(72389)

•The Density value for Nastran file when using Imperial/English units requires the WTMASS parameter and thus it changes the mass matrix coefficients. In StiffGen the mass matrix calculation is now taking into account this parameter's value and outputs the correct coefficients. (72178)

•Applying Contact and Un-Contact moves that have no effect on the assembly will not report 'no build' for any sample anymore.(73154)

General

•Part color will be retained on Nominal Build for deformation. (72949)

•The Edit Direction button is added to the Join move to allow editing all directions in one dialog. (71916)

•LoadFEA move now reads correctly the *.lis file generated from ANSA *.cdb file. The error was occurring when the command "/GO" was missing from the ANSA *.cdb file. (72094)

•StiffGen now adds ASET points into the modified ANSYS input file created by ANSA. (72093)

•LoadFEA move now reads correctly the *.lis file generated from ANSA *.cdb file. The error was occurring when the command "/GO" was missing from the ANSA *.cdb file. (72094)

•The nodes coordinates reading for the Ansa *.cdb mesh file is now corrected to read all the digits. (72089)

•The initial temperature is now taken into account when generating the Thermal load file with Optistruct (v 2022.1). (71657)

•Reaction force option is reintroduced to help separate the results for the Reaction Force vs Nodal Force which includes gravity or thermal forces as well. (71591)

•Reaction force calculation corrected to match FEA results. (71134)

•Contact move clears interference at all pairs now. (70261)

•The nodes coordinates are read correctly for a cdb mesh file created with Hypermesh and stiffness file created using Ansys solver. (72181)

•The crash that was happening when clicking the 'plus' sign in the FEA Linking in 3DCS NX is now resolved. (72081)

•Pattern Compliant crash is now resolved. (71187)

•Crash that happens on some compliant models is resolved and the non-point warning message is removed.(71264)

•Torque values now remains as set by the user, not changing to zero when closing the dialog.(71268)

•FEA Point Linking does not crash anymore. The crash was only in 7.9.0.0e.(71286)

•Multiple items can be selected and deleted from the Force Measure Dialog.(69484)

•Thermal move is supported with NX Nastran solver. (56329, 63974)

•Thermal and Gravity move documentation is updated. (62577)

•Switch Row is available in all compliant moves. (69752)

•Multiple clamps on the same point and in the same directions are not allowed. (70073)

•Optistruct 2020 can be used with StiffGen to generate a reduced stiffness matrix file. (70312)

•Corrected the mass matrix load information after applying the Refresh Mesh command in the FEA Point Linking (70135).

•The duplicated joins are now blocked to avoid erroneous results. (70093)

•Best practices for welds applied in 3DCS or FEA Software between parts are updated. (68778)

•Documented the multiple parts join best practices.(68687)

•Corrected the mass matrix load information after applying the Refresh Mesh command in the FEA Point Linking (70135).

•The two lines including MODOPT and MXPAND are removed when running the Ansys cdb mesh file through StiffGen.(70226)

•The nodes are now selectable in the Linking Wizard - in Creo only.(70238)

•Optistruct 2020 can be used with StiffGen to generate a reduced stiffness matrix file.(70312)

•The Full Factorial calculation for Minimization of Maximum Variation in Datum Optimizer is now applied to the primary, secondary, and tertiary direction datums.(70543)

•Run Log warning is generated when targets become objects in the same join move, without using the Sequence option.(70883)

•The Nodal Force calculation for TypeIn direction is corrected. Now it matches the clamp force applied to the same point. This correction is needed when the part's local coordinate system is different than the assembly's global coordinate system.(70863)

•Thermal load file is generated with Optistruct 2020 version.(70252)

•Using Tie in Join move with Sequence on will not produce the error message anymore.(70776)

•The All Rotations box remains checked if all rotations are activated. (68672)

•The warning message showing that the DOF setting in StiffGen does not match the DOF in the mesh file was removed. (64998)

•The force value is now correctly displayed in [N] instead of [mN]. (68187)

•Mass matrix for MSC Nastran with different DOFs that the stiffness matrix can now be loaded in 3DCS. (69039)

•Added Direction button to display the point direction for the Lock DOF Move. (67768)

•Items can be multi-selected and deleted from the Force Measure Dialog.(69484)

•Warning message appears at the first nominal build when multiple points linked to ASETs have the same coordinates. (69106)

•Contact move warning is added when contact points do not have opposite directions. (69088)        

•The clamp to self, after parts were already joined is not going to be executed. A message is letting the user know that the clamp to self operation is ignored. (68800)

•A new message warns users about duplicate points in the same join move with 'Sequence' option inactive. (68779)

•For multiple joining pairs (3 or 4 parts join) the joining should use the same point/node pair as object for joining with one of the parts and next as target to join with the other part. Also the Sequence button should be checked. (68390)

•The required force can be measured at the clamped or joined points. (67809)

•NEi Nastran is removed from StiffGen since it has been discontinued as a solver by Autodesk Nastran. (65148)

Dialog

•The All Rotations box remains checked if all rotations are activated. (68672)

•The warning message showing that the DOF setting in StiffGen does not match the DOF in the mesh file was removed. (64998)

•T Matrix button and functionality are removed and Summary page is updated. (62985)

•FEA Point Linking will display values for linking distance using the default units set by the user. (65594)

•Thermal validation block is added in .pch file for MSC Nastran and the message "Thermal Load File generated in old version doesn't contain validation block" does not appear anymore. (68080)