Mechanical APDL Release Notes

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Mechanical APDL

1. Structural

1.1. Contact
1.2. Elements and Nonlinear Technology
1.3. Material and Fracture Modeling
1.4. Linear Dynamics

2. Multiphysics

2.1. Acoustics
2.2. Thermal
2.3. Coupled-Field

3.1. Distributed-Memory Parallel Processing Enhancements
3.2. GPU Acceleration Feature Updates
3.3. Updated List of Recommended Devices for the GPU Accelerator
3.4. New Mixed Equation Solver
3.5. PCG Solver Enhancements

4. Other Enhancements

4.1. Access to Python, PyMAPDL, and PyDPF from within Mechanical APDL
4.2. CAD Support Updates
4.3. Two New Coded Database File Commands
4.4. Visual Studio Compiler Update on Windows Platforms

5. Commands

5.1. New Commands
5.2. Modified Commands
5.3. Undocumented Commands

6. Elements

6.1. New Elements
6.2. Modified Elements
6.3. Undocumented Elements

7. Documentation

7.1. Updates for Programmers
7.2. Feature Archive

8. Technology Showcase: Example Problems

9. Mechanical APDL Release 2025 R1 Update Guide

9.1. Backward Compatibility
9.2. Feature Updates Causing Result or Behavior Changes
9.3. Known Incompatibilities
9.4. Known Issues
9.5. Resolved Issues and Defects
9.6. Features Removed or Archived