This section describes changes to elements at Release 2025 R1:
Some elements are not available from within the GUI. For a list of those elements, see GUI-Inaccessible Elements.
The following elements have been enhanced:
SOLID279, SOLID291, and PLANE293 – KEYOPTION(2) has been added to the current technology thermal elements to enable a nonlinear convection film coefficient.
SHELL294 – KEYOPTION (1) has been added to specify the membrane option.
PLANE222, PLANE223, SOLID225, SOLID226, and SOLID227 – Set the new KEYOPTION (12) = 1 to activate user-programmable features in a coupled-field analysis.
PLANE222, PLANE223, SOLID225, SOLID226, and SOLID227 – KEYOPTION(14) has been added to the coupled-field elements to enable a nonlinear convection film coefficient.
INTER194 and INTER195 – The thin solid option with KEYOPT(2) = 2 (membrane and transverse shear stiffness) now supports nonlinear material behavior based on ductile damage, in addition to von Mises plasticity.
FOLLW201 – KEYOPT(1) = 2 has been added to specify load properties with the SFCONTROL command.
MESH200 – This element now supports temperature element loading (BF and BFE commands) when using the mesh-independent method to define reinforcing.
REINF263, REINF264, and REINF265 – These elements now support temperature element loading (BFE) when using the standard method for structural reinforcing analysis. For the mesh-independent method, apply the temperatures to MESH200 elements.
No elements have been undocumented at this release.
For information about elements that have been undocumented in prior releases, see the archived release notes for Mechanical APDL.