This release of the Ansys Mechanical application™ contains all of the capabilities from previous releases plus many new features and enhancements. Areas where you will find changes and new capabilities include the following:

• 1. Changes in Product Behavior
• 2. Documentation
• 3. Performance
• 4. Add-ons
• 5. General
• 6. Graphics
• 7. Geometry
• 8. Contact and Connections
• 9. Mesh
• 10. Additive Manufacturing Process Simulation
• 11. Acoustics Analyses
• 12. Analysis
• 13. Fracture
• 14. Structural Optimization
• 15. Motion
• 16. Loads/Supports/Conditions
• 17. Imported Loading Conditions
• 18. Solution
• 19. Explicit Dynamics
• 20. Results