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
1.5. Transient 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. Mixed Equation Solver Enhancements

4. Other Enhancements

4.1. CAD Support Updates
4.2. Element Face Components to Represent Surfaces
4.3. New Coded Database File Command
4.4. Modified Coded Database File Commands
4.5. Element Single-Value Results Supported for SHELL281
4.6. Parameter Name Limit Increased to 240 Characters within Mechanical APDL
4.7. Component Names Support Special Characters

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 R2 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