The following updates were made to the Mechanical add-ons for Release 2025 R2:
The DesignLife add-on offers the following capabilities:
The ability to Filter Duplicated Mesh IDs with higher damage or lower safety factor.
Spot Weld Analysis Settings for Weld Diameter and Method.
Support for both independent and mesh-dependent beams in a Spot Weld analysis.
A Mean Stress Correction setting has been added for analysis.
Life and Damage Vector results are supported for a analysis.
The WeldHotSpot Solution Location case is supported for a analysis.
The ability to read standard SN/EN curves from a Materials Database for , and analyses.
The PSD Table and Curve are now integrated into the Mechanical application display.
Complex Algorithm properties are exposed for all the .
You can now use the Commands object to access properties or property values that are not exposed in the DesignLife add-on, but which you wish to modify in the input.dcl.
Young's Modulus and Tensile Ultimate Strength properties must now only be defined in the Engineering Data for those materials used in the model.
All properties passed to the input.dcl created by the DesignLife add-on are now written in alphabetical order, for easier debugging and comparison.
For analysis, the solid_seamweld_config.xmls is now generated automatically. The Solid Weld Auto property allows you to reuse this file on subsequent runs.
The NVH Toolkit add-on now includes support for:
Multiple output nodes in the FRF Calculator and improvements in UI and performance.
User-defined Frequency Spacing for the FRF Calculator.
Rigid body modes for the FRF Calculator.
UI enhancements for Mode Contribution, including mode specification for table plot and bar chart, simultaneous Mode Contribution and FRF plots, and improved bar chart sorting.
Improved Pre-Test Calculator performance.
The Forced Response add-on has been updated to include the following features:
A Modal Force result, which displays the content of the fileFSUMT.matr matrix file in tabular data and graphical format.
A Mode Multiplier plot, which displays the content of the fileaVec.matr matrix file in tabular data and graphical format.
The capability to generate Cold Coordinate temperature and pressure maps.
The Multiharmonic Plot has additional stress and strain results for Shell and Solid nodes and elements.
The Multiharmonic Chart has additional stress results for Shell and Solid nodes and elements.
The Rotordynamics add-on has been expanded to include:
Critical Speed Map support for up to 3 bearings.
A new Custom Results add-on has been created to enhance result interpretation and validation using SEPC and Relative Deformation.
Updates for the Additive Manufacturing add-ons are described in the Additive Manufacturing Release Notes.