This release of Ansys Mechanical™ 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. Graphics
• 6. Geometry
• 7. External Model
• 8. Composites
• 9. Contact and Connections
• 10. Tables
• 11. Mesh
• 12. Additive Manufacturing Process Simulation
• 13. Analysis
• 14. Fracture
• 15. Substructure Analysis
• 16. Structural Optimization
• 17. Motion
• 18. Imported Loading Conditions
• 19. Solution
• 20. Explicit Dynamics
• 21. Results
• 22. Scripting