Version History Detail

Collier Research is actively improving and adding to the HyperSizer code base. Updates are released regularly and are free to all customers that are current on Maintenance, Support and Upgrades (MSU).

The current release of HyperSizer is Version 7.1.43. To download the current version please Contact Us.

Major New Capabilities

FEM Import - Materials

• Materials (MAT1, MAT8, etc.) can now be imported directly from the FEM.
  
• User intervention is typically required to supplement the FEM material data with allowables required for failure analysis.
  
• Material data can be exported and imported in a new Excel format for rapid editing of multiple materials.
  
• Composite laminate families can be imported from a spreadsheet and used for detailed sizing and global ply sequencing. See Laminate Families.
  

FEM Update - Nastran

• Small field format is now used for CBAR, PBAR, PBARL, PROD, PSHEAR, and PSHELL entries.
  
• New option "Export PBAR beam properties only." Supports all solvers.
  

Analysis Plugins

New streamlined, object-oriented library configuration

• The API is distributed as a header-only library located in a single include directory.
  
• Upgrading plugin version now only requires changing the main include folder name.
  
• Users implement the PluginPackageBase and ConfigurationBase interfaces. External DLL calls are not exposed.
  
• Fortran support has been removed in favor of C++ for API design and usability reasons. Users can still link to existing Fortran code using dynamic or static libraries.
  
• The default plugin directory is now blank instead of the HyperSizer program files directory.
  

Section Cut Properties

• Cross-section stiffness and moment of inertia properties can be extracted at user-defined section cut planes. See Section Cut Properties.
  

Solid Elements

• Supports multiple solid elements through-the-thickness of the sandwich stack.
  
• Orientation vectors may be defined with cylindrical coordinate systems.
  

Rapid Sizing and Set Variables

• Solid laminates and honeycomb sandwich concepts supported.
  

Analysis

• Interlaminar Tension - New ply-based interlaminar tension strength analysis is available for monolithic laminate concepts. See Material Strength, Composite, Ply-Based.
  
• Puck - New backdoor flag has been added to remove the IFF correction factor - "Puck include IFF correction for parallel-to-fiber stress".
  
• Margin Details
  
  • Added - Beam Buckling, Beam Flexural-Torsional Buckling, IDT Crippling, Johnson-Euler, Panel Buckling
    
  • Enhanced - Element ID and element loads added for strength and sandwich analyses.
    
  • Enhanced - Postbuckling details added to crippling, column buckling, and metallic strength.
    

FEA Load Extraction - Peak Element

• A variation of the Peak Element load extraction method has been added, "Peak Element - All Load Cases".
  
• The old Peak Element load extraction method has been renamed to "Peak Element - Metric Filter".
  
• "Peak Element - All Load Cases" stores peak element loads for all load cases. All load cases are analyzed. This is recommended as an alternative to the N-sigma method for final analysis - especially for (smeared) components with many elements.
  
• "Peak Element - Metric Filter" stores only the max peak element load across all load cases. This acts as a load case filter - only a subset of the load cases are analyzed which saves computation time.
  

Load Case Management

A number of enhancements have been made to make managing projects with many load cases easier.

• When importing run decks, it is now possible to have the same subcase ID referenced in multiple run decks. Each of these subcases will be imported as unique load sets.
  
• Load sets can be now be renamed using any desired convention.
  
• Load cases (combinations of load sets) can now be renamed. The default load case name is now the load set(s) name.
  
• Load cases can now be marked as both static and fatigue.
  
• Load set and load case data can be exported and imported using an Excel spreadsheet (*.xlsx). See the Tools drop-down menu in the Load Set/Case dialog respectively.
  
• Abaqus - Step names are now imported as load set names. There is no more need to add integers to the step name.
  

Database Templates

• Multiple database templates can be registered on single machine using the Database Template Manager (Tools | Manage Templates).
  
• Database templates can be created from existing databases using File | Save As Template.
  
• Database templates from previous versions can be easily updated using File | Upgrade Database.
  

FEM Viewer

• Modal displacements for buckling and frequency FEA solutions can be viewed for all modes.
  

HyperFEA

• New algorithm for buckling constraints. The severity of the mode is computed per component in order to bias stiffness factors towards components that are participating in the mode shape. See Buckling Constraints.
  
• Frequency constraints added. See Frequency Constraints.
  

FEM Import - Nastran

• Nastran bulk data parsing performance has been improved by approximately 10x. This number only includes the portion of the FEM import process where the bulk data files are being read.
  
• Bulk data errors like missing grids and coordinate systems are bundled up and reported to the user in an HTML report. Processed error conditions include:
  
  • Missing grids associated with beams, shells, bolts, and solids.
    
  • Missing coordinate systems.
    
  • Missing include files.
    
  • Beam and shell elements that share property IDs.
    
  • Duplicate grid, element, material, property, and coordinate system IDs.
    
• Free format entries are now supported (comma separated).
  
• Mixed format entries are supported (i.e. PCOMP with first line in large format and ply lines small in format).
  

FEM Import Filter Files

• Users can exclude elements from importing into HyperSizer using a text file that lists the relevant element and/or property IDs. See About FEM Filter Files.
  
• This feature enables user import a submodel without manually carving out the elements and grid from the main model.
  

Project Setup

• Model setup performance has been enhanced due to internal improvements in assigning analysis selections to components. Large models should see approximately a 3x speed up for operations that assign concepts to components - such as FEM import and structure import.
  
• Eliminated large delays in Run Decks form when modifying projects with many run decks.
  
• New pressure and temperature import options: "None", "All", or "First Run Deck Only". Default is "None". See FEM Interface Options.
  

Upgrading Databases to a New Version

• A new process has been implemented to upgrade old databases without doing a full project import. To use the new process simply attempt to open the old database or use File | Upgrade Database.
  
• Explicitly upgrading the database is orders of magnitude faster than the old method of creating an new database and manually importing all of the projects.
  

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Overview

V7 software is much easier to learn. Less user-documentation and training is required. Wizards will guide you from one setup step to the next. Analysis and sizing optimization workflow processes have been streamlined with less user steps.

Help documentation and tutorials are included with software installs and on our website at http://hypersizer.com/help.

HyperSizer V7 has been redesigned to meet the primary goals:

• More intuitive and successful use within hours of first introduction, (which also makes you immediately capable of picking it up again after extended non use)
  
• Handling larger FEMs with discretely meshed stiffeners, thousands of load cases, thousands of optimization zones - real working production models
  
• Providing in depth analysis detail data for all failure methods, load cases, and areas on your structure

Major New Capabilities

Intuitive User Interface

• Interactive welcome screen showing recent databases and available options on start up.
  
• Ribbons
  
  • Hidden dropdowns and toolbars replaced with intuitive ribbons
    
  • Desired software capability easy to find
    
  • Clicking input fields activates applicable ribbons (e.g. clicking a laminate activates the Laminate ribbon)
    
• Dimensions tab
  
  • All dimensions for cross-section now visible in a single display
    
  • Clear descriptive image of cross-section including dimensions
    
  • Reporting of ply percentages and ply counts
    
  • Design data export and import with Excel spreadsheets (final analysis mode only)
    
• Specific workflow modes
  
  • Rapid Sizing, Detailed Sizing, Final Analysis
    
  • For each mode, non-relevant data is hidden (ex: for final analysis mode, only design dimensions shown, no min/max variable ranges displayed)
    
• Material Modes
  
  • User selects material mode for composite or metallic design
    
  • Non-relevant data is not displayed. For example selecting Metallic mode hides all composite related data (ply counts, etc.)
    
• Tooling rules
  
  • Cross-sectional linking
    
  • Limits on panel height and/or stringer spacing
    
  • Ability to size to panel height, stringer height or web height
    
• New Design Criteria Form
  
  • Enables high level decisions including tooling rules, layup rules (min/max ply percentages), repair rules, etc.
    
• Completely re-designed Sequencing and Blending forms
  
  • Sequence laminates over multiple components
    
  • Modify sequenced designs by turning on/off plies, removing plies, shuffling or extending plies to maximize coverage
    
  • Export to CATIA or FiberSim Excel format. Make edits and reimport.
    
• Expanded context-sensitive help documentation included in software and online.
  
• Easier navigation between forms
  
• New entity "Display Sets" for grouping arbitrary sets of components together
  
  • Allows for sizing/analysis of any part or all components of a project
    
  • Easily assign almost any data items to arbitrary sections of a model

Streamlined Workflow Process

• Streamlined workflow is provided by the reorganization of the entire v6.4 data content and interface into a more efficient V7 data content and interface implemented with the Ribbon
• Wizards guide users through project set up
  
  • Never leaves the user guessing what to do next - completion of each wizard dialog guides user to the next step
    
  • Guides user through project creation, load case factors, units, and FEM import
    
  • Assembly creation, selection of material modes (composite, metallic), analysis or sizing
    
  • Reviews model for correct normals and material angles
    
  • Generates discretely stiffened stringer segments
    
  • Concept selection
    
  • Material and cross-sectional dimension assignment
    
  • Import materials and dimensions from Excel "geometry database" spreadsheet
    
• Improved effective laminate -> discrete laminate process
  
  • Select ply materials for assembly and follow left to right process for EL creation, Blending, DL creation, Sequencing, visualization in FEM Viewer
    
• FEM Update process
  
  • Using the "Update FEM" option ("Update Nastran" or "Update Abaqus" or "Update ANSYS") from the software will now create a complete copy of original FEM with updated materials and properties
    
  • Seeks to preserve the original structure of the FEM as much as possible
    
  • "Include" file structure is preserved in the new copy
    
  • Original order for materials and properties is preserved. Materials and properties are updated in place rather than appended to the end or in new include files.
    
  • Updated FEM can be used in original project or used to create a new HyperSizer project
    
  • Original run decks are never modified by HyperSizer

Improved Optimization and Analysis

• Many performance improvements
• Improved memory performance for large models with thousands of load cases
  
• Significant reduction in memory usage (up to 2.5X memory reduction for large models)
  
• 64 bit analysis code (addresses 2GB memory limit in v6.4)
  
• Significant speed up 4x of fundamental analyses
  
• Pre-analysis "group validation" stage has been reprogramed no longer causing slow downs for large models
  
• Many operations in graphics and sizing form optimized so working with large models is easier
• Faster laminate sequencing including support for 64 bit and parallel processing to take advantage of multiple processors
• Automatically create panel segments for large models
• Load Cases
  • No limit on number of load cases.
  • No limit on number of run-decks.
    • Easy to use interface that automatically scans FEM folder to include hundreds of potential run-decks
  • Combined load cases
    • Combine any combination of multiple mechanical and thermal loads with scalar factors into a single load case (similar to Nastran SUBCOM)

Discrete Stiffener Modeling

• Includes different thicknesses for left and right skin segments
  
• Unique Margin of Safety and Analysis Detail reporting for left and right skin segments and stringer segments. Previously skin margins were reported with stringer segments.
  
• Support for OML reference plane for skin segments (previous versions calculated over-conservative margins if skin segment reference planes were not set to midplane).
  
• Calculates curvature of stringer segments from curvature of left and right skins.
  
• Unit weights of stringer segments now shows both weight of stringer only as well as unit weight of stringer plus associated skins (panel segment weights).
  
• Terminology change:
  
  • Panel Segment Components are now Stringer Segments
    
  • Skin Components are now Skin Segments

Stress Reports

• Stress report engine rewritten using Office OpenXML technology. Stress reports now generate around 5x faster.
• Word and Excel Stress Reports enhanced and re-ordered to be more logical. Non-applicable items no longer included to reduce user confusion.
• More standardized headers and footers added to Word reports including support for company logos.
• Ability to include CAD and FEM images in reports.
• Analysis Detail Reporting
  • Analysis Detail spreadsheet reporting all final and intermediate values required to calculate margins of safety by hand (For example, for local buckling analysis, includes spans, material stiffnesses, buckling coefficients, etc.)
  • Reports analysis details for up to 20 critical load cases per analysis per component, not only the lowest margin.
  • Analysis details also available in the FEM Viewer to view intermediate data for each analysis method on the model.

Peak Element and Filtered Load Processing

• Element Peak Loads - New method of pulling FEA loads
• Designed to quickly filter out non-critical load cases for rapid sizing
• Determines critical element and load case for a series of metrics
  • Tensile N_x, Compression N_x, Interaction (N_x²+N_y²), shear, etc.
  • Unique metrics for stiffened structures vs unstiffened
  • 47 different metrics included
• Allows rapid sizing of structure with thousands of load cases
• Filtered Loads
  • Sizing or analyzing structure creates a filter containing only relevant load cases
  • The number of filtered cases is user-configurable
  • Subsequent sizing can be limited to only consider filtered load cases (speeds sizing substantially)
  • Stress reports contain a detailed breakdown of relevant load cases for the overall structure and per component

Analysis Plugins

• Completely re-designed plugin interface
  • Plugin DLL (Hs_UDef.DLL) can be installed at any location on user's system. Plugin location can be changed from database to database. This means that different users or projects can point to different sets of analysis plugins
  • Plugins have access to most data available to each structural concept (material properties, layups, dimensions, stresses, spans, ABD matrices, etc.)
  • Supports Fortran or C++ development
  • Includes plugin versioning; warning users of out-of-date plugins
  • Includes support for SI vs English units
• Stress Reports
  • Plugin developers can now generate their own stress reports by filling out Detail data for each Analysis Result
• More details found here: http://hypersizer.com/help/#Udef/udef-release_notes.php

Scripting

• Many new variables and capabilities exposed
• Concept selections are now exposed per group or per assembly
• Object hierarchy has been simplified. Instead of Project-Group-Component, it is now Project-Group and Project-Component. This greatly reduces the complexity of the code
• Collection class methods have been simplified
  • Project.GetProject(projectName) instead of Project.Item(projectName)
  • Group.GetGroup(groupId) instead of Group.Key(strGroupId)
• Support for turning on and off and extracting individual margins of safety
• Various fixes to support MATLAB and Python - array handling, converting properties with arguments to methods, etc.
• More details: http://hypersizer.com/help/#COM/com-release_notes.php

Structure Map Capability

• Structure maps associate analysis components to design entities on the structure
• HyperSizer components and associated FEM properties are directly linked to locations such as a fuselage stringer X between ringframes Y and Z
• Structure Maps allow users to leverage the element numbering convention of the global FEM to:
  • Create skin and stringer segments dramatically reducing the amount of setup required for discretely meshed models
  • Structure maps allow users to interface with Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE) spreadsheets which are typically organized by bay and stringer location on structure
• Includes support for other entities such as frames, floor beams, spars, ribs, etc
• Structure maps also enable 2D Excel Spreadsheet to
  • Report summary data in a grid of colored cells representing data for stringers and bays
  • Report margins of safety, controlling failure mode and load case, dimensions, materials in the grid
  • User can control color palette for each data item (custom colors, gradients, etc.)

Design Templates

• Replacement for V6 "Store Group Design…" and "Store Component Design…" options
  
• Assembly and component designs all stored and applied from a single template
• Store all settings including:
  • Panel concepts
  • Sizing bounds
  • Material selections
  • Active failure criteria
  • Design criteria
  • Fabrication criteria (quick sizing)
  • All component settings on sizing form

Minor Improvements

Analysis Methods

• Local crippling analysis
• Object stresses reported on Stresses tab
• Object laminates analyzed from the stresses tab will now show only relevant plies (previously would show all plies for HyperLaminates rather than only active plies)

Stock Sizes

• Stock sizes for metallic, honeycomb and foam materials stored per material

FEM Viewer

• Ability to turn on/off component IDs in legend. Makes legend view less verbose
• Improvements to memory and better performance for large models

Help Documentation

• Using more standard HTML format rather than old Microsoft Help format
• Easier to search, copy and paste, etc.
• Same look and feel whether looking at local help or online help

FEM Interface

• Beam Export
  • The beam unit weight is now printed to the MAT1 entry (instead of the NSM entry of the PBAR/PBARL). See Beam Export
  • Metallic beams will now reference the native isotropic MAT1 entry instead of generating a unique MAT1 for each beam
• Shell Export
  • Average stiffness properties used when computing the ABD for FEM export
  • Fully effective ABD properties are always exported
  • Support for PSHELL-MAT1 format in Nastran for metallic shells (only if offset is zero). See Continuous Shell Export
• Shell Import
  • Abaqus import of continuous shell materials and thicknesses

Other Improvements

• Removed 5 digit FEM MATID
• Automatically split non-contiguous elements into separate components

Major New Capabilities

Improved Analysis Engine

• All analytical and numerical failure analyses are  200 to 400% faster than previous 6.4 versions (in essence, the entire work flow process)
• Laminate sequencing operations are 300 to 400% faster than previous 6.4 versions.  Will also take advantage of multiple cores and more memory on 64 bit computers if available.

Rewritten FEA Import interface, primarily to support large FEM and FEA results data files

• Improved multiple run deck support
  • Much easier to select and specify multiple run decks.  User can specify many run decks at once rather than selecting them one at a time.
  • Selecting multiple FEM  files (.bdf, .inp, etc) automatically selects FEA Loads Files (.op2, .odb, etc.)
    • Supported Formats
  • Removed limitation on number of run decks (previous versions were limited to 20)
  • Load Sets and Load Cases are automatically processed as run decks are added and removed.
• General Load Case creation
  • Select one or many load sets with multipliers to superimpose into a single load case (similar to Nastran SUBCOM capability)
• Added new FEA Load Extraction Method, "Peak Element"
  • Useful for projects that have many load cases. Filters out from the hundreds or thousands of the critical load cases based on their magnitudes and not on any failure mode analyses.
  • New HME added describing all FEA Load Extraction methods

Quick Sizing and  Variable Tuning

• This version has a new capability to optimize a thousand times faster than previous versions, based on an entirely new approach. Currently implemented for composite stiffened panels such as I and Tee shaped,  you will be able to produce mature design results very rapidly. Intended for vehicle level system design trade studies,  users will be able to perform very accurate structural sizing for weight estimation and cost estimations based on producibility trades for a large design space including the effects of architectural layouts and topology. V7 released later this year will include other stiffened panel shapes, solid laminate and sandwich panels, and also metallic materials.
  • Quick sizing rapidly produces optimum weight structures, based on FEA model load distribution, that includes all cross sectional dimensions and composite material ply counts (effective laminate thickness)
  • Variable tuning starts from Quick Sizing and produces optimal laminate stacks and transitions to fully defined sequenced ply coverages for fabrication and export to CATIA
• This new work flow process automatically generates optimization bounds and laminates including stiffener hyperlaminates with ply continuity between web and flange objects and ability to add cap charges, web ply packs, etc.
• Interactive visualization of skin and stiffener cross-section with individual ply layers displayed and identified for CAD system
• See Interactive YouTube videos

Improved support for Catia CPD

• Export of Catia "thickness law" and "virtual ply" data for import directly into Catia
• Sequencing and export for stiffener as well as skin laminates

Interactive Graphics cross-section visualization and property calculation

• Create a cut plane by dragging mouse across model to display a cut section of individual ply layers
• Cross-section display including global ply visualization
• Calculates mass, area and inertial moments of inertia, shear center, etc.

Weight-Cost Optimization

• Cost per unit weight factor added to all materials (e.g. $/lb)
• Material mass and cost spreadsheet export
• Sizing based on minimum weight, minimum cost or somewhere in between

Metallic  fatigue failure mode

• Added support for fatigue-only load cases (load cases only used in fatigue analysis)
• Added custom fatigue Kt stress concentration factor
• Documentation included in Isotropic strength analysis HME and stress reports

HyperFEA

• New user interface to define FEA constraints
• New FEA constraint:  static moment. If static moment is exceeded, stiffness is shifted away from the center of mass.
• Iterations can be cancelled at any point (including sizing). Cancellation will not erase existing iterations.
• Temporary iteration reports:  margins of safety, controlling failure modes, required stiffnesses, and FEA constraint data.
• Support for custom FEA solver configurations without modifying batch files.

Laminate Sequencing improvements

• Several fixes several problems where global plies were not properly identified
• Added support for sequencing of panel segment skins and stiffeners in Discrete Stiffener Modeling
• Added a "shuffle" method where plies are moved up or down the laminate stacking sequence to maximize coverage of continuous global plies.
• Additional speed improvements

Redesigned user defined analysis (plugins) capability

• Plugins are now much more general with all panel and beam dimensions, material properties, ABD matrices, and loads including ply by ply stresses and strains exposed through the API interface.
• User can identify failure category (strength, panel buckling, local buckling, etc) for each method
• All new documentation and tutorials for C++ and Fortran as well as a full API reference.
• Sample source code downloadable within the help system.

HyperExpert™  automatic creation of discrete finite element models for aircraft fuselage

• See interactive YouTube videos

Minor Improvements

Improved method of analyzing Effective Laminates

• Failure analysis of effective laminates is now accomplished by creating virtual plies in each direction (0/45/-45/90) at the outer fiber of each effective laminate object and then running ply-by-ply analysis on each ply.  This gives much closer strength margins between effective laminates and a corresponding discrete laminate, especially for combined biaxial and shear loads

FEA loads are automatically imported when model is imported.

• Loads can now be viewed in FEM Graphics before any analysis is performed.
• True IML and OML reference plane (rather than midplane of upper or lower facesheet) selection is now available for unstiffened or sandwich panels.
• IML and OML offsets are detected in FEM import

Nastran Support

• Added support for SOL 112 (Modal Transient) - reads loads from final load state as design-to loads

Abaqus support

• Laminate import supported. Abaqus ply material name must match a HyperSizer material name.
• Elsets are imported as HyperSizer assemblies
• B32 elements supported
• DAT file not longer necessary for import
• Step names now required to end in integer ID for load set import

ANSYS Support

• ANSYS components are imported as HyperSizer assemblies

Discrete Stiffener Modeling

• Automatic creation of panel segments now supported for DSM Techniques 2 and 3
• Additional speed improvements
• Fixed inconsistent weight reporting of stiffeners and skins on Project Summary tab
• Fixed long delay/memory issue when analyzing a DSM model with many panel segments
• Fixed inconsistent sizing of DSM skins
• Wrong skin candidate would sometimes be chosen while sizing
• Freeze design not working properly for skin

Composite Sequencing

• Added automatic "ply drop transition" zone detection for smeared and all discrete stiffener model techniques
• Ply drop transitions are generated in axial and transverse directions for skin objects, however only in stiffener direction for stiffener objects
• Added support for sequencing of HyperLaminates between bays (web of one bay will sequence with web of adjacent bay). Supported for discrete as well as smeared stiffener finite element models.
• FEA Statistical Loading Methods
• Improved handling of shear (Nxy, Qx, Qy) loads so that + and- shear loads are treated equally.  Highest shear load magnitude is always used.
• Added new Vinson honeycomb panel wrinkling method (Ref)
• Documentation included in updated HMEs and Stress reports

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Bug Fixes

General

• Fixed long delay problem with opening database on Windows 7

Analysis Accuracy

• Fixed Geometry Rule 42 (min/max require slenderness ratio for uniaxial panels)
• Improved accuracy of skin and stiffener local buckling for grid stiffened concepts (isogrid and orthogrid) - verification of local buckling against over 100 discrete finite element models representing various aspect ratios and material stiffness combinations
• Fixed minor calculation problems for flatwise tension calculation when the component radius of curvature is very low compared to sandwich thickness

Discrete Stiffener Modeling

• Fixed application error caused when all panel segments were removed from assembly
• Local postbuckled skin properties now written out to iteration fem with reduced properties
• Fixed auto-calculation of panel segments when every stiffener bay is assigned to a different FEM property.
• Fixed auto-calculation of panel segments for DSM Type 2 when there is one skin spanning multiple bays.

Composite Form

• Fixed error when generating DLs for many components simultaneously
• Fixed English vs SI unit display on composite form

FEM Model Import

• Fixed miscellaneous import bugs and problems with Abaqus and Ansys FEM iteration
• Fixed several problems with import of models with solid elements representing honeycomb core when the grids for the solid elements were in an alternate coordinate system or were in non-english units
• Fixed FEM export problem with beam orientations

HyperFEA

• Deflection units now match display units for project
• Include files removed. All properties and materials now contained in a single iteration FEM file.
• Fixed bug with tip deflection criteria.
• Fixed problem with HyperFEA if HyperSizer project folder changed to alternate drive.

Object Model

• Fixed several problems that caused instability in object model code for long running problems.

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New Capabilities

More Robust FEA Integration

• Imports loads from .op2 FEA output file for a tighter coupling with FEA. The .op2 output file is generally smaller than the .f06 file and HyperSizer imports the FEA 8 times faster using this format.
• Imports and stores loads for very large models with hundreds of thousands of elements and thousands of load sets.
• Increased maximum run decks from 8 to 20.
• Backdoor data flag to limit design-to loads. Now the 2-sigma design-to load for a component will not exceed the peak element load.

Improved composite laminate optimization process

• Unique GSS material selections are available for step 4 of the laminate optimization process. This allows for a separate overwrap materials to be added to the automatically generated discrete laminates.
• Improved CAD interface tab on project sizing form used to map the CAD zone definition to the HyperSizer component definition. This capability is specific to exporting laminate specs to FiberSIM and Catia.
• The laminate sequencing can now be performed using the manufacturing process ID. Two orthotropic materials in the database may be assigned the same manufacturing process ID which will prompt HyperSizer to the material systems as if they are a single ply or manufacturing layer on the tool surface. This is useful for materials that may have reduced properties based manufacturing methods, but are the same physical ply during layup fabrication.
• Laminate sequencing step now returns multiple sequenced designs using the lightest weight laminates for each component.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed std. deviation calculation and added backdoor data flag to switch between new formulation and original formulation. Default in shipped database template is the new formulation.
• Fixed PIN flags for CBAR element cards with non-specified continuation line. The PIN flags are stored in the database and written to the .cl1 file after a HyperSizer analysis.

Major New Capabilities

• Laminate optimization for manufacturability
• Abaqus FEA Integration
• Compression and shear postbuckling analysis methods
• Bolted Joint Analysis Form and CBUSH element import
• New panel concepts, PRSEUS, reinforced core sandwich
• Integrated test database
• Automatic sizing zone definition
• Integrated Help System

Minor New Capabilities

• Additional methods documentation available with install and online
• Improved test data display
• Additional composite failure theories available on laminate analysis form
• Many new graphics functions such as auto creation of plydrop joints, auto creation of FEM joints and auto computing buckling spans.
• Improved element/component picking features while interactively creating components, groups and assemblies.
• Added recent database list under file drop down menu.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed errors when analyzing sandwich panels with linked facesheets. When facesheets were linked (thickness and material) for a sandwich panel the bottom facesheet would return a component thickness result = 0. This caused problems when analyzing the bottom facesheet from the object loads tab.
• NASA SP-8007 method deactivated for flat panels
• Fixed the superimposed local pressure capability for orthogrd and isogrid panels

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