Readme - Service Pack 2

July 15, 2014

Release Notes - Readme file for Autodesk® Simulation CFD 2015 and Autodesk® Simulation CFD 360 2015 - Service Pack 2.

Autodesk, Inc.

Contents

• Installation Requirements
• Installation Instructions
• Issues Addressed in the Service Pack
• Legal Notice

Installation Requirements

To use this service pack, Simulation CFD 2015 must already be installed on the system. This service pack installs over the existing Simulation CFD installation.

• Autodesk® Simulation CFD supports the following operating systems:
  • Windows 8 and 8.1 Enterprise x64
  • Windows® 7 Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate (SP0 or SP1 for x64)
  • HPC operating systems (Solver only): Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012. (Not applicable to Simulation CFD 2015 360)
    Note: Windows Server 2008 is not supported. Simulation CFD 2015 is verified to neither install nor operate on Windows Server 2008.
• Verify that you have administrator privileges on your local machine to install Autodesk® Simulation CFD 2015.

Installation Instructions

Use the Autodesk® Application Manager to install available service packs.

Alternatively, you can download Autodesk® Simulation CFD 2015 Service Pack 2 here . To install the service pack:

1. Log in to the computer using an account with Administrator privileges.
2. Exit any Autodesk® programs, as well as other CAD programs, that are currently running.
3. Navigate to the service pack file, right click on it, and select Run as Administrator.
4. On the dialog box that states that CFD 2015 Server is running, you can click Ignore and reboot after the installation is complete. (Not applicable to Simulation CFD 2015 360)
   Note: To avoid the reboot warning dialog, cancel and exit the install. On the Start menu, click Autodesk Simulation CFD 2015Simulation CFD 2015 Server Manager and select Stop. Begin the installation process again and, when complete, return to the server manager dialog and click Start to restart the server.

Note: When the installation is complete, the version number displayed in the About dialog is 15.2.

Note: If you uninstall the service pack, it will no longer show as available for reinstallation through the Autodesk® Application Manager. Use the alternative install procedure to reinstall the service pack without using the Application Manager.

If you should need to uninstall the service pack perform the following steps:

1. Verify that Autodesk® Simulation CFD is not running.
2. Open the Control Panel (Start > Control Panel).
3. Select Programs > Programs and Features.
4. Click on View installed updates in the menu column on the left.
5. Select Autodesk Simulation CFD 2015 SP2. Note that the Version number of the service pack is 15.2.
6. Click Uninstall/Change to uninstall the service pack.

Issues Addressed in the Service Pack

• Rotating speed for flow-driven rotating region model became constant after stopping and then continuing the simulation.
• Use of Check Valve material provides incorrect results under certain simulation conditions.
• Solver exits before completion of simulation when using the Free Motion model.
• To use a borrowed license, UI must be closed and reopened to make solver license available.
• Heat sink material prone to extremes in both high and low temperatures not physically representative of a real world heat sink.
• Axisymmetric wall force results are incorrect.
• Report Generator failed for certain analysis conditions.
• Error message when attempting to update Catia part.
• Use of Advection Schemes ADV2, ADV4, and ADV5 can produce inaccurate results for analyses with DR shells. Added message recommending the use ADV1 under such conditions.
• Remote solver does not return results for large model after iteration 1.
• Reciprocity calculation stops early for 2D axisymmetric heat transfer simulation with radiation.
• Resistance material operating point is not listed in the summary file.
• Summary part information in Decision Center incorrect for resistance materials.
• Incorrect error message displayed for heat exchanger defined with a high heat capacity value.
• Thermoelectric material does not include an offset of tavg-23 when calculating the Seebeck coefficient, thermal conductivity, and electric resistivity.
• Client start up extremely slow if large number of Autodesk plug-ins installed.
• Suppressing a surface part/material on the design study bar causes a crash. Removed option to suppress non-2D geometry when editing materials.
• Only the last time step is transferred to the FEA load set when using the load_xfer_all_res flag.
• Apply when launch check boxes in Rule Manager do not remain in correct state after reopening the dialog box.

Legal Notice

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Thank You

We thank you for your business, and encourage you to use Autodesk® Simulation CFD to its fullest. Your feedback is important, and we greatly appreciate your input and feedback about the product.

Respectfully,

Autodesk® Simulation CFD Team