Thickness calculation is a function performed for Dual Domain meshes. Prior to this release, the thickness calculation of a model was not part of the meshing process, but was one of the first tasks undertaken when running the analysis.
Performing the thickness calculation at the beginning of each analysis has the potential to cause conflicts with parallelization. It also means that the same calculation is repeated for every iteration of a DOE.
In this release, the thickness calculation is performed at the end of the meshing process, by default, and stored in the Study File. The thickness data can then be accessed by the program, as required. If you prefer to have the thickness calculation performed as part of the analysis, deselect the Calculate thickness for Dual Domain option, which can be found on the Generate Mesh tools tab when the model is prepared for meshing.
While this option increases the meshing time, the overall analysis time is unaffected.