Solver Enhancements

Enhancements have been implemented to improve the performance of analysis solvers.

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Bubble Nucleation model
Microcellular injection molding for models with 3D meshes
The Microcellular injection molding simulation, which has been available for models with Midplane and Dual Domain meshes, has been extended to include models with 3D mesh types.
Improvements to Microcellular molding simulations for Dual Domain and Midplane models
As a natural progression resulting from the development of microcellular molding simulations for 3D models, and the introduction of the bubble nucleation model, the workflow for dual domain and midplane models has been improved, to ensure consistency for all mesh types.
3D Automatic injection time
Improvements have been made to the Automatic injection time calculation for 3D analyses.
Packing time step size control
Legacy overmolding tetrahedral element type is no longer supported
After supporting, for several years, two workflows for preparing an overmolding analysis, the historical workflow has been obsoleted in this release.
Change materials with StudyMod
The material within a study can now be changed when running a StudyMod script.
Valve gate control by ram position for 3D flow
Valve gates can be triggered a number of ways. Valve gate control by Ram Position has been activated for 3D models starting with this release.
Do not exceed maximum clamp force implemented for 3D solver
3D fiber accuracy improvements
Improvements have been made to the 3D fiber capabilities.
Large file support for DOE and Parametric Study
In DOE and parametric study analyses, there is an option to Keep result files in the Options tab of the Builder. For very large studies, this has occasionally resulted in problems when the resulting *.od4 file was too large for the unzip utility.