What's New in V2017.3 (January 2017)

New Features and Enhancements

Moldflow Insight 2017 R3 - Advanced Material Exchange is now compatible with Moldflow Insight 2017 R3.
Rupture - Advanced Material Exchange now disables rupture predictions by default. Disabling rupture still allows you to simulate the elastic-plastic behavior of your fiber-filled materials. When rupture is disabled, solution times are reduced because failure is not evaluated at every integration point. Rupture can be enabled in the Export Settings dialog.
Strength Reduction Factors - Weld surface strength reduction factors can now be applied on a part-by-part basis, as opposed to the entire assembly.
Element Support - Advanced Material Exchange now supports C3D8S, C3D8HS, C3D5, and C3D5H elements from Abaqus.
Splitting Criterion - Helius PFA includes a new splitting criterion to control element deletion of continuous fiber composites. Refer to the Element Deletion topic for more information about using this feature.
Moisture Content - Helius PFA now allows you to define a unique moisture content for each step of the analysis. Refer to the Moisture Content topic for more information about using this feature.

Review the ReadMe for more information about what is included in Helius PFA 2017.3.

Helius PFA supports the following platforms:

* Customers have had success using SLES 11.

Refer to the System Requirements for a list of specific FEA versions supported by Helius PFA.

Advanced Material Exchange supports the following platforms:

* Customers have had success using SLES 11.

Note: The Advanced Material Exchange user interface is only supported on Windows. Both Windows and Linux can be used to run the analysis.

Refer to the Working with Moldflow and Working with Abaqus and ANSYS topics for a complete list of requirements, including supported elements.