Compatibility

This page identifies the features of Helius PFA supported for each FEA tool and each material system. It also identifies which features and settings can be used together.

Platform Compatibility

		ANSYS	Autodesk Inventor Nastran
Settings	Units	X	X
Settings	Fiber Direction	X	X
Flags	PFA	X	X
	Shear NL	X	X
	NLE Fiber	X	X
	Pressure Strengthening	X	X
	Temperature Dependence	X
	Cure Stress	X
Damage Initiation Criteria	MCT	X	X
	User	X	X
	Auxiliary	X	X
Damage Evolution Criteria	Discrete (Instantaneous)	X	X
	EBD	X	X
	User		X
Analysis Features	Progressive Fatigue	X
Solve	Windows	X	X
Materials	Unidirectional	X	X
	Woven	X	X
	Cohesive	X

Material Compatibility

		Unidirectional	Woven
Settings	Units	X	X
Settings	Fiber Direction	X	X
Flags	PFA	X	X
	Shear NL	X	X
	NLE Fiber	X
	Pressure Strengthening	X
	Temperature Dependence	X
	Cure Stress	X
Damage Initiation Criteria	MCT	X	X
	User	X	X
	Max Stress	X	X
	Max Strain	X	X
	Tsai-Hill	X
	Tsai-Wu	X
	Christensen	X
	Hashin	X
	Puck	X
	LaRC02	X
Damage Evolution Criteria	Discrete (Instantaneous)	X	X
	EBD	X
	User	X	X
Analysis Features	Progressive Fatigue	X	X

		Cohesive
Damage Initiation Criteria	Max Traction	X
Damage Initiation Criteria	Quadratic Traction	X
Damage Evolution Criteria	Displacement	X
	EBD	X
	EBD - Mixed Mode, Power Law	X

Feature Compatibility

		Flags
		PFA	Shear NL	NLE Fiber	Pressure Strengthening	Temperature Dependence	Cure Stress
Flags	PFA	N/A	X	X	X	X	X
	Shear NL	X	N/A		X		X
	NLE Fiber	X		N/A	X
	Pressure Strengthening	X	X	X	N/A		X
	Temperature Dependence	X				N/A	X
	Cure Stress	X	X		X	X	N/A
Damage Initiation Criteria	MCT	X	X	X	X	X	X
	User	X		X		X	X
	Auxiliary	X		X		X	X
Damage Evolution Criteria	Discrete (Instantaneous)	X	X	X	X	X	X
	EBD	X	X		X		X
	User	X	X		X		X

Note: Any combination of Damage Initiation Criteria and Damage Evolution Criteria may be used together.