ANSYS Products 2021 R1

Ansys 2021 R1: Multiphase Model Transitions Update
Ansys Fluent provides the widest range of multiphase models to accurately simulate your toughest challenges. Learn about recent innovations, including:
- Transition between Thin Film Models (Lagrangian Wall Film as well as Eulerian Wall Film) to VOF resolved separated flows
- Transition between Lagrangian droplet flows to VOF resolved separated flows whenever a droplet is impinging a free surface or generated from a free surface
- Enhancements related to Lagrangian droplet Interaction with thin film models

Ansys 2021 R1: Multiphase Volume Of Fluid (VOF) and Regime Transition Update
Ansys Fluent provides the widest range of multiphase models to accurately simulate your toughest challenges. Learn about recent innovations, including:
- A VOF multiphase model that delivers robust free surface flow simulations with enhanced user experience, unique pressure discretization numerics, automated solution stabilization and solution acceleration techniques.
- Eulerian Multi-Fluid VOF, AlAD (Algebraic Interfacial Area Density) and GenTOP (GENeralized TwO Phase) Models provide the key ingredients to systemically model mixed flow regimes and regime transitions in gas–liquid systems and gas–liquid flows. These flows often involve transient patterns, such as slug flow, annular flow, etc. These conditions often occur when more than one flow topology — droplet, bubbly or separated flows — exists, requiring unique special Eulerian Closure Modeling Techniques, sophisticated interface capturing methods and smart regime transition detection algorithms

Ansys 2021 R1 Update: Listen to Your Aeroacoustics Simulations
Last newest release Ansys Fluent 2021 R1 connected with VRXPERIENCE Sound. This cutting-edge new feature delivers an improved acoustic environment by combining VRXPERIENCE Sound with Ansys Fluent to deliver state-of-the-art aeroacoustic simulations. Harnessing this powerful connection enables Fluent users to listen to their simulations. Additionally, how Fluent aeroacoustics calculations help engineers simulate sounds of fans, HVAC systems and wind noise. Use VRXPERIENCE Sound to listen to your Fluent simulations and optimize your sound quality with spectral and time-frequency analysis, acoustic indicators and psychoacoustics criteria like articulation index, dBA, sharpness, loudness and tonality. The simulation of sound can also take into account the Frequency Response Function (FRF-TPA) from source to receiver.

Ansys 2021 R1: Chemkin Enterprise Update
The latest release Ansys 2021 R1’s of Chemkin Enterprise products, added new features and improvements for Ansys Chemkin-Pro, Ansys Forte, Ansys Energico and Ansys Model Fuel Library.
- Discover how Chemkin-Pro increases productivity by running large parameter studies and performing optimization through Ansys Workbench.
- Learn about expanded support for many internal combustion engine models including the opposed-piston engine.
- Understand how you can simulate valve motions with the new fluid-structure interaction (FSI) models in Ansys Forte and perform automatic meshing.
- Explore how to validate your spray pattern by comparing simulation results to experimental data.

Ansys 2021 R1: LS-DYNA and Ansys Motion Update
In Ansys 2021 R1, Ansys LS-DYNA and Ansys Motion offer advanced implicit, explicit and multibody dynamics solvers, improved workflows and more:
- LS-DYNA has new solver capabilities and continues to be integrated into Ansys Mechanical. These Mechanical integration updates include a new unit system, solver upgrade, solver version selector, ECAD trace mapping and many more.
- Similarly, Motion has been further integrated into Mechanical. It also features exciting new enhancements to its multi-body dynamics solver.

Ansys 2021 R1: Ansys Additive Solutions Update
The updates to Ansys Additive solution in the latest release, includes new 2D microstructure capabilities in Ansys Additive Science, enhancements like stair-step analysis in Additive Prep, new OEM Support in Additive Print, automated calibration using the Additive wizard in Ansys Workbench Additive and much more.

Ansys 2021 R1 Update: What's New in Ansys optiSLang
Discover the enhancements in Ansys optiSLang in our latest release, Ansys 2021 R1, including a new scheduler submit function in Ansys Electronics Desktop, better control and monitoring of the workflow through the new status overview function, and easy web-app building and publishing in Ansys Minerva.
- Better connection to CAx tools: Ansys optiSLang improves process integration by supporting the scheduler submit function in Ansys Electronics Desktop and Ansys HPC licensing.
- More efficient monitoring and workflow control: Better control and monitoring of the workflow through the new status overview function. Easy web-app building and publishing in Ansys Minerva integration allows enterprise-wide application of PIDO simulation workflows.
- Better product in less time: Benefit from more efficient algorithms as the reworked nature-inspired optimizers and Adaptive MOP now support single- and multi-objective optimization.

Ansys 2021 R1: Overset Meshing Update
Last release Ansys 2021 R1 introduction the major enhancements in Ansys Fluent for Overset meshing methods, including:
- A new streamlined meshing workflow that accelerates the pre-processing time by orders of magnitude.
- A way to create the Overset meshes in a single meshing session, automatically refine mesh near overlap regions and utilize body of influence for volume refinement.
- A method for identifying orphans directly in the meshing workflow to allow immediate mesh size changes.
- The capability to combine dynamic mesh adaption and solution adaption with Overset meshing method.
- Solver improvements that generate 20-30% performance gains over previous releases.

Ansys 2021 R1: What’s New in Ansys Icepak — Mechanical Thermal Solution
New Ansys Mechanical design type — the Mechanical Thermal solution — now available inside Ansys Electronics Desktop (AEDT) This solution streamlines the workflow linking electromagnetic designs from Ansys HFSS, Ansys Maxwell and Ansys Q3D Extractor for quick thermal insight.

Ansys Twin Builder 2021 R1: Latest Innovations
This Ansys 2021 R1’s newest release of Ansys Twin Builder helps build, validate and deploy complete systems simulations and digital twins for predictive maintenance. Additionally, added highlight Twin Builder’s many new features, such as Ansys Twin Deployer, that significantly reduce deployment time by performing validation and verification on digital twins and helps deploy twins on the cloud, edge or offline.
- Discover how to quickly import data and twins for validation and verification.
- Learn how to write Python blocks for pre-/post-processing.
- Understand visualizing and how to explore simulation result with plots.
- Explore how you can easily cross-compile on Linux machine with Twin Deployer.
- Receive expert insights on exporting python-based sample code for deployment.
- Discover how to export DTDL json for Microsoft Azure Digital Twin deployment

Ansys 2021 R1: Ansys System Coupling Update
Complex product interactions often require high-fidelity multiphysics simulations for in-depth understanding.
- Extensions for electro-thermal simulations such as transient excitation and motion
- Advancements for FSI that improve robustness, especially for cases like valves
- Numerics, stabilization and workflow advancements that benefit all users

Ansys 2021 R1: Ansys medini analyze Updates
In Ansys 2021 R1, Ansys medini analyze dramatically decreases analysis efforts with efficient application of safety, reliability and cybersecurity engineering methods.
Preview the latest medini analyze advancements in Ansys 2021 R1, including:
- The FTA Heatmap for a unique way to determine critical paths that lead to system failure. Analysts can visualize single and multi-point faults and trace them throughout design models.
- Faster delivery of safe and secure systems. By combining safety and cybersecurity analysis in one project, analysts can now connect cyber threats to potential safety hazards.
- System weakness analysis to better identify and address limitations of the system elements and their triggering conditions, so teams can satisfy Safety of the Intended Functionality (SOTIF) standard requirements.
- Streamlined chip design import to enable functional safety analysis of the entire electronics architecture — including down to the chip level.

Ansys Motor-CAD 2021 R1: Multiphysics Electric Motor Design and Optimization
The latest release Ansys Motor-CAD in Ansys 2021 R1 added many new capabilities for multiphysics electric motor design, for design optimization, multiphysics analysis and system modeling for electric motors.
New features include:
- Ratio-based parametric templates for comprehensive optimization and design space exploration.
- Force analysis provides detailed insight into the excitation force data in both the time and frequency domain, enabling designers to minimize noise and vibration from the early design phase.
- Generator analysis curves rapidly simulate accurate characteristics over a range of frequency, power factor and impedance values.
- Extended multiphysics FMU system modeling and electro-thermal coupled drive cycle analysis for induction and synchronous wound field machines.
- Enhanced couplings to Ansys Maxwell, with support for non-template geometries, help create efficiency maps and execute drive cycle analyses.

Ansys 2021 R1 Update: EMA3D Cable Faster EMC Solving for Large Systems
Ansys EMA3D Cable is a robust, platform-level electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) cable modeling solution for overcoming EMC design issues in aircraft, automobiles, electronics systems and industrial platforms.
New features in EMA3D Cable help you hurdle safety-critical electromagnetic interference (EMI) challenges, including high-intensity radiated fields (HIRF), lightning strikes, crosstalk, radiated emissions and conducted susceptibility.
- Discover how to import near fields from Ansys HFSS into EMA3D Cable
- Learn more about the KBL harness import feature that streamlines cable harness design
- Discover the S-parameter export feature that extracts all the cables/platform electromagnetic effects for consumption by other tools
- Understand how to design customized twisted cable bundles and their impact on EMC performance
- Discover how the new seams/joints boundary condition can improve the accuracy and accelerate simulations

Ansys 2021 R1: Embedded Software Solutions for Automotive
While automotive technologies span a range of functions, from detecting physical objects to staying on course, they all depend on millions of lines of embedded software code for their safe, reliable operation. Software forms the backbone of the complex perception, planning and execution functionality that underlies these systems. To ensure safe operation and comply with ISO 26262 up to ASIL D, automotive engineering teams need to develop embedded software code that executes the required safety functionality flawlessly.
From designing control systems to automatic ISO 26262-certified code generation and AUTOSAR compliance, Ansys SCADE solutions provide an efficient, model-based process for designing and verifying software at the earliest stages — so safe, reliable operation is built in.
The latest SCADE release in Ansys 2021 R1 you can integrate these features to substantially advance your embedded software development projects.

Ansys 2021 R1: What’s New in Ansys Cloud
Learn about the latest innovations in Ansys Cloud in our most recent release, Ansys 2021 R1, including new hardware HPC configurations having up to 960 cores, interactive sessions with a supporting Nvidia GPU and new in-browser interactive access.
Ansys Cloud increases simulation throughput by removing hardware barriers. A cloud service that is easily accessible directly from Ansys desktop applications, Ansys Cloud offers a secure, scalable and cost-effective approach to HPC in the cloud.
- Delivering more power with new hardware HPC configurations having up to 960 cores and interactive sessions with a supporting Nvidia GPU.
- Driving more flexibility with the new in-browser interactive access. You loved using Ansys Cloud in 2020 with our flagship solvers; you'll love it even more now!
- Adding more physics than ever before in 2021 with Ansys CFX, Ansys LS-DYNA, Ansys Discovery, Ansys SPEOS, Ansys VRXPERIENCE and much more to come

Ansys 2021 R1: Fluent Simulation Reports
Ansys Fluent 2021 R1 simulation reports make it possible for you to summarize and share the setup and results of your simulations. Key aspects of your simulation are compiled from your project settings and can be exported in either HTML or PDF formats. Reports can be customized to suit your specific needs.

Ansys 2021 R1: What’s New in Ansys SPEOS Latest Advances
This new version accelerates innovation with improved workflows, innovative features and new capabilities, including the ability to:
- Increase the reliability of your ADAS and AV simulations by taking optical sensors to a new level of realism with scanning and rotating lidar models.
- Maximize lidar detection capabilities with smarter algorithms thanks to raw time of flight signal analysis.
- Accelerate optical simulation time and get results up to 60X time faster using Ansys Cloud. Access SPEOS from the Cloud Desktop, and combine your optical simulations with other Ansys solutions, such as Ansys Mechanical, Ansys Fluent and Ansys optiSLang, for streamlined and comprehensive simulation results.
- Increase productivity with new automation capabilities, providing complete access to all SPEOS parameters. Automate repetitive tasks and perform advanced analysis intuitively. Benefit from recording functions and autocompletion capabilities, making scripting easy even for non-experts.

Ansys 2021 R1: What’s New For Granta Selector
Selector is a powerful, versatile software solution that uses a combination of comprehensive materials data and visualization, solving and estimation tools to help you select the right material for the right job.
New features include the ability to select several new materials simultaneously and rapidly assess and compare their benefits and drawbacks to find the best candidates for key applications.
Integration of Selector into other Ansys products is improved, with a smoother, more intuitive workflow. You can quickly find alternative materials and export simulation-ready data, helping you save time, cost and weight in your products.
Also the substantially new and improved data sets available in Selector, including new materials, new data attributes and new functional data.

Ansys 2021 R1 Update: What's New in Ansys SpaceClaim
In latest Ansys SpaceClaim 2021 R1 introduction enhanced features for design modeling and model prep for simulation, highlight capabilities such as a new deviation probing tool that helps you make precise measurements when comparing two models. Additionally, added enhanced model visualization and showcase faster, more robust midsurfacing capabilities

Ansys 2021 R1: Ansys SPEOS Latest Advances
Discover the advances in Ansys SPEOS included in the latest release to increase the reliability of ADAS and AV simulations, maximize lidar detection capabilities, accelerate optical simulation time using Ansys Cloud and increase productivity through automated functions.
This new version accelerates innovation with improved workflows, innovative features and new capabilities, including the ability to:
- Increase the reliability of your ADAS and AV simulations by taking optical sensors to a new level of realism with scanning and rotating lidar models.
- Maximize lidar detection capabilities with smarter algorithms thanks to raw time of flight signal analysis.
- Accelerate optical simulation time and get results up to 60X time faster using Ansys Cloud. Access SPEOS from the Cloud Desktop, and combine your optical simulations with other Ansys solutions, such as Ansys Mechanical, Ansys Fluent and Ansys optiSLang, for streamlined and comprehensive simulation results.
- Increase productivity with new automation capabilities, providing complete access to all SPEOS parameters. Automate repetitive tasks and perform advanced analysis intuitively. Benefit from recording functions and autocompletion capabilities, making scripting easy even for non-experts.

Ansys 2021 R1: Signal and Power Integrity Update
Ansys 2021 R1 introduces significant simulation improvements for electronic printed circuit boards and IC packages. Ansys SIwave has several new features, including a DDR Wizard for automated PCB design, support for the Ansys Granta material library and differential net time domain crosstalk scan. Ansys Prime meshing is now available in Ansys Q3D to improve accuracy and convergence on CG solutions. And we are introducing the breakthrough Ansys HFSS Mesh Fusion technology in 3D Layout.
- A new wizard that automates workflow to improve setup time and schematic generation required for PCB designs with DDR
- Added support in SIwave for differential net time domain crosstalk scan
- Granta material library support in SIwave
- Commercial release of Ansys Prime meshing in Q3D for improved accuracy and convergence
- Tighter integration of Network Data Explorer in Ansys Electronics Desktop
- The introduction of HFSS Mesh Fusion in 3D Layout
- Support for encrypted HFSS 3D Components in 3D Layout
- Q3D DCR with 3D Components in Layout

Ansys Maxwell in Ansys 2021 R1: More Detailed Simulation for Electric Drive Applications
Learn about new features in Ansys Maxwell, including a cyclic repeatability simulation technique for electric motor applications, a method to output transient electromagnetic forces from Maxwell into Ansys Motion, and a transient solver with multi-terminal conductor support on a single conduction path
New features include:
- A cyclic repeatability simulation technique for electric motor applications. The analysis has been improved by efficiently solving just a slice of the motor, employing non-planar boundary conditions, using a symmetric mesh and replicating results to the full model.
- A method to output transient electromagnetic forces from Maxwell into Ansys Motion. This extends electromagnetic interaction to rigid body dynamics to enhance the overall noise-vibration solution.
- A Maxwell transient solver with multi-terminal conductor support on a single conduction path. A typical application is simulation design of power busbar topologies with multiple terminals and mixed-type excitations.
- State-of-the-art reduced-order modeling (ROM) and parameter identification capabilities. The enhancements ensure good performance of a poly-phase induction machine drive and accurate performance prediction.
- A materials database for simulation with 1,936 materials spread from 93 producers.

Ansys HFSS 2021 R1: Redefining What’s Possible with Mesh Fusion
Ansys HFSS 2021 R1 introduces a groundbreaking Mesh Fusion technology that empowers engineers to solve much larger designs than ever before thought possible with the gold standard accuracy of Ansys HFSS. This cutting-edge technology solves the most challenging large and complex designs such as system-level EMI/EMC, antenna on platform, IC on package or any other complex EM system.
No longer will engineers need to compromise accuracy by using a “divide and conquer” scheme, which involves splitting a model’s geometry up into multiple regions and then stitching together different results to perform system EM simulation. Instead, Mesh Fusion breaks down previous meshing barriers by allowing the best meshing technology to be applied at the component level. Following that, a breakthrough, uncompromised solver technology extracts a fully coupled, full-wave electromagnetic matrix.

Ansys 2021 R1: What’s New for Granta MI
Ansys 2021 R1 pushes the envelope of Ansys Granta MI’s open ecosystem as a true enabler of digital transformation through enhanced materials management. Advances include an enhanced user interface, new ways of scaling the product in enterprise deployments and the latest updates in materials data.

Ansys 2021 R1 Update: What's New in VRXPERIENCE
With Ansys 2021 R1, Ansys VRXPERIENCE continues to accelerate development of safe autonomous driving by introducing major features with key partners for OEMs & automotive suppliers:
- Ansys and NI came together to solve ADAS/AD HIL validation: ADAS engineers can now easily progress from virtual simulation to hardware- and vehicle-in-the-loop simulation thanks to a streamlined development process.
- With the Ansys VRXPERIENCE Autonomous Vehicles virtual test solution in Microzoft Azure through Ansys Cloud, you can test drive millions of virtual miles across countless scenarios in an expedient manner.
- A new physics-based GPU radar add-on based on Ansys HFSS SBR+ and real-time, closed-loop simulation in Ansys VRXPERIENCE allows you to simulate advanced edge case scenarios.
- VRXPERIENCE now has an easy-to-use data preparation tool for the creation of custom, physics-enhanced simulation assets. Prepare your own tracks and assets library for physics-based sensor simulation with true-to-life rendering.

Ansys 2021 R1 Update: What's New in VRXPERIENCE Sound
Last release Ansys VRXPERIENCE Sound in Ansys 2021 R1 introduction an enhanced acoustic experience focused on sound design for electric vehicles (EVs) with ASDforEV. We will also provide a detailed look at how 2021 R1 unites VRXPERIENCE Sound with Ansys Fluent to take aeroacoustic simulations to the next level.
New features include:
- Active Sound Design for Electric Vehicles with ASDforEV
- Capacity to listen to your fluids simulations thanks to the connection with Ansys Fluent simulations
- Ability to combine sound recording measurements and acoustic simulation results, thanks to Sound Composer.

Ansys 2021 R1: Ansys Mechanical Update
For Ansys Mechanical in Ansys 2021 R1 our experts have developed groundbreaking new features including the ability to create fluid networks using the new line body creation tool, record and debug scripts, and use a short fibers workflow to fill the gap between injection molding and structural simulation.
In Ansys 2021 R1, Ansys Mechanical continues to deliver features that enable faster simulations, easier workflows, journaling and scripting as well as product integrations that offer additional solver capabilities.
- Creating fluid networks using the new line body creation tool
- Recording and debugging scripts
- Short fibers workflow that fills the gap between injection molding and structural simulation
- And much more….

Ansys 2021 R1: Electronics Reliability Update
Last release added groundbreaking Electronics Reliability workflow solutions in Ansys 2021 R1 that will help you streamline an integrated workflow with Ansys tools and improve and optimize product reliability.
With electronic components being used in harsher and more remote environments than ever before, predicting product operating lifetimes and potential failure risks is more critical than ever — particularly for industries like aerospace, defense and automotive where electronics reliability is not only vital, it saves lives.
For Ansys 2021 R1, our reliability experts have developed groundbreaking Electronics Reliability workflow solutions that will help you streamline an integrated workflow with Ansys tools and improve and optimize product reliability.
- Added the integration of Ansys Sherlock within Ansys Workbench via a new Component System/Plug-In
- The introduction of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for Ansys Sherlock that allow for the automation of key workflows and tasks
- Improved meshing algorithms within Ansys Sherlock for higher quality, efficient meshes
- Enhancements to the popular Trace Mapping feature in Ansys Mechanical
- Improvements to the Reinforcement Element workflow in Ansys Sherlock and Mechanical first introduced in Ansys 2020 R2
- And more…..

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