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BeamSection Changelog

What's new in BeamSection 2.8.8760

Mar 19, 2024
  • Import GDSII files and display in the project tree and 3D graphics window.
  • Allow users to choose the layer of selection in 3D geometry picking.
  • Enable ruler to show the micro and nano meter markers to better support micro shapes.
  • Add new 3D EM features: Eigenmode, Transient, and Driven analyses.
  • Include EM solver Palace, and all dependencies, MFEM, GSLib, libCEED, libXSMM, ARPACK-NG, etc. Built Palace on Windows operation system. Set the Palace as the default EM solver. Remove FemSolver1.
  • MatEditor
  • Add a new unit system: Metric (kg, mm, ns, A, N, V).
  • Add new material properties: Material Axes.
  • Add new materials: Sapphire.
  • Upgrade Linux version version to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, upgrade compiler to GCC11.
  • Upgrade Intel Fortran Compiler and MKL to 2024.0.
  • Upgrade HYPRE from 2.25 to 2.30.
  • Enhancement and improvement.

New in BeamSection 2.6.8197 (Apr 7, 2023)

  • Generate solver scripts and associated mesh files for Palace. Support boundary conditions: PEC, PMC, Absorbing, Conductivity, Impedance, LumpedPort, WavePort, SurfaceCurrent, Ground, ZeroCharge. Support material properties: Permeability, Permittivity, LossTan, Conductivity. Support solver settings: Electrostatic, Magnetostatic, Eigenmode, Driven, Transient, Linear. Support mesh formats: Gmsh, MFEM, VTK, Vtu, Nastran.
  • Export mesh files in Gmsh and Nastran formats.
  • Support rigid body condition for the OpenRadioss solver.
  • Support spring boundary condition for the structural analysis.
  • Check geometries before meshing implementation.
  • Add the ”Open Recent“ feature to the File menu.
  • Directory persistence for tabular data import and export.
  • Introduce nlohmann/json third-party library.
  • Upgrade MFEM to 4.5 from 4.4, Hypre to 2.25 from 2.12, and FrontISTR to 5.5 from 5.3.
  • Enhancement and optimization