Simufact Forming 16.0 Whats New en PDF

Version 16.
What’s new?
Hamburg, June 14th 2019
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Simulating manufacturing - the manufacturing division of
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Sheet Metal Mechanical Electron

Cold Forming Hot Forging Powder Bed Fusion Arc Welding Laser Beam
Forming Joining Beam
Part of
Open Die Heat Resistance
Rolling Ring Rolling Brazing Stress Relief Metal Deposition
Forging Treatment Spot Welding
◆ Supporting the optimization of metal-based manufacturing processes

◆ Manufacturing oriented process simulation
◆ Special adapted SF-MARC non-linear finite element solver technology based on MSC MARC
◆ Special adapted SF-Dytran finite volume solver technology based on MSC Dytran
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Highlights of Simufact Forming 16.0
Improved process setup

◆ Import and merge processes
◆ Geometry check
◆ Improved result evaluation
◆ Shape comparison
◆ „Thin out project“ option
◆ Modernization of Simufact Forming GUI
◆ Significantly improved tetmeshing Implemented development tasks 750
◆ Data exchange (UNV import/export)

Highlights of Simufact Forming 16.0
◆ New GUI rendering engine
▪ Improved Windows remote desktop support
▪ Improved higher-contrast lighting and shadowing effects
◆ 64-bit Simufact Forming GUI

New features in Forming
16.0
Improved process setup

▪ Import and merging of processes
▪ Geometry check
▪ New positioning options
▪ More clipping options
▪ Expand 3D sector
▪ Updated CAD import
▪ Revised STL import

Import and merging of processes
Result import from other processes
◆ Faster and more user-friendly result exchange within Simufact products.
◆ Result geometries can be imported from any Forming, Welding, or Additive projects.
◆ Projects can be selected via their project files/folders.
◆ Individual components for import can be selected.
◆ All deformable bodies are preselected during import by default.

1. Option: Import result (steps) from Simufact products (Forming, Welding, Additive)
◆ Clear, simple, user-friendly way to

import results from other Simufact
products.
◆ Previous options under „File“ are no

longer available.

2. Option: Import processes from other Simufact Forming projects
• with or without results (entire process is imported)
◆ Clear, simple, comprehensible and

user-friendly way to import
processes with/without results from
other Forming projects.

New option ‘Attach results’ while importing result geometries
◆ Enables the user to import result objects

independently of their parent process
results, so the imported object can still be
used even if the parent process or its
results are deleted.

Geometry check
◆ Fast and easy control (one-click check)

of imported geometrical data.
◆ Distinct transparent display of detected

errors which could lead to other errors
during meshing or simulation.
◆ Precise and comprehensible

information documented in info sheet
→ CheckGeometry.

Geometry check
◆ Detected geometrical errors are:
▪ Open edges (holes)
▪ Self-intersections
▪ Ambiguous faces
▪ Degenerated faces
▪ Extreme angles between faces
▪ Small "steps" or (probably) unintended

features
▪ Duplicated faces
▪ Very small faces

Positioning
◆ Easier and faster positioning by multi-selection
▪ Multiple bodies can be selected by holding

the CTRL key and clicking the left mouse
button in positioning mode.
▪ All translations and rotations will be applied

to all selected bodies.

Positioning
▪ Definition of user-defined rotation points

via node selection.
▪ For a more precise definition, nodes can

be picked from the view as user-defined
rotation center.
▪ A button allows to switch between free

picking and node picking.
▪ Transparent representation of the

selected rotation point in the display.

Positioning
▪ For the contact positioner, the direction of arrows

was switched for better usability.
▪ Added a "redo" functionality to the positioner

which saves positioning operations for reuse, so
that undone operations can be recalled without
recalculation using gravity and contact
positioners.
▪ The selected axis for translation and rotation is

highlighted in the display for better visibility.

Clipping plane functionalities
Further improvements in clipping plane functionalities
▪ New option: show only the outline of a component
▪ Clipping modes can be selected for easier post-processing.
▪ Available options:
• Half model
• Cut plane
• Cut outline


▪ The clipped geometries can be saved to the

object catalog and exported.
▪ Clipping planes can be saved to the object catalog and

reused via drag-and-drop in the model or result window.

◆ Clipping planes can be rotated around two axes (excluding the axis of the clipped plane) to get
more accurate insight into the model.

◆ New type of clipping plane definition between 2

points
▪ Clipping planes can be defined using two

points.
▪ Allows easier definition of clipping planes

outside of the global coordinate system.
▪ First point defines the location of the plane.
▪ Second point defines the normal direction of

the plane.

◆ Vectors (e.g. material flow vectors) in the clipped plane can be displayed now, so the
vectors can be evaluated in detail.

Expand 3D sector
◆ 3D results can be expanded to full models independently of the global axes.

Expand 3D sector
◆ 3D results can be expanded to full models independently of the global axes.
▪ Sectors can be expanded to full 360° models or to defined angles (e.g. 30° → 90°).
▪ The symmetry planes can be defined in the widget either via the input mask or by selecting the triangles of the
input geometry. In addition to the manual definition, the widget has an automatic mode (wizard) by which the
symmetry planes from the previous process are adopted. In addition, with an incompletely expanded geometry
(e.g. 30 ° → 90 °), the symmetry planes in the subsequent process can be set automatically.
▪ For errors due to inaccurate input geometries, the angular tolerances and the contact of the symmetry planes can
be adjusted in the expert settings.

Expand 3D sector
◆ 3D results can be expanded to full models

independently of the global axes.
▪ Restrictions:
➢ Rotation angle 360 ° can only be permitted with

integer even divisor (2, 4, 6 …).
➢ Option is not yet available for cyclic symmetry.
➢ Option is not yet available for stage controls.

CAD import
◆ CAD import was updated with CADFIX version 12.
◆ CADFIX version 12 enables more accurate generation of STL

data (discrete surfaces).
◆ The supported CAD formats are:

▪ CATIA V5 5-6R2018
▪ Creo WF3-5
▪ Inventor 2018
▪ NX 12
▪ Parasolid 30
▪ Solidworks 2018
▪ ACIS v28
▪ etc.
◆ CAD import and CAD preview were unified .
◆ CAD preview was renamed to CAD import.

CAD import
◆ Modernization of CAD import dialog box
▪ New CAD import filter
▪ New CAD import dialog (integrated

dialog)
◆ The following possibilities are available after

CAD import:
▪ Clipping planes
▪ Measuring
▪ Display mode
Import filter

CAD import
◆ Geometry can be repaired using the

option “collapse faces".
◆ New option: Min. facet length -

minimum facet length can be defined
directly as required.

STL Import
◆ Revised STL import (Geometry

→From file)
◆ New option: "Import as single body"

Several STL geometries can be
combined to a single geometry.

16.0
Result evaluation
▪ Shape comparison
▪ Thin out project
▪ Post-particles for deformable tools and additional
workpieces
▪ 2D post-particles
▪ Simplified particle tracking

Shape comparison
◆ Added “best fit” algorithm for easy shape comparison between the result shape and the original
geometry or some imported surface.

Thin out project
New „thin out project“ function
◆ Easy and quick way to archive projects

◆ Different result file options:
▪ remove only restart / prestate (.spr) files
▪ remove prestate (.spr) and result files
▪ remove all restart / prestate (.spr) files
◆ Additional process results options
◆ Status information and THS plot are retained.
Status information
THS plot

Result evaluation
◆ Symmetrical 3D results can be expanded to any desired angle using "Expand 3D sector".
Sector can be expanded to full scale

Simulated workpiece sector
model

Result evaluation
◆ Symmetrical 3D results can be expanded to any desired angle.
◆ The expansion angle and the component

types can be checked or defined in the
Settings → View → Result expansion

Result evaluation
◆ Post-particles for deformable tools and further workpieces
▪ Enables detailed evaluation and display of the result variables after the analysis.

Result evaluation
◆ Post-particles for 2D analysis:
Path Plot between two defined points with 10

intermediate points

Result evaluation
◆ Particles und post-particles can be selected

directly from the result window (two options):
▪ Start selecting: Individual particles or post-

particles can be selected directly from the
result window.
▪ Select all: All defined particles or post-

particles are added in the plot via one-click
(recommended for limited number of
particles).

Result evaluation
◆ Particle tracking support in the result query

window
• Post-particles are directly computed

from the query result points once
the simulation is complete.
• Post-particle results can be employed

as a path plot as well as a time-history
plot.

Result evaluation
Pathplot for displayed result step
◆ Particle tracking support in the result query window
▪ Path plot: Between selected particles or post-particles,

five intermediate points are automatically calculated by
default and displayed in the plot for the respective result
step in the animation (after the simulation).
▪ Number of intermediate points can be set to zero only if

the defined particles are to be displayed in the plot.
▪ By continuing the animation, the defined plot can be

updated very easily and refers back to the respective
result step.

Result evaluation
◆ Particle tracking support in the result query window
▪ Time-history plot: Selected particles or post-

particles are calculated for all calculation steps
and displayed automatically.

Result evaluation
◆ Particle diagrams can be combined in one plot.
Right mouse-click
Particles und post-

Particles Post-particles
particles

Result evaluation
◆ Time-history (THS) plot images can now be

saved in pre-defined or user-defined resolutions.
▪ Allows high-resolution THS plot images.
▪ Better differentiation between particles and

post-particles in the particle tracking plot.
▪ The names of the curves can be changed to

Right mouse-click
differentiate the curves better.

16.0
Modernization of Simufact Forming GUI

Modernization of the Forming GUI
◆ Our idea…
▪ Gradual modernization of the

Forming GUI.
▪ Short mouse paths, options

where they are needed.
▪ GUI reacts to different user

scenarios (model or result
view).
▪ Most functions/options can be

used from the context menu.

◆ Added visibility control and rendering settings control to view context menu, allowing separate
settings for every object.
◆ Reordered several context menu entries to be more user-friendly.
◆ Added "show only workpiece" to model and result view context menu (right mouse click on the
background).

◆ Added a new widget directly on the main display allowing a better control of angular views, model
orientation and synchronization (synchronization button is visible only if two windows are open).
▪ Easier and faster view control using the new camera toolbar containing all the main view functions.
▪ Camera toolbar also allows an easy and fast synchronization of multiple views.

◆ New dialog box style implemented.

◆ Decreased the number of buttons per dialog box.
▪ Removed "Apply" and "Reset" buttons from all dialog
boxes.
▪ Special dialog boxes now have a "Restore defaults"
button which resets the values to default values, e.g.
the meshing dialog.
▪ Buttons with special functions like "Create mesh" were
added to dialogs where needed.
▪ Avoids the usage of the "Apply" button for functions
like mesh generation.

Modernization of Forming GUI
Redesigned many "old" dialogs
◆ "Save project as" dialog when saving

projects (saving location must be set
immediately)
◆ Flowline and particle definition dialog

15.0 „Save as“
◆ Stage control, CAD preview, clipping,
“increase dies” dialog, restart dialog, “2D
cut” dialog (axisymmetric, planar)
◆ Improved design of "Save as" dialog

when exporting geometries
16.0 „Save as“

16.0
Boundary conditions

Boundary conditions
Complete rework of boundary condition options
◆ Boundary condition implementation of Forming 15.0

was completely removed and reworked for Forming
16.0.
◆ Functionalities in Forming 15.0 had been very limited:
▪ could only be applied to deformable dies,
▪ limited options (only surfaces/facets),
▪ meshing was only possible „directly on STL“.

Boundary conditions
◆ Mesh-related implementation started.
◆ Areas of application in Forming 16.0:
▪ fix displacements,
▪ apply force,
▪ hold nodes (→ reinforcement

calculation),
▪ overlap.

Boundary conditions
◆ Assignment of the defined boundary conditions

to workpieces or deformable dies:
◆ Selection of the nodes directly on the finite

element mesh:

Boundary conditions
◆ Selection methods are:
▪ single node,
▪ shortest path (shortest path between two

nodes is automatically selected, e.g. fast
node selection),
▪ plane (nodes on a plane can be selected

quickly and easily with a single mouse click).
◆ Nodes can be added or removed:

Boundary conditions
◆ Selection method „plane" has two
tolerance options:
▪ absolute difference (quick selection of

the nodes on the planar surface),
▪ relative difference (easy and quick

selection of nodes from curved
surfaces, e.g. inner diameter of a die).

Boundary conditions
Absolute difference – Selection of nodes from Relative difference – Selection of nodes from
a planar surface. a curved surface.

Boundary conditions
◆ Visualization of boundary conditions in the model view
◆ Fix displacement → Workpiece and deformable dies

can be fixed in space in different directions (x, y, z).
◆ Hold nodes → This option indicates that the incremental

displacement of the indicated nodes is to be neglected.
This allows you to apply a load or displacement on the
structure to generate a stress in the body without the
displacements changing (important for reinforcement
simulations).
Visualization in the model view
◆ Apply force → Loads can be applied in an increment.

Boundary conditions
Restrictions when using boundary conditions in Forming 16.0:
▪ Application possible only for analysis without remeshing during the simulation.
▪ Areas of application: dieload analysis, heat treatment, sheet metal forming
▪ Displacements and loads are applied in one increment (no gradual loading / no tables) -
limited value of the offsets / loads.
▪ Boundary conditions are active at every load case/substage.
▪ Restart option is restricted.
▪ No visualization of the boundary conditions in the result window.

16.0
Induction heating

Induction heating
◆ Usage of B-H hysteresis curves possible.
▪ Hysteresis curves can be defined in Simufact Material.
◆ Added result variables “effective magnetic permeability” and “relative magnetic permeability“.

16.0
General usability
▪ Enhanced Windows remote desktop support
▪ Improved light and shadow effects
▪ 64-bit Simufact Forming GUI
▪ Qt dialogs instead of MFC dialogs
▪ …

General usability
◆ Uniform and enhanced definition of auto shapes:
▪ specification of contour accuracy (coarse,

medium, smooth),
▪ input of dimensions as radius or diameter

values,
▪ entered values can be saved and changed.
◆ The "Autoshape" option for basic geometry

generation is now called "Basic shape".

General usability
◆ Basic shapes can be edited in the object catalog
or process tree after creation.
• In object catalog: Modify geometry → Edit
• In process tree: option “Copy and replace”
◆ Basic shapes must have been created in version

In object catalog
16.0.
◆ Advice: Holding Ctrl key avoids renaming the

component name when using option “Copy and
replace”.
In process tree

General usability
◆ Improved handling of saving paths for import and export.
▪ Improved usability of file selection for “open file” dialogs like CAD, CSV import & export of
multiple GUIs.
▪ Import or export file paths can be saved for certain options (CAD import/export, results, CSV
import/export) in a project.
▪ Saving location for import and export has to be set only once and will always be used
afterwards.

General usability
◆ More informative error message during setup appears if the installation path contains unnecessary
spaces.
◆ Installation problems are avoided by showing the list of blocking programs during the setup.
◆ Warning in case of an invalid licensing environment variable.
◆ Reminder about the expiration date of a license.
◆ A warning is shown if the license path contains invalid characters.
◆ Message boxes are uniform with other Simufact products.

General usability
◆ Available licenses from multiple license servers are displayed in the license overview:
For license features that require that all features

needed for one simulation are available on one
license server, the number of available licenses is
marked with a [*]. This indicates the maximum
number of licenses usable for the next simulation.
If multiple license servers are used, additional
simulations that use this license feature may
nevertheless be possible. In this case, total -
available* may not match the number of licenses
in use.

General usability
◆ Added Turkish GUI language support.
◆ Context menu is displayed when refinement boxes are active.
◆ The selected axis for translation and rotation is highlighted in the view for better feedback.
◆ Triad axes size changes according to the color legend size.
▪ Improves visualization for high resolutions and multiple windows.
◆ Added additional video compression for increment-based recording.
▪ Objective is smaller file size for animations.
▪ Activating this option will reduce the number of frames to number of recorded increments.

General usability
◆ Added more options to the legend

Double-click on the legend
assignment tab in the global settings.
◆ The following limit settings can be defined

globally for every individual legend:
▪ Automatic (all read increments)
▪ Automatic (per increment)

General usability
◆ Reworked and harmonized keyboard shortcuts. Please refer to Infosheet → KeyboardShortcuts for
more details.
◆ For example:
▪ Ctrl + T: Tile view windows
▪ Point + left mouse click: Set the

rotation center in the model view
▪ The "Zoom to region" function can

be accessed by holding the middle
mouse button and drawing the
zoom area.

General usability
Support Windows remote desktop
◆ New rendering engine was implemented based on Qt (GUI toolkit)
◆ Stable, powerful and future-proof graphics solution
◆ Switched to more modern OpenGL version 3.0
◆ Implemented new shader modules (rendering effects, lighting effects)
◆ First effects of this development:
▪ Preparation for the future (state of the art) - modern graphics cards
▪ Significantly better visualization options in model/result view (new visual ways)
▪ Significant improvement in Remote Desktop Connection (Windows)
▪ Some improved shading/lighting effects (avoidance of misleading reflections)

General usability
Improved some shading/lighting effects
15.0 16.0
Shaded view of a die in comparison

General usability
Some improved shading/lighting effects
13.3.1 15.0 16.0
Shaded view of a die in comparison

General usability
Improvement of body visualization
◆ Transparent display with main edges visible

(edge angle can be changed, better
evaluation of the contact area).
◆ Visible / invisible definition is controlled via

"eye" (in later versions, option "eye" will also
be available in the process tree).

General usability
64-bit Simufact Forming GUI
◆ Version 16 is a completely 64-bit solution (GUI, meshers, third-party products, etc.).
◆ Old Fortran modules have either been removed or converted to C ++ (STL import, DAT file writer,
etc.).
◆ Impact of this development:
▪ significantly better performance while working with large models (remapping, export of particles,
etc.),
▪ unlimited memory (no longer limited to approx. 3 GB),
▪ compatibility with other programs (meshers, positioner, CADFIX).

General usability
◆ Reworked unit system dialog:
▪ Tools → Options → Settings → Units /

Unit System.
▪ Unit system "Simufact default" (product-

independent).
▪ Added more unit systems and user-

defined unit system.
Definition of geometry export unit (default: meter)

General usability
◆ Redesigned "Save as" dialog to use common icons and be more user-friendly.
▪ The last used "save as" path will be used for the next "save as".
◆ Redesigned dialog when saving projects (saving path must be set immediately).
◆ Saving location is shown directly in window title (after saving a project)
◆ Redesigned increase of die components dialog, restart dialog, 2D simulation dialog (axisymmetric,
planar).

General usability
◆ Redesigned stage control dialog
▪ Clear presentation of the settings at the step

transition:
Double-click
Stagecontrol overview

General usability
◆ Redesigned stage control dialog
▪ Options (such as 2D-3D expansion) are only

available if applicable.
▪ Bounding box can be used for positioning.
▪ Advice: Dies can also be transferred from one

stage to another if component names of
successive stages match.
Stage control definition

General usability
◆ Redesigned flowline / particle properties

dialog:
▪ Flowline / particle sets or individual lines

can be set to be visible or invisible.
▪ Flowline / particle sets or single lines can

be deleted very conveniently (e.g. after
expanding a result geometry).

General usability
◆ Improved model check when temperature effects are enabled with no thermal properties in the
material data.
◆ Model check warning appears when table presses are used without activating time stepping → auto
step for tables.
◆ Model check warning appears if the iterative sparse matrix solver is used in conjunction with shared-
memory parallelization.
▪ Avoids performance loss when not using DDM.

General usability
◆ Model check warning added if Poisson ratio is larger than 0.5.
▪ Avoids instabilities and issues during simulations with bad material data.
◆ Most of the model check warnings contain a link to the respective dialogs, which can be opened
directly to make the required changes.

General usability
◆ Some improvements when using a contact table in

FE simulations:
▪ Model check warning if components are not

assigned to any contact pairing
▪ Exception: Trimming dies are activated

automatically during the simulation if defined in
the sub-stages "trimming (before/only)" or
"trimming during deformation" in the forming
control.
▪ When the die type is changed, the defined

contact pairings are not removed from the contact
table.

General usability
◆ Some improvements in setup of dieload
simulations:
▪ This dialog can be used to manually assign

the components of the die load process to
the components of the selected result
process. In most cases the automatic
assignment will be sufficient and no
manual assignment should be necessary.
▪ However: Dies that were not present in the

forming simulation can now be explicitly
assigned movements in a dieload analysis.

General usability
◆ Customer entitlement ID (CEID) can be found under Help>About Simufact Forming.
▪ The CEID can be requested during a support case.

General usability
◆ Clear display of the installed program versions
▪ Transparent overview of installed and shipped program versions

16.0
Meshing improvements
▪ Improvements in tetmeshing
▪ Improvements in sheetmeshing
▪ Improvements in ringmeshing
▪ Possibility to define more than 10 refinement boxes

Tetmeshing
◆ Significant improvements in tetmeshing in terms of robustness and reliability:
▪ Improvements in edge detection (“soft edges” introduced) – min. element edge length value is
satisfied better now.
▪ Improved tool edge interaction
▪ Improved projection → Prevention of penetrations
▪ Improved volume control (especially with symmetrical contact)
▪ Implementation of fallback strategies to avoid meshing errors
▪ Avoidance of self-penetrating surfaces
▪ Volume control option added to the meshing criterion

Tetmeshing option: Imprint tool edges
◆ If activated, sharp features from tools are imprinted on the

workpiece during meshing. This is recommended if the tools have
sharp edges in contact with the workpiece.
◆ This option is deactivated by default but should be activated only if

the tool has sharp edges → exceptional case.

Tetmeshing option: Imprint tool edges
Sharp-edged tool geometry

(Note: Sharp features should be
avoided in dies in material flow
areas)
With imprint tool edges Without imprint tool edges

Tetmeshing – Default values
◆ Default step control: Displacement change (automatic)
◆ Default solver for element type 157 (used in forming simulations):

Pardiso Direct Sparse
◆ Min. element edge length = 0.0 corresponds to 1/5 of the basic

element edge length
▪ In order to reduce the number of elements and thus to save computing
time, minimum element edge length can be reduced to 1/3 of the base
element edge length.
◆ New convergence criteria for substage "Forming" - displacement

value set to 0.01 (can be changed in the process .ini files, if
required)

Tetmeshing – Speedup of simulation
◆ Step control “fixed time steps" can also be used, this will use fewer calculation steps (increments)
for the simulation, thus the simulation will be partially accelerated.
◆ In the remeshing criteria, the option “strain change" can be increased to 0.6 in order to reduce
remeshings during the simulation.
◆ Min. element edge length = 0.0 corresponds to 1/5 of the basic element edge length
▪ In order to reduce the number of elements and thus to save computing time, the minimum
element edge length can be reduced to 1/3 of the base element edge length.

Tetmeshing – Default values
◆ Important note:
▪ When the project is rebuilt, the default values become active immediately.
▪ For old projects (for example V14/V15 projects), the old input values are used first. It is
recommended to update the project in the process type dialog. After that, the new default values
will be used.

Sheetmeshing
◆ Cylindrical refinement boxes for planar meshing (initial meshing only).

Ringmeshing
◆ Ringmesher supports ring segments with arbitrary angles.
◆ Note: Not all types of ring segments support an automatic

calculation of the ring center with changing diameter, so the
type of segment needs to be defined. For segments of
360°, 180° and 90°, the ring center can be calculated
automatically. For ring segments with an arbitrary angle
only the origin and a user-defined center are available.
◆ Possibility to define several critical angles.
◆ Recommended rotational axis of the ring is in the Z-

direction.
Z-direction

All meshers
◆ More than 10 refinement boxes can be defined (initial meshing / remeshing / 2D / 3D) → e.g.
progressive die simulations.
2D mesher Hexmesh Tetmesh Sheetmesh

16.0
Joining
▪ 2/3 SPR joints
▪ Geometry export from Forming to Joining
▪ Optimized measuring method for RSW processes

Joining (2/3 SPR joints)
◆ Added automatic measurement of 2/3 SPR joints
▪ When creating a 2/3 SPR joint, the rivet cuts only through the first
sheet and forms into the middle sheet. The third sheet is not joined
during this process.
▪ Thus new questions arise regarding the post-processing and

measuring of the finished joint.
▪ By simply marking a 3-sheet SPR joint as a 2/3 joint, all needed

changes are made automatically to determine the new measuring
values.

Geometry export from Forming to Joining
◆ In order to use the same geometries and

meshes in Simufact Forming and
Simufact Joining Optimizer, the
geometries and meshes can now be
exported from Forming to the Joining
database.
◆ Interactive dialogs allow to enter all

required information.
◆ Simufact Forming writes the geometries

and meshes with the given meta
information to reduce the need to edit
files.

Joining
◆ Added additional latent heat for evaporation to cover the physical effects and prevent overheating in
thermal and thermomechanical simulations:

Joining
◆ Optimized measuring method for RSW processes
▪ Add current stop time to improve measuring of nugget size for RSW
▪ Measure the nugget and everything by using current temperature and not peak temperature
anymore.

16.0
Material

Material
◆ Added new material data from Bilstein company to the material database (16MnCr5-
ExtraSoft, C55+LC, DC04, DC04-Earing-Reduced, HC300LA, 2mmHC300LA-Earing-
Reduced, HC420LA, ZE600, ZE800, ZE1000).

Material
◆ Added dedicated input field for Chinese material standards:

Material
◆ Added more options to filter material properties for easier and faster access to material data:

Material
◆ Material condition can be set in Simufact Material:

16.0
Data exchange
• UNV data import and export

Data exchange
◆ Added new import window for UNV files which now allows easier import if UNV file is written with
some non-standard settings.
▪ Import of element values/node values + geometry/mesh.
▪ Mapping UNV results to nodes or integration points (automatic detection possible).
▪ Possibility to generate new FE mesh in the initial meshing dialog.

Data exchange
◆ Added new import window for UNV files now allowing easier import if UNV file was written with some
non-standard settings.

Data exchange
◆ Added new import window for UNV files.
◆ Main controls are:
1) Selection of a length unit for the imported mesh.

Data exchange
2) Selection of a proper unit system. Usually Simufact Forming reads the unit system saved in the
UNV file, but sometimes this information is missing.
3) Selection of proper result type. Usually Simufact Forming reads the result ID saved in the UNV file,
but sometimes this information is missing or incorrect.

Data exchange
4) Selection of unit for a particular result value. Usually this data is present in the UNV file, but
sometimes the information is missing or incorrect.
5) Information area shows if the data refer to nodes or integration points as well as the data type
(scalar, vector, tensor).
6) Filter the list, so that only the lines marked yellow need user interaction.
◆ UNV export supports export of rigid bodies.

16.0
Solver

Solver
◆ Updated to MSC Marc 2018 solver release.
◆ Updated GMT grain size library to version

5.2.10.
◆ Added number of cycles for thermal pass

and thermal convergence to status file.
◆ The numerical reproducibility of highly

sensitive simulations using the Pardiso
solver can be improved by activating the
corresponding option in the advanced
solver settings.

16.0
Documentation

Documentation
◆ Reworked GUI design of Simufact
Demos to be more user-friendly and
reduce mouse movements.
▪ Buttons to open the project, tutorial,

movie or directory are now located
near the selected demo entry.
▪ If one entry does not contain e.g. a

tutorial file, the corresponding button
will not be shown.

Documentation
◆ Renamed „Tutorial“ as „Tutorial and training material“ so that the documents are clearly identifiable.
◆ Improved documentation structure and links for Demos & Examples.

16.0
Changed default values

Changed default values
◆ Use stricter convergence tolerances when using tet element 157 (especially for displacement).
▪ Displacement tolerance set to 0.01
◆ Reworked inconsistent contact table entry for self-contact with or without contact table.
▪ Default contact type for self-contact is glued
◆ Improved default settings for process type (hot forging) rolling.
▪ Output divisions → equal division: 41
▪ Step control → automatic (fixed time steps)
▪ Manual time steps must be entered explicitly
◆ Changed default contact settings for blind riveting using automatic mode for segment-to-segment
contact
◆ Deactivated parallelization option for pressure welding module by default

Removed features

Removed features
◆ French and Portuguese GUI language support.
◆ F4 – F8 key functionalities, functions can now be called from the context menu.
◆ Option "export overview" from Material GUI.
◆ "Additional parameter" input from all meshing and remeshing dialogs.
◆ Meshing option "maximum nodes" from all meshers and remeshing properties.
◆ Option “Modify geometry – Coarsen”.
◆ Direct import of Matilda material files.
◆ Some solver settings in the forming control.

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Hamburg, June 14th 2019

Sheet Metal Mechanical Electron

◆ Supporting the optimization of metal-based manufacturing processes

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Improved process setup

◆ Data exchange (UNV import/export)

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◆ New GUI rendering engine

▪ Improved Windows remote desktop support

▪ Improved higher-contrast lighting and shadowing effects

◆ 64-bit Simufact Forming GUI

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Improved process setup

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◆ Projects can be selected via their project files/folders.

◆ Individual components for import can be selected.

◆ All deformable bodies are preselected during import by default.

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◆ Clear, simple, user-friendly way to

◆ Previous options under „File“ are no

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◆ Clear, simple, comprehensible and

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◆ Enables the user to import result objects

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◆ Fast and easy control (one-click check)

◆ Distinct transparent display of detected

◆ Precise and comprehensible

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▪ Open edges (holes)

▪ Extreme angles between faces

▪ Small "steps" or (probably) unintended

▪ Very small faces

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◆ Easier and faster positioning by multi-selection

▪ Multiple bodies can be selected by holding

▪ All translations and rotations will be applied

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▪ Definition of user-defined rotation points

▪ For a more precise definition, nodes can

▪ A button allows to switch between free

▪ Transparent representation of the

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▪ For the contact positioner, the direction of arrows

▪ Added a "redo" functionality to the positioner

▪ The selected axis for translation and rotation is

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▪ Clipping modes can be selected for easier post-processing.

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▪ The clipped geometries can be saved to the

▪ Clipping planes can be saved to the object catalog and

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◆ New type of clipping plane definition between 2

▪ Clipping planes can be defined using two

▪ Allows easier definition of clipping planes

▪ First point defines the location of the plane.

▪ Second point defines the normal direction of

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