CAE Fidesys 9.0 Documentation

Version 8.0

Released: july 2025

Functional Additions and Improvements

• Added rotor-dynamics analysis
• Contacts with full consideration of friction
• Improved rod element functionality (alpha version)
• Contacts with full friction modelling
• Added angular accelerations accounted for in static analyses
• Added elasto-plastic analysis for shell elements
• Added loading of a imported beam section
• Added shell-layer lay-up relative to cylindrical and spherical coordinate systems
• Improved workflow with local coordinate systems
• A new converter for the format *.BDF
• A new converter for the format *.CDB (II)
• Added a converter *.DICOM
• Improved converter RAW File (Sculpt) (*.raw)
• Improved Acoustic–Elastic Coupling (FSI)
• Support has been added for 2D simulations involving an acoustic medium block

Additions and improvements to the preprocessor

• Added "Full Tree" display mode
• Added model analysis before solve
• Added an external data manager
• Added point plotting from table data
• Improved rendering of springs and point masses

Postprocessor additions and improvements

• Added a filter Safety Factor Composite
• Stress and strain linearisation across a section added (alpha version)
• Added new quick-access buttons for filters
• Updated logic for MIN and MAX buttons
• Harmonic analysis charts
• Improved frequency analysis filter