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202 ©2023 ANSYS, Inc. ACP Post is in maintenance mode and is planned to be removed entirely in version 2025 R1. You may start using Ansys Mechanical to post-process composite simulations. The Composite Failure Tool, Sampling Point Tool and Envelope Solution are already available in Ansys Mechanical. Regarding scripting, please start to use PyDPF Composites. For questions, contact Ansys at composites@ansys.com. Retirement of ACP Post PyDPF Composites

• Default Section
• Slide 1: Ansys Mechanical 2023 R2 What's New
• Slide 2: Table of Contents
• Slide 3: Automated and Efficient Structural Simulations
• Slide 4: Automated and Efficient Structural Simulations
• Mechanical
• Slide 5: Mechanical
• Slide 6: Learning and Support Tab
• Slide 7: Activate License within Mechanical
• Slide 8: Open Project Files Directory
• Slide 9: Read Result Files by Reference
• Slide 10: NASTRAN Export Enhancements
• Slide 11: Trace Mapping Metal Fraction information for Target Mesh
• Slide 12
• Slide 13: Direct Pressure with Restarts 
• Slide 14: Direct Pressure with Restarts 
• Slide 15: Mechanical Product Usability and Scripting enhancements
• Slide 16: Element APDL Name
• Slide 17: Contact & Target APDL Name
• Slide 18: Contact Smoothing
• Slide 19: Option to Filter the Tree for object with Property Name
• Slide 20: Option to Filter the Tree for object with Property Value
• Slide 21: ACT API for Element APDL Name
• Slide 22: ACT API to know if a surface is Concave/Convex
• Slide 23: ACT API to get radius on cylindrical face, spherical face and circular edge
• Meshing
• Slide 24: Meshing
• Slide 25: Patch Conforming Tetrahedrons : Improved for Explicit Physics
• Slide 26: Defeaturing Improvements with Map Mesh Controls
• Slide 27: Mixing Feature Detect/Mapped with Feature Suppress
• Slide 28: Welds and Shell Meshing
• Slide 29: Weld Meshing
• Slide 30: Mesh Independent Weld
• Slide 31: Weld with Aggressive Relaxation
• Slide 32: Required inputs from the user
• Slide 33: Mesh Independent Weld
• Slide 34: Shell Meshing
• Slide 35: Enhancements to Mesh Copy
• Slide 36: Mesh Quality Worksheet
• Slide 37: Updated Layout for Mesh Quality Worksheet
• Slide 38: Contour Banding in Quality Worksheet Mode
• Slide 39: New Tab Buttons
• Slide 40: Hex Meshing: Improved Handling of Coiled Geometry for MultiZone
• Slide 41: Solsh for Pull and MZ Thin Sweep
• Slide 42: Pull Feature: New Properties
• Slide 43: Pull Feature: Allow Custom solvers
• Slide 44: SpaceClaim Meshing
• Slide 45: PyPrimeMesh Releases 
• Slide 46: 0.4.0 (23R2) New API's
• Slide 47: New Match Morphing and Stacker (2.5D Sweeping) Examples
• Post and Graphics
• Slide 48: Post and Graphics
• Slide 49: Overview
• Slide 50: Changing the Contour Edge Line Weight
• Slide 51: Color Mesh edges using body colors
• Slide 52: Display of N-Layer(s) Elements
• Slide 53: Display of N-Layer(s) Elements
• Slide 54: Waterfall Result Chart – New Selection Options
• Slide 55: Waterfall Result Chart – Graph and Tabular Data
• Slide 56: Waterfall Result Chart – Legend and Highlighting
• Slide 57: Waterfall Result Chart – New Display Options
• Slide 58: Waterfall Result Chart – No Interpolation
• Slide 59: Waterfall Result Chart – Scope to Order Lines
• Slide 60: Waterfall Result Chart – Scope to Order Lines
• Slide 61: Waterfall Result Chart – Probe Label Coordinates
• Slide 62: Waterfall Results
• Slide 63: New Line Chart Object in Mechanical
• Slide 64: Rich scripting API for Line Chart Object
• Slide 65: Operations/Filters for Line Chart Object
• Slide 66: New Envelope Calculation mode in Solution Combination
• Slide 67: File Export Enhancement
• Slide 68: File Export Enhancement
• Slide 69: Import from file – User Defined Result 
• Slide 70: Min/Max Probes – Preference option
• Slide 71: Separate Scoping Enhancement
• Slide 72: Separate Scoping Enhancement
• Slide 73: Support for Elemental Mean display
• Slide 74: SVECTOR enhancement
• Slide 75: Shell is also supported
• Slide 76: Improved mesh display speed for specific model types
• Slide 77: Miscellaneous Graphics performance improvements
• Slide 78: User can choose specific element faces.
• Materials
• Slide 79: Materials Technology
• Slide 80: Hencky Hyperelastic Model
• Slide 81: Algorithmic Improvements of the EDP Cap Model
• Slide 82: AML Project
• Slide 83: Generalized Damage: Cycle-Jump and Creep Support 
• Slide 84: Multi-cycle Cyclic Loading Analysis
• Slide 85: Validation of Cycle Jump Support + Multi-CLOAD
• Slide 86: Initial Back Stress for Kinematic Hardening Material Models
• Slide 87: Ramberg-Osgood Model
• Contact & Joint Element Technology
• Slide 88: Contact Technology
• Slide 89: Double Sided Target Surface
• Slide 90: Performance Improvement for MPC Contact
• Slide 91: Contact Splitting Logic for efficient DMP Performance
• Slide 92: Overconstraint Detection and Elimination
• Slide 93: Overconstraint Detection and Elimination (Cond')
• Slide 94: Spotweld Generation
• Slide 95: Joint Element Enhancements
• Slide 96: Joint Element Enhancements
• Slide 97: Double Hat Model For Spotweld
• Slide 98: Spotwelds between Shell Surfaces
• Slide 99: Contact Defaults in Mechanical
• Slide 100: MPC formulation as the default for bonded shell contacts
• Slide 101: Exclusions from MPC formulation default change
• Slide 102: Edge Contact Type - Program Controlled Option
• Slide 103: Improvement with the default MPC formulation change
• Slide 104: ACT API for the Edge Contact Type Property option
• Slide 105: Known Limitations of MPC formulation
• Slide 106: Contact Split Default Changes
• Element Technology
• Slide 107: Structural and Embedding Elements
• Slide 108: Coupled-field Element Embedding
• Slide 109: Tabular Thickness for 2D Elements
• Slide 110: Pre- and post-processing Enhancements for ELBOW290 Element
• Slide 111: Coupled Field ELements
• Slide 112: Coupled-Field Link Element (LINK228)
• Slide 113: Coupled-Field Enhancements
• Slide 114: Thermal Capability Enhancements
• Slide 115: Coupled Field Enhancements in Mechanical
• Slide 116: Prestressed Coupled Field Modal
• Slide 117: Coriolis in Coupled Field
• Slide 118: Coriolis Effect API
• Slide 119: Load Control
• Slide 120: Coupled Field Elements ( 22x Elements) Results
• Mesh Adaptivity Methods
• Slide 121: Nonlinear Adaptivity – Mesh Coarsening for Contact-Based Cohesive Zone Models
• Slide 122: Mesh Coarsening for Contact-based Cohesive Zone Models in NLAD Framework
• Slide 123: NLAD Mesh Coarsening – existing command structure
• Slide 124: NLMESH Option for Mesh Coarsening
• Slide 125: Selection of Solid Elements for Coarsening – when criterion is active
• Slide 126: Example: Sample 3D Peeling Problem – Mode I Debonding
• Slide 127: Example: 2D Lap Shear Test – Mode II Debonding
• Slide 128: Nonlinear Adaptivity – Support for Structural Surface-Loads On Elements via SFCONTROL
• Slide 129: NLAD Support for SFCONTROL - Motivation
• Slide 130: Overview of NLAD Support for SFCONTROL
• Slide 131: Demo Examples with SFCONTROL in NLAD Framework
• Fracture
• Slide 132: Fracture
• Slide 133: Restart Capability for Essential SMART Crack Growth
• Slide 134: SMART – crack-growth increment control
• Slide 135: SMART – crack-growth increment control
• Slide 136: SMART – crack kinking angle control
• Slide 137: Miscellaneous Developments
• Slide 138: SMART Crack Growth Enhancements in Mechanical
• Slide 139: SMART Crack Growth - Supports Mesh Coarsening
• Slide 140: Mesh Comparison of the Coarsening options
• Slide 141: Analytical Crack Enhancements
• Slide 142: Analytical Planar Cracks: Replace cint,cenc with cint,edir 
• Slide 143: ACT APIs added for these new crack shapes
• Slide 144: Limitations with the new analytical cracks
• Slide 145: Extract Fracture results by reading the result file
• Slide 146: Extract Fracture results by reading the result file
• Slide 147: Read the result file and evaluate the results
• Slide 148: Fracture Result and Probe result extraction
• Slide 149: ACT APIs added for the new features
• Slide 150: Limitations
• High Performance Computing
• Slide 151: High Performance Computing
• Slide 152: Distributed Memory Parallel Enhancements
• Slide 153: GPU Acceleration Enhancements
• Slide 154: GPU Acceleration Enhancements
• Slide 155: GPU Acceleration Enhancements
• Slide 156: GPU Acceleration Enhancements
• Slide 157: GPU Acceleration Enhancements
• Slide 158: GPU Acceleration Enhancements
• Linear and Nonlinear Dynamics
• Slide 159: Eigen solver Linear & Nonlinear Dynamics Acoustics
• Slide 160: Harmonic Balance Analysis (HBM)
• Slide 161: Harmonic Balance Analysis (HBM)
• Slide 162: Harmonic Balance Analysis (HBM)
• Slide 163: Harmonic Balance Analysis (HBM)
• Slide 164: Harmonic Balance Analysis (HBM)
• Slide 165: Multistage Cyclic Symmetry Analysis
• Slide 166: Multistage: Imported Loads
• Slide 167: Cyclic and Multistage Cyclic Symmetry Analyses
• Slide 168: PCG Solver Enhancements
• Slide 169: PCG Solver Enhancements
• Slide 170: PCG Solver Enhancements
• Slide 171: PCG Solver Enhancements
• Slide 172: Harmonic Analysis Enhancements
• Slide 173: Harmonic Analysis Enhancements
• Slide 174: Direct Recovery of MPC Rigid Nodes Solutions
• Slide 175: Substructuring Mode Superposition Analysis
• Slide 176: Mode-Superposition Analysis
• Slide 177: Mode Superposition
• Slide 178: On Demand Expansion
• Slide 179: Multistep Prestressed Harmonic
• Slide 180: Component Mode Synthesis : Normal Modes Extracted property
• Slide 181: Component Mode Synthesis : Nonlinear contacts
• Performance
• Slide 182: Performance
• Slide 183: Transient Dynamics Flexibility/Robustness Improvements
• Slide 184: Imported Remote Loads Performance
• Slide 185: Response Spectrum Performance
• Structural Optimization
• Slide 186: Structural Optimization
• Slide 187: Geometry Criterion
• Slide 188: "Geometric" User Defined Criteria Overview
• Slide 189: "Geometric" User Defined Criteria example
• Slide 190: Mixable-density: new capabilities
• Slide 191: Shape Optimization: Global-stress and Local-Stress control
• Slide 192: Learning by examples: step1 – Analysis setup
• Slide 193: Learning by examples: step 2 – define the UDC-harmonic
• Slide 194: Learning by examples: step 3 - results
• Slide 195: Learning by examples: step 3 - results
• Composites
• Slide 196: ACP and Composite Workflows
• Slide 197: Envelope Solution in Mechanical
• Slide 198: Additional Interpolation Algorithms for the Look-Up Table
• Slide 199: Improved Element Selection and Highlighting
• Slide 200: Enhancements to the User Interface
• Slide 201: PyDPF Composites Updates
• Slide 202: Retirement of ACP Post
• Slide 203: Ansys Composite Cure Simulation (ACCS)
• Slide 204: Cure Simulation (ACCS) Updates
• Mechanical Add-ons
• Slide 205: Mechanical Add-ons
• Slide 206: Overview
• Slide 207: DesignLife
• Slide 208: DesignLife Add-on: Solving capabilities
• Slide 209: DesignLife Add-on: Lsdyna fatigue calculation
• Slide 210: DesignLife Add-on: Sherlock – DesignLife workflow
• Slide 211: DesignLife Add-on: SpotWeld Analisys
• Slide 212: NVH
• Slide 213: NVH Toolkit Add-on: Pre-Test Calculator
• Slide 214: NVH Toolkit Add-on: MAC Calculator
• Slide 215: NVH Toolkit Add-on: FRF Calculator
• Slide 216: Forced Response
• Slide 217: Forced Response Add-on: Mistuning and Aero coupling loads inserted to Cyclic Mode Superposition Harmonic system
• Slide 218: Forced Response Add-on: Mode Multiplier, Matrices and Fatigue Diagram results under Harmonic System
• Slide 219: Forced Response Add-on: MS Choice
• Slide 220: Forced Response Add-on: Multiharmonic Plot (DPF)
• Slide 221: Forced Response Add-on: Multiharmonic Chart
• Slide 222: Bolt Tools
• Slide 223: Bolt Tools Add-on
• LS-Dyna Exposure in Mechanical
• Slide 224: LS-Dyna Solver Exposure in Mechanical
• Slide 225: Summary
• Slide 226: Support for Additional Load Objects
• Slide 227: Associate Load Objects to Multiple Cases
• Slide 228: Case Specific Custom and Probe Results
• Slide 229: Distributed Muti-Case Solving Infrastructure
• Slide 230: Incompressible/Implicit SPH
• Slide 231: Incompressible/Implicit SPH
• Slide 232: Contact Properties Improvements
• Slide 233: Rigid Body Property Improvements
• Slide 234: Binout Tracker
• Slide 235: Binout Tracker
• Slide 236
• Slide 237: Distributed Processing Improvements
• Motion - Multibody Dynamics
• Slide 238: Motion – Multibody Dynamics
• Slide 239: Condensed Part
• Slide 240: Road Visualization
• Slide 241: Contact Enhancement
• Slide 242: Initial Conditions
• Slide 243: Contact Results
• Aqwa
• Slide 244: Aqwa
• Slide 245: Moonpool Analysis in Hydrodynamic Diffraction (HD)
• Beta Features
• Slide 246: Ansys Mechanical 2023 R2 What's New – Beta Features
• Slide 247: Mesh Workflows (Beta)
• Slide 248: Patch Conforming Tet – Advanced Improve Options (Beta)
• Slide 249: Patch Conforming Tet – Advanced Improve Options (Beta)
• Slide 250: Stacker Meshing Method (Beta) 
• Slide 251: Automatic (PrimeMesh) Shell Meshing (Beta)
• Slide 252: Quad Layer Options (Beta)
• Slide 253: Improved display speed by using Accelerated Graphics Mode
• Slide 254: Performance Improvements
• Slide 255: Limitations – Reverts to Normal Display Mode
• Slide 256: Limitations (continued)
• Slide 257: Limitations (continued)
• Slide 258: Progress and Cancellation for Graphics Displays
• Slide 259: Support part coloring and section plane
• Slide 260: Improved display speed by displaying result as undeformed
• Slide 261: New Analytical Crack Shapes - Corner, Edge and Through (Beta)
• Slide 262: Corner Crack Definition (Beta)
• Slide 263: Corner Crack (Beta) - Definition and Results
• Slide 264: Through Crack (Beta) - Inputs to define the cutting plane
• Slide 265: Through Crack (Beta) - Results
• Slide 266: Edge Crack (Beta) - Inputs to define the cutting plane
• Slide 267: Edge Crack (Beta) - Results
• Slide 268: Cyclic and Multistage Cyclic Symmetry Analysis (BETA)
• Slide 269: Apply Superelement Load Vectors in Static Structural use pass (Beta)
• Slide 270: Selecting body scoping for pre-stress substructure generation (Beta)
• Slide 271: Selecting body scoping for pre-stress substructure generation (Beta)
• Slide 272: Support Imported Pressure & Imported Body Temperature(Beta) in Substructure Analysis
• Slide 273: Setting Up the Model
• Slide 274: Use pass and Load vector information
• Slide 275: Load Vector Assignment (Beta)
• Slide 276: Load Vector Assignment (Beta)
• Slide 277: Load Vector Assignment (Beta)
• Slide 278: Introduction
• Slide 279: Introduction
• Slide 280: Solution method property for Harmonic Response analysis
• Slide 281: API changes
• Slide 282: Input file changes
• Slide 283: Input file changes
• Slide 284: ACT API for the new properties
• Slide 285: Limitations
• Slide 286: Equidistant and Equidistant Sensor Nodes (Beta)
• Slide 287: Equidistant and Equidistant Sensor Nodes (Beta)
• Slide 288: Mechanical Exposure of Equidistant Nodes (Beta)
• Slide 289: Equidistant Sensor Nodes via ACT API
• Slide 290: Model
• Slide 291: Overview of existing Load Mapping workflow
• Slide 292: Motivation for Load Mapping workflow specification
• Slide 293: Design of Load Mapping workflow specification
• Slide 294: Design of Load Mapping workflow specification
• Slide 295: Load Mapping workflow specification : Supported Workflows of Imported Loads
• Slide 296: Load Mapping workflow specification : Limitations
• Slide 297: Some breakthroughs
• Slide 298: Harmonic Analysis: Overview
• Slide 299: Complexity-index
• Slide 300: Motion – Maxwell interface Improvement
• Slide 301: Solver Options: High-Speed Rotation
• Slide 302: Solver Options: Large Deflection & Plastic Report
• Slide 303: Spline Data View
• Slide 304: Hydrodynamic (HD) Bearing using Tribo-X