NEi Works™ 2.1 New Features

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1.ThermalStress

• Nodaltemperaturescanbefoundinathermalanalysisandusedinastructuralanalysistodeterminestressanddeflection

2.NonlinearTransientResponse

• Nonlinearities(contact,material,largedisplacement)canallbecapturedinthetimedomain

• Enhancedusercontrolofnonlinearparameters

NEi Works™ 2.1 New Features

2.1

T=0.095 sec

Thermal Analysis

Structural Analysis

T=0.45 sec

8.TreeSimplificationEnhancement

• Itemscanberemovedfromtheanalysistreethatmaynotbeused,ortosimplifythetreeviewformaneuverability

9.Multi-SurfaceContactSurfaceSelection

•Multiplesurfacescannowbeselectedforeasysurfacecontactdefinitionacrossmultiplesurfaces

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3.VariableLoading

• Loadscannowbevariedusingasurfacedefinitiondetailinghowthesurfaceisscaledinspace

4.XYPlotEnhancements

• Logarithmicaxisoptions(xandy)

• Hoveroverdatapointdisplay

5.Beam/BarEnhancements

• Beamelementcross-sectionvisualization

• Interactivecross-sectiondefinition

• Combinedshellandbeammeshing

• Cross-sectiondisplayforshellelements

6.AutomatedBoltedJoints

• Boltsandcapscrewjointscanbeautomaticallycreatedbyselectingappropriategeometry

•Washers,custommaterials,andpreloadcanallbeadded

7.FailureTheories

• FactorofsafetycontourplotsbaseduponVonMisesandMaximumPrincipalstresstheoriescanbecreated