Service Pack 1 for Autodesk Simulation 2013 - Readme

Service Pack 1 for Autodesk Simulation 2013

July 10, 2012

Release Notes - Read Me file
Autodesk, Inc.

In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, Autodesk has released Service Pack 1 for Autodesk Simulation 2013, which fixes or addresses a variety of issues pertaining to the program. This file highlights how to install the service pack and what has been fixed.

Notes About Installation

Download Location

Installation Requirements

Installation Instructions

Issues Addressed in this Service Pack

AutoCAD Interoperability

Linear Static Stress (LSS)

Linear Dynamics

Mechanical Event Simulation (MES)

Moldflow Interoperability

Response Spectrum

Showcase Interoperability

Install only the bit-type version of Autodesk Simulation 2013 Service Pack 1 that corresponds to the bit-type version of your operation system. This will also be the bit-type version of your existing installation of Autodesk Simulation 2013.
For deployed installations, append the Service Pack to your existing deployment image instead of merging it, as suggested for all service pack releases.
In case you are prompted for the original installation disc or network image during installation, or uninstallation, keep them readily accessible.
There are no Client Updates associated with this service pack release.

On English operating systems, if you install Autodesk Simulation 2013 under a path with non-English characters, it does not launch.
On some Windows 7 operating systems, when uninstalling Autodesk Simulation 2013, Windows Explorer shuts down.

Locate Autodesk Simulation 2013 Service Pack 1 here: Autodesk Simulation Updates

Autodesk Simulation 2013 SP1 supports Windows 7 32bit, Windows 7 64bit, XP 32bit SP3, XP 64bit SP2, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008. If your operating system does not meet these requirements, please update it before you begin the installation.
Verify that you have administrator privileges on your local machine to install Autodesk Simulation 2013 SP1.
For Windows 7 installation, in the User Account Control settings, select Never Notify Me.
The 32-bit version of Autodesk Simulation 2013 Service Pack 1 is approximately 45 MB in size. A minimum of 100 MB of free disk space is required on the drive where your temporary files are directed.
The 64-bit version of Autodesk Simulation 2013 Service Pack 1 is approximately 60 MB in size. A minimum of 120 MB of free disk space is required on the drive where your temporary files are directed.

To install Autodesk Simulation 2013 SP1:

Uninstall Autodesk Simulation 2013 Beta if you installed it previously.
Install Autodesk Simulation 2013.
Update your operating system before installing Autodesk Simulation 2013 Service Pack 1, and reboot if required.
Download the appropriate version of Autodesk Simulation 2013 Service Pack 1. (32-bit or 64-bit version, depending upon the bit-type of your operating system).
Double click the .msp file to update Autodesk Simulation 2013 Service Pack 1. A progress bar displays while the installer updates the files on your system.
When the installation is done, click Finish.
If required, reboot the system after the service pack installation is finished.

To verify the installation was successful, start Autodesk Simulation 2013. On the Help panel, select About. If the About box displays: Build 2013.01.00.nnnn, the installation was successful.

AutoCAD Interoperability

The link between AutoCAD 2013 and Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2013 does not work.

Linear Static Stress (LSS)

The contact force that occurs in a shrink fit model is not calculated.
Pressure is not correctly applied on plate elements when the Element Definition input is defined on a per-surface basis.
The results are not correct when load cases are calculated beyond the first one.
High stresses are generated with Beam End Release.
A memory corruption occurs when initial stresses and rigid elements are combined.
Von Mises stress in brick elements with fewer than 8 nodes has poor accuracy.
Linear analysis with Centrifugal load does not run with certain mesh size.
Models with temperature dependent material properties may not be run in Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2013.
The result of an analysis with Hydrostatic Pressure load is not accurate.
An error occurs, and the analysis aborts, if Shrink Fit / Sliding contact is defined and a Frictionless Constraint is also applied to any portion of the contact surface.

Linear Dynamics

Centrifugal loads are ignored for Natural Frequency (Modal) with Load Stiffening and Critical Buckling Load analyses.

Material

A number of problems exist between the material applicator ("Material" branch of the browser) and the Material Library Manager ("Tools > Options > Manage Material Library") when using a temperature dependent material model.
Import and Export of XML files from/to the material library do not work.
Cannot apply gasket material properties from the material library.
A material name cannot be displayed in the Material Library if it is edited.
The curve fitting dialog box for Mooney-Rivlin material models does not initialize itself properly from previously set curve data.

Mechanical Event Simulation (MES)

Improve the performance of impact planes.
Improve the performance of surface-to-surface contact when using selection groups.
2D elements in MES do not support nodal forces assigned to a cylindrical coordinate system.
Models containing shell elements with pin constraints do not solve.
Models containing 2D kinematic elements produce incorrect results when nodes on a local coordinate system are involved in surface contact. (64-bit Windows only)

Meshing

Improved the mesh robustness of solid models.
The edge and surface of a hole where a bolt has been added could be distorted after remeshing the model.
Bolt lines generated by the Bolt Wizard may not run along the centerline of the hole when the mesh size around the hole varies.
The Automatic Mesh Refinement dialog box fails to appear when the ribbon command is clicked.

Moldflow Interoperability

Simulation fails when a part is analyzed in Autodesk Simulation Moldflow with the mesh type of Dual Domain.
Linear analysis cannot run if there's a blank in the path of the Moldflow study file.

Report

The default size of AVI animations added to the HTML Report is too small.

Response Spectrum

The “Scale Factor” in the “Response Spectrum Parameters” is used in the calculations even when the input is disabled. The default value of 0 in the input is treated as 1 by the processor.

Showcase Interoperability

"Save to file..." does not work when exporting Showcase files in some 32-bit non-English operating systems.
Showcase export does not export all the red color properly.
Showcase may not display all the parts correctly if there are suppressed parts in a model whose results are exported to Showcase.

Thermal

A crash occurs when using radiation in a heat transfer simulation.
Temperatures outside of the expected range may be calculated with a thin-wall CAD model in a transient heat transfer analysis.
The calculation of the Film/Convection Coefficient Calculator is inaccurate unless the unit system is set to Model Units.

User Interface

Certain commands are not accessible on the ribbon when the browser is either unpinned or undocked.
Some loads and boundary conditions are not available on the context menu of Selection Groups in Fluid Flow analysis.
The UI becomes white when creating a new coordinate system by using the Interactive method to select a point.
Ribbon commands for Reaction Force and Moment in the Results Environment for MES (Mechanical Event Simulation) allow multiple command selection. Whereas, only one type of force or moment result at a time is valid.
The Gravity/Acceleration heading in the browser appears as grayed out even when gravity has been defined.
The View Plot button in the Material Library Manager is always grayed out.
Surfaces are pre-highlighted in the Results environment when the cursor is positioned over them, even when the surface or the mesh on a surface has been suppressed.

Others

The Weight and Center-of-Gravity calculator does not include beam elements on layers 2 and higher in an MES model.
Constraints at nodes along the centerline of a cylindrical coordinate system that restrain translation in the tangential direction (Ty) now also constrain translation in the radial direction (Tx). This was necessary to correctly fix tangential symmetry models when the entities along the symmetry plane extended to or through the centerline of the cylindrical local coordinate system. There is, in fact, no radial motion at the center of a cylindrical coordinate system when the object is held only tangentially.
Windows Explorer may crash when moving the cursor onto FEM files in 32-bit operating system.
Thermal results cannot be exported to ABAQUS (“Application has stopped working” error encountered).
The BCSLIB-EXT solver fails to run on certain high-performance computers (HPC).

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We thank all our customers who helped us to identify the issues and report them to us. These reports give us the opportunity to improve the product and provide you with the best solution in mechanical simulation. We also thank you for your continued business and for the feedback regarding the content of this update release.

Respectfully,

Autodesk Simulation Team

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