It may feel as if January was only a month ago, but believe it or not, December is only a month away. So, while you are recovering from the shock of that revelation browse through our newsletter that is packed with important news for you:
Whether it’s a cliché by now or not, the only constant in life is change.
If you went to the www.mscsoftware.com page lately, you might have thought you landed on the wrong page, but alas, MSC Software is now officially Hexagon. We share a few tips on how to navigate the new site and where to find the most important ones which could otherwise be difficult to find.
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition provides grants or financial assistance to companies that require support for expansion, R&D and other developments. Read more about it and contact us to bring you in contact with the right person to send a brief of your project to, to apply.
Hexagon is launching a new product, Elements, powered by Maplesoft. Register for the webinar or contact us to learn more about what makes this product unique and how it fits into the Hexagon portfolio of products.
The upcoming tech day and workshop on MSC Apex will host 3 international speakers and one local along with our own team. The event will cover how international companies are using MSC Apex, an introduction of Nastran Modules, using MSC Apex for non-linear solutions, DFC software and two hands-on workshops in the afternoon. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with the industry experts.
SIMTEQ will be exhibiting at the 2022 RAPDASA conference in Somerset West where we will also have a special demonstration of an integrated project using Adams, EASY5 and MSC Apex GD which you can look forward to.
Gearbox design, validation and analysis of vibration, fatigue and noise are but some of the specialist abilities that Romax puts in the hands of any engineer. Read more about Romax in our product of the month section.
With Hexagon’s quarterly release cycle of products, it’s tough to keep up with what’s new in every release of all the simulation products and we’ve summarised the important highlights for you in the What’s New section for the 2022.3 releases of Adams, Adams Tracked Vehicle, Marc, MSC Apex and MSC Apex GD.
Our last in-person training course for 2022 is the FEA101 which covers the critical fundamentals (and pitfalls) of Finite Element Analysis and as an early Christmas present, we offer the course to two people from the same company for the price of one. Please use the promotion code TWO4One to register.
Unfortunately, 2023 will bring with it a significant increase in training course prices, however, if you book your training during 2022 still, you will only pay the current course prices. Please contact us to book the courses you are interested in before the price increases will apply.
All the best for the end-of-year rush and I hope to see you soon at one of the events before this year comes to an end.
With MSC Software joining the Hexagon family a few changes have taken place. Some of these changes are awesome, like the pace at which new product releases are occurring. Some are noticeable, but not critical, like the Hexagon logo becoming more prominent everywhere. Then there are the necessary, but let’s face it, bothersome changes, such as the MSC Software website merging with Hexagon. Suddenly, all your bookmarked links are not taking you to where you want to go anymore but let us help you to remedy that.
Here are some links that will take you to their new landing pages:
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition provides grants/financial assistance to companies that require support within the following areas of their business cycle (pending meeting the qualifying criteria);
DTIC also provides support regarding non-financial issues ie. Trade policy, location of plant, etc.
Contact us to put you in contact with the direct contact at the DTIC to email your project brief or set up a meeting to discuss the requirements of the investment plan.
What do you get if take a healthy dollop of musician and mix in a cup of engineering? Simple, you get Martin Molin the Swedish musician and member of the group Wintergatan. Martin designed and built the original Marble Machine over a period of more than two years and the result, as you can see for yourself in the video, is an absolute mechanical marvel.
Following the success of the Marble Machine, Martin decided to create a follow-up machine dubbed Marble Machine X. This is still an ongoing process and you can follow Martin’s trials and tribulations with its design on his YouTube channels: https://www.youtube.com/c/Wintergatan/featured and https://www.youtube.com/c/Wintergatan2021.
Martin’s official website, https://wintergatan.net/, has various options to support him, but also various free / pay-as-much-as-you-like downloads with everything from his music to the current CAD files for MMX (Marble Machine X).
Adams 2022.3 is now available at the Software Download Center. The Adams 2022.3 release provides enhancements, including additional specific event improvements, a new flexbody reduction approach, and improved mechatronics capabilities. AUTOMATIC RIDE HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT DURING STATIC EQUILIBRIUM Automate the suspension setup to achieve desired ride height |
FLEXBODY REDUCTION TOOLKIT INTEGRATION INTO ADAMS FLEX TOOLKIT Ability to significantly reduce the size of a Flexbody to deliver improved graphics visualization performance |
EASY FMU IMPORT WITH MECHATRONICS Streamlined import of FMU to create a Mechatronics Control System with a minimum of button clicks |
SMART FMU SUPPORT Ability to open the source model of an FMU created in Hexagon Elements or Easy5 from within Adams |
Click here to learn about What’s New in Adams 2022.3. |
Adams Tracked Vehicle 2022.3 is now available at the Software Download Center. Click here to learn about What’s New in Adams Tracked Vehicle 2022.3. |
Marc 2022.3 is now available at the Software Download Center.
Marc 2022.3 Improves the thermal-mechanical Shape Memory Alloy material model for stent applications
| Marc 2022.3 | Previous Marc Releases |
Normalized Wall Time | 0.3 | 1 |
Marc 2022.3 Introduces the Turon cohesive material model for mixed-mode delamination in composites
Marc 2022.3 Improves the ease of use of Tables
Marc 2022.3 Adds convergence graphs for thermal analyses
Marc 2022.3 Enhances the Abaqus translator
Please see the complete issue list here: https://simcompanion.hexagon.com/customers/s/article/msc-marc-and-mentat-error-list-ki8008652
Please see https://simcompanion.hexagon.com/customers/s/ for product updates, documentation, and downloads.
Click here to learn about What’s New in Marc 2022.3.
MSC Apex 2022.3 is now available at the Software Download Center. Some main highlights of this release include:
Click here to learn about What’s New in MSC Apex 2022.3. |
MSC Apex Generative Design 2022.3 is now available at the Software Download Center. Design Rules Phase 1 - Support Reduction The Support Reduction Design Rule is now available as a Scenario Setting in the Studies Tab and can be activated for any optimisation. Soft Symmetry Soft Symmetry is activated per default. With this soft constraint symmetrical design candidates can be generated even when the optimisation is not set up as a symmetry optimisation and the boundary conditions aren’t symmetrical. The influence of this soft constraint can be adjusted in the Advanced User Settings. Rest API Rest API integration laying the foundation for a more flexible software and solver setup in combination with other tools in future. Click here to learn about What’s New in MSC Apex Generative Design 2022.3. |
Software Package: MSC Apex
Price: R 16 625.00/p excl VAT (A 25% discount applies if attendance is online)
Date:28 November - 2 December 2022
Duration: 5 Days
CPD Accredited: Yes
