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ImpressionFEA 0.7.0: SOLIDWORKS add-in

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@aemarconnet aemarconnet released this 12 Oct 01:51
· 21 commits to main since this release
  • SOLIDWORKS add-in: an ImpressionFEA CommandManager tab for parts and assemblies with Simulate
    (export the active configuration to STEP and open it in ImpressionFEA), Send Update (re-export; settings
    kept), All Configurations (export and solve every configuration as a run) and Job Folder. The solver
    runs out of process in the app; setups are saved per configuration beside the exported STEP files. Release
    packages include it in SolidWorks\ with register / unregister scripts.
  • 3D remeshing near closure: flat or inverted surface tets in pinched thin sections are untangled (surface nodes
    moved off the die to better positions), and a new mesh is accepted whenever it is clearly better than the one in
    use. Die-only jobs that stalled at ~92 % stroke with "tetrahedron collapsed" now run to closure.
  • Demo 3 (ram speed) fixed: the 2D solver now retries a stalled Newton solve with Picard fallback (it diverged at
    step 1 for 6061 in the flanged shaft), and the demo uses a 1.25 mm mesh; every speed forges to 100 % fill.
  • RUNS: right-click a run → Delete run (or select it and press Del) removes its telemetry, chart overlay and
    results; the view moves to the next stored run, or back to the setup preview.
  • App: single instance; --job <step|setup> and --configs <folder> [--template <setup>] command lines, forwarded
    to a running instance.

Downloads

  • ImpressionFEA-0.7.0-win-x64-full.zip: GPU (NVIDIA cuDSS) + CPU solvers.
  • ImpressionFEA-0.7.0-win-x64-light.zip: CPU only (Intel MKL), smaller; Get-GpuSolver.ps1 adds the GPU libraries later.

Both include the SOLIDWORKS add-in in SolidWorks\: run powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File SolidWorks\Register-ImpressionFEA-SolidWorks.ps1 (one administrator prompt), then restart SOLIDWORKS.