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ImpressionFEA 0.7.0: SOLIDWORKS add-in
- 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 inSolidWorks\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.ps1adds 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.