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HyperWorks Desktop 2017.1 Release Notes 1

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2017.1 Release Notes

Altair® HyperWorks® is the most comprehensive, open architecture CAE simulation platform in the industry. It offers the best technologies to design and optimize high performance, weight efficient, and innovative products.

HyperWorks includes best-in-class modeling, linear and nonlinear analyses, structural and system-level optimization, fluid and multibody dynamics simulation, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), multi-physics analysis, model-based development, and data management solutions.

Our goal at Altair has always been to provide the best technology at the highest value to our customers, and the HyperWorks 2017.1 release is no exception.

The suite offers hundreds of new features, enabling you to continue to develop better products in shorter timescales. New and enhanced capabilities include:

• Efficient part and assembly management

• Extremely fast graphic engine, to handle even the largest models

• New solutions for linear and nonlinear structural analysis

• Multiphysics analysis structural, electromagnetic and fluid flow phenomenon

• Optimization-based analysis and system-level design exploration



HyperMesh

General

New Vector and Plane Definitions Methods

The new “screen normal” method uses a vector defined normal to the screen. The new “screen parallel” uses a vector defined within/parallel to the screen. These are useful when a user wants to manipulate their model view in a specific way, and use the screen as the defining object for creating a vector or plane.

New Collision Detection Tool

A new collision detection tool is available for LS-Dyna and RADIOSS solver interfaces. This tool like penetration check panel will allow user to identify and resolve penetrations and intersections in a model for entity types like Contacts (Groups) and Components.

The tool can be accessed from the Tools menu.

Components as selection for Collision Check Collision Check Results for Selected Components

Seat Deformer with Pre-Simulation

The Seat Deformer Tool is available in LS-Dyna and RADIOSS user profiles. It enables to export an input deck for the appropriate solver, in order to simulate the deformation of the seat under the dummy. The simulation result file can be imported to update the initial FE model and thus remove the intersections and penetrations between the dummy and the seat.

The initial model with the dummy positioned at its correct H-Point location, but, showing intersections with the seat.



The pre-simulation load case is automatically set-up and the dedicated input deck is exported to the user specified location.

When the solver analysis is done, the user can import the dedicated solver output file to update the initial model with the deformed geometry and initial stresses on the seat parts.

Mechanism and Dummy Tools - Enhancements

• Ball joint limits are now written at export in the related keyword.

• Correction on color used for components not involved in body while setting element color mode to “by body”.

• Graphical display of related dummy and mechanism entities (joint, constraints) is automatically OFF in any Browsers other than the Mechanism Browser.

• By linking a dummy to a seat mechanism, the selected child bodies are now highlighted on the graphic area.

• In the Dummy context menu, a new option to delete the dummy tree and all related entities is now added.

Mesh/Geometry Appearance

Mesh Appearance dialog is now updated with Geometry Appearance and Anti-aliasing settings and allow user to adjust the display of geometry lines and application level anti-aliasing. The dialog is available inside Preferences pulldown.



Undefined Entity

Support of undefined entities are extended with the addition of boxes, accelerometers, rigidwalls and cross-sections entities.

Lighting Settings

In the Lighting dialog, available inside Preference pulldown, there are now two options available. One light and Multi-lights options. One light option allows both control of direction and intensity (slider) of the specular lighting where Two lights option only allow intensity control of specular lighting.

Multi-lights option is set by default.

One light setup

Multi-light setup

Entity Editor Enhancements

New workflow is added in Entity Editor to swiftly add/edit entities like Sets and Contact Surfaces for



Contacts. This is available for Abaqus, Ansys and OptiStruct solver interfaces.

New selection to add and modify sets for a contact

Miscellaneous Enhancements

• Ability to drag and drop a component out of an Assembly.

• ID Manager is now showing both reserves and conflicts count at the include level. In previous releases, those counts were only available at the entity level.

Resolved Issues

• Performance improvements (up to 85%) while deleting a large model and closing HyperMesh session loaded with a large model.

• Application crashes when exporting self-contained include while turning off the ‘ID Rules’ check.

• ID Manager expands all includes when you add minimum and maximum range for an include.

• Favorite Panels are not stored when the session is saved using HyperMesh Desktop.

• Export of Self Contained include does not honor Entity State Export settings.

• Query builder search in browser is not working consistently.

• 1D elements are hard to pick when located in front of 2d Elements.

• We have worked with NVIDIA to fix crashes and hangs with the NVIDIA 370 series driver on an Optimus setup (Intel/NVIDIA hybrid GPU). Fix is now available in NVIDIA driver version 376.99 and higher.



Connectors

Seam Connector Imprint Enhancements

When the mesh is associated to geometry, its edges are kept in consideration as far as possible. Only close to the imprinted area the edges are ignored.

If no geometry is available important features will still be detected by using a feature angle. Those can be defined separately per each connector now to be able to react on areas with special needs.

When a seam end is close to another seam it is allowed now, that they can share the same imprinted elements.

Additional mesh patterns have been introduced for in order to create better meshes, when realizing bent quad seam realizations. The user can decide between single and double quad corners.

New parameters describe the maximum deviation from the perfect element for the imprint area. This allows successful realizations even in more complex cases. The user can control whether the element size or the element skew is more important to keep.



Washer elements can be preserved from being remeshed when a close quad seam gets imprinted. The user can choose to preserve the washer as is or maintain it with a modified mesh.

Autopitch Improvements

The spot connector distribution along a flange has been changed in a manner, that the distribution starts in the middle of the flange in order to be able to fulfill the spot pitch end offset on both sides.

A parameter has been added to check for the differences of the projection distances. When activated, distances are checked against an average distance per flange; if the deviation is larger than the given limit, the spot is not created at those positions.

Reference and Indexing System

A functional connection often needs more than just the connecting elements; furthermore certain



contacts, materials, properties, etc. might be needed. The reference and indexing system is capable to identify, what exactly is used by each individual connector, which qualifies the tool to know, which of those entities might not be used anymore, when a connector gets unrealized or deleted. This system can be activated in the connector options and works also for absorbed connectors.

Miscellaneous Enhancements

• CWELD and CFAST elements can be absorbed and find their links by interpreting the element card information now. An additional projection check guarantees, that the found information is still reasonable. Incomplete element definitions are resulting in failed connectors, instead of not absorbing them at all. For GS CWELDs the connector is created at the GS node position.

• Connectors listed at the end of include files are considered during import now, too.

Resolved Issues

• The sealing vector calculation along connector lines has been corrected. Independent of the connector spacing the vector is created as bisector of the angle of three sequential test points.

• Performance for changing the realization type of many realized connectors in the connector Entity Editor has been improved.

• A segmentation error for importing .mcf files with specific meta data has been resolved.

• The command hm_ce_getprojectiondata returns all projection points now.

• Combining connectors of same realization type leads to a combined connector of the same realization type now.

• In some scenarios the absorption of adhesives with group links came up with wrong grouped links.



Meshing

BatchMesher

Washers can now additionally be defined using a subtraction formula. For example, to set a washer to be 8 less the hole radius, the washer definition would look like the last column:

Auto Quality Correction

Significant improvements to the Elem Cleanup panel have been implemented. These improvements are aimed at streamlining the cleanup process by adding new functionality, and reducing the overall time needed to correct the element quality.

Highlights include:

• Updated and streamlined panel layout:

• The following settings are taken from the standard param file and used during the clean-up

operation:

• The param file settings that define how far nodes can move away from edges, or normal to surfaces, are now honored during the clean-up operation.

• By default, all associated geometry will be utilized as part of the clean-up (if any exists). If this is not desired, the user must disassociate the FE from the geometry.

• Ability to easily select and review failing elements, optionally including adjacent layers which can be used to correct the quality of the failing elements.



• Optionally, feature edges (1D elements) and anchor nodes can be selected and preserved in the clean-up operation.

• Separate options are available to optionally allow re-meshing to correct failed elements and/or to reduce trias.

Elements Normal Adjustment

The Normals panel auto orientation mode has a new “feature angle” option. This allows for the user to define the feature angle by with the connected sections are defined. This is useful when there are many ribs or t-connections in the model, and the default internal feature angle is not creating the connected sections as desired.

Auto result with default feature angle Result with feature angle = 50.0

Mesh Controls

A new Mesh Controls folder is now available within the Model browser:



This contains a flat list of the mesh control entities with review capabilities, but no ability to create or edit. Double-clicking on the top-level Mesh Controls folder will launch the Mesh Controls browser with full capabilities enabled.

After feature-based meshing, nodes are now properly associated to the geometry. This allows for proper recognition of the association that is required for many operations like delete, show/hide, re-mesh, topology revision, etc.

Miscellaneous

The Check Elems panel connectivity check now identifies corner nodes that are attached to mid-size nodes as errors.



The Line Mesh panel “auto” orientation mode now properly accounts for the Frenet frame or surface system, which results in a correct orientation.

Pre-2017.1 Result 2017.1 Result

• The Map Mid-Mesh Thickness tool now allows for the properties to be created with fixed ranges, specified with a starting thickness and a range interval.

• Resolved multiple issues with Acoustic Cavity meshing regarding hangs, crashes, small pocket creation, incorrect element sizes, and incomplete output.

Model Build and Assembly

The Common Model workflow has been significantly enhanced with respect to general usability enhancements and part instantiation enhancements.

General Usability Enhancements

These enhancements include the introduction of a transformation tool, the automatic generation of part sets and configurations on drag and drop operations and significant browser, representation and configuration management performance improvements when working with large models.

Part Instantiation Enhancements

These enhancements include enhanced representation management, the ability to interactively generate and transform instanced parts and the addition of new icons to allow easy visual differentiation of instanced parts.



APIs

Highlights

• A new “by topology” selection method is available for *createmark, hm_createmark, *appendmark and hm_appendmark. This allows selecting points, lines, surfaces and solids based on their topology type (e.g. select lines as none, free, shared, non-manifold or suppressed).

• Added a new optional default_value argument to the hm_getdirectionpanel, hm_getfilename, hm_getfloat, hm_getint, hm_getplanepanel and hm_getstring APIs. This allows the script to set a default value for the user.

• The masking of individual surfaces of solids has thus far not been supported. To mask a solid surface, the solid must first be deleted, and then individual surfaces can be masked. In addition, user scripts may have come to rely that when a solid is displayed, all of its surfaces are also displayed. However, masking of individual surfaces of solids will be supported starting with the 2018 release. It is important for users to take action to update the logic in their scripts now, so that they will continue to work when the new support is available.

• A new hmbrapi API is available for getting information about hmbr3 browser views and selections.

• See the 2017.1 API Programmer’s Guide for full details on all new, modified and deprecated commands, as well as other items of note.

Resolved Issues

• Resolved several memory and accuracy issues with the hm_getedgeloops API.



HyperView

Highlights

Highlights of this release include some general enhancements and bug fixes. Please read below for more details.

General Enhancements

• Expression builder supports the following additional components when creating stress or strain based derived results: Lode Param Theta, Lode Param xi, Max Shear, Pressure, Signed von Mises, Tresca, Triaxiality.

• New Templex expressions are introduced to display filename, in short or long formats, corresponding to current load case in a note. This is especially useful when multiple result files are loaded.

• A new context menu is available for category based legend when user right clicks on the legend.

• Numeric legend is updated to place color band to the right of values and right-justify text when legend is positioned to the right in the graphics window.

• Ability to control iso-plot using a slider on the legend is now added to category based legend. The slider shows up when the legend context menu is used to add an iso-plot.

• FBD summary table is updated to show undeformed coordinates for nodes.

• Querying nodes by contour in the case of a corner-bound elemental contour is allowed through the command layer.

Resolved Issues

• Contour plot of 1-D Forces on CONROD elements in OP2 result file displays no result.

• Query by contour Top N picks the wrong node id when the node with the highest value is shared between several elements and has multiple values.

• Contribution from ROD elements is not taken into consideration when calculating Freebody forces.

• Application crashes when contouring stress with advanced and feature angle averaging enabled on an Abaqus ODB result using .inp file as model.

• Error loading RADIOSS animation file in HVTrans with special characters in layer labels in HVTrans.

• HyperView displays incorrect time step for some of the simulation steps in a step-based derived loadcase

• Issue with identifying the min and max of a window selection due to precision set on the



legend of the contour.

• Incorrect derived result value due to wrong loadcase reference in the expression.

• Application crashes when changing legend type to dynamic scale after changing interpolation to log and format to engineering.

• Application holding on to the result file when it is loaded using advanced result-math template even after the session has been cleared .

• Certain legend based Templex expressions do not show correct value when multiple models are overlaid.

• Undeformed shape is applied across all overlaid models instead of the current model.



HyperGraph

Highlights

Flexible Reports provide more capabilities in the Channel Mapping tool; horizontal and vertical axes can be auto-fitted separately during report overlay. PowerPoint Publishing supports embedded AVI videos within MS PowerPoint as they would be supported when inserted manually by a PowerPoint user. In addition, media files can be published without being recaptured, which improves the video quality. The Build Plots panel has been enhanced to make it easier to parse through multiple result files. TableView improvements for more Excel like cell editing have been added, together with enhancements to the LS-Dyna interface.

Flexible Report Template Improvements

Auto-connect similar channels

• If the user wants to manually connect one or more channels without similar channels updating automatically, this can be achieved by deselecting the new "Auto-connect similar channels" option. This makes it possible to map channels which had the same data type but different requests in result file "A", with channels in result file "B" where the data types are different but the requests are the same.

• The "Autofit" option can be applied to either the horizontal or vertical axis separately. This makes it possible to lock the x or y axis settings as new plots are overlaid.

PowerPoint Publishing - Embedded Video Player



The PowerPoint Publishing in 2017.1 supports embedded AVI videos within MS PowerPoint as they would be supported when inserted manually by a PowerPoint user. Options are provided to overcome the size limitations of Motion JPEG decoding software built into most MS Windows installations.

MediaView - New PowerPoint Publishing Setting "Media Pass Through (MPT)"

When the user selects the MPT (Media Pass Through) option for PowerPoint Publishing, the media file is published to PowerPoint without being recaptured, thus retaining the file's original quality. This format option is displayed in Publish Settings for MediaView only.

Define Curves Panel

In the Define Curves panel, multiple lines can now be selected and deleted from the values table for curves of type "Value" by using SHIFT and the LMB or arrow keys. This feature was frequently requested, especially from crash users, to delete points from test curves.



Math Function "expfit"

An additional optional third argument has been added to the "expfit" function to return the polynomial coefficients instead of the vectors, similar to the "polyfit" function.

Build Plots Enhancements

• The state of the "Preview" button in the Build Plots panel will be remembered when new result files are loaded.

• The size of the "File-Filter" entry of the "Multiple File Selection" dialog has been increased.

• The default file type of the Open Data File browser can be customized using the HG_DEFAULT_RESULT_TYPE environment variable:

TableVew Improvements

• The editing of cell values using the "Cell Data" panel has been improved to be more



similar to EXCEL. The double-click on the cell is no longer necessary to display the content in the panel, and the entry field is no longer cleared when the mouse is moved out of the entry area.

• The ability to save conditional formatting information like background color and text color into session files has been added.

Report Templates

The *BeginCurve statement in report templates supports manual parameterization via text editor.

Interfaces

• LS-Dyna Support for the following results has been added: − "*DATABASE_DISBOUT" from BINOUT files − "*DATABASE_RCFORC_MOMENT" from RCFORC files − "*NODOUT_SSD" from BINOUT files

• Crash: Support of RADIOSS animation files for "IIHS Front intrusion - 40%" Template.

Resolved Issues

• Templex expressions used in datum line positions in plots with trimmed curves are no longer case sensitive.

• PamView *.crv ASCII files bigger than 100 MB can now be loaded into HyperGraph.

• The graphics performance for plots with highly sampled curves has been improved.

• The issue with name conflicts in ABAQUS .odb files is resolved; files with duplicate names in different result types are supported in 2017.1.

• The problems displaying long parameter labels in the Flexible Report GUI are resolved.

• LS-Dyna deforc files with an added legend section in the file header no longer fail in HyperGraph 2017.1.

• Axial force results from LS-Dyna swforc ASCII files are now read correctly and match the same results using the binout file.

• The height of the Current Parameter Value and the Default Parameter Value rows in Flexible Report Template are no longer mismatched.

• Extremely small minimum and maximum axis values (e.g. 1e-10) are now saved correctly in the session file on LINUX.

• Curves created with the "mstep" function no longer return incorrect values when the step values are given in double format instead of integer format.

• Support for PamCrash 2016 THP results has been added.



• The size of the "Select Curves" window in the Modify Curves panel has been increased.

• Creating summary curves of more the ten curves via the plot browser context menu no longer creates math expressions in the X- and Y-vectors with an unsorted range syntax.



MotionView

Highlights

MotionView 2017.1 brings in new exciting functionalities such as exporting as a functional mock-up unit (FMU), a new Truck library, and many other improvements.

Archiving Model

MotionView now offers the ability to create an archive of the model collecting all the needed reference files along with the MDL at a given location. This capability helps the user while sharing the model saving the effort of collecting the reference files and changing path references in the MDL.

• An archive folder is created at a given location with a new mdl saved in it

• All files referenced by the model (Except files from the install) is copied into the folder

• All path references in the copied mdl is removed so that the references are local to the mdl

• An option is available to zip the content upon creation

Use the File > Export > Model to archive the model.

MotionView Model as a Functional Mock-up Unit (FMU)

A MotionSolve model can now be exported as a Functional Mock-up Unit that can be used in all applications that support FMU such as sT/Activate. Communication to the FMU occurs through a standard set of functions that are known as the Functional Mock-up interface (FMI).

This capability enables you to:

• Easily add multi-physics to your MBS model by including thermal, electrical and control systems,

• Interface with MODELICA based components,

• Connect with other solvers that support the FMI standard

Use the File > Export > Model to export the model as an FMU:



The exported FMU is a package that contains the model, data files it references and scripts with which co-simulation with MotionSolve can be established. FMU of type Model Exchange is not supported. A HyperWorks installation along with a license is needed for the FMU co-simulation to work.

The exported FMU can be integrated into another application especially 1D simulators such as sT/Activate.

Support for Polyline Creation

The 3D Cartesian curve entity has been enhanced to support polylines. An option to smoothen the sharp corners with a Smoothing Radius is also available.



Performance Improvements

Performance has been significantly improved in the following areas:

• MotionView memory usage

• 2D rigid body contact

MotionView memory usage

• MotionView 14.0.110 and later used higher memory for graphics rendering. The memory usage is now optimized for cylinder and sphere graphics. This change should result in lower memory consumption on full vehicle models that could use large number of spheres or cylinders.

Enhanced performance for 2D rigid body contact

• The panel for 2D contact in MotionView has been modified to make the planarity check for curves explicit operation. This is a labor-intensive operation and you perform it only when you want to do by selecting the Identify Planarity option.

Interoperability between solidThinking Inspire Motion and MotionSolve

Multibody models created with solidThinking Inspire Motion can be opened in MotionView. Simply use the Export button on the ‘Run Motion Analysis window’ to export the motion model (including analysis settings) as a MotionView file (.mdl) with geometry (.x_t).



Using Inspire Motion you can:

• Import CAD: easily modify, re-shape, and de-feature geometry

• Organize model: create rigid groups to consolidate several parts into single rigid body

• Mechanize model: define joints, motor, actuators, springs, save model at new configuration

• Motion analysis: statics and transient analysis, animation, plotting

• Part analysis: extract loads for FE analysis and Part topology optimization

• Export: write .mdl and .x_t files for use in MotionView

Click here to read about the latest enhancements in Inspire.

New Truck Library

MotionView now offers a new wizard library for modeling heavy trucks. This library includes solid axle, steerable front suspensions and single or tandem rear suspensions. Suspensions are sprung using leaf springs, air springs, or both. Half and full vehicle truck models are compatible with half and full vehicle events.

To use the truck library from the MotionView menu bar select “Model -> Set Wizard Paths” to display the dialog below. Then select “Heavy truck” in the option menu as shown. Finally from the menu bar select “Model -> Assembly Wizard…” to build a half or full truck model of your choice.

Truck Library Suspensions

Front Suspensions

Solid Axle with Multi-Leaf Springs

http://www.solidthinking.com/help/Inspire/2017.1/win/en_us/index.html?whats_new.htm



Trailing Arm with Air Springs

Rear Suspensions

Solid Axle with Multi-Leaf Springs

Trailing Arm with Air Springs

Tandem Solid Axle with Bell Crank Linked Leaf Springs and Single or Dual Axle Drive



Tandem Solid Axle with Inverted Leaf and Single or Dual Axle Drive

New Full Vehicle Events

In 2017.1 when you build a full car or truck model for use with Altair Driver you gain access to a new set of full vehicle events. You add these events to your model using MotionView’s browser context menu rather than the task wizard. Using these events you can:

• Add multiple events to your model, including any number of the same event. For example three single lane change events run at different speeds: 10 m/s, 11 m/s and 12 m/s.

• Select, build, run and edit events from the context menu, including editing the solver .xml file and Altair driver (.adf) file

• Edit event parameters and simulation settings using new event specific dialogs

• Understand event purpose and parameters via descriptions and diagrams on the event panel and editor dialog

• View plots and animations using standard event reports

Each event you add to your model has an associated panel that describes event and a dedicated event editor dialog for editing event and simulation parameters. For example, below are the panel and editor dialog associated the Constant Radius Cornering Event.



When you use the assembly wizard to build a full vehicle truck or car model you will observe the model includes an Advanced Driver system. The Advanced Driver system contains all the attachments that connect the driver to the vehicle and all the parameters about the vehicle like the vehicle mass and yaw inertia the driver needs to control the vehicle. By selecting the Advanced Driver system you can update the attachments and parameters if needed. The Advanced Driver panel includes a “Calculate” button that executes a script to update the vehicle parameters automatically. Accurate vehicle parameters improve the driver’s ability to accurately follow paths and speed or acceleration parameters.

When you use the assembly wizard to build a full vehicle truck or car model you will observe the model includes an Advanced Driver system. The Advanced Driver system contains all the attachments that connect the driver to the vehicle and all the parameters about the vehicle like the vehicle mass and yaw inertia the driver needs to control the vehicle. By selecting the Advanced Driver system you can update the attachments and parameters if needed. The Advanced Driver panel includes a “Calculate” button that executes a script to update the vehicle parameters automatically. Accurate vehicle parameters improve the driver’s ability to accurately follow paths and speed or acceleration parameters.

New Auto Tire Entity

A new AutoTire pair and single entities supports CDTire, FTIRE, and MF-TYRE/MF-SWIFT tire models. Previously to change tire models, for example from MF-TYRE to FTIRE, required you deactivate or delete the autoMFTire entity and add an AutoCtiTire entity. With the new AutoTire you need only switch tire and road property files. The new AutoTire single and pair entities include these helpful features:

• Reads tire dimensions from the selected tire property file and resizes the tire graphics automatically

• Provides context sensitive help by pressing the “Help” button

• Integrates road graphics generation for supported road types (3D Spline, CRG and RGR roads)

The new AutoTire entity features an enhanced GUI.



NOTE: The existing entities autoCTITire, autoCDTire, and autoMFTire remain supported and existing MotionView models using these entities are NOT updated to the new autoTire. However, beginning in release 2018 we plan to automatically update models to the autoTire. MotionView models using autoCTITire, autoCDTire, and autoMFTire when read into MotionView 2018 will be converted to use the autoTire. With release 2019 Altair plans to end support for autoCTITire, autoCDTire, and autoMFTire.

Cosin FTIRE

Integration of MotionSolve with Cosin FTIRE is improved. With this update you can set the environment variable COSIN_PREFIX to point to the FTIRE installation you want MotionSolve to load. If the environment variable COSIN_PREFIX is not set, then MotionSolve searches your home directory as before for the cosin.ini file to determine where your installation of FTIRE resides. When you use COSIN_PREFIX, you must also set the environment variable COSIN_LMSERVER to point to your FTIRE license server.

Resolved Issues

• An issue with User Defined Template not being executed after the first execution has been resolved

• The usage of key “I” for interface nodes in flexprep in batchmode was broken. This issue has been fixed.

• RES to DAC conversion of fatigueprep added an extra data point with 0.0 as value at the beginning of the data. This issue has been resolved

• mnf file path written under FLEX_BODY statement for Adams export has been changed. If the flexible body uses a flex h3d to generate an mtx, the mnf path would be the same as that of h3d. If the flexible body uses an existing mtx, the mnf path would be the same as that of mtx. The mnf path was earlier set as the same path as the adm file.

• It is now possible to pick point/vector from geometry in the Beam and Polybeam panel with the “Allow CAD feature recognitions” is turned ON in Tools > Options > Build Model

• A panel update issue with 2D contacts where the body information is not being updated when the body of the curve is changed has been fixed



HyperCrash

Highlights


• Compare 2 entities: Convenient method of comparing 2 entities:

• Full support of segment sets: Full support including creation and capability to display normal orientation and to switch it

• Basic View: Improvement in the context menu operations for basic view in generic pages. Added Create and Edit options similar to template

• Define Function Window: Allow .csv format of x,y values in Import Curve functionality

• Model browser: View options added for Time History (RADIOSS) / *DATABASE_HISTORY_ (LS-Dyna)



Safety Tools

• New seat belt contacts handling: − In the Preferences settings: default contact file selection, defining belt contact default

parameters − In RADIOSS profile: new options for TYPE7 symmetrical contact and TYPE11 contact

generation in belt panel.

Model Comparison

• Difference on keyword subtype is now identified in orange

• Added support for adhesive objects for comparison of materials (RADIOSS Profile)

RADIOSS User Profile


• RADIOSS multi engine files: Full support of RADIOSS multi engine files and control card edition enhanced.

• New environment variable for user material law: A new environment variable MV_USR_DIR can be defined to point to a local directory containing the user material law config files.

RADIOSS 14.0 Updated Keywords

• Starter Keywords − New Iproj option in /INTER/TYPE2

RADIOSS 2017 - New and Updated Keywords

• Starter keywords − /STACK, /PLY, /DRAPE and /PROP/PCOMPP for new composite modeling capabilities



− /PERTURB − /TH/SURF − New Sol2Sph option in /PROP/SOL_ORTH − New Iform=6 in /MAT/LAW51 − New option Ithe_form in /INTER/TYPE21 − New option Eps1 and Eps2 in /FAIL/TENSSTRAIN

• Engine keywords − /ANIM/ELEM/QVIS − /ANIM/ELEM/VOLU

Model Checker Enhancements

• Checks added for newly created entities: PERTURB, /STACK, /PLY, /DRAPE and /PROP/PCOMPP

• Check on duplicated id is added for /TH/SUBSET in lower profile 13.0 and 12.0

• Error message for /FAIL/ENERGY

• Check to verify the value of Virtual Thickness for Shell Parts

• Some checks considered as "obsolete" from version 12.0 to 2017 have been removed

LS-DYNA User Profile


• Improvements in *DEFINE_TRANSFORMATION handling − Check button added in Model browser and Transformation panel to control activation/de-

activation and graphical display of selected transformation − Popup window for restoring the original nodes position while deleting a transformation card − Improvement in handling of *DEFINE_BOX when defined in *INCLUDE_TRANSFORM

Model Checker Enhancements

• Check for a child ROT having rotation axis direction as 0,0,0.

• Do not consider loose node if beam is in part rigid involved into a CONSTRAINED_RIGID_BODY

• Check to detect Duplicate_Database_History_Node



Resolved Issues

• Fixed display issue of DEFINE_BOX_LOCAL with SET_SEGMENT

• New flag added in DEFINE_FRICTION to handle definition on part or set of part

• Fixed issue with Unresolved ids not getting updated when ID offset are defined in *INCLUDE_TRANSFORM

• Improvements done in Export Selection



HyperForm

One-Step

Enhancements

• Each nesting run will give top 25 results rather than just the best results.

• One-Step results strain tensor optionally can be exported with plastic strain in other solver formats.

Incremental

Process optimization integrated with model setup has been updated to support user defined FLC curve for objective and constraint definition. Also thickening is added as an option for constraint. Callouts creation in post processing has been greatly simplified with a new macro to easy creation for report generation.

Enhancements

• Support for user defined FLC curve in optimization objective and constraint definition.

• Support for thickening as a constraint function.

• Simplified callout creation macro in HyperForm dropdown inside HyperView for publishing results.

• Tube bending model setup updated with automatic option to identify the number of balls and its pitch in the mandrel based on tube and bending parameters.

• Tube bending model setup macro updated with option for user to define mesh size for the tubes.

• Custom animation definition in the user process is automated based on tool motion. Its frequency can be defined in Preference.

Resolved Issues

• Large computation time (small time step) because of tool elements.

• Failure to launch solver from HyerForm when there are spaces in folder path or file name.

• Modelling of stopper resulting in higher blank holding force.



HyperXtrude

HyperXtrude - Metal Extrusion

Enhancements

• Fixed important issues and improvements to batch tools.

Resolved Issues

• Cleanup the preserved nodes during data export.

HyperXtrude/Polymer Processing

Enhancements

• Fixed important issues and improvements to batch tools.

Resolved Issues

• Cleanup the preserved nodes during data export.

HyperWeld/FrictionStirWelding

Enhancements

• Fixed product invoke issues.

Resolved Issues

• Resolved log message issue while launching HyperWeld profile.

HyperMold User Profile - Moldex3D/Shell

Enhancements



• Fixed important issue in coolant data export.

Resolved Issues

• Fixed the coolant data export issue as reported from Moldex3D

CAD and Solver Interfaces

Abaqus Interface

ANSYS Interface

EXODUS Interface

LS-DYNA Interface

Nastran Interface

OptiStruct Interface

PAM CRASH 2G Interface

RADIOSS Interface



Abaqus Interface

Highlights

Add support for Gasket element creation. This was only supported during import and export in previous releases. New Material orientation tool to assign and review. This tool uses the Distribution table while assigning orientation.

Material Orientation

• It is often desired to create material orientation based on curve direction for composite modeling. This tool is applicable for shell element only. The material orientation is to follow a radial or tangential direction of a circular cut, then radial/tangential material angle is created for each element card. This tool can be accessed from Tools > Material Orientation menu.

Card Creation

Added a pull-down option for all the keywords supported in Abaqus Interface. This allows users to find the keywords from the search tool.



Gasket Element Creation

Use the Gasket Element(GK3D18 and GK3D12) tool to create gasket elements, or update existing hexa or penta elements to gasket elements. To invoke the Gasket Element tool, from the menu bar, click Mesh > Create > 3D Elements > Gasket Elements.

Abaqus 2017 ODB

Added Abaqus 2017 ODB support in HyperView/ HyperGraph/HVTrans

Solver Conversion Enhancements

OptiStruct > Abaqus

• TIE conversion is now supported.

Resolved Issues



• Resolved issues with name clash in ODB while reading in HyperGraph; with the fix HyperGraph can read ODB files with duplicate names in different result types.

• Supported the creation, import and export of *SUBSTRUCTURE GEOMETRY keyword.



ANSYS Interface

Highlights

In this release, Node and Element data from ANSYS WorkBench *.DAT file can be read in HyperMesh.

Post-Processing

HyperView now supports ANSYS ETABLE results for second order contact elements- CONTA172 and CONTA174.

Pre-Processing

Creation of contact pairs using the Contact browser has been enhanced to show default values for the contact properties. Also, you can set your own contact properties default values by updating configuration file in the installation.

Resolved Issues

• Issue with creation of duplicate contact elements from contact surfaces during export is now fixed.

• Component table is now showing correct section IDs attached to the component.

• Performance issue with the tool that creates special second order elements – “Convert to spl. 2nd Order…” is now fixed.



EXODUS Interface

Highlights

In this release, the Exodus-Sierra_SD interface has been enhanced with few new features listed below.

Enhancements

• RBE2 and RBE3 element support, including GUI creation, import, export and browser listing, as well as editing through browser is now supported

• HyperBeam tool has been enabled to use with this user profile. Creating all type of 1D cross-sections, assigning them to either element or component is also provided through the Solver browser.

• Detailed display of 1D element is enhanced to include HyperBeam also.

• Mass calculation is supported under panel and summary.



LS-DYNA Interface

Highlights

New Cross Section Assistant

From the Model Browser, the creation of cross sections is now driven by a Cross Section Assistant. This tool makes the creation of single or multiple LS-Dyna cross-sections completely automatic.


A new collision detection tool is available and is accessible from the Tools > Collision Detection pull down.

New Entity for Seat Belt Keywords

Enhancement offered for the support of the following LS-DYNA keywords:

*ELEMENT_SEATBELT_PRETENSIONER

*ELEMENT_SEATBELT_RETRACTOR

*ELEMENT_SEATBELT_SLIPRING

The keywords were originally mapped to HyperMesh entity type element mass. Now HyperMesh treats them as independent entities, each with unique ID, icon and with the exception of Pretensioner also a new graphic representation.

Among the major benefits now no ID conflicts or renumbering in import will occur when a retractor slipring or pretensioner has the ID already taken by other entities.

Old HyperMesh file are mapped directly to this new entity without data loss. The newly added entities are no longer supported using the HyperMesh panel. They can only be edited in the Entity Editor. Creation of the entity can be achieved using context menu in the browser or through other shortcut such as the CTRL+F tool recently introduced.



New Entity for *HOURGLASS

The LS-DYNA keyword *HOURGLASS was originally mapped to property entity. Now HyperMesh treats it as independent hourglass entity with unique ID and icon. No ID conflicts or renumbering upon import when hourglass has the ID already taken by other entities.

New Keywords

• *CONTROL_IMPLICIT_MODAL_DYNAMIC

• *MAT_LAMINATED_FRACTURE_DAIMLER_PINHO (*MAT_261)

• *MAT_SEATBELT_2D (*MAT_B01)

Updated Keywords

• *DEFORMABLE_TO_RIGID

• *PART_CONTACT: Supported the flag CPARM8

• *MAT_FABRIC_MAP (*MAT_34): Supported FORM=24

• *MAT_SEATBELT (*MAT_B01)

• *SENSOR_CONTROL


• Entity Editor shows description for legal values of attributes under solver keywords

• Improved handling of export with merge option when includes and transformations

• Now *MAT_FABRIC_MAP (*MAT_34) can support unloading curves

• Now *CONTACT_TIED_SURFACE_TO_SURFACE_THERMAL_FRICTION_ID support negative curve for LCH parameter

• *CONTACT_GUIDED_CABLE can be read without _ID also



Nastran Interface

Highlights

New Contact browser is now supported with improved Auto Contact creation performance and Auto Contact detecting capabilities. Contact browser supports new contact cards modeling, however, you can still export old contact cards through the Solver Option in the Export browser.

Contact Browser and Auto Contact Enhancements

The Contact browser consists of three panes; the first pane displays the component, contact surface, property and set. The second pane displays the contacts content. The third pane displays the Entity Editor. For more information please refer to the Contact browser documentation.

Generating contacts automatically through Auto Contact



Solver Cards Addition and Enhancements

• PCOMPLS

• TEMPP1


Contact browser enhancements and Nastran contacts can be converted to OptiStruct contact cards while changing profile from Nastran to OptiStruct or while importing the Nastran model in OptiStruct profile.

Resolved Issues

• MATORT export needs correction

• Handling of Nastran models with Super Elements (SE)



OptiStruct Interface

Highlights

Nonlinear analysis features support. Solver conversion from Abaqus to OptiStruct has been enhanced to support nonlinear analysis cards. New tool to setup convection load and heat transfer analysis. Nastran contacts can be converted to OptiStruct contacts during import and while changing profile from Nastran to OptiStruct.

Structural Linear and Nonlinear Analysis Enhancements

• HASH and PUCK failure theory in PCOMP, PCOMPG and PCOMPP

• Support constraining rotational DOFs in large-displacement TIE

• JOINTG joint element with type UNIVERSAL, BALL and REVOLUTE

• Node Set in TIE contact

• Changing friction properties during an analysis

• Material Orientation for Solid elements

• Orientation Angle for CHEXA and CPENTA

• RIGID I/O Options entry

• MATF material failure criteria model input

• Element temperature field TEMPP1

• RSPLINE creation support

• Alpha filed on RBE3 and RROD elements

• RJOINT and GENEL card support

• Layered composite PCOMPLS added as property

• Support for PFGRID keyword SOLUTION

• Added default parameter AUTO to PARAM,CONTFEL

• Added binary .op4 flexbody output for ROMAX

• Added field MSGLVL in EIGRA

Thermal Analysis Enhancements

New Thermal Load Setup tool is available in the Tools menu to set up Convection Load and Heat Transfer Analysis.



Thermal boundary condition SPC with D value is now available in Temperature panel; with this, you can map ambient temperature on structure from external file through linear interpolation option in the Temperature panel.

Fatigue Card Enhancements

• Random response fatigue analysis

• RNFLOW output request for Fatigue analysis

• FRF force support for CWELD in design optimization

• Exposed time step for each FATEVNT in random response fatigue

Optimization Card Enhancements

• Entity editor support for DTPG and DSHAPE cards

• Output option to output Lagrange multipliers into slk file

• Grid deformed response in local system

• Report Unconstrained Responses support


MSC Nastran > OptiStruct

• MSC Nastran contact card can be converted to OptiStruct cards. The cards listed below are supported in conversion during import of a Nastran file in the OptiStruct user profile, or when changing the user profile from Nastran to OptiStruct, if the model has been imported in the session already.

− BCTABL1, BCTABLE, BCONECT,BCBODY, BCBODY1, BSURF

Abaqus > OptiStruct

• *SURFACE INTERACTION, Separation(No/Yes) is mapped to PCONT, Separation(No/Yes)



• Hyperelastic material (NEOH, MOONEY RIVLIN, RPOLY, YEOH, ARUDA BOYCE) conversion supported

• *DFLUX conversion to QBDY1

• Configuration file path could be specified in batch conversion

• Position tolerance in TIE is converted

• Nodal Thickness conversion supported

• HydroStatic Pressure load from Abaqus to OptiStruct

• Reporting log post conversion format changed to html format

• Multiple bug fixes

Solver Cards Addition and Enhancements

• PARAM, ROMAX

• PARAM, DSZERO

• PARAM, S2K

• JOINTG

• PCOMPLS

• RSPLINE

• RJOINT

• GENEL

• MATF

• TEMPP1

• SOLUTION option in PFGRID

• RIGID I/O card

• THETA and PHI for CHEXA and CPENTA elements

• HASH and PUCK options

• NSET option in TIE card

• MSGLVL field in EIGRA card

• MSLAGM option in OUTPUT card

Resolved Issues

• Sets browser failed to update when new sets are created.



• Unsupported contact parameter CONTOUT is not recognized.

• Loadcase definition - when Analysis type change all previous definition is lost.

• The Stress output definition in the Loadstep Browser results in wrong export.

• HyperMesh not reading *.fem from MotionView flexprep correctly.

• Grid Temperature response not valid for Steady State Heat Transfer subcase using DCONSTRAINTS panel.

• I/O doesn't retain RBODY bulk data.

• Loadsteps panel will not allow NLOUT and NLPARM selection simultaneously.

• Entity State browser ignores Load Steps settings.

• Tool tip does not show AUTO option for CONTFEL in param.

PAM CRASH 2G Interface

Scale Thickness Tool

Supported Scale Thickness Tool which enables to perform thickness operations on element and component.

Updated Keywords

Airbag keywords are updated to support solver manual 2015

• BAGIN and its sub-keywords

• CHMABER and its sub-keywords


• Entity Editor shows description for legal values of attributes under solver keywords.

• The selection keyword filter >NOD is supported for formula set in entity editor.

• Improved handling of export with merge option when includes and transformations.

• Fixed export issue with MATERIAL TYPE 42.

• General comments ($ or #) length extended to 256 character.

• CONLO: Supported HM comments to avoid reorganization of loads, vector orientation is corrected and attribute CLOAD is supported.

• Improved errors and warnings upon import of BEAM elements.



• BDFOR: Improved keyword reading with line as optional and read GES.



RADIOSS Interface

Highlights

In this release, a new tool for the automatic creation of RADIOSS cross-sections is available. The new RADIOSS 2017 user profile is added and the RADIOSS keywords coverage is extended.

New Cross Section Assistant

From the Model Browser, the creation of cross sections is now driven by a Cross Section Assistant. This tool makes the creation of single or multiple RADIOSS cross-sections completely automatic.


A new collision detection tool is available for the RADIOSS interface and accessible from the Tools > Collision Detection pull down.

New Keywords

• New Starter Keywords

− /DFS/DETCORD (RADIOSS V2017) − /IMPDISP/FGEO (RADIOSS V14 & RADIOSS V2017) − /IMPVEL/FGEO (RADIOSS V14 & RADIOSS V2017) − /INIBRI/FILL (RADIOSS V14 & RADIOSS V2017) − /MAT/LAW92 (RADIOSS V2017)

• New Engine Keywords − /ALE/GRID/DISP (RADIOSS V2017) − /ALE/GRID/DONEA (RADIOSS V2017) − /ALE/GRID/SPRING (RADIOSS V2017)



− /ALE/GRID/STANDARD (RADIOSS V2017) − /ALE/GRID/ZERO (RADIOSS V2017) − /ANIM/ELEM/VOLU (RADIOSS V2017) − /ANIM/ELEM/QVIS (RADIOSS V2017) − /DT/BRICK/CST/1 (RADIOSS V2017) − /DT/FVMBAG (RADIOSS V12, RADIOSS V13, RADIOSS V14 & RADIOSS V2017) − /DT/FVMBAG1(RADIOSS V14 & RADIOSS V2017) − /FVMBAG/MODIF (RADIOSS V12, RADIOSS V13, RADIOSS V14 & RADIOSS V2017) − /IMPL/NONLIN/SOLVINFO (RADIOSS V2017)

Updated Keywords

• Starter Keywords − /FAIL/CONNECT (RADIOSS V2017) − /FAIL/SNCONNECT (RADIOSS V2017) − /FAIL/TENSSTRAIN (RADIOSS V2017) − /INTER/TYPE21 (RADIOSS V2017) − /MAT/LAW51 (RADIOSS V2017) − /MONVOL/GAS (RADIOSS V2017) − /PROP/SOL_ORTH (RADIOSS V2017) − /PROP/TYPE45 (KJOINT2) (RADIOSS V2017) − /PROP/TYPE51 (RADIOSS V14 & RADIOSS V2017)

• Engine Keywords − /ALE/DISP changed to /ALE/GRID/DISP (RADIOSS V14 & RADIOSS V2017) − /ALE/SPRING changed to /ALE/GRID/SPRING (RADIOSS V14 & RADIOSS V2017) − /ALE/STANDARD changed to /ALE/GRID/STANDARD (RADIOSS V14 & RADIOSS V2017) − /ALE/ZERO changed to /ALE/GRID/ZERO (RADIOSS V14 & RADIOSS V2017)


Abaqus > RADIOSS

• Combined Viscoelastic and HyperFoam material converted to /MAT/LAW62

LS-Dyna > RADIOSS



• *MAT_100 and *SECTION_BEAM ELFORM=9 converted to /PROP/TYPE13

• *CONTACT_AUTOMATIC_SINGLE_SURFACE converted to TYPE7

• *CONTACT INTERIOR converted to TYPE7

• *MAT_SPRING_NONLINEAR_ELASTIC converted to P13_SPR_BEAM

• *MATL7 converted to MAT42 OGDEN

• Reporting log post conversion format changed


• Entity Editor shows description for legal values of attributes under solver keywords.

• Improved handling of export with merge option when includes and transformations.

• Title character length support is extended to 100 for the keywords under Contact Surface, Control Volume, Cross Section, Load Collector, Output Block and Sensor.

• Updated the keyword /PROP/SOL_ORTH with IP for proper legal values under RADIOSS V11 & RADIOSS V12.

• Import works with /DT/NODA/CST and converts to /DT/NODA/CST/0 upon export.

• Import works with /MAT/LAW66 for Iyld_rate=0 for all version user profiles.

• Reader is enhanced to handle IMPVEL with FRAME and SKEW.

• Removed RADIOSS Block100 from user profile dialog. Templates are available in the installation and can be loaded; however they are no longer maintained.



HyperWorks Verification and Validation Harness (HVVH)

Highlights

HVVH is a new framework developed for Verification, Validation of HyperWorks products. This will help end users to quickly evaluate the software quality, performance, reliability, scalability, robustness and gain more confidence in HyperWorks products. This also helps them to migrate to newer HyperWorks versions faster. Some new features are added in the current version along with resolution of reported issues.

Performance Metrics (Histogram)

For HyperMesh and HyperCrash the imported and exported times are shown in the form of Histograms. Difference in time along with % change is also displayed along with this for each file.

Solver Results Comparison - PPT Publication

For viewing the compared results for solver result comparison and HyperView/HyperGrah result comparison new PowerPoint option is enabled. Users can pick HTML or PPT format for the report publication.

Solver Result Comparison- Automatic Identification

For given HyperWorks versions, the default solver versions (OptiStruct and RADIOSS) have been added.

New option to edit/add are available for user to add new solver versions or delete old ones.

Resolved Issues

• Basic IO -> correct import and export template options for Ls-Dyna and RADIOSS are activated

• CAD export errors rectified for some of the readers

• Solution & Compare Sensitivity -> solver result comparison - Correct solver version for given HyperWorks version is picked

• Title in the HTML report for Solution->Run is correctly displayed same for OUT file comparison.

• HyperGraph Result comparison -> X and Y vectors of different lengths are handled

• Message box -> old messages are deleted when new HVVH session is created

• HyperView version result comparison -> result comparison for Element Stress 2D & 3D is correctly supported



• HyperView versions result comparison -> Crash readers are properly identified when model and result files are loaded

• Duplicate files in Demo and Tutorial for HyperXtrude are removed

NVH Director

Highlights

Pack 'n Go

New capability to package all project data (assembly XML files, representation files, LP templates, loadcase files, job files and CSV templates) for transfer to others or for archival. On unpacking, all the models and databases will work seamlessly with updated links.

DMIG Support

New DMIG representation type for module to support DMIG based model files in ASCII format and CDTire model files in H3D format with control on use of matrices present in DMIG in terms of use and name.

Dynamic LCS

Option to specify and lock IDs of dynamic LCS

Integrated Diagnostics

• Enhancement in the overlay feature to compare responses between different results and compare responses in the same result file

• Added capability to calculate vehicle diagnostics from sensitivity diagnostics

ERP

Enhancement to support panel contributions from radiated sound

Resolved Issues



• Issues related to Assembly XML and Subsystem XML using preserve option

• Issue related to performance in multiple sample analysis of modal participation

ConnectMe

Highlights

• Favorite section: Favorite products can be added and removed from the Favorite section by toggling the star icon next to the name. The Favorite section can be reordered by dragging items.

• Copy and paste update information: The Updates tab provides a Copy button to copy all updates details to clipboard to paste.

• Version management: Hiding packages in the Settings panel will hide updates for that package.

• Supports 2017x.1: ConnectMe now supports HyperWorks 2017x.1.

2017.0.1 ConnectMe Release Notes

Enhancements

• Logging: ConnectMe now logs errors for debugging issues.

• Performance: The User Interface (UI) performance has been improved.

Resolved Issues



• Desktop and Solvers updates: ConnectMe will detect the correct installed version of desktop and Solvers if help of Desktop and Solvers are installed locally.

• Detecting running applications: AcufieldView 2017, Inspire 2016.2, Virtual Wind Tunnel 13.0 will be listed in the “Recent” section properly after they are invoked.

• Update count badge: Update count now always shows total actual updates available according to local installations and is not affected by search or filter.

• Launching ConnectMe: ConnectMe will work properly if user name and user profile name are out of sync.



HyperWorks Licensing

Highlights

Altair provides a unique and innovative license mechanism that allows users to maximize productivity and functionality when using the HyperWorks suite of programs. HyperWorks 2017.1 Licensing provides a number of new features and bug fixes with the latest release of HyperWorks 2017.1. New products have been added, as well as an update of the license system.

The highlights of HyperWorks 2017.1 product licensing are following:

Upgrade to Altair License Manger 13.1

The Altair License System has been updated to 13.1, providing better reliability and bugs fixes.

Licenses now checkout “atomically”, preventing client applications from getting ‘locked’ to a license server that may satisfy part of the checkout request but all of it as far as features are concerned. If a server can not satisfy the complete request, the client will continue searching down the license path until it finds one that can, or exhausts the list.

The Altair License Manager 13.0 (or later updates) is required to run HyperWorks 2017 and updates. It is backward compatible with previous HyperWorks versions.

The way the ALM utility determines a host ID from a hard disk has changed. If you use a hard disk ID for either a node-locked or server-based license, you may need an updated license file. Use the ALM GUI utility to be sure of your hard disk ID.

Resolved Issues

• Fixed license related application errors when switching clients (HyperView, HyperMesh, HyperGraph, and MotionView

• Fixed license failure with certain applications making multiple checkouts

• Fixed special case when malformed license server string causes an application crash



Software and Hardware

New Application

HyperWorks 2017x

HyperWorks 2017x is the next generation of HyperWorks. Selecting this component will install HyperWorks 2017x which includes geometry tools, midsurfacing, meshing, model setup and access to existing HyperWorks tools.

Installation and Packaging

• Added HyperWorks 2017x product for Windows and Linux.

• A warning is now presented if you overwrite an existing HyperWorks Start Menu folder, but not a HyperWorks installation.

Resolved Issues

• Fixed an issue where solidThinking Click2 products did not create the correct Start Menu sub-folder when installing via the master installer.

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