Service Pack 1 for Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2015 - Readme

Service Pack 1 for Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2015

April 30, 2014

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 Mechanical 2015, 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

Linear Static Stress (LSS)

Mechanical Event Simulation (MES)

Third-Party FEA Support

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 Mechanical 2015 under a path with non-English characters, it does not launch.
On some Windows 7 operating systems, when uninstalling Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2015, Windows Explorer shuts down.
In pure IPv6 network connection environment, Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2015 will not run analyses.

Locate Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2015 Service Pack 1 here: Autodesk Simulation Updates

Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2015 Service Pack 1 supports 64-bit editions of Windows^® 7 Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, or Enterprise edition (SP1); Windows^® 8; Windows^® 8.1; Windows Server^® 2008 R2 SP1; or Windows^® Server 2012. 32-bit editions of Windows are not supported. If your operating system does not meet these requirements, please update it before you begin the installation.
Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2015 Service Pack 1 includes all prior (if any) updates produced since the initial 2015 release. Therefore, Service Pack 1 can be installed over Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2015.
Verify that you have administrator privileges on your local machine attempting to install programs or service packs.
For Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 installation, in the User Account Control settings, select Never Notify Me.
The Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2015 Service Pack 1 is approximately 110 MB in size. A minimum of 250 MB of free disk space is required on the drive where your temporary files are directed.

To install Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2015 SP1:

If required, update your computer to one of the supported operating systems (as listed in the Installation Requirements section above) and reboot before installing Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2015 Service Pack 1.
Uninstall Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2015 Beta if you installed it previously.
Install Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2015 if it is not already installed.
Download the appropriate version of Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2015 Service Pack 1.
Double click the .msp file to update Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2015 to 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 Mechanical 2015. Near the right end of the title bar, click the down-arrow next to the question mark icon to access the Help drop-down menu. Then, select About. If the About window displays: Build 2015.01.00.nnnn, the installation was successful.

Security

This service pack addresses Heartbleed vulnerability - a security bug in the open-source OpenSSL cryptography library. Heartbleed is registered in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures system as CVE-2014-0160. For more information, please visit the CVE dictionary at http://cve.mitre.org.

Crash

A program crash could occur when clicking OK in the Options dialog box.
A program crash could occur when you change the default target computer in the Analysis tab of the Options dialog box from Local solve to Cloud solve (Simulation Mechanical 360 only).

Fatigue Wizard

When the mean stress is negative, fatigue life results for the Gerber and Goodman stress correction methods are not correct.
Regional settings using a comma (,) as the decimal separator cause incorrect results in Fatigue Wizard.
Regional settings using a comma (,) as the decimal separator can cause the following error when attempting to start a fatigue analysis: “You do not appear to have any language database files installed.”

Linear Static Stress (LSS)

Regional settings using a comma (,) as the decimal separator cause incorrect results from a Static Stress with Linear Materials analysis.
Cannot solve a Natural Frequency (Modal) with Load Stiffening analysis when the model contains Rigid elements. Solver error generated.
A Critical Buckling Load analysis might fail when using default parameters.
You cannot change the gravitational acceleration constant. Upon running the analysis, it is reset to the standard gravity value.

Mechanical Event Simulation (MES)

In the Element Definition dialog box for nonlinear shell elements, the Material Model changes from the user-specified setting. Specifically, when the Element Formulation = “Thin,” and you select the “von Mises with Isotropic Hardening” Material Model, the Material Model changes to “Composite.”

Results

In a linear static stress analysis, when you attempt to graph results or create a path plot, a blank graph may appear (with no curve, title, or legend displayed; and with an incorrect Y-axis range). ¹
In a linear static stress analysis, when you attempt to embed a graph, the presentation window becomes blank and cannot be closed. You cannot close the Results environment. Also, trying to delete the embedded presentation fails. ¹

¹Note: If new design scenarios with different analysis types are created from a linear static stress analysis in which graphing was attempted, the graphing functions can fail for those analysis types as well.

Third-Party FEA Support

The Export to NASTRAN command does not create a NASTRAN file.
When opening third-party FEA models, an archive of the source model is created, even though archives are only applicable to Simulation Mechanical models.
Exporting results to a NASTRAN *.op2 file fails.

Vault

Simulation Mechanical 2015 is not recognized as a qualifying application for Vault Basic Client 2015. Therefore, the Vault Client cannot be installed unless a qualifying Autodesk application is also installed on the computer.

Others

When you save graph results of a Convergence Plot, the data saved is incomplete.
Local Mesh Refinement convergence graphs do not display the units of the results.
Duplicate "Simulation" tabs appear in Inventor for Simulation CFD and Simulation Mechanical.
You cannot open a file through the Mechanical Simulation Job Manager. The Open command is missing from the context menu that appears when you right-click a running or finished job.
You may not be able to run the following commands after canceling a currently running solution or if a solution fails:

Run Simulation
Check Model
Local Mesh Refinement

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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 Mechanical Team

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