Simcenter Flotherm 2019.1 released

Simcenter Flotherm 2019.1 has been released and is available for download at Support Center.

 

Release Highlights

Platfom support

• OS Support changes:
  • Linux: Red Hat 7.4 and 7.5 now supported; Windows Server 2016 now supported.
  • Lunux: Red Hat 6.6 is no longer supported; Windows Serer 2008 R2 is no longer supported
• Licensing Version;

  Simcenter Flotherm 2019.1 requires updating FLEXnet license server to version v11.16.0.0 or higher

• Flovolunteer GUI; The Flovolunteer GUI will be retired in the next release of Simcenter Flotherm.

 

Reduced Order Model Creation

• BCI-ROM Export; For linear, conduction only models, a Boundary Condition Independent Reduced Order Model (BCI-ROM) can be created to a user requested level of relative error, ε. The BCI-ROM is extracted using the

  FANTASTIC method 1.

• Thermal netlist file export; For linear, conduction only models, a thermal netli

  st file (also known as a thermal spice file) can be can be created to a user requested level of relative error, ε. The thermal netlist is extracted using the

  FANTASTIC method1.

 

Power Control

Control Attribute; Contains thermal definitions of operating frequencies

• Frequency
• Power vs Temperature data
• Minimum Temperature
• Maximum Temperature

• Frequency - Power vs Temerature; Power vs Temerature data is entered for individual frequencies.
• Control Summary; The 'Control Summary' command is used to visualize all defined power vs temerature curves on the same chart.
• Controller Object; A controller object contains:
  • One Heat Source (Controlled Power)
  • One Monitor Point (Temerature Sensor)
• Controller Behavior; Transient Models: the operation frequency of the controller will automatically change during the trancient solution. Steady State Models: the frequency does not change.
• Results Output; Monitor Points within Controller objects have power, frequency, and temperature history available in the Tables window.

 

General

• Export to previous version; Export models and assemblies as Simcentor Flotherm v12.2 PDML
• Z-Rotation support for CSV layout; Z-rotation for components is now supported for Import and Export of CS layout files in FloEDA Bridge
• ECXML import/export; ECXML import/export is now installed by default and no license is required.
• KOA Resitor Library; a library of KOA resistors is now installed by default into the Simcenter Flotherm library.
• NMB Fan Library Update; the NMB library of fans has been pdated
• Package Outline control ODB++; the ODB++ component outline type to be used during import can be controlled with Preferences in FloEDA Bridge
• FloSCRIPT relative path support; FloSCRIPT now support the use of relative paths for all file export commands.

 

Via SupportCenter you can check all the Simcenter Flotherm Release Notes, or check them via this link.

 

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