Altair SEAM 2024 Release Notes

Highlights

• A new type of element formulation, “thick shell”, for Plate, Shell.
• A new way of creating a Plate Subsystems using the element Sets.

New Features

Thick Shell Formulation

A thick shell formulation that uses the Mindlin type of assumptions (introduces the transversal shear effect and allows coupling between in-plane and out-of-plane waves). This formulation improves both the existing flat and singly curved shell models. It also allows you to create a doubly curved shell, which was not possible until now.

Creation of Plate Subsystems Using Element Sets

This feature helps you to create a Plate automatically from elemental sets from an FEM file, thereby reducing the time to create a Plate structural Subsystem.

Creation of a Doubly Curved Shell

This feature helps you to create a doubly curved shell by selecting a node and also by extracting the required parameter from the geometry.

Enhancements

Post-processing

Enhancements to improve the usability of the Chart Manager.

Tools

Enhancements to improve the usability of the Edit Subsystem feature.

Resolved Issues

• Issue with Auto Connect in a structural connection.
• Issue with an NCT update issue.