5.4.0

CAESES Release 5.4.0

🚀 New Features

• Ansys Integration: Updated ANSYS ACT app.
• Curve Engines: Added support for features with interfaces.
• FProcess: Added timeout argument for FProcess and runProcessBlocking() that terminates the process after a specified time.
• Features: Added command to export all feature definitions exportAllFeatureDefinitions().
• Hydrostatics:
  • Righting lever curves are now accessible.
  • Added floating condition with "Trim and Mass" inputs.
  • Added floating condition with "Draft Marks" inputs.
  • New icons for "forComputations" component.
  • Faster waterline cutting calculations.
• IGES (NAPA): Improved robustness of IGES 144 export.
• Operations: Added option to set custom labels for operations.
• Parameterization: Added new parameterization options.
• Project: Added option to save a selection with all dependencies as new project (saveSelectionAs()).
• Ship Modeling Workflow: Component-Based:
  • Aftship (Waterline-Based ): New component for the Ship Modeling Workflow.
  • Foreship (Section-based): Added a new foreship component for the Ship Modeling Workflow that is based on sections.
  • Foreship (Sweeping): New sweeping foreship component for the Ship Modeling Workflow.
  • Foreship (Waterline-Based using F-Spline): New component for the component-based Ship Modeling Workflow.
  • Propeller: Added a propeller component (actuator disk or generic) component to the component-based ship.
  • Rudder: Added rudder component (full-spade, semi-balanced or generic) to the component-based ship.
  • Skeg (Planar Center Plane): Added Planar Center Plane Skeg as new component for the Ship Modeling Workflow.
  • Skeg (Single): Added functionality for control of the skeg center curve.
  • Skeg (Twin): Added functionality for the control of the skeg center curve.
• Ship Modeling Workflow: Hard Chine Boat:
  • Hard Chine Boat: Added spray rail and propeller tunnel functionality.
  • Hard Chine Bare Hull: Added bare hull component for hard chine ship.
  • Propeller Tunnel: Added propeller tunnel component.
  • Spray Rails: Added spray rails component.

📝 Documentation

New Content

• Added a documentation for the import and export formats.
• Added a documentation for the sweeping foreship.
• Added a documentation for the turbomachine workflow for axial blades.
• Added fundamental information on axial turbomachines.
• Added a tutorial on the hard chine boat modeling workflow.
• Added the component documentation for the bare hull (hard chine boat).
• Added the component documentation for the spray rails (hard chine boat).
• Added the component documentation for the propeller tunnel (hard chine boat).
• Added the component documentation for the propeller appendage for the component-based ship.
• Added the component documentation for the rudder appendage for the component-based ship.
• Updated the Basics documentation.
• Updated the Curves documentation including new Parametrization Options.
• Updated the Surfaces documentation.
• Updated the documentation for the twin skeg.
• Updated the documentation for the waterline-based foreship.
• Updated the component-based ship tutorial with rudder and propeller components.

New Samples

• Added a sample for the hard chine boat, based on the ship modeling workflow.
• Added a sample of the fully-parametric KRISO Container Ship (KCS).
• Added a sample of the fully-parametric KRISO Very Large Crude Carrier (KVLCC2).

🔧 Changes

• Hydrostatics: Floating conditions only calculated when needed for better performance.
• Section-Based Aftship: New modelling approach. Fixes discontinuity in the main surface.
• Waterline-Based Foreship (B-Spline): Changed modelling of the stem to allow for more flexibility, e.g. integrated bulbs.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• 3D Overlay: Fixed wrong coordinates shown in overlay for XY view
• 3D Windows: Fixed toolbar positioning.
• Basic Bulb: Fixed two design variables having no influence on the geometry.
• BRepMorph: Fixed forward compatibility with getTargetCurves() and getSourceCurves()
• Close Project: Fixed problem that the project could not be closed, when the hydrostatics viewer was open.
• Design Variables: Fixed override of bounds when editing values of multiple design variables.
• General: Fixed occasional error when loading feature definitions.
• General: Fixed saving of attributes in certain rare cases.
• PropellerWorkflow: Fixed issue, that thickness curve is not created properly for naca16 profiles.
• Trimeshes: Fixed trimesh .getEdge() command.