CAESES Release 5.3.0​

The Maritime Special

🚀 New Features​

• BRep Operation: A new operation lets you easily create linear Patterns.
• BRep Operation: Added operation to merge curves to a BRep with the option to trim it.
• Computations: Improved computation handling in batch mode (FExternComputation.run(true)) ensuring tasks are completed in sequence before application is finished.
• Context Menu: Added option to Sort Objects in Tree.
• Context Menu: Added option to Select Multiple Surfaces.
• Context Menu: Added Target Search to automatically adjust a design variable such that a dependent parameter matches the target value.
• Curve Operation: Added curve operation to extrude a curve to a plane and optionally close the extrusion.
• Curves: Added create / edit / delete buttons to color map editor.
• Documentation: New documentation platform.

CAESES Release 5.2.6​

🐛 Bug Fixes​

• Blade Fillet Fixed problem that blade fillets are not working.
• Feature Definitions Fixed curve-based /surface-based points in feature definitions.
• Projection Curve Fixed missing (obsolete) command.

CAESES Release 5.2.5​

💥 New Features​

• Blade Fillet Added option to use fillet for blunt trailing edges.
• Blade Fillet Added global tolerance to handle more complex cases.
• Core Added command FObject.getStringRepresentation().
• Curves Added operation to approximate a curve by a given tolerance.
• Curves Added command FCurve.approximateCurve(double tolerance, unsigned degree=3) to create a B-Spline approximation on an arbitrary curve.
• FJSON Implemented methods to read and write JSON-format from within features.
• FXML Implemented methods to read and write XML-format from within features.
• Feature Definitions Added function to write identity files for feature definitions writeFeatureDefinitionIdentityFiles().
• Features Dependencies to (input) arguments of features can now be set without a dependency to the feature itself.
• GUI Added a command to set the status bar message.
• Misc Added command sleep(ms) to make the current thread sleep for a given time.
• Normal Display Added display option for surfaces and BReps to display normals.
• Surface Added operation to reparametrize a surface with pseudo unit speed.
• Surface Added operation to approximate a surface by a given tolerance.
• Surface Added command FSurface.approximateSurface(double tolerance, unsigned uDegree=3, unsigned vDegree=3) to create a B-Spline approximation on an arbitrary surface.
• Surfaces Added operation to auto-orientate a surface based on two points.
• Sweep Transformation Option to use original path parametrization.
• Utility Plane Added creation method to create a FUltiliyPlane from origin and axes.

CAESES Release 5.2.4​

💥 New Features​

• FExternalOptimization Added new Design Engine to couple external optimization algorithms.

• Space Mouse Added settings to control the speed of zoom / rotation.

• Surface Operation Added operation to split the surface at parameter discontinuities

• Surfaces Added commands to calculate curvature bounds (getCurvatureBoundsMean(), getCurvatureBoundsGaussian()).

CAESES Release 5.2.3​

💥 New Features​

• Blade Added command createCylinderCutCurves().
• BRep Coloring Expanded operation to use a list of reference points
• BRep Operation Added operation to replace a specified color with a new color
• Commands Added get unix time stamp to global commands.
• Trimeshes Added cylinder cut operation.
• VTK Export Added panel meshes to exportable types.

CAESES Release 5.2.2​

🔧 Changes​

• Shipflow: Updated Shipflow integration to Shipflow 7.0

CAESES Release 5.2.0​

The Turbomachinery Special

💥 New Features​

• Circular Fillet: Method to find maximum fillet radius between two curves.
• Blade Fillet: New fillet functionalities specifically designed for blade fillets. It can handle constant radius and variable radius values and offers a method to not cross specified boundary curves.
• Blade Fillet: Feature to calculate maximum constant fillet radius between two blades.
• Blade Thickness: Object for the turbo machine workflow, handling the creation of thickness distributions.
• BRep Intersect and Trim: Now works with FPlane.
• BReps: Added option to set transparency for individual faces.
• Calculate Meridional Value: Function to calculate m or m’ from a meridional contour based on the t-position.
• Dimensionality Reduction: New and better back-transformation.
• Extract Mean Camber Surface: Function to extract the camber surface based on faces of pressure and suction side.
• FAirfoilBlade: New object to conveniently create 3D blades based on 2D airfoil or hydrofoil definitions.
• FBlade: Object for turbo machine workflow, handling and organizing the creation of the component blade.
• FBladeCamber: Object for the turbo machine workflow, handling the creation of angle distributions, camberlines and cambersurfaces.
• FBladedComponent: Object for turbo machine workflow, handling the creation of a component with blades.
• FMeridionalContours: Object for the turbo machine workflow, handling the meridional contours of the blade
• FTurboMachine: New workflow, to create turbo machines in a streamlined and fast way.
• FUnbladedComponent: Object for turbo machine workflow, handling the creation of a component without blades.
• FVector3: New command to calculate the wrap angle / theta angle of a vector / point in a cylindrical coordinate system: FVector3.getCylinderCoordsAngle().
• FVector3: New command to calculate the radius of a vector / point in a cylindrical coordinate system: FVector3.getCylinderCoordsRadius().
• Import BladeGen RTZT: Feature to import BladeGen RTZT files.
• Import GeomTurbo: Feature to import GeomTurbo files.
• Import Turbo Design: Feature to import Turbo Design files.
• Inverse Cylinder Transformation: Added function to transform 3D profiles with inverse cylinder transformation into the 2D x,y-plane.
• Meridional Area Distribution: Function to calculate the meridional area distribution, returned as a curve in the x,y-plane.
• Propeller Calculator: Feature to calculate propeller properties based on specified operation conditions.
• Sample: New Sample of an axial compressor stator blade based on “TU Berlin TurboLab Stator”.
• Sample: New Sample of a centrifugal pump, designed with the turbo machine workflow.
• Sample: Added sample for a radial turbine modeled with the turbo machine workflow, including scallops and variable radius fillets.
• Transform to Meridional Plane: Simple function to transform a 3D camberline into the meridional plane.
• Triangulation: Included a higher accuracy switch for triangulation (optional) for difficult cases.
• Turbo Blade Analysis: Function to calculate beta and theta angle distributions from imported or modeled blades and cambersurfaces.
• Turbo Section Analysis: Function to calculate beta and theta angles distribution from a camberline.
• Types: Added Type FXml for parsing and writing XML files.
• Types: Added Type FComplex for calculations involving complex numbers.

CAESES Release 5.1.7​

💥 New Features​

• Design Engines: Influences of design variables on constraints and evaluations are now checked when running a design engine.
• Designs: Added context menu entry Create Results Table from Baseline.

CAESES Release 5.1.6​

💥 New Features​

• BRep Project and Trim: Improved project and trim from polycurve.
• BReps: Improved boolean operations and tesselation.
• BReps: New operations mergeCurveOnBRep, replaceColor, switchColors
• Curves: New projection curve for BReps
• Curves: New planar intersection curve for BReps
• Design Engines: Influences of design variables on constraints and evaluations are now check when running a design engine.
• Mesh Morph: Added option to select multiple source-/ target-curves.
• Projects: Decreased load time of projects with large databases.
• Surfaces: New linear sweep surface
• Surfaces: Fixed rendering of control polygon in edit mode.

CAESES Release 5.1.5​

🐛 Bug Fixes​

• Design Lab: Fixed deadlock.