ADINA R & D Inc., a part Bentley Systems, team is pleased to announce the availability of ADINA 2023 (23.00.00.306) is powerful finite element software, built to help you solve the most difficult nonlinear problems involving geometric, material, and load nonlinearities; large deformations; and contact conditions.

What's new in ADINA 2023 (23.00.00.306) - Release Date: September 2023
This release of ADINA adopts a new year-based naming convention that is consistent with industry practice. The previous version of ADINA was Version 9.10 (9.10.00.333). This release is ADINA 2023 (23.00.00.306).

Key updates in this version include:
- Upgrades to internal program components/framework
- Performance improvements for Cat2 contact, especially large models
- Change in Beam Loading to support non-uniform partial length loads and point loads along a beam
- Several minor enhancements and defect corrections.


Product Version Naming Convention
Product versioning for Bentley Systems is now based on the calendar year of the major release according to software industry practice. This is the first ADINA release following the new standard. The version number is v23.00.00.306, skipping versions 10 through 22 altogether.

Changes in Licensing
There are no changes in licensing since version 9.9.0. The following information is restated for those upgrading from older versions, 9.8.2 and prior. The ADINA User Interface and various solvers are now licensed through the Bentley Subscription Entitlement Service (SES), one of several CONNECT services common to all Bentley desktop applications. For details on the process refer to Understanding the Subscription Entitlement Service (SES) Workflow. Each Windows user needs to be registered and must sign in to the CONNECTION Client in order to use ADINA.

ADINA is now licensed in three tiers or editions.
ADINA Standard Edition authorizes use of the ADINA User Interface (ADINA AUI) and ADINA Structures. It also includes the ADINA-M Open CASCADE interface unless the ADINA Parasolid modeler option below is selected.
ADINA Advanced includes all standard edition functionality as well as the ADINA Thermal (ADINA-T) and ADINA Thermo-Mechanical Coupling (ADAINA-TMC) solutions.
ADINA Ultimate includes all ADINA solver functionality. This includes, but is not limited to, ADINA Computational Fluid Dynamics (ADINA CFD), ADINA Fluid-Structure Interaction (ADINA FSI), ADINA Electromagnetics (ADINA EM) and other multi-physics coupling such as and ADINA FSA/EM.
ADINA Parasolid Modeler is an optional Parasolid modeling module for advanced solid modeling capabilities. This requires a separate license.

The other CAD Interfaces are free with a current Bentley Systems subscription. These interfaces are available to all users that subscribe to a Bentley maintenance program. See here for more information.

All of the ADINA Editions and interfaces are installed with the single ADINA installer. This version also supports Linux.

Security Risk Advisory
Bentley is committed to continuously investigating and rectifying security vulnerabilities affecting its products and services. Regular checks and security fixes are a part of our releases to ensure better resilience. In this version updates were made to the version of Qt used in the user interface for the ADINA solver, graph view and adaptive meshing.

Changes in Performance
The speed of Cat 2 contact with the nonsymmetric solver is significantly improved, especially for large models when Cat 2 contact is used in conjunction with the nonsymmetric solver. The dat file generation speed issue is improved for models with many RBE3 elements and contact groups.

ADINA Structures - Changes in Beam Loading
New commands were added to support nonuniform partial-length beam loads and point loads along the length of a beam finite element. These commands are accessed in the AUI using Model – Loading – Apply on Nodes/Elements, or using Command-line. Refer to the ADINA User Interface Command Reference Manual and ADINA TMG – Solids & Structures for details on these new load options.

Command-line:

BEAMLINEFORCE…
BEAMLINEMOMENT…
BEAMPOINTFORCE…
BEAMPOINTMOMENT…
BEAMFIXEDENDFORCE…
BEAMTEMPERATURE…

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