Launch of PoligonSoft 2024.0: Revolutionizing Casting Process Simulation

What's New in PoligonSoft 2024.0?

PoligonSoft 2024.0 introduces a series of significant improvements and new features designed to optimize casting simulation processes. With an updated user interface and advanced tools, this version offers greater accuracy and efficiency at every stage of the process.

General

• Starting with version 2024.0, PoligonSoft transitions to a new licensing system Guardant, which supports both hardware and software protection keys.The previously used CodeMeter licensing system will still be supported, butnew protection keys will no longer be issued.

• PoligonSoft documentation has been revised and supplemented with new sections.

Mesh Generator

• Built on the SALOME 9.12 platform.

• Added new Gmsh mesh generator.

• Corrected and improved algorithms for 2D mesh correction.

Module "Master"

• The ribbon interface is set as the default interface upon installation of PoligonSoft. The classic interface, based on the menu bar and toolbar panels, is still available. For the classic interface, the ability to select the size of toolbar buttons has been added.

• The management of the "Separate Volume" option has been significantly improved and added to the model tree. This option is used to set heat transfer at the boundaries of casting-casting or mold-mold. Previously, additional use of the "Sliding Boundaries" editor was required. Now, when using conjugated meshes, this is no longer necessary.

• The ability to set heat flux on the external boundaries of the calculation area has been added to the "Heat Transfer" editor. The obsolete "Heat Flux" editor of the "Alloy" module is no longer used. The "Heat Flux File" line in the "Solidification" tab of the "Calculation Parameters and Start" window has been removed. Old format files with the extension qgr can be imported into the "Heat Transfer" editor.

Heat Transfer Editor with the ability to set thermal flows

• Added new "Translation" editor, in which you can set the movement of bodies in the calculation area. The obsolete "Movement Mode" editor of the "Alloy" module is no longer used. The new editor is used together with the new "Translation" tree, which has been added to the "Project Overview" panel. Support for old format movement files with the extension mve is retained (data import only).

  

  Translation Editor

• The design and functionality of the "Volume Parameters" dialog has been redesigned and improved.

• Improved the input of grain growth model parameters in the "Material Properties" editor.

• Fixed a bug that caused the material of the casting to be replaced when assigning volumes of the "Empty" type.

• Fixed a bug that caused incorrect display of the list of temperature modes.

• Fixed a bug that did not allow setting negative values (for example, "-1") for the parameters "Casting temperature at which the mold is removed" and "Casting temperature at which the gating system is removed". Negative values for these parameters indicate that the temperature field calculated at the last step of the thermal calculation should be used.

• Fixed a bug that could cause a program crash when deleting a volume.

• Fixed a bug that caused a program crash when selecting boundaries using the "Use Section" filter.

• Other small improvements.

Databases

• Obsolete editors of the "Alloy" module are replaced by new property and boundary condition editors. Development of the module has been discontinued, and it may be excluded from PoligonSoft in future versions.

• The obsolete "Heat Flux" editor of the "Alloy" module is no longer used.

• The obsolete "Movement Mode" editor of the "Alloy" module is no longer used.

• The material database has been supplemented with properties of new materials.

Module "Radiation"

• Support for old format movement files with the extension mve has been discontinued.Reading object movement information is performed from the project file with the extension jnl.

• Bug fixes and other improvements.

Flow Solver "Euler"

• Added the ability to continue the calculation with changes in the work of inlets and
  outflow areas.

• Added recording of hydrostatic pressure (in atmospheres) in a universal format file with the extension u3d.

• The procedure for interpolating temperature fields has been redesigned to obtain more stable and accurate results.

• Increased calculation speed by up to 20% due to reworking internal procedures and algorithms.

• Synchronized the recording of the dump state file with the recording of result files.

• Fixed a bug that made it impossible to calculate die casting if the flow rate was not directed along the X or Z axis.

• Fixed a bug that incorrectly initialized the temperature mode for internal (melting) chillers.

• Other improvements and fixes.

Temperature and Porosity Solver "Fourier"

• Improved handling of thermal flows set on external boundaries. Information about thermal flows is read from the project file jnl. Old format files with the extension qgr are no longer supported.

• Redesigned algorithms for working with movements. Information about movements is read from the project file jnl. Old format files with the extension mve are no longer supported.

• Improved and redesigned procedures related to the calculation of moving objects in radiation heat transfer.

• Redesigned algorithms for handling "casting-casting" and "mold-mold" contacts. Now, to set heat transfer between conjugated meshes of one type, it is no longer necessary to use the sliding contact file knt.

• Other improvements and fixes.

Stress Solver "Hooke"

• Recording of displacement fields in the nds file is now done in millimeters.

• Recording of *_gap.u3d and *_gap_mm.u3d files (gap size between casting and mold) is blocked during stress calculation after the removal of the mold and elements ofthe gating-feeding system.

• Other improvements and fixes.

Solver "Heat Treatment"

• The heat treatment solver is integrated into the "Fourier" solver and works together with it.

• Added algorithm for automatic step control. The valueof the "Calculation Step" parameter determines the maximum calculation step, which can automatically change during the calculation to ensurea result with sufficient accuracy.

• Fixed non-critical errors in the "Creusot-Loire" model.

Module "Mirage"

• Development of the obsolete module has been discontinued, and it will be replaced by a new solution. In future versions, the "Mirage" module may be excluded from PoligonSoft.

All active users can download the new version of PoligonSoft 2024.0 from their user page. To check the cost of upgrading from previous versions, you can use the price calculator.