DS SIMULIA CST STUDIO SUITE 2021.02 SP2 Update Only (x64)

The 2020 release is also available on the Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE platform, allowing direct links to other design and simulation tools.These tools increase the agility of CST Studio Suite for modeling and simulating complex systems, and allow electromagnetic simulation to be applied in large projects spanning multiple departments and suppliers.

Facilities and software features of CST STUDIO SUITE:
-Local graphical user interface based on Windows
-Multiple interface between documents
-Tools variables, parameters and the message window
-(OLE) Linking and Embedding Automation Server (COM / DCOM)
-Transfer Parameters
-Automatic Optimization
-Animation Layout
-Automatic creation of power point slides
-Project Management
-Ability to switch between different software components, including:
-CST DESIGN STUDIO (CST DS), CST MICROWAVE STUDIO (CST MWS), CST EM STUDIO (CST EMS),
-CST PARTICLE STUDIO (CST PS), CST MPHYSICS STUDIO (CST MPS), CST PCB STUDIO (CST PCBS), CST CABLE STUDIO (CST CS)

Components include a CST STUDIO SUITE:
-CST MICROWAVE STUDIO - CST MWS: edge tools for speed and accuracy leading up to the three-dimensional simulation of high-frequency devices.
-CST EM STUDIO - CST EMS: simple tools for design and analysis of static and low-frequency devices such as motors, sensors, transformers and ...
-CST PARTICLE STUDIO - CST PS: to simulate the motion of charged particles, all based or otherwise. This includes the electron gun, cathode ray tubes and tools from the hand.
-CST CSBLE STUDIO - CST CS: to simulate the entire signal detection and analysis of electromagnetic compatibility or incompatibility of cable glands.
-CST PCB STUDIO - CST PCBS: to simulate the sound signal and detect electromagnetic compatibility or incompatibility of the printed circuit board.
-CST MPHYSCIS STUDIO - CST MPS: to analyze the thermal and mechanical stress.
-CST DESIGN STUDIO - CST DS: The tool is versatile and combines circuit simulation to electromagnetic helps

System Requirements:
OS:Server 2008 R2 SP1 / Windows 8.1 / Server 2012 R2 / Windows 10
Minimum requirement:
CPU:Intel x86-64processor
Memory:16GB RAM
GPU:100% OpenGL compatible graphics card
Storage:30GB of free disk space

High end server/ workstation recommendation:
CPU:Dual Intel Xeon Scalable (also known as "Skylake" ) processor
Memory:32- 64 GB per CPU
GPU:NVIDIA Quadro series card dedicated to CAD/CAE applications
Storage:At least 500GB hard disk drive/SSDs may be used, but are not necessary for good simulation performance

WHATS NEW
CST Studio Suite 2021.02 Release Notes

General / Environment
-Fixed issue during module start on systems with Chinese Traditional language setting.
-Fixed issue with disabled Ribbon buttons.
-Improved stability when showing key tips.
-Upgraded 3D CAD import to support the latest versions. **New Feature!**
-The cluster integration scripts now support the CHT solver.
-Added Google Chrome for Linux on the list of supported browsers.
-The F7 modified message is now no longer shown, if a project with 0D monitors is saved and opened again.
-Adjusted fast model update behavior, if a "PEC" or "Vacuum" material is renamed.
-During Sub-Project import, the material name, which is used inside of a fluid domain, is now correctly adjusted.
-Improved stability when switching between 3D and Farfield plots .
-Improved display of patch notes in CST Update Manager and CST Studio Suite.
-Fixed wrong help calls in Options dialog box and updated images regarding new Library Paths section.

CST Power'By
-Fixed upload of results when new version is created.
-Fixed creation of Lightweight Visualization with long file paths.
-Allow usage of conversion service for import. **New Feature!**
-Added support for CST Studio Suite Connected. **New Feature!**

System Assembly and Modeling (SAM)
-Do not show misleading warning "Sub-Project import: External reference cannot be found" in simulation projects for block import from the main project.
-Fixed unwanted invalidation of simulation projects using parameterized clone blocks on changing a project parameter used only by the cloned block.
-Field sources are now imported into simulation projects from blocks selected as 3D, which do not contain any other geometry. **New Feature!**
-Do not invalidate simulation project after running it when the project was from an older version.
-Filter Designer 3D assembled optimizations may have multiple S-Parameter producing tasks. **New Feature!**
-Fixed import of more complex assemblies from Antenna Placement App.

EDA Import / EDA Tools
-Fixed issue resulting in invalid bodies for certain complex geometries.

Distributed Computing (DC)
-Fixed parametric setting of distributed optimizer runs when using remote post-processing.

Biological Models
-CST Bio Models Extension 4.0 is now available for download from the Knowledge Base, it also contains the cst file for CST Phone 5G TLM Tutorial. **New Feature!**
-Adjusted values of exemplary thermal properties of several glandular tissues to be more realistic.

Post-Processing
-5G Post-Processing Wizard: New option to export summary in csv file as well as images of power density plots. **New Feature!**
-ReportTool: restore 1D plot with multi-selected results in schematic.
-Improved handling for large A-solver results.

CST Microwave Studio - General
-Avoid endless loop in case of MPI for SystemCheck that leads to huge log files.
-Handle LSF command line arguments properly in case of spaces for cluster integration scripts.
-New option for HPC cluster simulations to retrieve temporary data and/or additional logging from all compute nodes.
-Adjusted firewall manager to support new MPI locations.
-Specify near field source coupling via tangential fields in online help.
-Enabled S-Parameter sensitivity dB plot.
-Updated online help text for densely sampled near field source data.

CST Microwave Studio - Transient Solver
-Fixed error in field source excitation touching open boundary.
-Fixed port mode plots if there is a slight offset between port coordinates and port grid location.
-Improved result handling for adaptive mesh refinement and line impedance adaptation before solver run.
-Fixed issue with discrete face port detection.

CST Microwave Studio - Transient Solver (TLM Mesh)
-Fixed slots with S-Matrix thin panel material.
-Fixed issue where solver fails when Radiated Power Stop criteria requested without Farfield monitor.
-For newly created models, the default TLM Mesh octree settings (cell lumping) have been modified.

CST Microwave Studio - Frequency Domain Solver
-Added support for conducting-wall boundary condition to the Spark3D export tool.
-In rare cases with close low frequency samples, the frequency sweep did not provide broadband results.

CST Microwave Studio - Frequency Domain Solver (Tetrahedral Mesh)
-Increased the results accuracy using non-rectangular numerical discrete face ports and lumped elements.
-Fixed rare performance degradation for the direct solver in setup phase.
-A protected frequency domain solver project can now import field sources from not protected projects.

CST Microwave Studio - Integral Equation Solver
-Enabled the use of preconditioner type 4 with thin-panel defined by S-matrix table.
-Generate error message for unsupported thin-panel type using reflection and transmission table.

CST Microwave Studio - Asymptotic Solver
-Fixed Farfield calculation for thick dielectrics when hardware acceleration is active.
-Added functionality to switch value for plotting trapped rays in dialog. **New Feature!**

CST Cable Studio
-Fixed issue with dragging of wires when creating a cable group.
-Show RLCG-values for discrete frequencies also for sets.
-Fixed tcf file read error that can occur in case current probes are defined.
-Repaired inconsistency with identifiers when creating materials.

CST EM Studio - LF Frequency Domain Solver (Tetrahedral Mesh)
-Corrected simulation of dispersive materials in broadband computations.
-Ensured that mixed setups composed of solid and eddy-current free CAD coils can be simulated.
-Ensured that mixed setups composed of current ports and solid CAD coil segments can be simulated.
-RMS source scaling is now handled correctly.
-React quicker on a user abort during the stationary current precomputations.

Fest3D
-Resolved behavior in coaxial cavity elements, which could not use parameters in rounding specifications of the element.
-Corrected the behavior where circuits from versions 2018 & 2019 lost their parameters if being imported directly in the 2021 version.
-Resolved loss of accuracy in results of a complex example with respect to Fest3D 2020.
-Resolved behavior when user uses copy/paste after changing to a different circuit.
-Removed warning message provided to the user once a tolerance analysis was finished.
-Fixed issue when updating results in CST Studio Suite using a project exported to DES by Fest3D.
-Fixed shape plot for Arbitrary Shaped Elements when parameters were used in the element to be plot.

CST PCB Studio
-Package with missing electrical connection can cause problems later on. Warn the user when manually creating such contradictions.
-Pick the correct differential partner pin in old projects and handle more cases in exiting checks.
-Fixed issue with updating of SP layout when running convenient workflow.
-Have additional net name in Eye and Timing result items.
-Fixed gap healing to have a 2DTL connection.
-Fixed issue with dialog boxes initialization on Linux.

CST Design Studio - General
-Schematic Editor text fields: The font name and font size comboboxes in the Ribbon now work as expected.
-Added hexagonal shapes for mask violation analysis in eye analysis task. **New Feature!**
-The block parameter 'Solver' and its children are now invalidated on other block parameter changes.
-The channel parameter of an IBIS AMI task is not always red anymore.
-Fixed wrong simulation results for some Coilcraft devices by considering ZO as alias to Z0 for ideal transmission lines.
-Fixed the pin layout of Microstrip/Stripline coupled lines.
-Fixed displaying wrong model type after switching a centered microstrip t junction block from 2D EM model to standard model.
-Enabled creation of stand-alone eye analysis task via source task selection. **New Feature!**
-Ensured that drag&drop is disabled in the View Pin Layout dialog box.
-Repaired add image workflow.
-Implemented IdEM service abort button.
-Fixed issues with unit display in the block parameter list.
-Automatically create mirrored groups when element symmetry is defined.

CST Design Studio - Hybrid Solver Task
-Fixed result invalidation on changing Hybrid Solver Task parameters.
-Do not overwrite observation sweep angles in local A-solver domains by Hybrid Solver Task.
-Automatically run with at least 2 samples if fmax > fmin.
-Prevent history error messages during start of Hybrid Solver Task in certain circumstances.
-Added description of NFD file format.
-Fixed missing simultaneous excitations with '[...]' characters.
-Update Hybrid Solver Task UI on changes in local domains.

CST Design Studio - Machine Simulation Sequence
-Support rotor skewing for ROM Drive Scenario (also available in EMAG-ROM for Simpack). **New Feature!**
-Functional Mock-up Unit (FMU) of nonlinear ROM supports extrapolation to handle exceeding machine currents. **New Feature!**
-Operating Point Look-up FMU features new look-up modes, such as limiting to max motor curve or max generator curve. Moreover, support negative revolution speed and cover exceeding speed limits by extrapolation. **New Feature!**
-FMUs in general can handle non-trivial resource locations (space, non-ASCII).
-Various fixes for the user interface.

System Simulator
-"About" icon in SytemSimulator now redirects to 3DS webpage.
-Removed MotorCad-Import icon and a corresponding menu item since this functionality is not included into the SystemSimulator.
-Curve and axis colors can now be changed via Outputs Properties dialog box.

IdEM
-Fixed error in setting up some IdEMXpress options, options are now preserved.
-Fixed error in setting up plot properties of responses plotted in Real/Imag form.
-Fixed error in fitting options XML file, custom "bandwidth" parameter is now correctly written.
-Fixed discrepancy in the maximum error value when it is visualized in the log and in the figure container.

Automation / Macros / Result Templates / External Data Access
-Fixed default logfactor=20 for complex 1D VBA objects.
-Fixed Plot1D.AddMarker and Plot1D.AddMarkerToCurve VBA functions.
-Improved DES macro "Construct/Add Ports to all pins of a block" (enable connecting bus pins and use string names instead of deprecated numbers).
-Using CreateMailslot and GetMailslotInfo will work correctly for Windows again.
-Added missing Python extension modules for Python 3.7 and 3.8.

HOMEPAGE

https://www.3ds.com/