Archived NewsΒΆ

  • 27.02.2012 Version 2012.1 released (initial version of linearizer of higher order solutions, rewrite variable and evaluate cache history handling, lots of term updates/fixes/simplifications, move web front page to sphinx docs, etc.), see release notes.
  • 05.12.2011 Version 2011.4 released (cython used instead of swig to interface C code, many terms unified thanks to new optional material term argument type, updated Lagrangian formulation for large deformations, automatic generation of gallery of examples, etc.), see release notes.
  • 10.08.2011 Version 2011.3 released (major update of terms aiming at easier usage and definition while retaining original C functions, overriding problem description items on command line, improved developer guide, Primer tutorial - a step-by-step walk-through of the process to solve a simple mechanics problem, etc.), see release notes.
  • 31.05.2011 Version 2011.2 released (experimental implementation of terms aiming at easier usage and definition of new terms, Mooney-Rivlin membrane term, update build system to use exclusively setup.py, allow switching boundary conditions on/off depending on time, support for variable time step solvers, etc.), see release notes.
  • 24.03.2011 Version 2011.1 released (discontinuous approximations, user-defined material nonlinearities, improved surface approximations, speed-up mesh reading, extensive clean-up - less code, many bugfixes and many more updates), see release notes.
  • 06.12.2010 Version 2010.4 released (higher order elements, refactoring of geometries (reference mappings), transparent DOF vector synchronization with variables, interface variables defined on a surface region, many bugfixes and many more updates), see release notes.
  • 06.08.2010 Version 2010.3 released (significantly rewritten code for better interactive use, cleaner and simpler high level interface, new examples, tests, simplified but more powerful homogenization engine, many bugfixes), see release notes.
  • 10.05.2010 Version 2010.2 released (significantly updated documentation, new mesh readers, conversion formulas for elastic constants, basic tensor transformations, stress tensor conversion, new examples, tests, many new terms and bugfixes), see release notes.
  • 01.03.2010 Version 2010.1 released (new sphinx-based documentation, refactoring of base functions (polynomial spaces) and element geometry description, interpolation between different meshes, terms for describing perfusion and active fibres in the total Lagrangian formulation (applicable, for example, to active muscle tissue models) new tests, many new terms and bugfixes), see release notes.
  • 24.11.2009 Version 2009.4 released (greatly improved postprocessing and visualization capabilities, unified handling of user-defined functions, new tests, terms, many bugfixes), see release notes.
  • 21.07.2009 Version 2009.3 released (_Windows installation_, updated postproc.py - visualization, new tests, terms, solvers, bugfixes), see release notes.
  • 12.05.2009 Version 2009.2 released (new top level scripts (_isfepy_ - customized IPython shell, _postproc.py_ - mayavi2 based result viewer, _probe.py_), automatic html documentation generation via doxygen, new solvers, new mesh readers, extended syntax of equations for boundary traces of variables, short syntax for almost all input elements and other improvements), see release notes.
  • 02.03.2009 Version 2009.1 released (new solvers, new mesh readers, unified homogenization framework, dispersion analysis, phase velocity computation for phononic materials and other improvements), see release notes.
  • 04.12.2008 Version 2008.4 released (framework for running parametric studies, greatly improved support for time-dependent problems, live plotting using multiprocessing module, type of term arguments determined fully at run-time, new terms and other improvements), see release notes.
  • 02.09.2008 Version 00.50.00 released (finite strain elasticity: total Lagrangian (TL) formulation, solving problems in complex numbers, generalized equations to allow linear combination of terms, run-time type of state term arguments, refactoring to follow Python coding style guidelines and other improvements), see release notes.
  • 01.07.2008 Version 00.46.02 released (alternative short syntax for specifying essential boundary conditions, variables and regions, manufactured solutions tests using !SymPy and other improvements), see release notes.
  • 26.03.2008 Version 00.41.03 released (works on 64 bits, support for various mesh formats, new solvers and other improvements), see release notes.