ALGOR V15 features all-new Superdraw sketching and modeling tools for 2-D design and analysis (top) and more result evaluation and presentation capabilities, including factor of safety contours for linear static stress analysis (lower left) and realistic visualization of beam and plate elements (lower right).

PITTSBURGH, PA – June 29, 2004 – ALGOR, Inc., a leading provider of design, analysis and simulation software, announced that ALGOR V15, scheduled for release on July 6, features all-new Superdraw sketching and modeling tools for 2-D design and analysis directly within FEMPRO, ALGOR's complete and easy-to-use finite element modeling, results evaluation and presentation interface. V15 also includes an expanded, built-in library of materials; new Mechanical Event Simulation (MES) capabilities including a new pulley element; improved linear static stress, heat transfer and fluid flow analysis tools; more result evaluation and presentation capabilities; and much more.

"ALGOR V15 enables engineers to sketch and mesh 2-D FEA models directly within our FEMPRO single-user interface and ALGOR V16, available later this Fall, will provide our complete suite of Superdraw modeling tools within FEMPRO, including options for creating 2- and 3-D structured meshes," said ALGOR Product Manager, Bob Williams. "V15 significantly increases the finite element modeling tools available within FEMPRO, which makes it easy to perform first-pass or proof-of-concept analyses."

The new Superdraw 2-D sketching tools enable engineers to draw points, lines, rectangles, arcs, circles and splines and then modify these objects with commands including copy, divide, fillet, intersect, rotate, mirror, move, parallel, trim/extend and delete. An automatic, unstructured 2-D mesh can then be easily created from sketches through a right-click menu option – resulting in a 2-D FEA model ready for analysis.

ALGOR V15 also includes:

• Material Library Manager improvements such as:
  • additional materials in the built-in library
  • the capability to exchange material data with third-party material libraries through XML
• a parallel iterative solver that provides faster solution times for linear static stress analysis
• variable surface loads and a new pulley element for MES
• body-to-body radiation for transient heat transfer analysis
• improved convergence and faster solution times for fluid flow analysis
• new result evaluation and presentation capabilities such as:
  • realistic visualization of beam and plate elements
  • factor of safety and strain energy density contours for linear static stress analysis

Contact an ALGOR account manager or visit the “ALGOR V15 Feature” page on the ALGOR web site for more detailed information.