CST發佈新版本 CST Studio Suite2021

以下的表列說明最新2021版本的主要的新功能和改進。

General / 3D Modeling

• Distributed Computing: Allow distribution of jobs to servers with inhomogeneous GPU count
• Added support to protect lumped elements in protected projects
• Wrap sheets and curves toward the faces of an arbitrary curved shape
• Project curves toward a shape along the surface normal of the target shape
• Enhanced healing and analysis of problematic shapes
• Convert Discrete Ports to Lumped Elements and vice versa
• Improved rendering performance for displaying the 3D geometry
• Support of DSLS Licensing
• Python API now compatible with Python versions 3.6 to 3.8
• New generic library format for custom library creation and distribution
• Update/extension of material library (Stacem materials, update of Preperm materials)

System Assembly Modeling (SAM)

• Creating compact antenna array simulation projects by using array blocks
• New simulation project reference block to support antenna array and platform projects in simulation projects
• Fest3D blocks are supported as reference blocks for simulation projects

Meshing

• Automatic resolution and reporting of material overlaps for tetrahedral meshing
• Tool for full re-meshing of selected shapes to an intersection-free mesh shape
• Improved performance of mesh import and support for more keywords of Abaqus and NASTRAN files

Post-Processing | Results

• Report Tool: Copy/paste of report items, import of reports from other CST projects
• 2D/3D Result Plots: Separate 3D plot sheet, improved arrow plot customization
• Far field Plots: Component selection from ribbon, improved 2D plot features
• Template Based Post-processing: Copy/paste of defined result templates
• Post-processing: Improved monitor calculation after solver run

High Performance Computing (HPC)

• Support of multiple MPI versions
• Automated MPI-CPU setup for large projects (T)
• Improved support for many core systems

3D EM Technology

High Frequency Simulation

• Djordjevic Sarkar fitting for constant loss material handling (T, TLM, F, I, A)
• Import of thermal fields for temperature depending materials from CHT Solver or Abaqus on irregular grid (T)
• Automatic absorption of higher order propagating modes (T)
• Added F-Parameters for waveguide monitors (T)
• Added plane wave to solver excitation list (T)
• Support of face lumped elements (TLM)
• Robustness improvements for cable meshing (TLM)
• Improved performance for initialization of complex models (TLM)
• Domain decomposition solver with MPI support for frequency domain calculations on tetrahedral mesh (F)
  
• Support of generalized port mode solver on hexahedral grids (F)
• Adaptive tetrahedral mesh refinement for the Eigenmode solver for general lossy problems (E)
  
• Inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) analysis (A)
• Extended range of applicability for the normal material (lossless) for far field calculation (A)
• Added new preconditioner options for MLFMM (I)
• Extended range of applicability for the thin panel material (I)
• Improved setup of superimposed nearfield source (NFS) excitation during circuit co-simulation (T)
• Hybrid solver task (bi-directional) (SAM task):
  
• Support single plane wave excitation with bi-static RCS calculation
• Support protected projects in source domains
• Duplicate task functionality
• Limited support of mesh imports in platform domain. Transient solver to run source
  domains and Integral Equation solver to run platform domain. (T, I)
  
• Array task
  
• Create full array simulation projects using more than one unit cell model
  
• New option to select enclosure when creating full array simulation projects
  
• Define mirrors of array element groups to define simulation zones
  

Low Frequency Simulation

• Authoring of coil segments from CAD geometries (MS)
• Added support for periodic sub-volumes (JS, MS, LT)
• Improved broadband calculation including DC point (LF FD TET)
• SAM Machine Simulation Sequence
• Support of Synchronous Reluctance Machines
• Improved calculation speed by reusing valid existing simulation results
• Averaged values of flux linkage and torque as well as complimentary information
• e.g. phase angles, units, machine parameters included in the export of the Functional Mockup Unit
  
• Calculation of radial forces and export to the multi body simulation tool Simpack
• Improved workflow and responsiveness of the user interface
• Loss map drive scenario can be calculated based on a reduced order model
• Export of dynamic machine characteristic / operating point function packaged in a Functional Mockup Unit
  
• Skewing for d/q-drive scenario
  
• Temperature dependent permanent magnet model (SH)

Particle Simulation

• Added GPU support for E-Static PIC Solver
• Added new collision models for particle-particle interactions
• Particle Losses are now available as a solver results also before running a thermal simulation
  

Spark3D

• New High power breakdown analysis for pulsed signals
• Use of multiple SEY’s when importing the EM fields from CST Studio Suite

EDA Import and PCB Simulation

• Improved multi-editing of PCB elements like traces
• Improved and harmonized layout design view; view attribute manager now allows to set view options for individual components
  
• Report tool to document the design and the simulation results
• Load configuration of components (design variants) from ASCII file
• IR-Drop simulation now allows coupling to all available thermal solvers (THs, THt, CHT)
• SITD simulation now supports the new schematic eye diagram task including definitions of eye masks and shows an improved performance for the block arrangement on the schematic
  
• Support of new wizard-like DDR4 simulation workflow
• PI solver now supports component models of type Package Device
• Elevation of PI solver ports to package level
• Redesign of EDA import dialog UI with improved reporting
• New bond-wire profile editor
• Automatic creation of excitation nodes for Partial RLC solver
• Two-level PCB thermal model simplification inside/outside selection area

BoardCheck

• Improved performance of solver start by avoiding copying design data
• The design view together with violation results can now be exported to the report tool

Chip Interface

• Automatic creation of excitation nodes for Partial RLC solver

Antenna Magus

• Find by Value functionality has been improved to allow the specification of values for frequency, gain and bandwidth. Combined with the existing keyword search, a goodness factor is used to indicate the suitability of any given device
• Constructions are more practical / realistic export assembly models. These are constructed using existing building blocks already contained in Antenna Magus
  
• Variations, or helper models, are export models provided in addition to standard original export models for a given device. Variations provide the user with useful model variations, for example a horn with a lens variation, a patch with a superstrate variation or an absorber-lined cavity spiral with a cylindrical cover variation.
  
• Radome Library with fully parametric exportable geometries has been added
• A number of new antennas and transitions have been added to the database

Cable | Circuit | Filter Design | Macro Models

Cable Simulation

• Option to show the 3D view in same perspective as the selected cross-section mesh view
• Harness nodes can now be generated from picked points or imported via text file; they can also be picked as well as snapped to picked points
  
• Control hide and show of individual harness elements like cable bundles or harness segments
  
• Improved transfer impedance models: More robust circuit models and new export of transfer impedance curves in text format
  
• Current monitors in cable segments probe the current of each wire as well as the common mode current
  
• Electric boundary is now supported not only for bi-directional simulation but also for no-coupling and uni-directional setups
• Improved accuracy of lossless circuit models for the cable simulation
• Improved random bundling: Possibility to control the strength of the randomness and to define the position of certain cables as fixed
  

Circuit Simulation

• Improved creation of Busses and display of pins and pin groups
• Improved transient simulation performance
• Extended Clone Block: Support for parametric cloning of 3D Project Blocks
• Improved Touchstone Block: Parametric access to multiple Touchstone files
• Option to use IDEM macro modeling for S-Parameter based blocks
• Unified user interface for blocks
• New Eye Diagram task with mask violation detection and size measurement
• IBIS improvements: Option for IBIS waveform truncation to avoid overclocking
• Automation: Added scripting option to determine/modify circuit connectivity
• Automation: New scripting method for automatic block placement

Filter Design | Macro Models

• FD3D
• New filter design process for automated 3D filter dimensioning
• New supported filter topologies and new filter components in component library
• Fest3D
• New automatic CST Design Studio project generation from synthesis modules
• Enabled direct use of parameters and mathematical expressions in dialog boxes where elements are defined
  
• New direct access to synthesis tools from CST Studio Suite main window
• Enhanced Fest3D project exporting to CST MWS project
• Performance improvement on coupling integrals numerical computation
• Added coaxial/ridge T-Junctions and a general waveguide bend based on CST Frequency Domain Solver
  
• Possibility to use arbitrary waveguides as ports of the CST Studio Suite element library
  
• IdEM
• Improved possibilities to compare different models
• New option to calculate and visualize modeling error for different target configurations
  
• Drag-and-drop of Touchstone and project files