-------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sim4Life V7.2.1 B11125 Release Notes -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Release Date: 22.12.2022 Sim4Life V7.2.1 is a maintenance release based on Sim4Life V7.2.0 B11026 (please see below the release notes of this version). The release includes bug fixes only. This document summarizes the bug fixes and known issues to be aware of in this release. -------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Installation Requirements 2. Supported OS 3. List of Bugs Fixed Since Last Release 4. Known Issues -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Installation Requirements -------------------------------------------------------------------- - Administrator rights are required during the installation process. - NVIDIA graphics card, with support for OpenGL versions higher than v3.0. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Supported OS -------------------------------------------------------------------- - Windows Server 2012 R2 - Windows 8.1 64 bit - Windows 10 64 bit - Windows 11 64 bit Sim4Life V7.2 uses Acceleware's Catania library version 11.3.1. Please get the latest NVIDIA driver for your hardware from the Acceleware website: https://acceleware.com/fdtd-11-3-0 and https://acceleware.com/fdtd-11-3-2 Please note that only NVIDIA GPUs with CUDA Compute Capability 2.0 or higher are supported by both the Sim4Life CUDA and AXE solvers. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.a List of Main Bugs Fixed Since V7.2.0 B11026 Release -------------------------------------------------------------------- - Case 173424: Fix of license issue preventing to use Python API for Automatic Head Segmentation Tool - Case 173282: Fix for missing action bar (ribbon) when starting the application on a 4K screen with DPI scaling enabled - Case 166295: "Normalize" checkbox disabled for Thermal simulations coupled to LF sources -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.b List of Main Bugs Fixed Since V7.0.2 Release -------------------------------------------------------------------- - Case 135851: Fix the issue preventing Optimizer to run on statistics with LF solvers - Case 167390: Fix the issue related to the detection of surfaces’ normals when using Topological engine in Thermal solver - Case 169931: Fix allowing user-defined analysis pipeline to be created - Case 169975: Neuron network now works with HOC files and templates - Case 172053: Fix the Std-dev equation for All Regions in SAR Statistics - Case 172057: Fix the issue of inactive tool buttons in 3D window when Move tool selected - Case 172416: Fix the issue of error message when material cloned within Material Database Manager - Case 172459: Fix the issue of preventing the user to change min/max values of the color bar for Far-Field viewers - Case 173177: Fix the issue in resample field tool not allowing to set same grid steps in all directions -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Known Issues -------------------------------------------------------------------- - Case 32807: Instability for some rare dispersive material configurations - Case 40481: Python memory usage occasionally still occupied after resetting analysis - Case 47035: Random problems in visualization of Dispersive Viewer - Case 54000: Random element appearing in Gridder - Case 61881: Rare issue with distribution of the simulation job to the GPUs when using CUDA - Case 86865: Job priorities may not correspond to the job execution - Case 98764: Potentially decreased accuracy in rare specific events for sensor combiner of Far-field sensor -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sim4Life light V7.2 Release Notes -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Release Date: 13.03.2022 Sim4Life light V7.2 is a student edition of Sim4Life V7.2, a specially tailored solution for students to gain insight into the world of computational modeling and simulation. The software is time-limited but free of charge and can be used to simulate various applications applying different physics solvers. This document summarizes the features and specifications of this release. -------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Installation Requirements 2. Supported OS 3. Specifications & Features 4. List of Changes Since V7.0 Release 5. List of Main Bugs Fixed Since Last Release 6. Known Issues -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Installation Requirements -------------------------------------------------------------------- - Administrator rights are required during the installation process. - NVIDIA graphics card, with support for OpenGL versions higher than v3.0. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Supported OS -------------------------------------------------------------------- - Windows 10 64 bit - Windows 11 64 bit -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Specifications/Features -------------------------------------------------------------------- - Sim4Life Framework (GUI, Modeling, Postprocessing, ARES) - 3D modeling environment (based on the ACIS toolkit) and CAD translators - Postprocessing and visualization of the simulation results (2D & 3D viewers, 2D planar slice, volume rendering, streamlines, surface fields on arbitrary 3D structures, radiation and far-field data) - No restrictions on the number of modeling objects - Simulation of modeling projects up to 20 million grid cells - Solvers & Tissue Models * P-EM-FDTD: Electromagnetics Full Wave Solvers * P-EM-LF: full EM finite element method (FEM) low frequency solver suite (Electrostatic and Electro quasi-static, Magnetostatic and Magneto quasi-static) * MMT: Mode-Matching Technique * P-Thermal: Thermodynamic Solver based on Pennes Bioheat equations, for both stationary and transient heat transfers * P-Acoustics: Acoustics Solver * T-Neuro: Neuronal Tissue Models, allowing neurostimulation investigations based on arbitrary field distributions as electromagnetic sources - Multi-parameter and multi-goal optimization framework - Computational anatomical model Yoon-sun, the first Korean phantom of the IT'IS Virtual Population - Material database - Python scripting - Not available in this Light version: 3rd-party Tools, High performance, Cloud computing, Additional ViP models, Functionalized ViP models, Unstructured P-EM-LF -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. List of Changes Since V7.0 Release -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.1. Modeling - New tools for extruding mesh patches, creating thin solid layers, detecting mirror symmetries, and creating symmetric models. - A new snapping mode to snap slice field viewers for aligned visualizations. 3.2 Analysis - In-place compression of existing simulation results - On-the-fly compression of new simulation results (FDTD only) - psSAR for homogeneous phantoms: A preview of the new psSAR averaging algorithm for homogeneous phantoms according to the latest draft of the IEEE/IEC 62704-1. 3.3. Python - Extended and improved Python API - V7.2 now allows users to develop and execute their Sim4Life Python scripts from a live-linked JupyterLab window. - Code auto-completion now comes with type hints, reducing user errors and accelerating scripts development. - The API of Sim4Life V7.2 has been upgraded to Python 3.8. 3.4. Interface - A new set of streamlined GUI elements to produce a more intuitive user experience: a. Cleaned-up tabs and ribbon b. Intuitive action bar c. Simplified UI elements -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. List of Main Bugs Fixed Since V7.0 Release -------------------------------------------------------------------- - Case 135851: Fix the issue preventing Optimizer to run on statistics with LF solvers - Case 167390: Fix the issue related to the detection of surfaces’ normals when using Topological engine in Thermal solver - Case 169931: Fix allowing user-defined analysis pipeline to be created - Case 169975: Neuron network now works with HOC files and templates - Case 172053: Fix the Std-dev equation for All Regions in SAR Statistics - Case 172057: Fix the issue of inactive tool buttons in 3D window when Move tool selected - Case 172416: Fix the issue of error message when material cloned within Material Database Manager - Case 172459: Fix the issue of preventing the user to change min/max values of the color bar for Far-Field viewers - Case 173177: Fix the issue in resample field tool not allowing to set same grid steps in all directions -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Known Issues -------------------------------------------------------------------- - Case 120457: Unable to write to input file in simulations with waveguide sources