-------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sim4Life light V7.2.1 Release Notes -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Release Date: 22.03.2022 Sim4Life light V7.2.1 is a student edition of Sim4Life V7.2.1, 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.a List of Main Bugs Fixed Since V7.2 Release -------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.b 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