Prepared release 2.6

Author: SteveMaas1978

Documentation/FEBioStudioReleaseNotes.txt

@@ -4,6 +4,63 @@
 
 *****************************************************************
 
+===========================================================================
+
+ R E L E A S E   2.6   3/29/2024
+
+===========================================================================
+
+New Features:
+* Added new job monitor dialog box. This dialog box replaces the message box when an FEBio run terminates. It shows a list of the warning and error messages that were generated during the run.
+* The material and model tabs on the Post panel were modified so that they show the visible and enable buttons next to the items.
+* Implemented different way to indicate whether a parameter is load controlled or not. A curve icon will now display next to a parameter that is load controller. When hovering over the icon a tooltip appears with the name of the load controller. 
+* Added context menu option to copy rigid load.
+* Named selections can now be created on the post side. They are also saved in the post sessions file. 
+* Expanded merge tool so that it can be used with curve objects.
+* Added Create tool for bending geometry.
+* Added support for cloning curve objects.
+
+Improvements:
+* The Properties panel in the Model panel now has a reasonable minimum size.
+* Added "float" to array datafield type string in Data tab of Post panel.
+* The import curve dialog now remembers last used settings.
+* Moved FEBio export Post option to Export Geometry menu (instead of Save As).
+* Pressing Escape keyboard button will now also deactivate selection brush.
+* Added check for unsupported element types when exporting to lsdyna file.
+* Added support for CPS3 and CPS4 element in Abaqus reader.
+* Added shortcut Ctrl+A to assign current selection to active item in model tree (if applicable).
+* Now processing (but ignoring) PhysicalNames and Parametrization keywords for GMesh import.
+* The Discard mesh modifier can now be applied to all objects. For editable meshes it works as before, but for other objects, it simply clears the FE mesh.
+* Added option to turn off the selected item tags. (Use "i" shortcut, or menu View\Toggle Tag Info.)
+* Modified Discrete Element Network (DEN) tool to convert a mesh into a DEN.
+* Set shortcut for screenshot to Alt+F2.
+* Added support for reading from and writing to febio4 format for const (surface) mesh data. Now also serializing mesh item lists for mesh data generators.
+* Added more specific type info for mesh date generators.
+* Added category column to Add Physics dialog.
+* Added support for reading surface data generators from febio4 input file.
+
+Bug Fixes:
+* The curve object mesher now also generates the edges.
+* Now using document title in the Import Material list (right-click option on Materials item in model tree).
+* Fixed issue with muscle path where tangent was not calculated when departure point was the endpoint. Added rendering of tangent vector.
+* Fixed crash when qnSolver fails to allocate.
+* Fixed bug in Average Intensity over Element option in image map tool
+* Fixed issue with reading names of user mesh selections in post-session file.
+* Fixed bug in building post model tree.
+* Fixed issue with reading SET_NODE_LIST_TITLE keyword from LSDYNA reader.
+* Fixed problem with selecting curve objects.
+* Caught issue that causes crash when exporting surface data without selection assigned.
+* Fixed some problems with crashes when reading older plot files.
+* Fixed issue with evaluating element values when some materials are disabled.
+* Fixed issue with importing initial conditions applied to parts from febio4 format.
+* Fixed problems with region selection for editable surfaces.
+* Fixed issue that model tree did not update when changing physics module.
+* Fixed issues with importing object that has no parts.
+* Fixed issue with reading gmesh legacy files.
+* Fixed issue with model update when toggling displacement map.
+* Fixed issue with adding step when pressing cancel in the Add Step dialog box.
+* Fixed issue with reading discrete sections of older febio3 and febio2.5 formats.
+
 ===========================================================================
 
  R E L E A S E   2.5   1/16/2024

Documentation/FEBioStudio_User_Manual.lyx

@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ status open
 User's Manual
 \series default
 \emph on
-Version 2.5
+Version 2.6
 \end_layout
 
 \begin_layout Date
 
 \series bold
-Last Updated: January 16, 2024
+Last Updated: March 29, 2024
 \end_layout
 
 \begin_layout Standard
@@ -12791,6 +12791,119 @@ override command
 
 \end_layout
 
+\begin_layout Standard
+To run the model in FEBio press the Run button.
+ The model will first be written to an FEBio input file and then FEBio will
+ be called on the input file.
+ After FEBio returns a dialog box appears with some information on how the
+ job ran.
+ 
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_inset Float figure
+wide false
+sideways false
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+\align center
+\begin_inset Graphics
+	filename Figures/job_monitor.png
+	width 3.07in
+	height 2.03in
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Caption Standard
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+The Job Monitor is displayed after the FEBio job completes.
+\begin_inset CommandInset label
+LatexCommand label
+name "fig116-4"
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_inset VSpace defskip
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+The information shown in the Job Monitor dialog box includes: 
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Job The name of the job that just completed
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Status The final status.
+ This will be 
+\emph on
+Normal Termination 
+\emph default
+if the FEBio was able to complete the job successfully, or 
+\emph on
+Error Termination 
+\emph default
+when the job failed.
+ 
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Runtime The total time it took for the job to run
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Completion A percentage indicating how far the analysis was completed.
+ 
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+The text field below the status information shows a list of all the warning
+ and error messages that were generated by FEBio.
+ (This currently only works with the Default launch configuration.) The two
+ buttons labeled 
+\emph on
+Warnings 
+\emph default
+and 
+\emph on
+Errors 
+\emph default
+are used to toggle the corresponding messages from the text field.
+ 
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+The 
+\series bold
+Open Results 
+\series default
+button can be used to open the results of the completed run in FEBio Studio.
+ If the run was not successful, the user might still be able to load the
+ partial results.
+ 
+\end_layout
+
 \begin_layout Section
 FEBio Launch Configurations
 \end_layout

Documentation/FEBioStudio_User_Manual.pdf

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ SOFTWARE.*/
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // VERSION INFORMATION
 #define FBS_VERSION			2
-#define FBS_SUBVERSION		5
+#define FBS_SUBVERSION		6
 #define FBS_SUBSUBVERSION	0
 
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