DIANA 11 Release overview

We are excited to announce the release of DIANA 11, featuring numerous enhancements and updates to model definitions and analysis capabilities. This release empowers your engineering creativity with a robust, user-friendly DIANA environment designed to streamline and elevate your workflow.

Here are some of the highlights of this release:

Modeling and Meshing Tools
Enhanced and intelligent connection algorithms for complex model interactions
Interactive arbitrary beam cross-section editor with real-time property computation
Advanced mesh quality assessment
Modeling and Analysis Procedures
Comprehensive local and global convergence checks for enhanced model reliability
Improved transition zone control around cooling pipes to ensure accurate thermal–structural coupling
Optimized analysis performance through solver enhancements and adaptive strategies
Constitutive Models
New rate-dependent concrete damage plasticity model for dynamic and impact analyses
Extended interface element formulations with improved bond–slip and debonding capabilities
Updated material model database aligned with major design codes (Eurocode, fib, ACI, etc.)
Analysis Progress and Results Visualization
Interactive analysis progress dashboard with real-time solver feedback
Eigenmode animation with smooth transitions between deformation states (−1 to +1 scaling)
Improved probe–curve functionality for on-demand results extraction and visualization
Automated Workflow
User-defined Wizards to automate modeling, analysis, design checks, and reporting workflows
Upgraded report generation module with comprehensive features integration
Many more…