ESRD is very excited to announce the release of StressCheck Professional Version 12.0! Read below for details on the what’s new and a link to download.

This major release of our flagship FEA solution delivers substantial refinements to the user interface and greatly improves your modeling, simulation, and post-processing workflows. You will experience immediate benefits to your analyses — from start to finish.

Watch the StressCheck Professional v12.0 Video Tour!

Key Features and Enhancements in StressCheck v12.0

StressCheck Professional 12.0 delivers an extensive list of new features and upgraded capabilities, including:

• Newly refreshed toolbar icons
• New right-click contextual menus
• New assembly meshing with automatic contact detection
• New mesh seeding feature for improved auto meshing results
• Multiple new features for improved simulation post-processing
• Introduced parameter and formula name input validation
• Introduced independent control over solid body colors
• Enhanced index controls for geometry and mesh objects
• Parameter and object set dependency feedback enhancements
• Object and record selection feedback enhancements

Want to know more?

Browse the Release Notes for detailed descriptions of what you’ll see in StressCheck v12.0:

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Get Familiar with the New Toolbar Icons!

StressCheck v12.0 delivers refreshed Toolbars that improve clarity and offer a consistent design aesthetic. We have not altered their arrangement, but to ensure you’re oriented in the new look of the interface we’ve created a Toolbar Guide. Take a look!

Ready to Download?

Download the StressCheck v12.0 MSI from our StressCheck software download page (Software Downloader membership is required):

Note: To run StressCheck v12.0, a license upgrade (and active Software Maintenance & Technical Support contract) is required. If you have not already requested your upgraded license, please do so using the Request for ESRD Support form.

From all of us at ESRD, we wish you a very happy holiday season! We truly feel that each and every one of our users are part of the ESRD family and we are incredibly grateful to get to work with all of you. We hope that you enjoy your year-end celebrations, quality time with friends and family, and wrap up 2023 with a big automesh-patterned bow 😉

There is much we are thankful for as we approach the end of the year. Our ESRD team has grown, we have had the opportunity to engage with our FEA community in new and important ways, and we’ve continued to strengthen our relationships with many of our beloved StressCheck users through conference visits and in-person trainings. We’d like to take a moment to acknowledge some of the reasons we’re looking back fondly on 2023…

ESRD’s New Account Manager

Patrick Goulding joined ESRD back in June as our new Account Manager. Many of you have had the chance to meet or speak with him this year, but if you have not yet been introduced feel free to reach out and say hi anytime, he would be thrilled to hear from you!

Patrick comes to us with several years of technical experience in the CAE industry, primarily with a background in multibody dynamics and mechatronics, and received his Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from University of Illinois, Chicago. Patrick works remotely from his home office in Long Beach, CA, where he spends much of his time playing beach volleyball and repairing vintage turntables. If you’re looking for a turntable recommendation for your new stereo setup, he’s your guy.

Before Patrick was an engineer he devoted his career to the arts, co-founding a theatre company in Chicago and managing the day-to-day activities of a startup non-profit. From this experience, he learned the tremendous value of genuine and lasting business relationships. Patrick sees his role at ESRD as an opportunity to partner with talented engineers like yourself, help you to achieve your goals, and further his respect and admiration for those in the aerospace community.

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Connect with Patrick on LinkedIn.

Blog Series Authored by ESRD Co-founder, Dr. Barna Szabó

Starting in October, Dr. Barna Szabó has authored weekly blog articles published to our ESRD Blog. These concise discussions address hot topics in engineering such as XAI, the misconceptions between Finite Element Modelling and Finite Element Analysis, and the importance of Simulation Governance for today’s engineering managers. We think that not only are these critical topics for our ESRD community to engage in, but that they are compelling insights into the fundamental values our software is built upon.

If you have not yet taken a look, we invite you to browse the currently published articles, choose your topic of interest, and share the discussion with others on your team. Dr. Szabó’s invites feedback and discussion, so feel free to reach out to us and to him with your thoughts and insights!

ASIP Conference 2023

We had a fantastic time attending the ASIP Conference this year and getting the chance to spend time with so many from our ESRD community! We look forward to it every year, because we get to catch up with so many of you and attend wonderful presentations demonstrating StressCheck in the ASIP industry.

Take a look at our recap of the 2023 ASIP Conference in Denver and we look forward to seeing many of you in Austin next year!

Looking Forward to 2024!

We’ve been working VERY hard on what we consider the most significant release of StressCheck in years, StressCheck v12.0! Our developers are in the very final stages of testing, making sure we deliver the highest quality analysis tool for you to use in 2024.

While we wait patiently for its debut, we want to make sure each of you know what to expect with the new functionalities, GUI updates, and overall improvements. Please schedule your demo of StressCheck v12.0 using the form below:

Wishing good tidings to you and your family!

As we continue to adapt to a mix of remote and in-office work, we hope that this past year you found our software products, customer support, training options/courses, “StressCheck Tip of the Week” posts, and e-Learning resources to be helpful and accommodating. We certainly couldn’t do it without your valuable feedback and contributions! We are committed to supporting your current and future engineering endeavors and look forward to what the future holds in 2023.

In 2022, we re-designed StressCheck’s documentation to include online and offline versions, attended ASIP 2022 as exhibitors and presenters, released StressCheck v11.1 (our best release yet!), and made numerous additions to our resource library to aid in a more efficient and enjoyable StressCheck onboarding process. The following are a few highlights that we’d like to share from this past year.

ASIP Conference 2022 Impressions…

In late November 2022, ESRD exhibited at the ASIP Conference and enjoyed re-connecting with StressCheck users, industry colleagues and our partners Hill Engineering (BAMpF 3D fatigue crack growth software developers) and LexTech (AFGROW developers). We also provided a training course and conference paper on the modeling and analysis of bonded doubler repairs.

Read more about our conference proceedings here.

StressCheck v11.1 Released…

We were pleased to release StressCheck v11.1 in late July 2022, made possible by the dedication and hard work of our development and QA teams. This release was packed with new features and enhancements in the areas of automatic meshing, fracture mechanics and global-local applications:

For a quick recap of the highlights in StressCheck v11.1 view the following short video:

Does your organization have an active StressCheck SM&TS contract but hasn’t yet upgraded to StressCheck v11.1? Contact us to get started with the upgrade!

Live Webinar Coming Soon…

On February 7th, 2023, we are planning for a live webinar to review what’s new and improved with the release of StressCheck v11.1, as well as preview the new features and enhancements under development for StressCheck v11.2 (targeted for release in Summer 2023).

Some highlights of features under development include (but are not limited to):

• Mesh seeding to guide the Automesh by automatically using pre-existing node locations.
• Upgraded toolbar icons for a clear and improved user experience.
• New option to select the toolbar icons between 16×16 (default), 20×20 and 24×24 pixels size.
• Movable Min/Max labels for Results plotting and extractions.
• A Dependencies button on the Parameter pane which lists all dependencies on the selected parameter.
• Column sorting and filtering for Parameters pane table including “Go To” to search for parameters.
• Predictive text on input fields has been implemented for parameter and formula names.
• Enhanced Index controls for filtering and sorting Geometry and Mesh object lists. including “Go To ID…” to access a specific ID.
• Improved visualization of Selected status on dropdown lists containing assignment/set records.
• Overhauled the Display Objects pane to support selective number ranges and additional object types.
• Re-designed color definitions pane.
• A list of object IDs belonging to a set “Contents:” and a list of objects that reference the set “Used By:” are now displayed when selecting a record on the Sets page.
• Improved consistency of DeLast/Undo functionality

Pre-register for the “What’s New and Improved in StressCheck” webinar by completing the form below:

Wishing for Good Tidings and Good Health

Finally, we’d like to wish all of our customers, partners and friends Happy/Safe Holidays and a Happier/Healthier 2023!

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In case you missed it, ESRD is pleased to announce that we’ve released product updates for StressCheck Professional and StressCheck-Powered Apps (CAE Handbook and StressCheck Tool Box).  Many customer-defined enhancements were added, and the software user experience improved.

StressCheck Professional v10.5

StressCheck Professional v10.5 includes many new features, enhancements and improvements such as:

• New Force/moment method
• New TLAP Cross section option
• TLAP Bearing and Bearing loads correction
• New Any Body option for Assignment
• Plastic Strain extractions
• Log Improvements for Incremental Solutions
• And more!

Watch this short video for a demonstration of some of the new features and enhancements in StressCheck Professional v10.5:

Click below to view detailed descriptions of the new StressCheck Professional v10.5 features and enhancements:

New Feature Details

Click below to view the full StressCheck Professional v10.5 release notes:

Product Release Notes

Get the Latest Software Updates

To download the latest product updates and to view additional product release notes, click the links below:

• StressCheck Professional v10.5
• CAE Handbook v10.5/SCTB 4.5

In case you missed it, ESRD is pleased to announce that we’ve released product updates for StressCheck Professional and StressCheck-Powered Apps (CAE Handbook and StressCheck Tool Box).  Many customer-defined enhancements were added, and the software user experience improved.

Figure 1: StressCheck’s default interface layout. A contour plot was produced in the Model View via the Results dialog.

StressCheck Professional v11 includes many new features, enhancements and improvements such as:

• Upgraded User Interface and User Flow Improvements
• Enhanced Automeshing Functionality
• New Crack Front Automeshing Method
• Automatic Extraction Radius for Fracture Mechanics Parameters
• Enhanced Solver Settings for Multi Body Contact Analysis
• New Extraction Functions for Multi Body Contact Results
• Full Online Documentation
• And more!

Watch the StressCheck v11 Demo

Watch this short video for a demonstration of some of the new features and enhancements in StressCheck Professional v11:

Learn More About StressCheck v11

Click below to view detailed descriptions of the new StressCheck Professional v11 features and enhancements:

Get the Latest Software Updates

To download the latest product updates and to view additional product release notes, click the links below:

• StressCheck Professional v11
• CAE Handbook v11/SCTB 5.0

Learn more about the updates!

• StressCheck v10.3
• CAE Handbook v10.3/SCTB 4.3

ESRD is pleased to announce that we’ve released product updates for StressCheck Professional and StressCheck-Powered Apps (CAE Handbook and StressCheck Tool Box).  Many customer-defined enhancements were added, and the software user experience improved.

StressCheck Professional v10.4

StressCheck Professional v10.4 includes many new features, enhancements and improvements such as:

• Direct Force Option for Traction Loads
• Individual Load Record Checking
• New TLAP-Bearing Option (Ignore Moments & Offsets)
• Improved Local System Extractions
• Tabbed Dialogue Persistence

Watch this short video for a demonstration of some of the new features and enhancements in StressCheck Professional v10.4:

Click below to view the full StressCheck Professional v10.4 release notes:

Release Notes

Get the Latest Software Updates

To download the latest product updates and to view additional product release notes, click the links below:

• StressCheck Professional v10.4
• CAE Handbook v10.4/SCTB 4.4

ESRD is pleased to announce that we’ve officially released StressCheck v11.1. With the release of StressCheck v11.1, we have made tremendous improvements to model rendering, load arrow drawing and load record updating performances to provide the user with maximum efficiency. This release also provides new mixed element meshing functionality in the Crack Front and Boundary Layer methods as well as the all-new Thin Section method, which allow the user to utilize pentahedral and hexahedral elements together with a traditional all-tetrahedral automesh. These improved, high-quality meshes can provide the user more accurate results with less computational cost, especially for fracture and contact problems.

Mixed meshing, integration layer and grade toward ends options in the enhanced Crack Front automesh method

Symmetric thru-crack mode I SIF’s for different Crack Front automeshing options (tetra only, mixed, mixed + graded)

StressCheck v11.1 also boasts improvements for Global-Local analysis in the form of TLAP scaling parameters and improved GUI options for point load/constraint rendering, as well as updates to the COM API functionality and the StressCheck Offline Documentation.

Key Features and Enhancements in StressCheck v11.1

StressCheck v11.1 includes the following key features and enhancements since the release of StressCheck v11.0 Update 1 in June 2021:

• General GUI Tune-ups for Improving the User Experience
• Performance Improvements for Model Rendering & Load Display/Updating
• New Thin Section Automesh Method with Penta or Hexa-Dominant Option
• Boundary Layer Automesh Method Now with Mixed Mesh (Hexa/Penta/Tetra) and Shrink-To-Fit/Trim-to-Fit Options
• Crack Front Automesh Method Now with Curvature D/H, Mixed Mesh, Integration Layer, and Grade Toward Ends Options
• New Global-Local Features for Load Scaling/Reversal
• Improvements to COM API Functionality and Online Documentation
• New Getting Started and Offline Documentation Available in Help Menu
• Upgrades to Spatial Interop and MeshSim Libraries

Watch the StressCheck v11.1 Demo

Watch this short video for a demonstration of some of the new features and enhancements available in StressCheck v11.1:

Learn More About StressCheck v11.1

Scroll through the below PDF to view detailed descriptions of the new StressCheck v11.1 features and enhancements:

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Download StressCheck v11.1

Download the StressCheck v11.1 MSI from our StressCheck software download page (Software Downloader membership is required):

Note: StressCheck v11.1 may be installed concurrently with StressCheck v10.x. Installing StressCheck v11.1 will automatically uninstall StressCheck v11.0.

Note: StressCheck v11.1 requires a license upgrade so if you have not already received it from the ESRD support team, please contact support@esrd.com or fill out our Request for ESRD Support form to request your license upgrade.

ESRD is pleased to announce that we’ve released StressCheck Professional v11 Update 1. In addition to all the improvements introduced with the release of StressCheck v11, in Update 1 we have optimized the Solve and Results panes for maximum efficiency and improved user flow. Each solver tab now contains all the appropriate solver inputs, user-defined solution settings, and commands to seamlessly perform the desired analysis. Similarly, all extraction settings are automatically labeled and available directly on each tab.

StressCheck v11 Update 1 includes the following key features and enhancements since the release of StressCheck v11 in December 2020:

• General GUI Cleanup, Tune-ups, Optimizations & Fixes
• Optimized Solve and Results Panes for Improved User Flow
• Dockable Panes Extended to Display Objects, View Controls, & More
• New Feature for Exporting & Importing Solution and/or Extracting Settings
• Significantly Improved Accuracy of Mesh Region Assignments
• Offline Documentation Now Available

Watch the StressCheck v11 Update 1 Demo

Watch this short video for a demonstration of some of the new features and enhancements available in StressCheck v11 Update 1:

Learn More About StressCheck v11 Update 1

Scroll through the below PDF to view detailed descriptions of the new StressCheck v11 Update 1 features and enhancements:

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Download StressCheck v11 Update 1

Download the StressCheck v11 Update 1 MSI from our StressCheck software download page (Software Downloader membership is required):

Note: StressCheck v11 Update 1 may be installed concurrently with StressCheck v10.x. Installing StressCheck v11 Update 1 will automatically uninstall StressCheck v11. StressCheck v11 Update 1 does not require a license upgrade if StressCheck v11 licenses are already installed.