The new in-service release of nCode 6 durability software from HBM provides usability enhancements to nCode GlyphWorks, nCode DesignLife, and nCode Automation Personal Edition. The new features were based on commercial requirements from customers in various industries.

“This customer-driven update, including requirements from key clients such as Ford Motor Company and PSA Peugeot Citroën, continues to move nCode products forward with current industry needs,” said Jon Aldred, product manager for HBM-nCode. “The new capability in Automation PE for managing finite element data further illustrates the unique integration of the nCode product range for both test and CAE.”

Improvements to nCode GlyphWorks include additional display and reporting capabilities for creating reports. Now users have more direct control of plot styles and layouts, and a single plot can have four times as many data lines. Other features include direct decoding or data from automotive CAN-bus vehicle networks and enhanced use of data from Microsoft Excel.

nCode DesignLife includes more usability features in the display of finite element results. Users can create custom contour plots by defining a number of arbitrary contour levels. Users can also directly save and submit an analysis as a batch job, which can be more convenient when solving larger problems.

Users of nCode Automation Personal Edition can index data used by nCode DesignLife, including finite element models and results files from other industry tools. Characteristic values for user-defined key parameters and metadata from each model can be extracted and stored within nCode Automation’s database which makes it possible to find CAR data with keyword searches or create reports using in-depth queries. The update also includes a fully dynamic, interactive viewer for more in-depth reviews of FE models

For more information visit www.hbm.com.ncode.