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Contents

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Release Notes 2022.1.1......................................................................2

Fixes in Update Release of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2022.1.1..................................................................... 3
New Features and Enhancements in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2022.1....................................................... 4
Platform.................................................................................................................................................... 4
CAD Integration....................................................................................................................................... 6
Geometry..................................................................................................................................................7
Mesh....................................................................................................................................................... 11
CAE Integration...................................................................................................................................... 14
Physics.................................................................................................................................................... 14
Design Exploration................................................................................................................................ 29
Data Analysis.......................................................................................................................................... 29
Application Specific Tools..................................................................................................................... 38
User Guide..............................................................................................................................................40
Important Notes 2022.1................................................................................................................................. 42
Macro API Changes 2022.1............................................................................................................................ 46
CAD Packages Support................................................................................................................................... 51
CAD Packages for CAD Clients.............................................................................................................. 51
CAD Import Versions............................................................................................................................. 52
CAD Export Versions.............................................................................................................................. 53
External Packages Support............................................................................................................................ 54
Third-Party Software..............................................................................................................................54
Known Issues................................................................................................................................................... 56
Issues Relevant to All Operating Systems............................................................................................ 56
Issues Relevant to Linux........................................................................................................................ 58
Issues Relevant to Windows..................................................................................................................60
Issues Relevant to the CAD Clients....................................................................................................... 62
Credits............................................................................................................................................................... 63

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Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Release Notes 2022.1.1

This document provides important information about Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2022.1.1.

Contents:
Fixes in Update Release of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2022.1.1
New Features and Enhancements in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2022.1
Important Notes 2022.1
Macro API Changes 2022.1
CAD Packages Support
External Packages Support
Known Issues
Credits

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Fixes in Update Release of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2022.1.1

This section details the fixes that were introduced in the update release of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2022.1.1.

• CF-2260 Enable the Stop button after reconnecting to a server with a running solver.
• DEP-3122 Modify the Design Manager license use so that it does not require more than one instance of
enablestaricelicense (the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ In-cylinder add-on license).
• DEP-3157 Fix the incompatibility of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ In-cylinder with the Design Manager shared
license in a queueing system on a cluster, so that the full series of designs can run without license errors.
• DF-1018 Fix incorrectly exported mapped data from the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ .sim file to the
TAITherm .neu file.
• PRO-4259 Fix misspellings in UI strings.
• PVIZ-6758 Fix unit conversion in the point probe annotation, so that the units of the value actually match
the displayed preferred units.
• REA-4372 Fix load balancing on clusters using the Turbulent Flame Speed Closure (TFC) model.
• REA-4382 Fix a memory leak (an excessive increase in memory requirement) caused by the Complex
Chemistry spark ignitor.
• SRM-3092 Make the Thin Mesher preserve all part surface perimeters.
• STARICE-4576 For Simcenter STAR-CCM+ In-cylinder, fix the Specified Burn Rate model so that the exhaust
gas recirculation (EGR) mass fractions are specified.
• STARICE-4813 Fix the inability of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ In-cylinder to access plenum parts in .sim files
saved in previous versions.

Additional Important Notes

Additional important notes are included here. These apply to the 2022.1 release as well as the 2022.1.1
release.

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Web Viewer Now Online

The new web-based Scene file Viewer, Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Web Viewer, is now available at the following
web address: https://cloud.sw.siemens.com/starccmviewer/

Change in Functionality of Stop Controls in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Workspace

There has been a change in the technique of stopping a batch run or the playback of a Java macro in the
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ UI. The (Stop) button in the toolbar is now grayed out (inactive) during these
processes.

To stop the process, use the (Cancel Process) button that appears at the bottom of the simulation tree
alongside the progress bar under the Explorer pane.

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New Features and Enhancements in Simcenter STAR-CCM+

2022.1

Enhancements to Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2022.1 are presented by category:

Contents:
Platform
CAD Integration
Geometry
Mesh
CAE Integration
Physics
Design Exploration
Data Analysis
Application Specific Tools
User Guide

Platform
Deployment
• Certified operating systems (OS)
◦ RHEL 8.3, 8.4, Alma/Rocky 8.4, openSUSE Leap 15.3, SLES 15 SP3
◦ Windows 10 21H1
• Retired operating systems
◦ CentOS/RHEL 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 8.0, 8.1, CentOS 8.2, openSUSE Leap 15, 15.1, 15.2, SLES 12 SP3, SP4, 15,
15 SP1, 15 SP2
◦ Windows 10 1903, 1909, 20H1, Server 2012
• Scheduled operating systems support changes for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2022.2
◦ Adding: Windows 10 21H2, 22H1, Windows 11 21H2, Windows Server 2022
◦ Retiring: RHEL 8.2
◦ Retiring: Windows 10 20H2
• Certified Message Passing Interface (MPI) versions
◦ Intel MPI 2021.2 (LINUX and Windows)
• Retired Message Passing Interface (MPI) versions
◦ Intel MPI 2019.8 (LINUX)
◦ Intel MPI 2019.7 (Windows)
• Scheduled Message Passing Interface versions for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2022.2
◦ Adding: OpenMPI 4.1.2 (LINUX)
◦ Retiring: OpenMPI 3.1.6 (LINUX)

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User Experience
• Simulation Templates D4170, Community Idea
◦ Ensure robust and reproducible workflows by creating simulation templates
▪ Provide consistency across many users or throughout an organization
▪ Deploy simulation best practices
▪ Transfer knowledge easier
▪ Protect the simulation template with the new .simt file format and the possibility to Save to
Template
◦ Become productive immediately by using simulation templates
▪ Leverage streamlined workflows automatically
▪ Improve ability to focus on relevant information
▪ Learn more about the simulation setup later if needed
▪ Create a new simulation from an existing template

• Improved look and feel with new icons to collapse-expand tree nodes
◦ Consistent on Linux and Windows

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• Improved custom tree tooltip behaviour

◦ Consistent with the simulation tree
• Security ensured with OpenJDK 11.0.12 update

CAD Integration
CAD-Clients
• Updates
◦ Supported CAD package versions are now:

CAD Client Supported CAD Version

Client for NX (Linux and Windows) NX 12, NX 1847 to 2007, Simcenter 1847 to 2007
Client for CATIA CATIA V5-R2017 to V5-R2021
Client for Creo Creo 4.0 to 8.0
Client for Inventor Inventor 2018 to 2022

CAD-Exchange
• Added support for the BIM CAD format IFC (Siemens CAD reader) D5142

• All supported version updates as follows:

HOOPS CAD Reader Version

NX Up to 1980
Solid Edge Up to 2021
Autodesk Inventor Up to 2022
CATIA V5 Up to V5 R2021
Creo - Pro/E Up to Creo 8.0
JT Up to 10.5

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HOOPS CAD Reader Version

Parasolid Up to 33.1
Rhino 3D Up to 7
Solid Works Up to 2021
ACIS Up to 2021 1.0

Siemens CAD Reader Version

IFC Up to IFC2x3, IFC4
• Convergent file support
◦ Enable import of convergent files from NX in Parasolid format
▪ Convergent data is imported as mesh parts
▪ All features and operations applicable for mesh parts can be executed on convergent data

Geometry
3D-CAD
• Shortcut keys
◦ Improved productivity through faster interaction for geometry preparation
▪ Fixed shortcut keys are provided for:
- Visibility toolbar option
- Favorite operation
- Hide/Show from scene
• 3D-CAD to parts
◦ Simplified data transfer from 3D-CAD to parts with or without association from 3D-CAD
▪ Option to create mesh or CAD parts from CAD bodies
▪ Associated parts support both update or synchronize method

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• Distinguish body color

◦ Improved visual effectiveness through better scene default colors
▪ Color palette option available on the 3D-CAD node
▪ High contrast color palette
▪ Legacy plot color palette
▪ Siemens color palette

• Pattern Offset in 2D Sketch

◦ Improved method to create a sweep path for a battery winding
▪ Provides parameters for spacing between offsets, and the number of pattern instances

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• Sweep to specified distance

◦ Robust method to create battery winding for simulation
▪ Allows you to specify the length of the sweep along the path
▪ Sweep profile is trimmed at the end point along the path
• Find similar from scene
◦ Quicker method to launch find similar feature directly within scene
▪ Face level option to Find similar and Find similar within bodies
▪ Body level option to Find similar

• Orientation control
◦ Easily set the orientation from the scene
▪ Interactively manipulate the orientation widget for extrusion and mirror features
• Find Proximity Faces within Body
◦ Easily find gaps within the same body
◦ Supports faces, edges, and vertices
• Find wedges and notches
◦ Easily identify wedge and notch shape edges using search tool

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• 3D-CAD additional updates

◦ Parametric local lab coordinate to create reference geometry in a different coordinate system
◦ Facet body selection from the object selector in all 3D-CAD features
◦ Search tool options to find convex, concave, knife convex, and knife concave edges on a body
◦ Plane from surface feature supports flip normal option
◦ Support for design filters in the flatten operation

Parts
• Contact Creator mesh operation
◦ Improved ease of use through automatic contact creation process for geometry preparation
▪ Supports baffles, periodic translation, periodic rotation, and weak contacts

• CAD Parts update from CAD-Client

◦ Enable CAD parts created by a CAD-Client to observe the CAD parameters for updates
◦ Updating a CAD part or Model or executing mesh operation with affected part will update CAD parts
• Creation of Closed Isosurface

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◦ Improve the adjoint Topology Optimization workflow for extraction of resulting design by ensuring
smooth and watertight part
◦ No changes to GUI

• Automatic shell splitter

◦ Reduce the need for geometry preparation by automatic creation of edge-to-edge interfaces
▪ Significant improvements in the pipeline and enhanced automation when treating sheet parts that
are connected together by a common set of edges
▪ Automatically splits curve into non-manifold and other curves while converting to shell
▪ Automated Mesh (Shell) accept parts with non-manifold edges

Mesh
Surface Repair
• Imprint and part contact review tool
◦ Ability to review contacts created from imprint operation or existing contacts for easy and faster
geometry preparation
▪ Available in surface repair Merge/Imprint option
▪ Review metrics available
- Part Contact Summary
- Contacting Parts Count
- Part Contact Area Ratio
▪ Diagnostic metrics available

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- Non-Contiguous Contact
- Non-Contacting Islands
- Contact Topology Errors
- Contact Area Mismatch

Surface Mesh
• Surface remesh patch merging
◦ Merge narrow long patches within a part surface for better surface remesh
▪ No GUI changes

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Volume Mesh
• Multi-surface extrusion
◦ Fast and easy mesh extrusion from multiple part-surfaces with different distances
◦ New H-grid option allows for multiple part-surfaces extrusion with different distances
▪ Can generate an equivalent mesh to region-based meshing extruder with frozen boundaries off
▪ Does not require the creation of multiple mesh operations to allow extrusion at different distances
◦ When using the H-grid type, custom controls from the surface extruder can be copied to a volume
extruder operation
◦ Existing O-grid option is still supported

• Improved tetrahedral/polyhedral volume growth at volume controls

◦ Addresses under-refinement of mesh in regions enclosed by volumetric controls
◦ More accurate growth rate computation for improved mesh refinement
◦ Effect more pronounced for cases with volumetric controls in narrow passages
• Robustness and performance improvements for the tetrahedral/polyhedral mesher
◦ Improved robustness and performance (up to 5.7x) in the tetrahedral/polyhedral mesh generation
◦ Higher success rate of mesh generation for complex cases
◦ Leads to speedup in overall polyhedral mesh generation time for cases using the Advancing Layer
Mesher
▪ Most noticeable improvements on higher core counts

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• Evaluate Field On Surface option in morph surface mesh operation

◦ New option allows for user-defined displacement on the surface mesh representation
◦ Removes the need to generate volume mesh to apply displacement field function for an initial shape
deformation of a part
◦ Not compatible with adjoint workflows and does not support table-derived field functions

CAE Integration
• Quasi-Newton method for faster and more robust Fluid-Structure Interaction
◦ Fast quadratic convergence
▪ Industrial case runs 2.2x faster with the Quasi-Newton method than with the Aitken method
▪ Smaller residual achievable
▪ More robust convergence — some cases are impossible to converge by other methods
▪ Academic cases match iterations expected from literature

◦ Aligns with best practice recommendation for Abaqus Fluid-Structure Interaction simulation

Physics
Contents:
CFD
Multiphase Flow
Computational Rheology
Computational Solid Mechanics
Electromagnetics and Electrochemistry
Aeroacoustics
Motion, Mesh Adaption, and Mapping

CFD

Flow
• GPU Acceleration

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◦ Shorter simulation turnaround time and lower per-simulation cost due to GPU enabled acceleration
▪ Per iteration a GPU node of 8x Tesla V100 is as fast as ~29 dual-socket Xeon Gold nodes
▪ Hardware cost is 40% and power consumption 10% of the equivalent in CPUs
◦ Supports constant density segregated solver – steady and unsteady
▪ Most turbulence models, RANS and DDES including k-ω including SST DDES, k-ε
▪ Standard reports, monitors, and field functions - field mean excluded
◦ Includes implementation of NVIDIA AMGx
◦ Supported only on Linux
◦ Supported on the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Power Session Plus and Power on Demand licenses
• Hub-style Shell interface - edge-to-edge

◦ Enables the use of shell regions for sheet parts where several sheets meet along an edge by introducing
the solid shell hub interface
◦ Allows edge-to-edge hub interface configurations
▪ Any number of shell edge boundaries or curves from any number of shell regions or parts can meet
and exchange heat flux
- Model solid shell conduction problems
• Multi-edit for multipart solid and multi component gas material selection
◦ Improves usability by allowing you to multi-edit multipart solid and multi component gas materials after
you multi-select them

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• Change default Poly(T) coefficients for Thermal Conductivity to those of Air (gas), H2O (liquid), Al
(solid)
◦ Improve the usability of multi component gas, liquid, and solid and obtain more physical results with the
default options
• Poly(T) and Table(T) support for Thermal Conductivity for Porous Media Model Thermal Equilibrium
◦ Improves usability by allowing you to specify a non-constant Thermal conductivity without the
complication of using a field function
▪ Added support for polynomial and table definitions for Thermal Conductivity for Porous Media Model
Thermal Equilibrium

Energy
• Radiation models enabled on solids D4233

◦ A leaner and more coherent radiation workflow allows for more user-friendly setups of simulations
where radiating opaque or semi-transparent solids are immersed in non-participating regions
▪ You can now decide to enable radiation on radiating bodies only
- No need to include radiation in surrounding transparent regions
- No need to manually copy solid side properties onto the fluid/transparent side as with previous
versions
▪ External Surface Emissivity and External Surface Reflectivity properties now available at interface
boundaries when external radiation is enabled in the opaque regions and no radiation is solved on
the transparent region
▪ Compatible with S2S radiosity and Surface Photon Monte Carlo
• Weighted Sum of Grey Gases method now available in Absorption Coefficient for VOF
◦ Simplified setup of spray combustion and glass furnace simulations
• Phasic Porous Media Thermal Non-Equilibrium model now compatible with S2S Radiation model
◦ More flexible setups of oven brazing simulations and similar applications

Reacting Flows
• New diffusion flux treatment for Reactor Networks
◦ Increased accuracy of Reactor Network models through improved treatment of diffusion flux
▪ Reactor Network predictions should be closer to values obtained from full Complex Chemistry
simulations
• Improved Reactor Network agglomeration algorithm
◦ Easier to obtain reactor independent results
▪ The new algorithm also generates exact number of reactors requested

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• Reactor Network molecular weight field function

◦ New field function: RN Molecular Weight
▪ Useful for post-processing of pollutants where ppm or ppmv values are expected
• Shared memory for flamelet table generation in parallel

◦ Easier workflow for users when generating large flamelet tables

▪ Memory required during table generation in parallel is greatly reduced
▪ Requires OpenMPI
• Separate numerical parameters for flamelet transport equations
◦ Greater model flexibility through the inclusion of flamelet source terms
▪ Source terms can now be generated for mixture fraction, progress variable, and their variances
▪ Option to add to built-in sources, or replace
◦ Further tailoring of the flamelet transport equations through the option to activate individual under
relaxation factors and turbulent Schmidt numbers
• Dynamic query selection for ignitors
◦ Enables use of ignitors in template simulation files
• Reaction Rate multiplier for Complex Chemistry
◦ Additional expert property to scale reaction rates by a global constant
▪ Examples include adjusting flame speed or ignition delay

Turbulence
• Improved wall-modeled LES D5117
◦ Increased accuracy for near wall quantities for given mesh resolution thanks to improved wall model for
LES
▪ Reference cell used for wall treatment a cell away from wall
▪ New simulations will use new wall treatment, old simulations will resume with existing wall
treatment option
• Removed: High-Reynolds Number version of the Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model
◦ High-Reynolds Number Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model was deprecated since 2021.1, and is now
removed

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◦ The Standard version of the Spalart-Allmaras model remains and should be used instead

Multiphase Flow

Volume of Fluid (VOF)

• Implicit Multi-Step
◦ Accelerate VOF simulations by allowing a larger flow timestep size
▪ Removes CFL limit in choice of timestep
▪ Sub-steps for volume fraction within flow timestep
▪ Cost of sub-step << cost of flow timestep
◦ Typically gives around a 3x speed-up over single step approach
▪ Achieved by increasing flow timestep (or target flow CFL number) by factor N and adding N sub-steps
▪ Keeps the timestep of volume fraction transport the same to satisfy CFL constraints
▪ N=3 or 4 found to work well with minimal loss of accuracy
- Higher values give further speed-up but typically as a trade-off for accuracy (see image below)
◦ Implicit method recommended over previous explicit method
▪ Specifying number of sub-steps in implicit method allows choice of level of resolution
▪ The explicit method ensures the free surface is always sharp everywhere by taking as many sub-steps
as needed which can be computationally expensive

• Modified HRIC (MHRIC) scheme

◦ Improves robustness, convergence, and mass balance
▪ Produces smoother interfaces between phases
▪ Reduces chance of artefacts at the free surface due to mesh and other issues
◦ Reduced time to solution through lower resolution of smallest time and length scales when using AMR
and adaptive time-stepping

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▪ MHRIC is less accurate than HRIC, but less prone to resolve irrelevant details at great cost
- Produces a thicker interface (typically 3 cells thick) without leading to a numerical mixture
◦ Improved ease of use
▪ Removes the need for angle factor of HRIC scheme
◦ Both HRIC and MHRIC are provided as options
▪ Use HRIC when high accuracy and sharp resolution of the free surface is needed everywhere
▪ Use MHRIC for a more pragmatic approach on industrial geometries/meshes with a wide range of
length scales

• Parameterizable properties for the VOF Wave model D5504

◦ Improved ease of use by providing profiles for VOF wave forcing and damping
▪ Allows templating of marine cases where forcing and damping varies between simulations using
parameters
▪ Allows design sweeps/explorations
▪ Allows Field Functions to be used
• Resolved VOF-LMP transition: Limit to well resolved blobs
◦ Reduced computational expense by avoiding generating large numbers of small LMP parcels from ill-
resolved VOF blobs
▪ New criteria added Minimum Blob Volume Fraction to set the minimum volume fraction required at
the core of a blob for transition
▪ Avoids transitioning single cell blobs with low volume fraction that is higher than neighbors
(numerical mixture/noise)
▪ Criteria automatically added with a value 0.95 for new simulations (can be deleted /changed if
required)
◦ Improved accuracy by only transitioning blobs that are accurately captured
• Slip velocity interaction length-scale limiters: Cell size and wall distance limiters
◦ See entry in MMP

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• Total Pressure and Total Temperature per phase

◦ See entry in MMP

Mixture Multiphase (MMP)

• Surface Tension for MMP-LSI (MMP with ADIS)
◦ Speed up simulations (compared to
fully resolved VOF) where surface
tension is important but mixtures
also exist
▪ Capture droplets and rivulets
locally alongside unresolved
mixtures elsewhere
▪ Surface tension only applied in
Large Interface band
▪ Unresolved details modeled as a
mixture
- Sub-grid capillary effects not
included
◦ Mirrors VOF implementation
▪ Includes dynamic contact angle and hysteresis models
• Slip velocity interaction length-scale limiters: Cell size and wall distance limiters
◦ Improved robustness for larger droplet/bubble sizes provided through interaction length-scale limiters
▪ Avoids divergence due to locally unphysical length-scales causing large slip velocities
◦ Improved ease of use
▪ Removes need for complex field functions to do the limiting which was often required for stable
running
◦ Optional limiters which can be individually enabled provided for slip velocity based on:
▪ Cell size — to prevent unphysically large droplets/bubbles in the near wall region (often resulting
from use of a constant length-scale)
▪ Wall distance — to prevent droplets/bubbles that are large compared to the local cell causing
divergence
◦ Also available for VOF slip
• Total Pressure and Total Temperature per phase
◦ Previously total quantities were provided for the mixture where there is no universally accepted
definition
◦ Now total quantities provided on a per phase basis where the definition is clear
◦ Affects the following field functions:
▪ Absolute Total Pressure
▪ Total Pressure
▪ Total Temperature
◦ Also applies to VOF
• Real gas models for MMP
◦ See entry in EMP

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Eulerian Multiphase (EMP)

• Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) for EMP
◦ Reduce computational expense through reduced cell count by only using fine mesh where needed
◦ Improved ease of use — no need to predefine areas of fine mesh
▪ Start with a coarse mesh (within the limits of geometry resolution) and let the solver refine
▪ Model based refinement method automatically determines where to refine or coarsen
◦ New AMR providers for EMP
▪ User-Defined Mesh Adaptation
▪ LSI Mesh Refinement

• S-Gamma and A-MUSIG population balance models with EMP

◦ New coalescence and breakup models for droplets in a gas
▪ Includes aerodynamic effects (existing models focus on hydrodynamics)
◦ Two additional models provided:
▪ O'Rouke Coalescence Efficiency
▪ Kocamustafaogullari Breakup Rate
• Real gas models for EMP D5059
◦ Previously only IAPWS-IF97 compatible with EMP/MMP
◦ All other real gas models now made available
• EMP Flow Solver URFs upgraded to profiles
◦ Implicit and Explicit URFs can now be set as parameters or field functions
• Consistent limits for Minimum Volume Fraction
◦ Resolves inconsistent treatment between minimum volume fraction on boundaries, initialization, and
volume cells
◦ User specified minimum volume fraction now used for all quantities
◦ Previously minimum volume fraction of 1e-12 used for initial and boundary conditions irrespective of
user input

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Dispersed Multiphase (DMP)

• DMP compatibility with Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR)
◦ Allows more physics to be modeled with AMR – removes previous incompatibility
◦ AMR refinement would not typically be of a DMP phase but of other physics such as a shock wave or a
free surface
▪ The presence of DMP phases previously prevented the use of AMR

Fluid Film
• Thermal Limitation option for Fluid Film Evaporation
◦ Thermal limitation option now on by default
◦ Limits excessive evaporation rate as saturation temperature approached

Lagrangian Multiphase (LMP)

• Liquid-Solid-Gas Mixture model D5194, D5285
◦ Improved accuracy and realism for simulating solid-containing liquid droplets
▪ New Liquid-Solid-Gas Mixture material option when setting up Lagrangian phase
▪ New Reaction Engineering Approach (REA) Spray Drying Evaporation model
- Increasing with time volume fraction of solids in a droplet hinders moisture removal
◦ Useful for simulating milk droplets in spray drying

• Support for multi-component bubbles in VOF-Lagrangian Transition model D1541

◦ Faster turnaround time thanks to hybrid multiphase approach available for wider range of applications
involving multi-component gas
▪ Formation of multi-component bubbles is resolved with VOF
▪ Subsequent tracking done with Lagrangian (LMP)
◦ Combines adaptive mesh refinement with cell clustering to balance accuracy and turnaround time

Discrete Element Method (DEM)

• Flexible fibers compatible with Meshfree DEM D5030
◦ Improved ease of use for setting up simulations where fiber interaction with fluid flow can be neglected

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▪ No longer requires the following: volume meshing, continuous phase fluid models and solvers,
overset mesh for motion
◦ Reduced time to solution, avoiding expensive overset mesh method in simulations with complex motion

Computational Rheology
• Compatibility with Second Order Time
◦ Increased accuracy of solutions for a given timestep size
◦ Incompatible with Multiphase and Partial Filling solvers

Computational Solid Mechanics

• Contact with rigid parts
◦ Enables Solid Mechanics and FSI applications in which the structural model contacts CAD Parts or any
other Geometry Parts
▪ The selected Geometry Parts are rigid
▪ The contact is computed against the latest surface representation of the Geometry Part
▪ The Contact is enforced through the penalty method
▪ Friction is not considered

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• Nonlinear Normal Modes

◦ Increases the realism by making it possible to account for the effect of stresses and strains on the natural
frequency and modes of a structure
▪ For example, the natural frequency of a guitar string (tone) depends on the normal stresses in the
string (tension)
▪ The Solid Stress Normal Modes solver solves the eigenvalue problem based on the current stress/
strain state of the model
▪ Therefore the model should always be in a converged state when the solver is being executed
▪ Note: The Nonlinear Geometry model must be enabled to compute nonlinear modes. If the Nonlinear
Geometry model is not enabled the computed modes will be linear only

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• Default Material Law

◦ Significantly reduces the number of clicks required to setup a Solid Stress model
◦ The default Material Law is automatically being created whenever you setup a new Solid Stress Physics
Continuum
• Deformation of the fluid mesh in FSI setups now exclusively managed by the Mesh Morpher
◦ Ensures consistent mesh deformation for FSI setups
▪ Whenever the Mesh Morpher solver and the Fluid Structure Coupling solver are present in the
simulation tree the Mesh Morpher solver option Morph At Inner Iterations must be enabled or the
Model Compatibility option of the Fluid Structure Coupling solver must be set to Ignore
(recommended for experts only)
▪ It is recommended to enable the Boundary Layer Morphing option of the Mesh Morpher solver

Electromagnetics and Electrochemistry

Electromagnetics
• Mid-side vertices in FE Electromagnetics
◦ FE Electromagnetics continua both in time and frequency domain allow now for mid-side vertices
▪ Simplifies setup as interfaces to regions with FE Solid Energy are no longer flagged as non-conformal
▪ Smoother visualization of EMAG fields
▪ Increased accuracy of nodal forces and Ohmic heating distributions
• Resistance option in Excitation Coil Circuit element

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◦ New Excitation Coil Resistance option at Region level allows you to specify total resistance in a coil
▪ Improves usability and makes electric circuit sketches leaner as there is no need for additional
resistances in series
• 2D solid regions allow for specification of total current
◦ Simplified setup of simulations in 2D, beneficial also for e-motors
• Total EMAG Force and Torque reports now support non-vacuum shells
◦ More flexible setups of various EMAG simulations thanks to less restrictive conditions

Electrochemistry
• Improved initialization of Electric Potential thanks to a revised algorithm
• O-2 ions now included in the standard electrochemical species material database

Aeroacoustics
• Perturbed Convective Wave model

◦ Improved ease of use and reduced opportunity for error with new hybrid aeroacoustics model
▪ Simplifies the setup process; removes the need to define noise source regions

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◦ Reduces turnaround time with ability to use coarser meshes and larger time-steps whilst improving
accuracy at high frequency
◦ Relevant for side-view mirror applications in particular
◦ Enables new applications with hybrid method thanks to support for rigid body motion (rotation)
• Standard Newmark option deprecation
◦ The Standard Newmark option for the Temporal Scheme property, under the Acoustic Wave equation
solver option, has been deprecated starting in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2021.3 and is planned to be
removed in 2022.3.
◦ The recommended practice is to use Newmark Alpha.

Motion, Mesh Adaption, and Mapping

• Automatic remeshing solver with adaptive mesh refinement (AMR)
◦ Reduced computational effort in morph and remesh simulations by leveraging adaptive mesh
refinement
▪ In-cylinder combustion, positive displacement pumps, marine sink and trim
◦ Out of the box solution for morph/remesh simulations with AMR
▪ Fully automated workflow triggered when predictive morpher requests a remesh while AMR model is
on:
1. making a copy of the old mesh and solution
2. recreating volume mesh
3. refine the newly created volume mesh according to refinement from the old mesh
4. map the solution from the old mesh to the new mesh

• Close adjacent cells for accurate interface intersector D3868

◦ Accurate and robust solution for stationary and rotating interfaces through the creation of airtight seal
at the interface
◦ Improved accuracy for aeroacoustics and hydroacoustics simulations
▪ Addresses spurious oscillations in physical quantities such as pressure noise caused at the interface
due to the presence of gaps
- Close adjacent cells feature in Topology-based interfaces creates airtight seal at the interface
- Significantly reduced pressure noise at the interface
- Higher fidelity acoustics solution at the interface

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◦ Example: Rotor in co-flow 10 m/s, for which interface between stationary and rotating regions is
modeled using geometry-based intersector versus topology-based intersector, and topology-based
intersector with close adjacent cells. The close adjacent cells option showed no spurious noise at the
interface.
• Improved accuracy of virtual disk source terms
◦ Reduced sensitivity of virtual disk source terms to background grid cells by using shape function to
distribute momentum source terms
◦ Gaussian shape function used to distribute momentum source terms across cells in the direction normal
to the disk
▪ Eliminates dependence on background mesh alignment
▪ Improves flow interaction with source terms
▪ Consistent pressure drop across the disk
◦ Available for Blade Element Method, Body Force Propeller method, 1D Momentum method
◦ No changes to GUI
• Automatic inclusion of DFBI forces and moments
◦ Improved ease of use through the automatic inclusion of Physics (Fluid, DEM and EMAG) forces and
moments
◦ Relevant forces and moments associated with Body Surface are automatically included
▪ Coupled or segregated flow model
▪ Discrete element model (DEM)
▪ Electromagnetics model (Transverse magnetic potential model, finite element magnetic vector
potential model)
◦ In the current release DFBI support for meshfree DEM set up is not supported
• Robust overset zero-gap for contacting interface boundaries
◦ Robust overset mesh interface with zero gap zone while modeling contacting interface boundaries
◦ Islands of active cells that are separated from the rest of the fluid region are detected and mitigated
◦ Applications: Fluid structure interaction with overset zero-gap, contacting walls moving towards or away
from each other, vehicle wading with tires contacting the ground

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Design Exploration
Adjoint
• Topology Optimization turbulence treatment – added Tke suppression
◦ Improved optimization process by suppressing the turbulent quantities on the fluid-solid interface
mimicing wall functions on the level-set
▪ Physical quantities are calculated more accurately
▪ Designs are further optimized
▪ Better correlation with the smoothed validation results
• Adjoint cost function involving mass flow averaged quantities
◦ Improved usability for turbomachinery optimization by introducing differentiated mass flow averaged
quantities for the adjoint cost functions
• Higher order residual fields D5666
◦ Higher order residual fields exposed, and allowed to be updated each iteration
◦ Allows monitoring of residual convergence in order to facilitate the application of adjoint-based error
estimation driven adaptive mesh refinement

Design Manager
• Cumulative distribution plot
◦ Quicker and safer design decisions before manufacturing with cumulative distribution plots
▪ Better comprehend product behavior with cumulative distribution shape
▪ Assess if and how constraints are violated
◦ Effortlessly extract statistical trends on designs like
▪ Percentile across the design space
▪ Percentage of designs violating constraints
▪ Distribution of response values around the high-performing design
• Additional distributions for Robustness and Reliability studies
◦ Better represent manufacturing tolerances with Weibull and Poisson distributions

Data Analysis
• Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Web Viewer D5527
◦ Effectively communicate complex 3D simulation results through a web-based Scene file Viewer
▪ Easily share 3D simulation results with stakeholders
▪ Convenient Scene visualization for end-users
- Avoid software download and install
- Eliminates compatibility issue

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▪ Load and configure Scenes

- File dialog
- List Scenes and Plots
- Reset Camera
▪ Google Chrome browser recommended
• Easily annotate quantitative data in Scene D5657, D5306, D5286, D4839, D4749, D4697
◦ Quickly add quantitative data through visual probe annotation
▪ Communicate critical results to stakeholders for faster decision-making
▪ User configurable annotation
- Select Field Function to query and display
- Toggle visibility using checkbox
▪ Multiple annotation access
- Toolbar button
- Keyboard shortcut (“,”)

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• Expanded Rendering Materials library

◦ Increased productivity for Advanced Rendering Scenes through Preset Materials
▪ Easily use Preset Materials without leaving the Scene
- Grouping for easier identification
- Avoid creating custom materials
- Reduced number of mouse clicks
▪ Expanded library
- Range of colored variants
- Renamed legacy materials for consistency

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• Improved realism for Advanced Rendering

◦ Create more realistic Volume Rendering Scenes out-of-the-box
▪ Gain higher fidelity output by default
- Utilization of new pattern filtering in graphics library
- Avoid increasing quality value and rendering time
• Make smaller .simh files with Regions as input D3007, D3417
◦ Enhance productivity through compressed .simh file export with Regions data
▪ Example .simh file size reduction achieved in 2022.1 compared to 2021.3
- Lossless: ~2x smaller
- Lossy: Up to 6x smaller
- Applicable to both native and non-native locations

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◦ Now store and share .simh files with Regions data more efficiently
▪ Options to export Lossless and Lossy compression
- Lossless compression mode as default
- Specify number of preserved digits under Lossy mode
• Customizable Plot Color Palettes D1234

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◦ Easily standardize Plot Colors between simulations through Color Palettes

◦ Set and maintain
‘Company’ standard Color
Palette
◦ Create new Palettes
under Tools > Color
Palettes
▪ Configure using Color
Palette Editor
▪ Three Palettes
available by default
◦ Multiple control options
▪ Plot Colors > Default
Color Palette
▪ Individual Chart level
- Color Assignment
> Color Palette
▪ Copy and paste
palettes across
simulations
• Idealization support for
Center of Loads Report
D2445
◦ Easily gain insight into
full model performance
using half model solution
through Idealizations
▪ Automatic conversion
for Center of Loads
reports
- Checkbox option to enable Idealization
- Applicable to Visual Annotation
- Compatible with symmetry and periodic interfaces
◦ Less clicks and manual bookkeeping

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• E-machines: Extrusion Idealization for Reports

◦ Improved usability for 2D e-machines simulations post-processing through Extrusion Idealization
▪ Enables 3D reporting from an axisymmetric or 2D simulation
▪ Automatically created for each region associated to an axisymmetric or 2D continuum
▪ Checkbox option to enable Idealization
▪ Supports magnetic torque report, magnetic force report

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• More adaptable near wall Streamline distribution

◦ Increased flexibility for near wall Streamline distribution
▪ Easily control Streamline wall treatment

• Enhanced rendering for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer

◦ Better rendering quality for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer

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▪ Antialiasing applied by default for both Scenes and Plots

• Improved communication of Update Event evaluation status

◦ Easier Update Events state identification
▪ Better distinction of evaluation status
• Simplified Scene hardcopying after solve
◦ Quick Scene hardcopying after solver run
▪ Command line tool to convert Scene files to PNG images

• Improved productivity for Periodic Interface Idealization

◦ Automatic Periodic Idealization creation/deletion
▪ Reduced number of clicks for creation/deletion

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Application Specific Tools

Contents:
In-cylinder Solution
Electronics Cooling
Batteries
E-Machines

In-cylinder Solution
• Improved performance of rigid prism boundary layer morpher
◦ Improvements in total turnaround time thanks to new morpher parallel exchange algorithm
▪ Influences all runs with rigid prism layers, a default since Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2020.3 release
▪ Greater gains in simulations with liquid film (up to 1.3x speed up)
• Automatic time-step size reduction for the first valve opening event
◦ Increased stability in the early phase of the engine cycle with automatic reduction of time-step size
around the first valve opening
▪ New sub-section of the Auto Time-Step Setting panel, addressing first valve opening, be it exhaust or
intake
▪ Minor increase of total iterations with default values
• Volumetric control encapsulating the valve interface
◦ Increased stability via mesh modification in the vicinity of the valve curtain interface
▪ Customizing surface mesh size and prism layer thickness at this location
◦ Greater flexibility in volumetric control adoption with on/off settings
▪ Global parameter enables activation/deactivation
▪ Function of valve lift closure tolerance – active in very low lifts

• Lagrangian Volume Source Smoothing Method active by default

◦ Increased stability in models involving liquid fuel injection thanks to new defaults
▪ Volume source smoothing method activated by default once the injection model is on
▪ Shell source smoothing method activated when liquid film is also active
▪ Underlying cluster length value set to mesh size dependent value
▪ New sub-section, under Solvers, to adjust the cell cluster length fraction

• Valve lift panel: cubic interpolation and new plotting options

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◦ Increased accuracy in boundary condition and motion specification of engine valves through new
interpolation option
▪ Smoother, non-stepped, valve velocity curves
◦ Reduced set-up errors with valve input quantities displayed live
▪ Options to display in the Valve Lift XY plot: raw table, valve lift, and velocity
▪ Functionality to show only valve currently open

• Constant mass flow rate for fuel injection

◦ Increased usability through introduction of stepped Lagrangian fuel injection
▪ Addresses the previous limitation of using (X,Y) table with single-value Y column
▪ Allows access to Start / End of injection parameters influencing the injection timing
◦ Reduced set-up errors thanks to an auto-updated plot
▪ Mass flow rate table updated upon varying timing parameters and/or mass flow rate
• Export Conjugate Heat Transfer (CHT) data into separate files
◦ Increased productivity by additional flexibility in the way conjugate heat transfer data is written out
▪ Generates separate files for different shell regions
• Addition of stripped film evolution curve in the fuel mass plot
◦ Faster comprehension of simulation data by including the evolution of fuel droplet mass stripped from
the liquid film
• Option to disable In-Situ Adaptive Tabulation (ISAT) with Relaxed To Chemical Equilibrium (RTCE)
◦ Increased flexibility via option to deactivate on-the-fly tabulation for cases in which the method does not
lead to a speedup of complex chemistry

Electronics Cooling
• Add annotations to scenes
◦ Improved understanding of results and model with ability to add annotations to scenes

Batteries
• Simplified battery pack creation
◦ Improved productivity and reduced setup errors thanks to new setup options
▪ Copy/Paste of battery modules now possible, allowing pack build-up in a few clicks
▪ Series or Parallel module connection action
- Automatically connects battery modules in series or in parallel within the Circuits folder

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• Import of Simcenter Amesim Equivalent Circuit Model (ECM)

◦ Fast and automated RCR 0D model configuration with new Simcenter Amesim ECM data import
▪ Complements the existing Text Battery Model (TBM) file import
◦ Prevents redundant and time-consuming ECM fitting task by leveraging existing data
▪ Re-use of fitting previously performed in Simcenter Amesim Battery Identification tool
◦ Ensures model continuity across scales and scenarios for consistency of results
• Support of diffusion resistance for RCR 0D model
◦ Expert option to specify an additional diffusion resistance as part of the RC element within the RCR 0D
model. It is the same diffusion resistance as specified in the RCRTable 3D model in Simcenter Battery
Design Studio.

E-Machines
• Simcenter Motorsolve e-machine design files import
◦ Simcenter STAR-CCM+ E-Machines Performance Workflow now supports import of e-machine designs
from Simcenter Motorsolve, in addition to the existing support from Simcenter SPEED
◦ 1 click to access the e-machine geometries
▪ e-Machine design geometry is automatically generated in 3D-CAD and creates 2 composite parts:
- 1 for the 2D electromagnetics problem
- 1 for the 3D thermofluidic problem
▪ Faster electromagnetics physics setup thanks to automated assignment of materials in the parts
metadata field
- A template sim file can be used to further automate the physics setup

User Guide
• New Tutorials

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◦ Geometry
▪ 3D-CAD Advanced Preparation: Repairing An Exhaust
◦ Multiphase Flow
▪ Viscous Multiphase: Two-Layer Pipe Co-Extrusion
◦ Aeroacoustics
▪ Lighthill Wave and Perturbed Convective Wave Modeling: Simplified HVAC Duct
◦ Design Exploration
▪ Pareto Optimization: 2D Airfoil Design
▪ Surrogate FMU: Pipeline Junction with Simcenter Flomaster
▪ Adjoint Shape Optimization: Surface Mesh Morphing for Y-Junction Manifold
◦ Coupling with CAE Codes
▪ CGNS File Import: Stress Analysis with Imported Fluid Loads
• Modified Tutorials
◦ Parts-Based Shells: Exhaust Pipe – incorporated use of hub interface
◦ Solid Oxide Fuel Cell – updated to use the O-2 (Oxide) material in the database
◦ Electroplating – revised mesh in starting file
◦ Electro-Thermal Modeling: Battery Pack Cooling – updated to reflect latest workflow
◦ Usability: Creating a Template Simulation File – updated to save file using new template option
◦ Usability: Applying the Template Simulation File – updated to start from the new template file type
◦ Advanced Rendering: Ray Tracing – updated to reflect new defaults
• New Cases in Verification Suite
◦ Radiation
▪ C2H4/Air Coppalle Jet Flame

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Important Notes 2022.1

This section contains important notes that you must become familiar with before using this latest release of
Simcenter STAR-CCM+. If you have questions about any of these important notes, please contact your
Simcenter customer support representative.

Java Upgraded to OpenJDK Version 11.0.12

The Java SDK (Software Development Kit), which is required to compile Java macros, has been upgraded to
OpenJDK v11.0.12 in the current release. Simcenter STAR-CCM+ ships with Eclipse Temurin 11.0.12+7. JDK
builds prior to 11.0.12+7 do not work, but later versions of JDK 11 are allowed (both OpenJDK-based
distributions and Oracle's JDK).

Changes to Deployment
• Newly certified operating systems (OS)
◦ RHEL 8.3, 8.4, Alma/Rocky 8.4, openSUSE Leap 15.3, SLES 15 SP3
• Retired operating systems
◦ CentOS/RHEL 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 8.0, 8.1, CentOS 8.2, openSUSE Leap 15, 15.1, 15.2, SLES 12 SP3, SP4, 15,
15 SP1, 15 SP2
◦ Windows 10 1903, 1909, 20H1, Redstone 5, Server 2012
• Scheduled operating systems support changes for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2022.2
◦ Adding: Windows 10 21H2, 22H1, Windows 11 21H2, Windows Server 2022
◦ Retiring: RHEL 8.2
◦ Retiring: Windows 10 20H2
• Newly certified Message Passing Interface (MPI) versions
◦ Intel MPI 2021.2 (LINUX and Windows)
• Retired Message Passing Interface (MPI) versions
◦ Intel MPI 2019.8 (LINUX)
◦ Intel MPI 2019.7 (Windows)
• Scheduled Message Passing Interface versions for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2022.2
◦ Adding: OpenMPI 4.1.2 (LINUX)
◦ Retiring: OpenMPI 3.1.6 (LINUX)

Libfabric: Upgrade to Version 1.13.1

Libfabric 1.13.1 is now distributed with the current release.

Meshing
Planned Removal of Region-Based Meshing (2022.2)

Region-based meshing is planned to be removed from Simcenter STAR-CCM+ in version 2022.2.

After the change, when you restore a file using region-based meshing, the following will happen: All volume
meshes that were generated by region-based meshing will be preserved and will be treated as if the volume
mesh was imported into Simcenter STAR-CCM+. You will be able to adjust physics settings and re-run

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simulations with the old volume meshes. However you will not be able to change mesh settings or remesh
without creating parts-based mesh operations.

The recommended practice is to use parts-based meshing—see the section "Simcenter STAR-CCM+ > Pre-
Processing > Meshing > Parts-Based Meshing" in the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ User Guide.

Planned End of Serial Prism Subsurfacer Environment Variable (2022.2)

The serial prism subsurfacer environment variable, which allowed the prism subsurfacer to be created in serial
rather than in parallel, will be removed in 2022.2.

Adjoint: Changes to Topology Physics Model in Topology Optimization

Turbulent viscosity scaling is now applied by default when running turbulent Topology Optimization problems.
Cases that previously did not employ field function-based scaling applied using the Turbulent Viscosity User
Scaling model will now see a change in results.

Turbulence: Planned Deprecation of High-Reynolds Number Spalart-Allmaras Model

The High-Reynolds Number Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model is planned for deprecation in a future release.

Aeroacoustics
Planned End of Convective Option in Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings (FW-H) Modeling

The Convective Acoustic Effects option in FW-H modeling has been deprecated starting in
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2020.2 and is planned for removal from a future version.

Deprecation of Standard Newmark Solver Setting

The Standard Newmark option has been deprecated starting in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2021.3 and is planned
to be removed in 2022.3. The recommended practice is to use Newmark Alpha. See the section "Acoustic Wave
Model Reference" in the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ User Guide.

Multiphase: Removal of Models

Two multiphase models, Multiphase Equation of State and Eulerian Multiphase Mixture, have been
removed from the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ UI. They have no properties and are not required as information to
the user.

Fluid Film: Change to Thermal Limitation Setting of Evaporation-Condensation Model

The default setting of the Thermal Limitation property of the Evaporation-Condensation model has been
changed from deactivated to activated.

Eulerian Multiphase (EMP): Change to Minimum Volume Fraction

The user-specified setting in the Minimum Volume Fraction property of the Eulerian Multiphase (EMP) model
is now applied consistently to interior cells as well as boundaries. As a consequence you may see a minor
difference in solution results.

DFBI: Automation of Specific Forces and Moments

For creation and removal of the following forces and moments an automatic handling has been introduced:

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• Fluid Force and Moment

• DEM Force and Moment
• Electromagnetic Force and Moment

These forces and moments can no longer be created or removed manually.

In previous versions of Simcenter STAR-CCM+, the Fluid Force and Moment was created by default together
with a new continuum body. In the current release, no Fluid Force and Moment is created when you create a
continuum body. The Fluid Force and Moment is created automatically as soon as a boundary with relation to a
supported flow model is added to the body surface definition.

Visualization: Changes to Advanced Rendering Materials

Advanced rendering materials have undergone the following changes in the current release:

• In the Tools > Rendering Materials node the supplied material effects are now organized in subfolder
nodes by type.
• Some material types that appear in the UI, for example in the submenu of the New Rendering Material
right-click action, have been renamed as follows:

Previous Release Current Release

Simple Non-Physical
Simple Metal Metallic
Fresnel Transparent Body
Emissive Light-Emitting
Thin Fresnel Transparent
• Materials have undergone changes as follows, with most of them replaced by similar-looking new
materials:

Previous Release Current Release

Light Gray Renamed to Non-Physical Light Gray
Dark Rubber Replaced by the similar-looking Matte Dark Gray
Dark Metal Replaced by the similar-looking Metallic Dark Gray
Fake Water - Removed -

All predefined materials except the new Default material can now be edited, renamed, and deleted by the
user.

When opening old simulation files in the current release, the old default materials are restored and continue to
be available (and editable) alongside the new materials. Simulation files that are created in the current release
start with the new default materials only. However, you can export old materials from earlier simulation files
and import them into new ones.

Update Events: Change to Evaluated Status Information

In update event objects under the Update Events node, the Satisfied checkbox property has been replaced by
a new Evaluated Status property. The read-only states, Satisfied, Unsatisfied, and Unevaluated, clarify the
evaluation status of the update event.

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The Evaluated Status property indicates the evaluation state of the update event at the current iteration, while
the earlier Satisfied property indicated the evaluation state of the update event at the iteration it was last
evaluated, which may not necessarily be the current iteration.

The Iteration property still indicates the iteration at which the update event was last evaluated.

Co-Simulation: Planned End of Older Co-Simulation API Versions (2022.2)

Co-Simulation API v4 and v6 have been deprecated starting in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2019.3 and are planned
for removal from version 2022.2.

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Macro API Changes 2022.1

This section contains the changes to the macro API since the previous release of Simcenter STAR-CCM+.

Multiphase
Removal of Models

Two multiphase models, Multiphase Equation of State and Eulerian Multiphase Mixture, have been
removed from the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ UI. They have no properties and are not required as information to
the user.

To update your macro code, remove instances of the use of these models as shown in the following example:

import star.common.EulerianMultiphaseMixtureModel;
...
PhysicsContinuum physicsContinuum = ((PhysicsContinuum)
simulation.getContinuumManager().getContinuum("Physics 1"));
physicsContinuum.enable(EulerianMultiphaseMixtureModel.class)

Total Pressure and Total Temperature Now Available per Phase in Mixture Multiphase and VOF

Beginning with the current release, support for total pressure and total temperature per physics continuum has
been discontinued from Mixture Multiphase and VOF simulations. Instead, these values are now available per
phase. Simulation files that used total pressure and/or total temperature in post-processing need to be
updated, and macros have to be changed. In the following example, total pressure is evaluated and a phase
with the name Water is to be used in the updated macro code:

Previous Release Current Release

Simulation simulation_0 = Simulation simulation_0 =

getActiveSimulation() getActiveSimulation()
PrimitiveFieldFunction totalPressure PrimitiveFieldFunction totalPressure
= ((PrimitiveFieldFunction) = ((PrimitiveFieldFunction)
simulation_0.getFieldFunctionManager( simulation_0.getFieldFunctionManager(
).getFunction("TotalPressure")); ).getFunction("TotalPressureWater"));

Changes to VOF Waves Model Properties

The following properties of the VOF Waves model can now be set as parameters (scalar quantities, field
functions, or global parameters):

• Damping Constant 1
• Damping Constant 2
• Damping Exponent
• Forcing Constant

As a result, macro code has changed. For backward compatibility, macros recorded in previous releases still
work in the current release.

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Previous Release Current Release

VofWaveModel vofWaveModel_0 = VofWaveModel vofWaveModel_0 =

physicsContinuum_0.getModelManager(). physicsContinuum_0.getModelManager().
getModel(VofWaveModel.class); getModel(VofWaveModel.class);
vofWaveModel_0.setDampingConstantOne( Units units_0 = ((Units)
11.0); simulation_0.getUnitsManager().getObj
vofWaveModel_0.setDampingConstantTwo( ect("/s"));
12.0); Units units_1 = ((Units)
vofWaveModel_0.setDampingExponent(3.0 simulation_0.getUnitsManager().getObj
); ect("/m"));
vofWaveModel_0.setForcingConstant(11. Units units_2 = ((Units)
0); simulation_0.getUnitsManager().getObj
ect(""));
vofWaveModel_0.getDampingConstantOne(
).setValueAndUnits(11.0, units_0);
vofWaveModel_0.getDampingConstantTwo(
).setValueAndUnits(12.0, units_1);
vofWaveModel_0.getDampingExponent().s
etValueAndUnits(3.0, units_2);
vofWaveModel_0.getForcingConstant().s
etValueAndUnits(11.0, units_0);

It is also possible to use a shorter way of setting values without the units:

VofWaveModel vofWaveModel_0 =
physicsContinuum_0.getModelManager().getModel(VofWaveModel.class);
vofWaveModel_0.getDampingConstantOne().setValue(11.0);
vofWaveModel_0.getDampingConstantTwo().setValue(12.0);
vofWaveModel_0.getDampingExponent().setValue(3.0);
vofWaveModel_0.getForcingConstant().setValue(11.0);

DFBI: Automation of Specific Forces and Moments

For creation and removal of the following forces and moments an automatic handling has been introduced:

• Fluid Force and Moment

• DEM Force and Moment
• Electromagnetic Force and Moment
These forces and moments can no longer be created or removed manually.

In previous versions of Simcenter STAR-CCM+, the Fluid Force and Moment was created by default together
with a new continuum body. In the current release, no Fluid Force and Moment is created when you create a
continuum body. The Fluid Force and Moment is created automatically as soon as a boundary with relation to a
supported flow model is added to the body surface definition.

As a result, the macro code has changed to set up the body surface and the flow model before accessing the
Fluid Force and Moment, as shown in the following example:

Previous Release Current Release

ContinuumBody continuumBody_0 = continuumBody continuumBody_0 =

simulation_0.get(star.sixdof.BodyMana simulation_0.get(star.sixdof.BodyMana
ger.class).createContinuumBody(true); ger.class).createContinuumBody(true);
FluidForceAndMoment continuumBody_0.getBodySurface().setQ
fluidForceAndMoment_0 = uery(null);

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Previous Release Current Release

((FluidForceAndMoment) Region region_0 =
continuumBody_0.getExternalForceAndMo
mentManager().getObject("Fluid Force simulation_0.getRegionManager().getRe
and Moment")); gion("Zone_1");
fluidForceAndMoment_0.setSmoothingEna Boundary boundary_0 =
bled(true);
continuumBody_0.getBodySurface().setQ region_0.getBoundaryManager().getBoun
uery(null); dary("hull");
Region region_0 = continuumBody_0.getBodySurface().setO
bjects(boundary_0);
simulation_0.getRegionManager().getRe PhysicsContinuum physicsContinuum_0
gion("Zone_1"); =
Boundary boundary_0 = ((PhysicsContinuum)
simulation_0.getContinuumManager().ge
region_0.getBoundaryManager().getBoun tContinuum("Physics 1"));
dary("hull"); physicsContinuum_0.enable(SegregatedF
continuumBody_0.getBodySurface().setO lowModel.class);
bjects(boundary_0); FluidForceAndMoment
PhysicsContinuum physicsContinuum_0 fluidForceAndMoment_0 =
= ((FluidForceAndMoment)
((PhysicsContinuum) continuumBody_0.getExternalForceAndMo
simulation_0.getContinuumManager().ge mentManager().getObject("Fluid Force
tContinuum("Physics 1")); and Moment"));
physicsContinuum_0.enable(SegregatedF fluidForceAndMoment_0.setSmoothingEna
lowModel.class); bled(true);

No manual removal of forces and moments

Automatically handled forces and moments cannot be removed manually. They need to be disabled instead.
For backward compatibility reasons, the old macro calls to remove these forces and moments are still
accepted, but they disable the forces and moments instead of removing them.

Previous Release Current Release

ContinuumBody continuumBody_0 = ContinuumBody continuumBody_0 =

((ContinuumBody) ((ContinuumBody)
simulation_0.get(star.sixdof.BodyMana simulation_0.get(star.sixdof.BodyMana
ger.class).getObject("Body 1")); ger.class).getObject("Body 1"));
FluidForceAndMoment FluidForceAndMoment
fluidForceAndMoment_0 = fluidForceAndMoment_0 =
((FluidForceAndMoment) ((FluidForceAndMoment)
continuumBody_0.getExternalForceAndMo continuumBody_0.getExternalForceAndMo
mentManager().getObject("Fluid Force mentManager().getObject("Fluid Force
and Moment")); and Moment"));
continuumBody_0.getExternalForceAndMo fluidForceAndMoment_0.setEnabled(fals
mentManager().removeObjects(fluidForc e);
eAndMoment_0); DemForceAndMoment
DemForceAndMoment demForceAndMoment_0 =
demForceAndMoment_0 = ((DemForceAndMoment)
((DemForceAndMoment) continuumBody_0.getExternalForceAndMo
continuumBody_0.getExternalForceAndMo mentManager().getObject("DEM Force
mentManager().getObject("DEM Force and Moment"));
and Moment")); demForceAndMoment_0.setEnabled(false)
continuumBody_0.getExternalForceAndMo ;
mentManager().removeObjects(demForceA ElectromagneticForceAndMoment
ndMoment_0); electromagneticForceAndMoment_0 =
ElectromagneticForceAndMoment ((ElectromagneticForceAndMoment)
electromagneticForceAndMoment_0 = continuumBody_0.getExternalForceAndMo
((ElectromagneticForceAndMoment) mentManager().getObject("Electromagne

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Previous Release Current Release

continuumBody_0.getExternalForceAndMo tic Force and Moment"));
mentManager().getObject("Electromagne electromagneticForceAndMoment_0.setEn
tic Force and Moment")); abled(false);
continuumBody_0.getExternalForceAndMo
mentManager().removeObjects(electroma
gneticForceAndMoment_0);

No manual creation of forces and moments

Automatically handled forces and moments cannot be created manually. For backward compatibility reasons,
the functionality of creating these forces and moments with a macro call is still made available. Creating these
forces and moments in existing macros should still work, and the obtained force and moment objects can be
further manipulated within the macro. However, the newly created forces and moments are not made visible
in the UI and they are not used for computations unless the automatic mechanism detects that they are
needed for the simulation.

Previous Release Current Release

ContinuumBody continuumBody_0 = --
((ContinuumBody) // Fluid, DEM and EMAG forces and
simulation_0.get(star.sixdof.BodyMana moments should not be created with a
ger.class).getObject("Body 1")); macro. However,
FluidForceAndMoment // for backward compatibility
fluidForceAndMoment_1 = reasons, existing macro code to
create these forces and
continuumBody_0.getExternalForceAndMo // moments should still work
mentManager().createForceAndMoment(Fl
uidForceAndMoment.class);
DemForceAndMoment
demForceAndMoment_1 =

continuumBody_0.getExternalForceAndMo
mentManager().createForceAndMoment(De
mForceAndMoment.class);
ElectromagneticForceAndMoment
electromagneticForceAndMoment_1 =

continuumBody_0.getExternalForceAndMo
mentManager().createForceAndMoment(El
ectromagneticForceAndMoment.class);

Visualization: Changes to Advanced Rendering Materials

Advanced rendering materials have undergone a variety of changes in the current release. Yet in macros that
involve rendering materials, the Preset Material and Advanced Rendering Material settings of a displayer
should continue to function without change. In addition, the creation of new rendering materials works in
macros as before, even though the Tools > Rendering Materials node now contains new subfolder nodes for
material types.

However, macros that reference one of the renamed or deleted default materials by name, when applied to a
simulation file that is created in the current release, must be updated. Specifically, the only macro function
that is directly affected by the object changes is RayTraceMaterialManager.get/hasObject(), which
must be called with the new material name when run on a simulation file that does not contain the old
materials:

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Previous Release Current Release

RayTraceSimpleMaterial RayTraceSimpleMaterial
rayTraceSimpleMaterial_0 = rayTraceSimpleMaterial_0 =
((RayTraceSimpleMaterial) ((RayTraceSimpleMaterial)
simulation_0.get(RayTraceMaterialMana simulation_0.get(RayTraceMaterialMana
ger.class).getObject("Light Gray")); ger.class).getObject("Non-Physical
Light Gray"));

Alternatively, you can export old materials from earlier simulation files and import them into new ones.

Update Events
Change to Control of Inner Samples

For the Monitor Asymptote update event, macro codes have been changed for the activation and deactivation
of the Inner Samples checkbox property:

• getOnlyInnerSamples has been replaced by getInnerSamples.

• setOnlyInnerSamples has been replaced by setInnerSamples.

Your existing macros will continue to work as expected, but for maximum reliability, it is recommended that
you update your macro code.

Change to Evaluated Status Information

In update event objects under the Update Events node, the Satisfied checkbox property has been replaced by
a new Evaluated Status property. The read-only states, Satisfied, Unsatisfied, and Unevaluated, clarify the
evaluation status of the update event.

The old macro call that returns a boolean, updateEvent.getEvaluatedState(), remains unchanged, but
the value returned corresponds to the state of the current iteration rather than the state when the update
event was evaluated last (as in previous releases).

Another API has been added, updateEvent.getEvaluatedStatus(), that returns the status of the update
event at the current iteration (status returned is one of the following : 'Unsatisfied' - 0, 'Satisfied' - 1,
'Unevaluated' - 2).

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CAD Packages Support

This section contains a list of supported CAD Clients, the CAD import versions, and the CAD export versions.

CAD Packages for CAD Clients

When installing CAD Clients, the target CAD package must be present on the installation machine. Without
this, you can force the installation of a particular sub-component, but there is no guarantee that this will work
correctly with your CAD package. The following CAD packages are required to run the CAD Clients:

CAD Client CAD Package Version Comments

Simcenter CATIA V5-6R2017 (R27) An additional ME2 or MD2 + GPS configuration license is
STAR-CCM+ CATIA V5-6R2018 (R28) required from Dassault Systemes to run Simcenter STAR-CCM+
Client for Client for CATIA V5.
CATIA V5-6R2019 (R29)
CATIA V5
CATIA V5-6R2020 (R30)
CATIA V5-6R2021 (R31)
Simcenter NX 12.0* * For these versions you can use the batch version of NX or
STAR-CCM+ NX 1847 Simcenter 3D on Linux in conjunction with Simcenter STAR-CCM
Client for NX +.
NX 1872/Simcenter 3D
2019.2*
NX 1899/Simcenter 3D
2020.1*
NX 1926/Simcenter 3D
2020.2*
NX 1953/Simcenter 3D
2021.1*
NX 1980/Simcenter 3D
2021.2*
NX 2007/Simcenter 3D
2022.1*
Simcenter Creo Parametric 4.0
STAR-CCM+ Creo Parametric 5.0
Client for Creo
Creo Parametric 6.0
Creo Parametric 7.0
Creo Parametric 8.0
Simcenter Inventor 2018
STAR-CCM+ Inventor 2019
Client for
Inventor 2020
Inventor
Inventor 2021
Inventor 2022

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CAD Import Versions

CAD File Formats for HOOPS Exchange
CAD import is available on all platforms. The supported file formats and corresponding version numbers are
given below. The table below shows the supported CAD file formats for HOOPS Exchange.

File Format File Extensions Versions Supported Add-on Required Type of Import
CATIA V4 .model, .exp, .sessio Up to 4.2.5 CAD Exchange Triangulated Data,
n B-rep
CATIA V5 .CATPart, .CATProdu Up to V5-6R2021 CAD Exchange Triangulated Data,
ct, .cgr B-rep
CATIA V6 / .3dxml Up to V5-6R2019 CAD Exchange Triangulated Data
3DExperience (R29)
SolidWorks .sldprt, .sldasm Up to 2021 CAD Exchange Triangulated Data,
B-rep
JT Open .jt Up to v10.5 JTOpen Reader & Triangulated Data,
CAD Exchange B-rep
NX .prt Up to 1980 CAD Exchange Triangulated Data,
B-rep
Solid Edge .par, .asm Up to 2021 CAD Exchange Triangulated Data,
B-rep
Parasolid .x_t, .x_b, Up to 33.1 None B-rep
Pro/E - Creo .asm, .prt Pro/E 19.0 to Creo 8 CAD Exchange Triangulated Data,
B-rep
Inventor .ipt, .iam Up to 2022 CAD Exchange Triangulated Data,
B-rep
IGES .igs, .iges 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 None B-rep
STEP .stp, .step AP 203 E1/E2, AP None B-rep
214, AP 242
Stereo Lithography .stl All versions None Triangulated Data
(STL)
VDA-FS .vda 1.0, 2.0 CAD Exchange B-rep
Rhino 3D .3dm Up to 7 CAD Exchange Triangulated Data,
B-rep
ACIS .sat, .sab Up to 2021 1.0 CAD Exchange Triangulated Data,
B-rep

CAD File Formats for Siemens Adapter

The table below shows the supported CAD file formats for Siemens Adapter.

File Format File Extensions Versions Supported Add-on Required Type of Import
CATIA V5 .CATPart, .CATProdu Up to V5-6R2019 None B-rep
ct, CGR SP4

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File Format File Extensions Versions Supported Add-on Required Type of Import
IFC .ifc IFC2x3, IFC4 None B-rep
JT .jt Up to 10.6.1.0 None B-rep
Solid Edge .par, .asm Windows up to 2020 None B-rep
Linux — no support
STEP .stp, .step AP 203, AP 214, AP None B-rep
242
NX .prt Up to NX2007 None B-rep

CAD Export Versions

CAD export is available on all platforms. 3D-CAD supports exporting to the following file formats.

File Format File Extensions Versions Supported Add-on Required Type of Export
Parasolid .x_t, .x_b 33.00.181 None B-rep
IGES .igs, .iges 5.3 CAD Exchange B-rep
STEP .stp, .step AP 203 E1/E2, AP None B-rep
214, AP 242

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External Packages Support

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ can interact with a range of third-party software tools, either by importing their meshes
and data, exporting to their formats, or through co-simulation.

Third-Party Software
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ supports the following packages:

Package Provider Supported Versions Import Export File- Co-

Based Simulat
Couplin ion[1]
g
Abaqus SIMULIA-Dassault All ✓ ✓[2] ✓
Systemes
2021 (Linux only) ✓
2020 (recommended)
2019
2018
Simcenter Amesim Siemens Digital 2019.2 (recommended) - - - ✓
Industries 2019.1
Software 17
ANSYS ANSYS Inc. All ✓[3] ✓[2] ✓
Simcenter Battery Siemens Digital 2022.1.1 ✓ - - -
Design Studio Industries
Software
Ensight ANSYS Inc. 10.1 (recommended) ✓ ✓[4] - -
9
8
FieldView FieldView CFD 15 - ✓[4] - -
gPROMS Process Systems gPROMS - ✓[4] ✓ -
Enterprise Limited FormulatedProducts 2.0
- A Siemens gPROMS ModelBuilder 7.0
Business
gPROMS ProcessBuilder 2.0
GT-SUITE Gamma 2019 (recommended) - - - ✓
Technologies Inc. 2018
2017
JMAG JSOL Corporation JSOL defines the JMAG ✓
versions that are supported
Simcenter Nastran Siemens Digital All ✓[3] ✓[2] ✓
Industries 2020.1-1915 ✓
Software 2020.2-1938

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Package Provider Supported Versions Import Export File- Co-

Based Simulat
Couplin ion[1]
g
2021.1-1965
MSC Nastran MSC Software All ✓[3] ✓[2] ✓ -
Solutions
TAITherm ThermoAnalytics All ✓ ✓[2] ✓ -
Inc.
(Formerly known
as RadTherm)
RELAP5-3D Idaho National 4.1.3[5] - - ✓
Laboratory
Simcenter SPEED Siemens Digital 2022.1.1 ✓ - - -
Industries
Software
Tecplot 360 Tecplot Inc. 2015 ✓[4] - -
WAVE Ricardo 2017.1 (recommended) ✓
2016.2
2016.1

1 Currently, co-simulation does not support host specification using the IPv6 communication protocol
2 Exports solution data, but not the mesh
3 There is no version restriction on the files to import
4 Exports mesh and solution data
5 Specially modified version; must be obtained from INL.

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Known Issues

This section contains a list of known issues that may occur in special circumstances. None of the issues affect
the validity of the results that you obtain with Simcenter STAR-CCM+.

In the following topics, the symbol is used to identify issues that are new in this release. Only issues
where resolution is related to a third-party product or system provider, and is outside of our control, are listed
here.

A number of these issues pertain to Message Passing Interfaces (MPIs). For more information about MPIs, see
"Supported MPI Implementations" in the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ User Guide.

Contents:
Issues Relevant to All Operating Systems
Issues Relevant to Linux
Issues Relevant to Windows
Issues Relevant to the CAD Clients

Issues Relevant to All Operating Systems

This section contains a list of known issues that affect Simcenter STAR-CCM+ on all operating systems.

Intel MPI Might Not Work Correctly on AMD-Based Systems

Using Intel MPI on AMD-based systems might lead to issues such as abortions or hangs. It is recommended to
use the default Open MPI on Linux and MS MPI on Windows when running on AMD-based systems. If Intel MPI
needs to be used on AMD-based Linux systems despite this recommendation, consider using the
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ distribution of Libfabric in case of issues. See Client-Server Setup > Working With Parallel
Servers > Supported MPI Implementations > Using Intel MPI > Third-Party Library Usage and Selection >
Libfabric Selection on Linux in the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ User Guide for further instructions.

MPI 3-Compliant MPIs Strongly Recommended for Flamelet Table Generation in Parallel

In a reacting flow simulation, when you generate a flamelet table in parallel, it is recommended that you use
an MPI that implements the newer MPI 3 standard. Older MPIs that do not implement this standard, or MPIs
with an erroneous implementation, have been found to require significantly more memory during parallel
table generation. This issue affects all MPIs distributed with Simcenter STAR-CCM+ except Open MPI.

Limitation of Co-Simulation with Certain Versions of Simcenter Nastran

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ supports co-simulation with Simcenter Nastran with versions 2020.1 - 1915 , 2020.2 -
1938 , and 2021.1 - 1965. However, co-simulation with Simcenter Nastran 2020.2 - 1938 gives overdamped
behavior and 2021.1 - 1965 gives wrong displacements when the solid model is solved in the local coordinate
system. Hence it is recommended to use Simcenter Nastran version 2020.1 - 1915 for co-simulation in such
cases.

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MPI Issues Found with Simcenter STAR-CCM+ to Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Co-Simulation

Issues have been observed when MPI applications are used to spawn a second parallel Simcenter STAR-CCM+
simulation from an existing parallel simulation.

You are advised to use Resource Manager for this type of co-simulation. See the section "Running a Co-
Simulation Using Resource Manager" in the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ User Guide.

Custom Display Scaling Not Supported in Current Release

In the current release, it is recommended that you avoid using your system display settings for scaling
Simcenter STAR-CCM+. Issues have been observed such as blurry fonts, incorrectly registered mouse clicks, and
the inability to select objects in a scene display.

To prevent scaling of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ in Linux, add -jvmargs -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=1.0 to the

command line.
To change the size of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ client fonts, see either of the following:

• All platforms: "Changing the Workspace Font Size" in the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ User Guide
• Windows 10: Preventing Windows from Scaling Simcenter STAR-CCM+

AVX-512 Optimizations on Newer Intel CPUs Can Lead to Spurious Numerical Failures
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ finite element solvers and some meshing modules depend on the Intel Math Kernel
Library (MKL) for performance-critical linear algebra subroutines. The AVX-512 optimizations inside the MKL
library can be too aggressive and cause the linear system solution process to fail even for a valid input.

If your system has an AVX-512 capable Intel CPU and the solver fails to produce a result due to a floating point
exception, you can try setting the environment variable MKL_ENABLE_INSTRUCTIONS to a value of AVX2.
This setting can help to stabilize the system. For example:
• Bash shell: export MKL_ENABLE_INSTRUCTIONS=AVX2
• C shell (csh or tcsh): setenv MKL_ENABLE_INSTRUCTIONS AVX2

This setting configures the MKL library to avoid optimizations that are only appropriate for architectures more
recent than Intel AVX2. For more details, see https://software.intel.com/en-us/mkl-linux-developer-guide-
instruction-set-specific-dispatching-on-intel-architectures.

Hyperthreading Should be Disabled on Systems Running Simcenter STAR-CCM+

Siemens Digital Industries Software currently recommends that you disable hyperthreading on systems that
will be used to run Simcenter STAR-CCM+.

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ May Not Run in Conjunction with Synergy

There are reports of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ failing to launch on platforms that use Synergy to share a mouse
and keyboard between platforms. This is due to an open bug in the Java JDK, as reported on the JDK Bug
System: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6322854.

XWindows Can Cause Problems

If you use XWindows software, especially on Windows, to "display" a Simcenter STAR-CCM+ client back to the
local machine from a remote machine, various problems may occur, such as the remote client not starting

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correctly or at all. This method of working is not supported by Simcenter STAR-CCM+. You must run the client
directly on your local machine and connect to a remote Simcenter STAR-CCM+ server.

Zero-Sized Files in Some NFS Systems

In some newer NFS systems, if the disk becomes full while you are saving a simulation file, a zero-sized
simulation file is written to the disk. No error message appears.

Issues Relevant to Linux

This section contains a list of known issues that affect Simcenter STAR-CCM+ on Linux operating systems.

Compatibility Issue with AMD CPUs Based on Zen 3 Microarchitecture

Compatibility issues have been found between the AMD CPUs based on the Zen 3 microarchitecture, such as
the AMD EPYC Milan CPU family, and the currently supported version of the OpenSWR Mesa driver. If you are
using this type of CPU, you are advised to launch Simcenter STAR-CCM+ with the argument -graphics mesa
(at the cost of graphics performance).

UCX 1.8.0 with Special User-Defined Settings Can Lead to Silent Data Corruption
UCX version 1.8.0 has a bug that may cause data corruption when the TCP transport is used in conjunction
with the shared memory transport. In Simcenter STAR-CCM+ with default settings, UCX 1.8.0 is only used in
parallel runs on Mellanox InfiniBand systems predating ConnectX-4 (see Client-Server Setup > Working With
Parallel Servers > Supported MPI Implementations > Using UCX in the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ User Guide), so
this issue may only occur when special user settings are applied to force the use of UCX 1.8.0 with the affected
transports.

During simulation startup, an attempt is made to detect user settings potentially triggering this bug. When
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ does detect such settings, it generates a warning in the Output window.

Libraries Required with Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Client for NX on Linux

To run Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Client for NX on Linux, supported versions of NX must be accompanied by the
installation of the following runtime libraries:

• libGLU.so.1
• libXm.so.4

Without these libraries, an error message appears when an attempt is made to update the geometry.

Latest Workspace Fonts May Require Anti-Aliasing

On some Linux systems, the latest Simcenter STAR-CCM+ workspace fonts have had issues such as blurriness.
The workaround is to activate font anti-aliasing in your operating system settings.

The following example is a workaround for activating anti-aliasing in KDE. It is offered only as an example for a
particular operating system. For instructions on your operating system, refer to its user documentation.

1. Launch KDE settings.

2. Under Look & Feel, click Appearance.
3. Navigate to Fonts.

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4. Next to Use Anti-Aliasing, choose Enabled from the drop-down box.

Memory Leak After Abnormal Termination with Open MPI 3 Can Cause Startup Failures
When a simulation using Open MPI 3 terminates abnormally, shared memory files from Open MPI's Vader
component might be left behind in the /dev/shm folder. When another user runs a subsequent simulation
with Open MPI on the same node, and /dev/shm has not been cleaned up, intermittent startup failures due to
file name conflicts can occur. As workarounds, consider the following options:
• Clean up the files in /dev/shm after job termination.
• Instead of Open MPI version 3, use Open MPI version 4 using the flag -mpi openmpi4. The files
in /dev/shm may still require clean up from previous Open MPI 3 runs.

Line Integral Convolution Does Not Work Properly with Intel Graphics Chipsets on
Linux
Vector scenes that are set to display Line Integral Convolution (LIC) do not render properly on Intel graphics
chipsets. This is due to issues with the Intel graphics driver. As a result, LIC is disabled on Intel graphics chipsets
on Linux.

lmutil: "command not found" Error

On Linux platforms not conforming to the minimum LSB 3.0 (Linux Standard Base) requirement, a command
not found error may appear when attempting to launch lmutil for the FLEXlm licensing. If this occurs, you must
upgrade to LSB 3.0 or higher.

Minimized Dialogs on OpenSUSE

There is a reported issue with OpenSUSE 11.2 where a Simcenter STAR-CCM+ child dialog that is minimized
cannot be immediately reinstated. In this instance, you must first minimize the whole Simcenter STAR-CCM+
GUI, and then maximize it again using the tab in the task bar. The child dialog should reappear after this
operation.

Shared Memory Limits Too Low

Linux workstations are often configured with low limits on the amount of allowable shared memory. This
restricts how much memory can be pinned by the libraries that MPI uses. These libraries can print warning
messages even when only using a single host and they usually indicate the limits are set too low-even if the
library isn't being used. Some example error messages are displayed below:
• Open MPI:

The OpenIB BTL failed to initialize while trying to allocate some locked
memory.
This typically can indicate that the memlock limits are set too low.
For most HPC installations, the memlock limits should be set to "unlimited".

The failure occurred here:

Host: compute_node.example.com
OMPI source: btl_opebib.c:114
Function: ibv_create_cq()
Device: Out of memory
Memlock limit: 32767

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The Open MPI Frequently Asked Questions describe how the limits are changed. See the answer to How can
a system administrator (or user) change locked memory limits?.

To resolve these types of issues, set workstations to have high (or preferably unlimited) limits.

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer Fails to Run If Required Libraries Are Not Found
In the current release, Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer requires the following libraries:

• xkbcommon and xkbcommon-x11—these are standard system libraries that are typically already installed.
• GNU C library version 2.12 or greater
• GIMP Toolkit (GTK+) version 2.20 or greater

If Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer cannot detect these versions, it generates an error message.

If you have these versions installed on your machine and you still get this error, it may be that your
xkbcommon and GTK+ libraries are installed in a location other than the global packages location.
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer expects to find these libraries in the global packages location, typically /usr.

If you installed GTK+ version 2.20 or greater in a different location:

• Add the path to your pkgconfig directory to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH variable. An example bash shell
command is shown below:

% export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=[GTK+_INSTALL_DIR]/lib/pkgxonfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH

• Add the path to your lib directory to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable. An example bash shell command is
shown below:

% export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=[GTK+_INSTALL_DIR]/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Similarly, if you installed the xkbcommon libraries in a different location, add the path to your lib directory to
the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable. An example bash shell command is shown below:

% export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=[XKBCOMMON_INSTALL_PATH]/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Issues Relevant to Windows

This section contains a list of known issues that affect Simcenter STAR-CCM+ on Windows operating systems.

Display Issues May Result from Scaling in Windows 10

In the Display control of Windows 10 Settings, changing the scale of the display may cause a blurry appearance
of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ fonts, as well as interfere with selection of objects in a scene display.

Preventing Windows from Scaling Simcenter STAR-CCM+

1. Right-click the desktop shortcut icon of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and select Properties.
2. Make the Compatibility tab active.
3. Activate the option Disable display scaling on high DPI settings.

Note: This option may have a different label, depending on your version of Windows 10. For example,
it may read Override high DPI scaling behavior.
4. Make the Shortcut tab active.

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5. In the Target text box, if the path is to a .bat file, replace that path with that of the .exe file, for example:

C:\Program Files\Siemens\16.04.006\STAR-CCM+16.04.006\star\lib
\win64\intel20.1vc14.2\lib\starccm+.exe

6. After you make that change, if the font appears too small in Simcenter STAR-CCM+, increase it as follows:
a. Make the Shortcut tab active.
b. In the Target text box, append -fontsize 18 at the end.
c. If desired, change the value after -fontsize to a different number.

Some Scene/Plot Exports Fail on Windows When Output Points to Linux Network Folder
When using Simcenter STAR-CCM+ on Windows, if you attempt to export certain data from a scene (hardcopy
image) or a plot (hardcopy image or .csv file) to a location on a Linux host that is mapped to your Windows
drive via Samba sharing, Simcenter STAR-CCM+ generates a message that the selected location is "not
writable". This occurs even when you have full write permission on the Samba drive.

In this situation, it is recommended that you export such files to your local Windows drive.

Exiting Some Screenshot Tools Causes Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Client Exception

When you take screenshots with software such as the Windows 7 Snipping Tool or SnagIt, the
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ client may undergo a fatal error after you exit the screenshot tool. Such an error can
also occur when you reactivate Simcenter STAR-CCM+ after exiting the screenshot tool.

To prevent this error, do one of the following:

• Manually activate an application other than Simcenter STAR-CCM+ before closing the screenshot tool. You
can then switch to Simcenter STAR-CCM+ from the third application without causing the fatal error.
• Minimize the screenshot tool but leave it running.

Context-Sensitive Help Not Compatible with Microsoft Edge

When using Microsoft Edge as the default browser, help pages do not open at the correct location when you
press F1 for a selected node in the simulation tree. To avoid this issue, use an alternative browser such as
Firefox or Google Chrome.

Black Picture Appears in PowerPoint When Playing Movie Files From

Simcenter STAR-CCM+
On some systems, movie (.avi) files recorded using Simcenter STAR-CCM+ may not play back in Microsoft
PowerPoint. This is potentially a problem with incompatible hardware acceleration, as discussed on the
following Microsoft webpage: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/my-movie-doesn-t-play-
HA010077716.aspx

The recommended response is to turn down your hardware acceleration setting, which is found in the Control
Panel.

Default Scene Lighting

If you have an older graphics card that supports an older version of OpenGL, the default lighting in a scene in
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ can result in hardcopies that are too dark or poorly lit. To improve the output, use a
different lighting setup, such as a headlight.

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Internet Explorer May Block Access to the Help System

When using Internet Explorer to access the User Guide, you may see the following message:

To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has restricted this file from
showing active content that could access your computer.

You can then click for the option to Allow Blocked Content, which will then produce a Security Warning that
says:

Allowing active content such as script and ActiveX controls can be useful, but
active content might also harm your computer.
Are you sure you want to let this file run active content?

To allow this content to run without getting blocked please follow these steps:
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Go to the Tools > Internet Options > Advanced tab.
3. Scroll down to the section labeled Security.
4. Activate the Allow active content to run in files on My Computer option.
5. Click OK and then close the Internet Options window.

Warnings About Network Access

If you have a personal firewall (for example, Norton Internet Services) that is set up to warn you about network
access from your computer, you may get warnings about an IP address being accessed on port 47827. This is
caused by the session locator sending a multicast query looking for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ servers on your local
network.

When the client is started without a specified simulation file (the default when Simcenter STAR-CCM+ is started
via the Start > [programs menu] > Siemens Simcenter STAR-CCM+ > Simcenter STAR-CCM+ [version
number] [(build number)] menu on Windows 10), the session locator is started (in case you are attempting to
connect to a running server). If you then open a simulation file or connect to a running server, the session
locator stops. It restarts if you go to the Servers tab in the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ explorer window.

Open that port to prevent the warning, or if you are running from the command line, the -loc argument
prevents the session locator starting.

Issues Relevant to the CAD Clients

This section contains known issues that affect the CAD Clients.

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Installer Chooses to Install NX Components Even Though NX is

not Installed
On a machine where NX has been installed and subsequently removed, the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ installer
may choose to install the NX components even though the CAD software is no longer present. This is due to
the NX uninstaller not removing all relevant information from the Windows registry.

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Credits

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ makes use of several third party software components to provide certain features within
its code.

For details about the licensing of these components, refer to the file ReadMe_OSS.html which is included in
the root installation directory of Simcenter STAR-CCM+: 17.02.###/STAR-CCM+17.02.###.

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