FEFLOW 8.0 Update History

In the following, all relevant software changes between the release version 8.0.0 and the current update are listed.

Update 8.0.4

Released February 21, 2024

New functionality

Sector Item Description
File I/O Record complete results (DAC file). Enable the recoding of custom times (on-demand) from the Record dialog during the simulation.

Fixed issues

Relevance Fixed issue
Medium DXF/DWG plug-in now added as part of the FEFLOW setup.
Medium Volumetric heat capacity (fluid): Unit conversion is consistent.
Medium Repairing of power functions and observation points improved.

Update 8.0.3

Released December 22, 2023

New functionality

Sector Item Description
Supermesh Import Improvement of the 3D Supermesh import.

Fixed issues

Relevance Fixed issue
Medium BHE-Interconnector Dialog: "Time Span" field only editable for Energy input type and constant input value.
Medium Fixed issue: non-persistence of units for specific parameters.
Medium Fixed issue of wrong pump-rate unit conversion factor for [hm^3/a]
Medium Fixed hanging after changing the internet license.
Medium Update to Geode-FEFLOW version 3.0.5.
Medium Fixed the export of BHE information (incl. names in BHE Datasets).
Medium Fixed crash on 3D Layer Configurator.
Medium Fixed issue of deleting BHEs from edge selections.
Medium Fixed import of DFS2 file into FEFLOW.
Medium Well Manager: Prevent well location reinitialization upo switchin well type.
Medium Well Manager: Prevent well location reinitialization upo switchin well type.
Medium Well Manager: Prevent well location reinitialization upo switchin well type.
Medium Well Manager: Prevent well location reinitialization upo switchin well type.
Medium Fixed software crash due to coexisting of Dirichlet and BHE BCs.
Low Fixed the update of selection search when switching views.
Low Fixed deleting multiple selections.
Low DBF and DAT export removed for polygonal- and line-export.
Low Fixed software crash after importing invalid TIFF images.
Low FEFLOW piFreeze documentation improved.

Update 8.0.2

Released May 15, 2023

New functionality

Sector Item Description
Supermesh 3D Supermesh tools New set of interactive tools: 3D Supermesh Points, 3D Supermesh Polyline, 3D Supermesh Plane and 3D Supermesh Bounding Box.
Supermesh New dialog "Add Supermesh Elements" The new Add Supermesh Elements dialog accessible via menu Edit allows the user the possibility to include several new map files for updating the 3D Supermesh.
Supermesh Create new 3D Supermesh Elements via multiple map selection Several maps available in the Maps panel can be now simultaneously selected to create new 3D Supermesh Elements.
Meshing New 3D mesh generator The generator list in the Meshing panel has been extended to include Geode 3D mesh generator. Generator supports a fully 3D meshing from an existing 3D Supermesh.
Python Well Manager Inferface New Python interface for the Well Manager: create, edit and delete Well BC, Multilayer Wells and Borehole Heat Exchangers boundaries directly from Python.
Python Material Lookup table Extension of FEFLOW's Enum to support material lookup tables, set/getParameterValue(ifm.Enum.LOOKUP_REGION, element ID, material ID)

Fixed issues

Relevance Fixed issue
Medium Several workflow improvements and maintenance tasks associated to 3D Supermesh Remesh / Repair (Update to Geode-FEFLOW v. 2.4.3).
Medium Improved handling of map files included in FEFLOW documents (*.fem, *.dac and *.smhx)
Medium Assignment of slice elevation (constant elevation) from the "Extension to 3D Mesh" section in the Meshing panel is now fixed.
Medium Initiatization of Kriging interpolation is now fixed.
Medium Improved handling in Well Manager (GUI) for import/export functionality.
Medium Improved handling in Well Manager (GUI) for unsopported FEM Problem Class (Age).
Medium Fixed implementation of Time Span in the BHE Interconnector dialog.
Low Several improvements in the Selections panel.
Low Improved handling of set/get methods for porosity parameter used in Particle Tracking class (Python interface only).

Update 8.0.1

Released January 30, 2023

New functionality

Sector Item Description
Supermesh Compress 3D Supermesh file Introduce a compressed file format for large 3D Supermesh files. Option is available under Problem Settings - File I/O Settings.
Supermesh 3D Supermesh file Improved performance for loading Supermesh SMHX documents.
Supermesh Filtering surfaces Supermesh Processing panel can now filter out surfaces that are not part of any closed volume.
Supermesh Update of Supermesh elements Significant performance improvement for updating the 3D Supermesh after repairing workflow.
Map import Map plug-in Improved performance for importing GOCAD TS files and their subsequent conversion to 3D Supermesh elements.
Supermesh New inspector of boundary representation (BREP) Added an inspection mechanism for recognizing line segments closed to surfaces (Threshold 1e-3 to 1e-6 [m]). Output is written under Entities panel - Surface Locations and can be used as for debugging purposes of the 3D input data.

Fixed issues

Relevance Fixed issue
Medium Several bug fixes in the Supermesh surface repair (update to Geode-FEFLOW v. 2.2.2).
Medium Several bug fixes in the Supermesh surface re-triangulation (update to Geode-FEFLOW v. 2.2.2).
Medium Corrected assignment of Exit Probability BC in Multilayer Wells.
Low Corrected display of labels for transient boundary conditions.
Low Improved sign in/out to MIKE Cloud from the Simulations Cloud panel.
Low Fixed performance issue in FePEST at the time to add FEFLOW observations.
Low Corrected rotation center for 3D Supermeshes.
Low Corrected vertical extension of BHEs and MLWs in Well Manager editor.
Low Corrected display of density ratio for multi-species transport models.
Low Corrected issue of TetGen sometimes not being active in the Meshing panel.