Version Information

Version 8.1 support

More Information for Version 8.1 Releases

Version 8.1-1

Version 8.1-1 was finalised on 30 January 2017.

The following bugs are fixed in this release:

ZENCR497A job that uses the remote transfer option fails with error 1002 - cannot find .sta file (Abaqus interface).
ZENCR496Spaces in the folder path for a results (.vis) file cause an error when getting XY data (GUI).
ZENCR495Process utility does not extract data for the "FE time/load" column (Ansys interface).
ZENCR494Possible incorrect processing of datalines for *ENERGY RELEASE RATE, STEPS.
ZENCR493Possible merging error when some crack-blocks are used in "reversed" mode.
ZENCR492Possible error 2301 when processing *OUTPUT, TYPE=Integration variables.
ZENCR491Possible error 4077 when processing the initial crack front data.
ZENCR490Possible excessive memory use and error 7003 if a job has several hundred crack front transfers.
ZENCR489Spaces are not allowed in the folder path for .zcr files (GUI).
ZENCR488Character strings instead of numbers for SOL types may cause the analysis to fail (NX Nastran interface).
ZENCR487Incorrect calculation of dG/da in specific cases.
ZENCR486Error from analysis of cracked mesh if load is applied to crack face of a split element (NX Nastran interface).
ZENCR485Element set names containing spaces on *DLOAD are not processed correctly (Abaqus interface).
ZENCR484Transfer of crack face load to split set occurs twice (Ansys interface).
ZENCR483Transfer of crack face load to split sets does not occur for all load sets in a multi-step analysis.
ZENCR482Possible "zcr80.exe has stopped working" during analysis when using the *ELEMENT SETS, NAME= option.
ZENCR481Incorrect values in the .dbg file for the *OUTPUT, CYCLE COUNT OUTPUT=Yes option.
ZENCR480Analysis may stop without error message or traceback when creating the first cracked mesh.
ZENCR479Analysis with nodelocked license file may fail with RLM code -102.

Windows

32bit Windows:

Zencrack 8.1-1 is available for x86-32 and x86-64 machines running 32bit Windows e.g. 7 / 8 / 10.

This release requires Intel Fortran Version 11.1 or later to use Zencrack user subroutines. (Version 11.1 is recommended).

Zencrack 8.1 is the last version that will be available for 32bit Windows.

64bit Windows:

Zencrack 8.1-1 is available for x86-64 machines running 64bit Windows e.g. Windows 64bit 7 / 8 / 10.

This release requires Intel Fortran Version 11.1 or later to use Zencrack user subroutines. (Version 11.1 is recommended).

Note:

  • For Windows 8, the program and documentation installers will create entries in the "All Apps" page that would normally appear in the Start Menu on Windows 7. The "Zencrack command prompt" and "Zencrack GUI" can be pinned to the Taskbar. All items can be pinned to the "Start" page. If you choose the option during installation, shortcuts for the command prompt and GUI are placed on the desktop in the normal way.
  • If your PDF reader application does not support the use of cross-document links you may prefer to install and use an alternative such as Adobe Acrobat Reader or the lightweight open source Sumatra.

Linux

Zencrack 8.1-x is available for x86-64 machines running 64bit Linux.

This release requires Intel Fortran Version 11.1 or later to use Zencrack user subroutines. (Version 11.1 is recommended).

Extensive testing has taken place using SuSe Linux Enterprise Desktop 10.

The Zencrack GUI is not supported on Linux platforms.

License server

The license server installation is available for 32bit and 64bit Windows or 64bit Linux machines.

For license server installations the client machines do not have to match the license server machine type.