Versions 3.3.*

The new version of the library is issued 2009/01/04.

Addition of methods “opAdd”, “opSub”, “opMul” and “opdiv” in the “Post” Module.
The modification of “Float” and “Array” classes is done in a separate ruby source file and no-longer in the compiled shared library.
Correction of a bug in methods returning laminate stresses and strain (“ClaLam” class of FeResPost ruby extension). The structure of Results was not as stated in the manual. The examples have been updated according to the modification.
The different classes in the COM component are now completely programmed, and several bugs have been fixed.
Addition of different methods for XDB files content investigation to the “NastranDb” class.
A small correction in the calculation of Tsai-Hill reserve factors: when the failure index is negative, the RF is 1e+20.
Addition of several methods to FE DataBase classes to investigate the content of the model (number of elements, nodes, groups,...).
A small modification in the parameters of the “getResultCopy” in generic DataBase class.
The “none” keyword for merging method of “deriveByRemapping” in Result class is replaced by “NONE”.

The modifications of the manual correspond to some of the modifications of the library and a few errors in the manual have been corrected. Moreover:

Several examples using the COM component have been added. These examples have also been used to fix several bugs.

The new version of the library is issued 2009/03/01.

Correction of a bug in the reading of XDB Results. No Results were previously read for SOL101 analyses when the loading was purely thermo-elastic.
Addition of units management to the different CLA classes.
The CFAST element is now supported.

The modifications of the manual correspond to some of the modifications of the library and a few errors in the manual have been corrected. Moreover:

Correction of the “sol106.bdf” data file.
Addition of examples illustrating the manipulation of CLA classes units systems.

The new version of the library is issued 2009/03/08.

Correction of a bug in the construction of a Composite DataBase from Nastran or Samcef Databases: now the density of materials is correctly initialized.
Addition of several mass units in CLA ("t", "dat" and "kbm").
Correction of a bug in method “matchWithDbEntities” of Group COM class. (There was one “Release” too much.)

The modifications of the manual correspond to some of the modifications of the library and a few errors in the manual have been corrected.

The new version of the library is issued 2009/03/29.

“Bizarre” points are skipped with a warning message when “OUG” or “OQG” blocs are read by a “readOp2” statement.
Modifications that should increase the robustness of reading of groups from Patran session files.
Addition of a “SwapEndiannes” optional argument to methods devoted to XDB files access. This argument allows to force the swap of endiannes when reading the binary file.

The modifications of the manual correspond to some of the modifications of the library and a few errors in the manual have been corrected.