Release Notes

Version 1.6.8

Released on - 9 July 2026

What's New

Added Story feature (GEN NX) and Story.autoGenerate() to replicate GEN NX functionality.
Added Plate.extrudeLine to create plates from existing 1D elements.
Value type section inputs : (Area, Ixx, Iyy, Izz).

Fixes

Failed Model.IMAGE and Result.IMAGE returns an image with details.

Version 1.6.7

Released on - 17 June 2026

What's New

Added yEcc option in utils.Alignment.
Added RS.Function.Peru to create RS as per E030:2026 Peru code.
Added Plane Load function - Load.PlaneLoad_Define and Load.PlaneLoad_Assign.
Added Hydrostatic Pressure function - Load.HydrostaticPressure.
Added Solid modelling options - Solid.extudeFromPlates , Solid.fromPoints and Solid.fromMSHfile

Version 1.6.6

Released on - 2 June 2026

What's New

Simplified Eigen Value Analysis control function.
Added Response Spectrum function and Case.
- RS.Function.User
- RS.Function.India
- RS.ModalCombination
- RS.Damping.Modal
- RS.Damping.MassStiffness
- RS.Damping.StrainEnergy
- RS.Case
Added Tapered Composite PSC-I section.
Added J end tapering option for Offset function.
Improved Temperature load defintion.
Added R - Round , Radius option to tendon profile input.

Fixes

Disabled warnings when syncing Load Combinations.

Version 1.6.5

Released on - 13 May 2026

Fixes

Fixes Moving load Case function.

Version 1.6.4

Released on - 11 May 2026

What's New

Updates to Analysis Control functions.
Added CS.clear() to clear all CS data (Stage, Timeload, CreepCoeff, Camber and Composite Section for CS).
Added helper / type hints to functions.
Added utils.SoftSelection() function. Returns node IDs with a weight corresponding to distance from a point.

Version 1.6.3

Released on - 5 May 2026

What's New

order option in elemsInGroup and nodesInGroup to sort the output.
```
elemsInGroup('StrGroupName',order='XYZ')
```
Moving Load Cases option for KSCELSD15, Korea, AASHTO Standard, AASHTO LRFD, PENNDOT, Taiwan, Canada, Australia, Russia are added.
Added bDistOutput in nodesInRadius function to obtain tuple (node IDs , distance) from the given point location.
Added Offset.LC(), Offset.LT(), Offset.LB(), Offset.RC(), Offset.RB(), Offset.RT() functions in Offset.
Added reverse parameter in LineToPlate function.

Fixes

Loads with all zero inputs (ie. Nodal force with FX,FY,FZ,MX,MY,MZ =0) are discarded.

Version 1.6.2

Released on - 20 April 2026

What's New

View.Display() option to view loads in the viewport.
Added CS.STAGE.clear() command.
STEP_INDEX parameter in CS.STAGE for easier step selection in result image/table.

CS_StepIndex parameter in RESULT.IMAGE command.

for stage in CS.STAGE.stages:
    stg_file_BMD = f"SFD_{stage.NAME}.jpg"
    Result.IMAGE(resG_bmd, stg_file_BMD, CS_StageName=stg_name,
        CS_StepIndex=stage.STEP_INDEX[-1]                                   # Use last step index
    )

Fixes

Model.create() will now create floor loads.

Version 1.6.1

Released on - 15 April 2026

Fixes

Fixed error with node assignment.
Restores original parameter name for lane width and allowable width for backwards compatibility.

Version 1.6.0

Released on - 13 April 2026

What's New

Added Mdodel.getSelected for retrieving selected nodes/elements ID.
Added Load.Misc.PreCompositeSection.
Added maxID in Node for faster automatic Node ID assignment.
Added error messages ouput if request fails (eg. beam load applied to truss now returns clear error instead of silently failing).

Fixes

Speed improvement in utils.Line2Plate.
Clear Parameter names for Line Lanes.

Version 1.5.9

Released on - 09 April 2026

What's New

Added Node.fromList for quick creation of nodes.
Added Load.FloorLoadDefine and Load.FloorLoadAssign to create Floor loads.

Fixes

Defining new structure group with existing name will display warning and updates the group.
HTTP method request checks added in MidasAPI function.
Structure groups now support tuple, set, list and numpy array as input.

Version 1.5.8

Released on - 26 March 2026

What's New

Added Radius input in Tendon Profiles. New input parameters :
- prof_xyzR
- prof_xyR
- prof_xzR
Added Tendon_Loss table in Result Table. Result.TABLE.Tendon_Loss()
Added warning when midas_civil is used with GEN NX

Bug Fixes

Fixed Tendon Profile Insertion Point - End location . Earlier always set to 'END-I'.

Version 1.5.7

Released on - 20 March 2026

What's New

Implemented Model.getBounds() method
Added Model.bound property to return the model dimensions
Added Model.close() function
Added Model.saveStageAs() function
Model Selection Option
- Line
- Line Along X,Y,Z
- Box
- Plane XY,YZ,XZ
- Type, Material, Section
Added utils.RC Grillage() function
Added Model.IMAGE() function
Added View class to customise viewport display.
- Image Size
- Hidden View
- Active
- Angle
Added Result.IMAGE() function
Added ResultGraphic to customised Result images

Version 1.5.6 - 1.5.5

Released on - 13 March 2026

What's New

Added Boundary.BeamEndRelease
Structure Groups with name starting with # are skipped in Group creation (can be used as temporary groups for selection)
Optimised Model.Select.Line() and Model.Select.Box()
Output of Model.Select.Line() is ordered on basis of distance from the start point.

Bug Fixes

Fixed missing CENTER property for Tension only, Compression only and Solid elements.

Version 1.5.4

Released on - 10 March 2026

What's New

Design Parameters for Tapered PSC Value Section
Auto Generation of Tapered Group
NX.autoTaperGroup = True or
Section.TaperedGroup.autoGenerate() before Model.create()
NX.print_box() function for easy command line printing

Bug Fixes

Fixed from __future__ import annotations error

Version 1.5.3

Released on - 8 March 2026

Bug Fixes

Automatic Transfer length in Tendons

Version 1.5.2

Released on - 1 Mar 2026

What's New

3D Alignment transformation
Design Parameters for PSC Value Section
Multiple holes support for Element.Plate.fromPoints()

Version 1.5.1

Released on - 27 Feb 2026

What's New

3D Alignment - Separate interpolation for Z axis
Data type conversion for Result Tables
Added Tutorial 1 example

Version 1.5.0

Released on - 17 Feb 2026

What's New

Tapered PSC Value Section
Tapered Section byShape
Material.sync() has new inputs : bMaterialParam
- bMaterialParam - adds property in Material object
  Added properties
  
  Property Name
  
  Elastic Modulus mat.E
  
  Poisson's Ratio mat.V
  
  Coeff. Thermal Exp mat.ALPHA
  
  Weight Density mat.W
  
  Damping mat.D
Helper Classes for Support, Elastic Link , Rigid Link , MLFC

Bug Fixes

Fix Model.maxID updates

Version 1.4.9

Released on - 12 Feb 2026

What's New

Section.sync() has two new inputs : bSectionProperty , bDBSectParams
- bSectionProperty - adds Section property in section object
  Added properties
  
  Property Name
  
  Area sec.AREA
  
  Eff. Shear Area Y sec.ASY
  
  Eff. Shear Area Z sec.ASZ
  
  Torsional Resistance sec.IXX
  
  Moment of Inertia Y sec.IYY
  
  Moment of Inertia Z sec.IZZ
- bDBSectParams - adds PARAMS to DB section parameters
  DB sections are codal sections and hence contains only Code Name and Section Name. Incase section dimensions are need, this option can be used. Parameters are stored in sec.PARAMS
Element.sync() will call Node.sync() if no Node data is present to prevent errors during length/area calculation
Wall Elements added (GEN NX)

Bug Fixes

Load Case creation and sync creates untupled cases eg. earlier to access name of a load case , we used lc.NAME[0]. Now, lc.NAME

Version 1.4.8

Released on - 5 Feb 2026

Bug Fixes

Sync issues fixed for Material, Load Case and Load Combination

Property	Name
Elastic Modulus	`mat.E`
Poisson's Ratio	`mat.V`
Coeff. Thermal Exp	`mat.ALPHA`
Weight Density	`mat.W`
Damping	`mat.D`

Property	Name
Area	`sec.AREA`
Eff. Shear Area Y	`sec.ASY`
Eff. Shear Area Z	`sec.ASZ`
Torsional Resistance	`sec.IXX`
Moment of Inertia Y	`sec.IYY`
Moment of Inertia Z	`sec.IZZ`