EMPIRE XPU 8.21 Released
May 2023
The new major update 8.2.1 is now available. Many enhancements were integrated in the latest version. Please fill in the Free Demo form for your personal copy.
New features & Enhancements
- 2D & 3D Design
- Improvement for oversize including variables
- Avoiding traceback with variables in properties when open other project
- Fix for zoom with Page up/down key
- Improved snap function when using m unit
- Improved automatic meshing at magnetic boundaries
- Fixes for functions “Select Similar Objects”, “Scale to origin”, “Arrow from Bounding Box”, “Dimensioning”
- Added “Clear” button in array copy
- Box creation in 2D using height from group by default
- Improvements for automatic circle recognition
- Host setup change recognized as file modification
- Improved compatibility avoiding traceback in simulation setup
- More variable names allowed
- Save of metal cap properties in library elements
- Improved bond library element for small angles and distances
- Improved priority handling for coaxial library elements
- Clearer array view message in Port Wizard
- Simulation engine:
- Fix cpu affinity mask bug on some AMD EPYCs
- Preprocessing avoiding maximum recursion depth in large files
- Convergence improvements for wide band loss model
- Improvement for server connection in remote simulation
- Support of unicode characters during compilation
- Support of “sign” function in pulse definition
- 2D & 3D result plotting engine
- Improved plot configuration (avoiding empty ticks value)
- Avoid Q-factor marker display in far field results
- Improved “Apply” function in mask editor
- Edit marker value accepts x-axis unit
- Fix for “Add Marker” in 3D far field patterns
- Data exchange:
- CST/HFSS project import improvements
- Fix for large CAD import tool LCI
- Improvements for HP-GL, MLS and PCAD layout export
- Improved CAD import file search on Linux during import
- Fix wrong scaling for OCC based exports in Microns
- Postprocessing
- Transmission phase for simultaneous simulation
- Improved error message for MIMO calculation
- Early warnings for missing goals in optimizations
- Improved automatic close idle jobs
- Parameter sweep problem with spaces in project name
- Parameter sweep status and sweep count display improvement
- Documentation
- Rectangular waveguide template improvement
- Improved Linux installation messages for missing libraries