LUCERNE, Switzerland, Jun 22, 2026 – BETA CAE Systems is pleased to announce the release of 2nd Hot Fix of 2025.2 for ANSA, EPILYSIS, META, FATIQ, SPDRM and KOMVOS with critical bug fixes and selected implementations.
Known issues resolved in ANSA
Data Management
Material database defined with DM path inside ANSA.defaults, would not be read into ANSA.
Model Browser
When reading and then applying a display model in Model Browser, a warning is now issued in case the display model does not contain all A-points of the subsystem.
Also, when creating a reduced model using a display model, from now on it is cross-checked and confirmed in advance that all A-points of the subsystem are included in the display model.
Connections & Assembly – Seamwelds
Element SETs that were generated by the Connection Manager and were unused, were not output properly.
Nastran Superelement
File output would fail when the “Include pch-file” option was activated under the Superelement settings.
LS-DYNA
Corruption would occur in any *DEFINE_CURVE that was encrypted from within ANSA in versions 2025.2 and HF1 2025.2. These corruptions aren’t automatically fixable and can be addressed in versions HF2 2025.2 and later, only by defining the curves from scratch and re-encrypting them. The corruption doesn’t affect curves that were encrypted with 3rd party software and then input in ANSA. The capability to choose the line from which encryption starts has been removed in version HF2 2025.2 (and in all the versions of the 2025.2 branch that will follow). Encryption will start from line 2, as in versions prior to 2025.1. This capability will be available again in 2026.1.
Optimization
“DESVAR From Entity” command would not work when accessed through the Search engine or DESVAR entity category of the Database Browser.
Moreover, Optimization Tool would not be able to run encrypted session files in DM mode.
Scripting
Unexpected termination would occur upon execution of “base.CalculateHardeningParameters()” script function on Windows OS, when no *.csv and no curve through the Material was assigned.
Known issues resolved in META
General
META would abort when deleting windows with sketches.
Nodal values were incorrectly calculated when switching between fringe drawing options.
Abaqus
Abaqus contact status results were not displayed for certain surfaces in intermediate analysis steps.
Math Operations on Field Data
Calculating the average values by selecting calculated maximum or minimum states was not feasible up to now.
Project Files & METADB
When saving a Project file with references to result files, some annotations were not consistently exported.
States & Animation
Switching between states could make the results disappear in cases of extremely small time-step.
Read Results
Reading 2D results from a .pch file containing both CELAS1 and CELAS2 results was not handled correctly.
Managing Curve Data
Attributes of user‑defined curves were not recalculated when editing a curve.
Fringebar
Fringe color visualization on the model was not properly updated after applying a display style.
Known issues resolved in KOMVOS
Configuration – Settings
KOMVOS user settings would always get copied from previous version (if any), resulting in overwriting current version sdm_settings.db.
Data Management
Upon launching, it would not be possible to select among the available settings profiles in SPDRM, in case of connection through external secure server (SSO).
Furthermore, saving a subsystem from Part Manager would always reach the timeout limit regardless of the subsystem’s size. This behavior would occur only with single sign of connection to SPDRM.
Teamcenter Utilities
“Teamcenter Utilities > Export Structure” would export the latest revision and not the selected one.
Known issues resolved in SPDRM
Installer
This release introduces support for MySQL 8.4 (LTS).
The update addresses the recent end of Extended Support for MySQL 8.0 (LTS) and ensures continued compatibility with a fully supported MySQL LTS version.
Support for MySQL 8.4 is available for both new (clean) installations and upgrades of existing MySQL-based deployments of SPDRM.
Upgrading existing SPDRM deployments to MySQL 8.4 is supported through a two‑step process:
1. Upgrade SPDRM to the latest supported version using the standard updater.
2. Migrate the SPDRM server configuration for MySQL 8.4 compatibility using a dedicated migration script available upon request.
Data Tree
DM tree filters would not be applied correctly in case of Simulation Runs.
Data Lifecycle
ANSA Parts with manually added Study Version, would be spinned-up upon save, although no conflicts existed.
Download
Where to download from
BETA LM Toolkit and all the supported versions of the software of BETA CAE Systems are now available from Cadence.
To access the Cadence Downloads and the Cadence Support (ASK) portals you are required to first create your CadenceID, if you do not already have one.
What to download
Login to Cadence Downloads using your CadenceID.
Follow the options ANSAEPILYSISMETA 2025.2, Release Version ANSA EPILYSIS META 2025.2 HF2, Release Date 11-Jun-2026, select the required Operating System and get the available installers.
The installed files should replace any pre-releases or other files of this release downloaded prior to that date.
Important
The license files that are issued by Cadence Design Systems from February 2026 require that BETA LM 7.3 is installed on the license server. All supported versions of the BETA CAE Systems software and previously released license files are compatible with BETA LM v7.3.
BETA LM Toolkit and all the supported versions of the software of BETA CAE Systems are now available from Cadence. Login to Cadence Downloads using your CadenceID. New customers can download BETA LM v7.3 directly for Windows or Linux to produce the license server identification details required for licensing and a CadenceID.
It is important that you download and deploy BETA LM v7.3, so you can renew or upgrade your license file.
You may find the following resources useful:
– Frequently Asked Questions: BETA_LM and ASK Registration [ PDF ]
– CadenceID and Access ASK Support Portal [ PDF ]
– BETA LM v7.3 Set Up and Installation Guide [ PDF ]
About BETA CAE Systems
BETA CAE Systems is a private engineering software company committed to the development of state of the art CAE software systems that meet the requirements of all simulation disciplines. The company’s products, the ANSA pre-processor/ EPILYSIS solver and META post-processor suite, and SPDRM, the simulation-process-data-and-resources manager, hold a worldwide leading position across a range of industries, including the automotive, railway vehicles, aerospace, motorsports, chemical processes engineering, energy, electronics, heavy machinery, power tools, and biomechanics.
Committed to its mission to produce best-in-class CAE software systems, BETA CAE Systems offers products that consistently exceed expectations and provides exemplary technical support to its customers. The company’s continuously growth attest to the high level of customer satisfaction and user confidence. For more information, visit http://www.beta-cae.com.
