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Importing a model from Simcenter 3D to Thermal Desktop
Thermal Model Exchanger 2.0 introduces several significant improvements and new features for importing models from Simcenter 3D Space Systems Thermal into Thermal Desktop. It now supports a greater variety of mesh types, thermo-optical properties, and boundary condition types from Simcenter 3D.
Importing thermal loads
You can now use Thermal Model Exchanger 2.0 to import thermostat and proportional active heater controller modeling objects from Simcenter 3D Space Systems Thermal into Thermal Desktop.

What's new
- Importing a model from Simcenter 3D to Thermal Desktop
  Thermal Model Exchanger 2.0 introduces several significant improvements and new features for importing models from Simcenter 3D Space Systems Thermal into Thermal Desktop. It now supports a greater variety of mesh types, thermo-optical properties, and boundary condition types from Simcenter 3D.
  - Importing meshes and their physical properties
    Thermal Model Exchanger 2.0 now supports importing most types of Simcenter 3D Space Systems Thermal meshes and their physical properties into Ansys Thermal Desktop^TM.
  - Importing thermal loads
    You can now use Thermal Model Exchanger 2.0 to import thermostat and proportional active heater controller modeling objects from Simcenter 3D Space Systems Thermal into Thermal Desktop.
  - Importing radiation and orbital heating
    Thermal Model Exchanger 2.0 now supports importing additional types of radiation and orbital heating simulation objects applied on various element types from Simcenter 3D Space Systems Thermal.
  - Importing temperature constraints and thermal coupling
    Thermal Model Exchanger 2.0 now supports importing temperature constraints and thermal couplings applied on various element types from Simcenter 3D Space Systems Thermal.
- Exporting a model from Thermal Desktop to Simcenter 3D
  Thermal Model Exchanger 2.0 introduces several significant improvements and new features for exporting models from Thermal Desktop into Simcenter 3D Space Systems Thermal. It now supports exporting domain tag sets, symbols, aliases, and more primitive, and boundary condition types from Thermal Desktop.

Importing thermal loads

You can now use Thermal Model Exchanger 2.0 to import thermostat and proportional active heater controller modeling objects from Simcenter 3D Space Systems Thermal into Thermal Desktop.

Thermal Model Exchanger (TMX) now converts imported Thermal Loads with:

A Thermostat modeling object to Heaters with sense temperature selection and Proportional set to Off in Thermal Desktop.
An Active Heater Controller of the Proportional type to Heaters with Proportional set to On in Thermal Desktop.

TMX does not support importing an Active Heater Controller modeling object of the PID Controller type.

Additionally, TMX now supports importing thermal loads applied on 0D, 1D, and 3D elements. You must apply a surface coating for 3D elements to import thermal loads applied on 3D polygon or element faces.

In the previous release, TMX did not support importing thermostat and proportional active heater controller modeling objects and only supported importing thermal loads applied on surfaces, edges, and 2D elements.