
Here are some of the new features in version 8 :
- Enhanced Internet Licensing Options
- Auto-release option, multi-seat option, online access/management to license state. - OpenGL plots
- New selectors for mesh, contour, and surface plots using OpenGL. - Mesh Reconnect
- Automatic mesh reconnection for moving meshes. - Rotational Extrusion
- Extrude in radial angle instead of in Z. Makes conversion of 2D cylindrical models to 3D a snap! - Complex Eigenvalues
- Solve models that produce complex eigenvalue solutions. - Explicit Variables
- Set any variable to an explicit expression in specific regions. - SVG Graphics Export
- Export any plot in Scalable Vector Graphics format. - Generalized Periodicity
- Periodic Map now allows variable exchange. Great for exchanging vector components. - More Hyperbolic Functions
- Addition of COTH, SECH, and CSCH hyperbolic functions. - New Distance Function
- Edge distance function to calculate the distance along a named path. - New Utility Functions
- New pseudo FLOOR and CEILING functions as alternatives to Max and Min, that provide a continuous derivative. - Many Internal Improvements
- Improved TRANSFER file format, improved error measure, improved parameter/equation summaries in debug file,
and improved diagnostics for discontinuous Jacobians interfering with Newton convergence.