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Tube enclosure with radial fins

Sauna V5.5 provides important new features

Cylinder, bars and tubes

Very easy to create
Not just cylinders and round tubes, a variety of bar and hole combinations are supported
Use bars and tubes for:
- cylindrical components (coils, capacitors, resistors)
- liquid cooling applications
- heat loss through wires
Multiple node planes, plane density can be modified by user
Separate cooling mode for front face, back face, side surfaces and internal surfaces
Temperature contours shown on all surfaces

Round can model with cylindrical components

Easy to create, largely the same as creating a rectangular box
"Plate in can" and "Board in can" commands provided, just as for rectangular boxes
Convection and gray radiation networks are easy to creates
Can use cylindrical shaped components within a can (or rectangular box)

Cold plate model

Easy to create a 3D chain of tubes (round or rectangular)
Flow network (liquid or air) can easily be added to the inside of tubes and blocks
Model cold plates
Use for automotive and battery liquid cooling

New assembly shapes: triangle, poly 5, poly 6
New node shapes: poly 5, poly 6, circular (16 sides), sliced circle (7-16 sides)
Provides important modeling flexability

Create rectangular hole by defining two points (new option, can still create hole with center point and dimensions)
Filled hole command
- similar to creating hole, except that hole is filled with a new assembly with the same material
- very useful for creating a section with higher mesh density inside a larger assembly (no slicing required)
- if necessary, can change the material, useful for modeling a heat sink with copper insert
- if necessary, can change the number of node planes in the insert