Flexcom > New Features! > Flexcom 2026.1

Full details on all of the new features is contained in the Flexcom 2026.1 Newsletter.

Highlights include…

Model Building

•Line Paths is a new modelling feature which makes it easy to model a line with an arbitrary geometrical configuration e.g. such as a rigid spool.

Wind Turbine Modelling

•High quality blade profiles are now generated automatically using the information you’ve provided, including the aerofoil profile files, the positioning of the blade stations, blade curvature angles, aerodynamic twist angles, chord lengths etc.

•The rigid blade model has been updated for closer alignment with the flexible blade model, meaning that you can easily switch between these models without having to change any keyword data.

•Flexcom 2026.1 is coupled with OpenFAST V4.1.2, the latest version on general release at the time of our software development programme.

•New wind examples have been added, including the IEA 22MW, IEA 3.4MW, and IEA 10MW open source reference wind turbines.

Speed

•Flexcom 2026 is approximately 10% faster than Flexcom 2025 for time domain dynamic simulations, though improved performance is model dependent.

•Flexcom 2026 is built with the latest Intel IFX Fortran compiler, supported by 2025 versions of Intel oneAPI base and HPC (high performance computing) toolkits. Previous versions of Flexcom were built with the IFORT Fortran compiler which is now officially deprecated by Intel.

Miscellaneous Items...

•New postprocessing options, including radial stress, torsional stress and strain, and seabed contact forces.

•Compute the centres of mass and buoyancy of an element set.

•Assign different structural damping coefficients in different planes of bending

•More flexibility when creating sets of elements

•Suppress warning messages from the finite element engine. While this feature should be used with caution, you may find it useful while a model is still under development and excessive warning messages are causing annoyance.

•The Command-Line Batch Runner is specifically designed for users who prefer to use Flexcom from the command line rather than the user interface. This module allows you to kick-off a large number of simulations, stating the preferred execution order (e.g. taking restart file dependencies into account), controlling the number of simulation performed in parallel, and examining an informative CSV file on batch completion.