The following are some new features from the v0.8 release.

BDF

• unicode support
• 278 cards supported
• simplifed method to add cards : grid = GRID(nid, cp, xyz, cd, ps, seid, comment)
• verify=False in read_bdf(...) will disable checks to allow reading in bad decks
• lots of optimization work
• bdf equivalence, renumber, deck merging
• element quality

OP2

• ~500x faster than v0.7.2
  • non-vectorized OP2 option has been removed
• matrix support
• improved SOL 200 support
• transform displacement/eigenvectors/spc/mpc/applied loads to global coordinate system
• transform stresses/forces to material coordinate system
• geometry can be read directly from op2 (not perfect, but when it works, it's much faster)
• Pandas DataFrame support for use in the Jupyter/iPython Notebook

GUI

• additional results
  • multiple OP2s
  • deflection plots
  • area, max interior angle, skew angle, aspect ratio, taper ratio results
• SOL 200 support
• imporoved legend
• custom user (nodal/centroidal) results
• aero models now support sideslip coordinate systems

OP4

• fixed sparse ASCII BIGMAT bug