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LittleUsefulThingswithFemapandNXNastran
February 2010
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CtrlZtobringuptheLocateDialogBoxwhileyou areinanotherDialogBox
ThisisquitethelittleFemapsecret,butitisinthemanual.SeetheFemapUserManualSection4.2.4:
February 2010
Youmaybeasking yourselfhowIwoulduse this,butthinkofallthe this but think of all the timesyouhaveusedthe Geometry/Solid/Slice toolandneededto locatedadimension!Or wantedtosnaptoapoint (Ctrl+P)withinanother box
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ThePCGLSSIterativeSolver
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TheNXNastran64BitSparseMatrixSolver (quitefastforlargemodels)
Forsolvingwhatwasconsideredoften theimpossible,usethenewNXNastran 64bitsolver(ILP64bitNXNastran)with 64 bit solver (ILP 64bit NX Nastran) with atleast8GBytesofRAM(thelimitis20 millionterabytes).Thissolveristurned onwithintheFemappreferences.Itis finetousewithsmallermodelanditis fine to use with smaller model and it is nowmydailysolver.
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UsingtheSaveandLoadViewOptionto customizeyourViewWindow(PartIofII)
FemapsViewWindowis actuallyaminidatabase. Inthedefaultmode,it comesupwiththelabel Untitled.ThisView Windowsactuallystores allyourViewOptions andyourViewSelect options.Itwillalso rememberyour backgroundcolorand orientationofthemodel.
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UsingtheSaveandLoadViewOptionto customizeyourViewWindow(PartIIofII)
February 2010
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FemapsAPILanguage p g g
FemapsAPIispowerful. Ifyouwanttocustomize theinterfaceandavoid repetitivetasks itcan doitall.ThePredictive Engineeringwebsitehas examplesandtutorials. TheUsernameand Passwordaregivenin ouremailsignature blocks.
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NXNastranparam,bailout,1 p , ,
February 2010
Iknowyouareprobably wonderingwhattheheckthisis about.. Whenyouhaveamodelthatis spinningoffintospace(a constraintproblem)andyouare strugglingtofigureoutwhatpart ofyourmodelisnotsufficiently constrained,youcanalwaysjust forceNXNastrantosolveand thendebugthefinalsolution. JustgototheNastranBulkData Optionspageandhitthebutton StartTextandinthedialogbox typeinparam,bailout,1
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FemapsandNXNastanHelp p p Documentation
WhenIdomyFemapandNX Nastrancourse,Ialwaysspenda fewminutestalkingaboutthe documentationthatcomeswith FemapandNXNastran.Itis impressive.Itisextremely valuableandwillsaveyoudaysof analysistimeifyouspendafew hoursreadingthroughwhatis available.Allofthisisinstalledin yourcurrentseatofFemap.Just openFemapandgotoHelp.
February 2010