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    Analysis without constraining

    hi rb1957! The previous posts mentioned inertia relief and modal. Those were the examples. And they are commonly used. I am not sure what we are debating. Either way, my point was to ascertain from the OP what they are trying to accomplish. If they are trying to perform an inertia relief...
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    Analysis without constraining

    Hi rb1957! The examples have already been listed in the previous posts. And those kinds of models are quite common are they not? ________________________ FEMAP v11.1.0 MSC Nastran v2013
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    Analysis without constraining

    It would be helpful if you specified what kind of analysis you intend to do without constraints and the purpose of such an analysis. As others have stated, it is common to use unconstrained models in certain cases. ________________________ FEMAP v11.1.0 MSC Nastran v2013
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    Element & Nodal Contours: Corner Data Confusion

    Hi rb1957. We agree that element options are irrelevant for nodal plots. That is what I am getting at. If you select Elemental Contour but you turn the Corner Data ON, you really get a Nodal Plot. So it follows that the ECD options should not be available to you ... but they are. I do...
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    Element & Nodal Contours: Corner Data Confusion

    Hi rb1957. Unfortunately, the internet is making this difficult to explain. It seems that I am not effectively communicating what my issue is. I am not talking about the Data Conversion options that offer Max, Min, and Average. I am talking about Element Contour Discontinuity (ECD)...
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    Element & Nodal Contours: Corner Data Confusion

    Hi rb1957. I understand that the Data Conversion field handler the "what should I do with the multiple values I have at the nodes ?" portion of things. I guess my main point is this: When you have a nodal plot, the Element Contour Discontinuities field is unavailable. But I have shown in my...
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    Element & Nodal Contours: Corner Data Confusion

    Hi All - I have been researching this one for a while. I have read the Femap help and read many posts on the subject. I am almost there, but need a little more help. There are many options under the 'Select Contour Options' menu that seem contradictory to me. My experiments lead me to the...
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    Automatic Brick Meshing: How to Achieve Mappable Surfaces

    I was able to do this using embed face, but I cannot figure out how to put different mesh sizes on the different solids and still have it map. I should be able to put a fine mesh size on the 3 small solids and a coarse mesh on the larger solid and have it match up only where necessary (i.e. at...
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    Groups Lose Track of Geometry After Splitting

    One of the advantages of using the Curves - from Surfaces method to split faces is that you can select many faces and curves at the same time and it will only split faces that it makes sense to (i.e. faces that have a corresponding curve that when projected normal to face will intersect that...
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    Groups Lose Track of Geometry After Splitting

    Hi rb1957 - It looks like I made the example too simplified. Automatic add works for this simple case. Assume you have two solids s1 & s2 each in their own groups g1 & g2. Then say you split both surfaces using technique above. I would want only the child surfaces of s1 to end up in g1 and...
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    Automatic Brick Meshing: How to Achieve Mappable Surfaces

    I have the structure in the image (FEM attached). I am trying to use the Mesh > Geometry > Hex Mesh on Solids... I want to know the correct way to set up for this. This is what I have tried and it fails. I know I can use other mesh methods, but I want to use this method. This is a much...
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    Groups Lose Track of Geometry After Splitting

    If I have a surface in a group and I then use the splitting function Geometry > Curve - From Surface to split the surface into two smaller surfaces, the group will lose one of the smaller surfaces. Is there any way to have Femap automatically add all of the subsurfaces...
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    .f06 file big size issue [MSC NASTRAN] (how to split)

    I use (and love) UltraEdit for this purpose. Not free, but fairly inexpensive. Free trial for 30 days is available. I like the Nastran syntax highlighting. ________________________ FEMAP v11.1.0 MSC Nastran v2013
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    Glue Contact

    tomstress - I also use the Femap/MD Nastran configuration. It is rumored that Femap 11.2 will handle glued contact for us correctly now, but I have not confirmed. ________________________ FEMAP v11.1.0 MSC Nastran v2013
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    Transferring Toolbar Customization, Keyboard Bindings, etc to another computer

    Hi Rob - wow! I missed the forest for the trees. I have not tried it (since my laptop is not with me) but I have to assume that this will work since there are options to save AND load layouts from here. Thanks for your help. ________________________ FEMAP v11.1.0 MSC Nastran v2013

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