A little late (sorry), but the thread is here for future reference:
http://maintenanceforums.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/3751089011/m/739108075
I was looking too, and not that impressed. Seems to be tailored to less demanding, non-analyst types.
@dik: In the interpreter, appending ',A' when saving works. ie SAVE "FILENAME.TXT",A will save in ASCII format. There were also a few stand-alone programs to convert tokenized to ASCII without going through the interpreter IIRC.
@bretthydra: If the program can't be converted to...
Though I haven't used them, I was pretty impressed by these guys when I was looking into something similar:
http://www.fieldp.com
In particular, check out the downloadable textbooks and freeware 2D & 3D programs under educational resources. You can also get 30 day trials of their commercial...
Do you mean like a magnetic bearing? Those are unstable systems, and need an 'active' external PID control system to enforce stability. AFAIK, you cannot use FEM with such unstable systems alone.
If you are trying to characterize a system with a magnetic bearing, the bearing will have a...
Another option might be to export to PDF using 3D features. I've done some basic testing, and it seems to work OK as long as you use the viewer from Adobe. Normal open source pdf viewers like evince or okular on linux don't yet support 3D, at least the versions I use. Don't know if a 3D...
We use a common diamond blade tile saw with very good results. You can use it wet if your material will tolerate it without absorbing, eliminates the dust collector. Even rent one from from your local hardware store first, see if it works for your material.
Only problem I see is you need to...
You may have better response at the Abaqus-specific forum:
http://www.eng-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?pid=799
rather than the general FEM forum.
Also you could ask over at http://polymerfem.com
Re-Check the constraints on the mounting plates or ends. Is it possible one contractor has it restrained xyz on both ends, rather than xyz on one end and yz on the other? In other words, simply supported beam with a pivot at each end rather than a pivot one end and a roller on the other.
If...