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  1. toast01

    Case Type: SUBCOM

    So I have another question now: Is it possible to run te analysis and only get output sets from selected cases? See image below. I only want ALS and SLS output, I do not want the analysis to run case 1 to case 4. However, I do not think I can delete case 1 to case 4? Because the Subcoms use...
  2. toast01

    Case Type: SUBCOM

    I got it! I did not have any subcases defined. I also just found out you can create a new subcase without the multiset command. Thank you!
  3. toast01

    Case Type: SUBCOM

    Hi. I want to use the SUBCOM option to define a combined loadcase. (see http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=351872) However, the optionbutton is grayed out: We're talking about a static analysis here. I hope you can help me! It would save me a lot of time, everytime I edit a load...
  4. toast01

    new rigid elements have default color

    The method you used to change colors only changes the colors of the elements in the model indeed. When you create an element, node or geometry or whatever, it is created with the entity color. You can change it in the preferences: File - Preferences - Color Here you can define the enitity...
  5. toast01

    Material orientation

    Thank you! I did not notice the "material axes" section in the property window.
  6. toast01

    Material orientation

    Thank you! There were indeed some Plot planar elements in my model (I extruded these elements to create the solid mesh). Now it seems that that I can define a material orientation for planar elements only: Which I find quite interesting: if I cannot define a material orientation for solid...
  7. toast01

    Material orientation

    Hello. I have a question about the material orientation of (solid) elements. When I use the command Modify - Update Elements - Material Orientation, I get the following error messages: I do not understand how the material orientation could be perpendicular to a solid element. I try to...

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