Femap and NX Nastran Technical Seminar - Femap Version 11 Release

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1|6 Femap v11 Release January 2013 ©2013 Predictive Engineering All Rights Reserved Femap v11 New Features Attach to external results files Significantly increases efficiency for results access Graphics performance improvements Support for vertex buffer objects Create geometry from mesh Easy to update and remesh legacy FE models External superelement support Support for external superelement creation and assembly Streamlined XY plotting Extended graphics and plotting capabilities NX Nastran integration Solid composite element Solid bolt preloads Mesh splitting

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Transcript of Femap and NX Nastran Technical Seminar - Femap Version 11 Release

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    Femapv11Release January2013

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    Femapv11NewFeatures Attachtoexternalresultsfiles

    Significantlyincreasesefficiencyforresultsaccess Graphicsperformanceimprovements

    Supportforvertexbufferobjects Creategeometryfrommesh

    Easytoupdateandremesh legacyFEmodels

    Externalsuperelement support Supportforexternalsuperelement

    creationandassembly

    StreamlinedXYplotting Extendedgraphicsandplottingcapabilities

    NXNastranintegration Solidcompositeelement Solidboltpreloads

    Meshsplitting

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    Femapv11Release January2013

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    AttachingtoResultsvs.ImportingResults Femap.modfem databasesizeminimized. Postprocessing functionalitydoesnotchange. Nastran.op2andFNOoutputsupported ABAQUS.odb,Nastran.xdb,ANSYS.rst soon.

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    Femapv11Release January2013

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    AttachingtoResultsvs.ImportingResults Greaterefficiencywithfasterdataaccess. Attachtimeisgreaterthan6xfasterthanimporttime. Greaterefficiencywithreducedmemoryusage. QuickaccesstoEnvelopeResults

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    Femapv11Release January2013

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    StreamlinedXYPlotting Enhancedgraphics Unlimitednumberofcurves Plotscanbesavedtodatabase(likeaFBD)

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    NXNastranIntegration:SolidComposites Plylayupmodeledwithsolidbrickelements(hexas andpentas) 1tonpliesperelement Plythicknessisrelative Plyfailuretheories:

    TsaiWu,Hill,MaximumStress,Hoffman,LaRC02 Interlaminar failuretheories:

    ShearandNormal

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    Femapv11Release January2013

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    MeshEdgeSplitting Easymeshsplittingbyselectingtwonodesonandelementedge. Splitpropagatesthroughthemodelmaintainingacontiguousmesh. Definelimitsplitregionstocontrolmeshsplitting. Splitshex,plateandbeamelements.