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Installing your STAR-CCM+ license for the first time
When you are installing STAR-CCM+ for the first time you will receive a license file with the name “License_cdlmd.txt”. Note, the license will be named “license.dat” if you download it from the Siemens license administration tab. The server line of ...
Simulating Surface-to-Surface thermal radiation between objects in a vacuum environment
Problem This article describes how to set up Surface-to-Surface (S2S) radiation energy exchange between objects in a vacuum environment using STAR-CCM+ multi-physics CFD software. Specifically, a manufactured part (Hot_Box) is placed on top of a ...
How do I get a webkey for Femap products?
Please click on the link here. This will take you to the appropriate Siemens PLM Software website for creating a webkey account for Femap. Click “Create Account” Since you are licensing Femap, click on the “Femap” link under “Exceptions” The next ...
Getting Started with Femap
Welcome to the Getting Started with Femap tutorial series In this tutorial, we'll use Femap to go through the steps of creating and setting up a finite element model, analyzing it with NX Nastran, and reviewing the results. Why did we create this ...
Inertia Relief in Femap w/ NX NASTRAN
Inertia Relief balances out the applied loads with equal and opposite accelerations, creating a state of static equilibrium and eliminating the need for constraints. Nick covers the topic of Inertial Relief in Femap w/ NX Nastran, including: What is ...