Preprocessing
Temperature Loading Import from Excel
Overview Sometimes element or nodal temperature distributions that are created by thermal solvers are only available in the form of a spreadsheet. We would like to take these values and turn them into a load case for subsequent analysis, so let’s see ...
Model Bounding Box
What is the Femap Model Bounding Box, and why is it important? The Femap Model Bounding Box is a hexahedral cuboid constructed from planes that bound the model in the x, y, and z axes. The longest diagonal of the model bounding box is used to ...
Memory Management
Overview How do you overcome performance problems that can arise through memory shortage, particularly when you are building large models? When Femap starts to run out of memory it will issue a message urging you to save your model and to reconfigure ...
Equation Based Loading
Overview To demonstrate the creation of equation-based loading we’ll use a water tank quarter model. Prior to load application a local coordinate system positioned at the expected water level has already been defined and the wall surfaces have been ...