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User Interface
While this is often helpful, sometimes you may need to access the
“normal” Quick Access Menu (aka, Right Mouse Menu) while using
the Select Toolbar.
This can be achieved by simply holding the Alt key down while
clicking the right mouse button.
While the “Query” option on the “Pick^” menu in the standard entity selection
dialog can be very useful when trying to select the desired entity from a list, it
can also be cumbersome when selection is more straight-forward
*When the “Select” dialog box appears, you can either select an ID from the list
or use the mouse wheel to scroll up and down in the list until the desired entity
is highlighted in the graphics window
The “Layers/Groups in Tooltips” option can be turned on via the Select Toolbar and
then Group and Layer information will be shown in the Entity Info window or the
Tooltip
Automatically add Tet Collapse and Jacobian element quality checks to the Data
Table for all tetrahedral elements created during tet meshing with the Mesh,
Geometry, Solids command that exceed currently specified quality limits
• Click “Options” button, then select “Update Data Table with Mesh Quality”
Geometry
Non-Manifold Add
• Not as “tolerant” as Geometry, Solid,
Stitch
• Things still have to be close to 100%
coincident, only now within specified
tolerance
Non-manifold Add
Automatic
Modeling / FEA
AutoCreate option in Layup Editor – When On, automatically creates a new Global
Ply as each ply is added to the Layup, which is very useful for Solid Laminates, as
Global Plies are needed for proper post-processing
• Support for Axisymmetric elements for Glue and Contact coming in 11.1
Analysis
Post-
Processing
• “Dynamic Max/Min” – dynamically shows Max/Min Values with entity ID for each in the
dialog box as different output vectors are selected using the drop-downs
• “Multiple Contour Vectors” – allows viewing of three different output vectors at once
(i.e., Solid Stresses, Plate Stresses, Line Element Stresses in a criteria plot)
• “Double-Sided Planar Contours” – moved from Contour Options dialog box for easier
access
2D-tensor plots, also known as Crow’s Foot plots (added in FEMAP 10.1)
• Allow for quick assessment of direction of in-plane loads
• Primarily used on shell elements with in-plane loads (Nxx, Nyy, Nxy)
• Used most often in the aircraft industry
Main advantage is to show direction of positive shear flow; sign determines actual
direction
250 lb/in
Incorrect Correct
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FEMAP Tips and Tricks
Charting Pane
The Charting dockable pane was added to modernize and improve XY Plotting
within FEMAP for version 11.0
Topics:
XY Plotting Overview
Charting Pane Overview
Chart Management
Data Series Management
Chart Display Control
Chart Output
Prior to Femap v11, XY plots were created using the View Select dialog box. The Charting
pane has been added to Femap v11 to manage XY plots.
Note: XY plot creation using the View Select tools are available in Femap v11 by
enabling the option for Enable Legacy XY Plotting under the User Interface tab in
Femap’s Preferences dialog box. This functionality will be removed in a near
future Femap release.
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Charting Pane
Overview
When either a new chart is created using the Charting Manager dialog box, or a chart is
edited, the Charting dialog box is opened. This dialog box has four (4) tabs:
At the lower left corner of this dialog box, there are three (3) icons:
Redraw Chart Load Chart from Library Save Chart to Library
Legend Direction
Vertical Location
Horizontal Location
Colors
Specify the color Palette
Enable a Dark Background
Chart Font Font Face
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Charting Pane
Charting Dialog Box – Chart Axes
In addition to the Chart Manager and Data Series Manager, the Charting pane’s toolbar has
additional tools for modifying Charts and Data Series
Chart Title Chart Legend Data Series Markers Data Series Labels
Chart Colors
Miscellaneous
Neutral files can be used to import data in a format not natively supported by
FEMAP
Easy to create .neu formatted files in Excel or another program
Neutral file reference is located in ~\<FEMAP root>\pdf\neutral.pdf
Info
• Neutral files are text files containing data block and record data
• Neutral files are comprised of data blocks, each starting and ending with a line
containing only -1
• Neutral files are free-formatted files
• Data blocks contain lines of records that are delimited with spaces or commas
(commas are preferred)
• Can now be done automatically during save by using “Cleanup During Save”
option found on the Database tab of “File, Preferences”
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Miscellaneous
More Info
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FEMAP-USERS/