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Latest Posts

  • Not Answered

    How do I join two midsurfaces created to analyze a bracket? If there is an overlap or gap between the two midsurfaces, how do I resolve that?

    Category: Patran

    By shyam.prabhu

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    updated over 7 years ago by edwin.goei

    1 replies • 16 views
  • Answered

    I plan to simulate a robot inside liquid flow. Could it be possible to do so in adams view? If yes, can I control the flow speed/pressure to analyze the robot's behavior? Thanks Saber

    Category: Adams

    By saberkazemi1992

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    updated over 7 years ago by Jesper Slattengren

    1 replies • 9 views
  • Answered

    Equilibrium Check and Epsilon for model with contact and without contact

    Category: Patran

    By shaheer.iqbal

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    updated over 7 years ago by shaheer.iqbal

    4 replies • 36 views
  • Answered

    I recently viewed the SimAcademy Webinar: Automatic Contact Methods with MSC Nastran/Patran and I have a followup question on this

    Category: Patran

    By shaheer.iqbal

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    updated over 7 years ago by vinay.kadambi

    1 replies • 19 views
  • Not Answered

    Why do the analyses on Apex take up so much disk space? A static analysis of a very simple part with a reasonable mesh size occupies 251 MB of memory. A complex assembly could use up two orders of magnitude more.

    Category: MSC Apex

    By dglaser

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    updated over 7 years ago by Sanjay Patel

    1 replies • 16 views
  • Not Answered

    Is there any way to apply a force to an area, not just to a point or vertex? I know one can use pressure to apply a force normal to a surface, but what about applying a force parallel to a surface?

    Category: MSC Apex

    By dglaser

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    updated over 7 years ago by dglaser

    2 replies • 30 views
  • Not Answered

    In General, how to validate the Dynamic Analysis results. (i.e.) We used to check Reaction forces for linear static Analysis. If AUTOSPC is used in Analysis, how to validate the results in Dynamic analysis.

    Category: MSC Nastran

    By ntv2

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    updated over 7 years ago by Don.Graff

    5 replies • 41 views
  • Not Answered

    CFD load importing and mapping on a structural model

    Category: Patran

    By ahmad.altaf

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    updated over 7 years ago by Arthur Hickson

    1 replies • 37 views
  • Answered

    PCL commands to import CSV data

    Category: Patran

    By Boobalan

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    updated over 7 years ago by Arthur Hickson

    2 replies • 43 views
  • Not Answered

    In the old version Adams 2017, in the flexible body contact, lists of flexible bodies or solid geometries (JGEOM) are not supported. You can ONLY make the individual contacts. I am wondering in the latest version, is it still not supported? Thanks

    Category: Adams

    By ZhangroS

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    updated over 7 years ago by Maziar R

    1 replies • 11 views
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