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Physical System Simulation

Latest Posts

  • Not Answered

    I am plotting displacement contours in Patran. The legand/color spectrum is coming on the right side. I want to shift to the left side. I am not sure how to. Need help in changing it to the left..

    Category: Patran

    By dheeraj.kothapalli

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    updated over 7 years ago by Arthur Hickson

    3 replies • 32 views
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    Cannot see node or element labels using Iberian Lynx in VMware. Status bar shows labels plotted but they do not show up. Any ideas?

    Category: MSC Apex

    By KFerretti

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    updated over 7 years ago by rohit.belsare

    1 replies • 23 views
  • Not Answered

    Pressure time history

    Category: Dytran

    By GPiove

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    updated over 7 years ago by dougmarriott

    1 replies • 40 views
  • Not Answered

    Is there a way to detect if two geometries overlap?

    Category: Adams

    By jmpt65

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    updated over 7 years ago by PNachbaur

    5 replies • 43 views
  • Not Answered

    Can the report writer create nodal data in all three axes for forces, similar to the way it prints out Node data for displacements? Ideally I want column 1 = identifier, column 2 = x force, column 3 = y force, column 4 = z force

    Category: Marc

    By rhys.parsons

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    updated over 7 years ago by shivaprasad.baad

    1 replies • 11 views
  • Not Answered

    Is there a way I can auto accept pop ups so that the simulation continues to run without pausing?

    Category: Adams

    By stefano.orzi

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    updated over 7 years ago by Jesper Slattengren

    1 replies • 25 views
  • Not Answered

    Cancel a Marc run when it is running in the background?

    Category: Marc

    By rhys.parsons

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    updated over 7 years ago by rhys.parsons

    4 replies • 44 views
  • Not Answered

    Generation MNF files using Ansys works fine up to Ansys 18.2, but does not work since Ansys 19.0. See also KB8023510. Is there a workaround for fixing this issue? Thanks!

    Category: Adams

    By BThielem

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    updated over 7 years ago by BThielem

    2 replies • 41 views
  • Not Answered

    I have plotted a stress contour. But, the contour max/min are not what I wanted. I want to make sure stress above yield is plotted red. How to change contour max/min??

    Category: Patran

    By dheeraj.kothapalli

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    updated over 7 years ago by edwin.goei

    2 replies • 26 views
  • Not Answered

    I am trying to make a report. I need to have a white background in Patran GUI. By default, I am seeing a shaded blue color. How do i change it to white color?

    Category: Patran

    By dheeraj.kothapalli

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    updated over 7 years ago by Vivek Bhardwaj

    1 replies • 21 views
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