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Latest Posts

  • Not Answered

    What is the difference between ‘Chained analysis’ and ‘Coupled analysis’?

    Category: MSC Nastran

    By kameya

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    updated over 7 years ago by kameya

    2 replies • 13 views
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    Is there a way to concatenate strings in the ADAMS macro language?

    Category: Adams

    By jmpt65

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    updated over 7 years ago by jmpt65

    3 replies • 46 views
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    What happened to the hotkeys in Patran 2017?

    Category: Patran

    By marco_kwan@ray

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    updated over 7 years ago by edwin.goei

    1 replies • 28 views
  • Not Answered

    Marc cosimulation

    Category: Dytran

    By lagae

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    updated over 7 years ago by DougMarriott

    1 replies • 41 views
  • Not Answered

    When I try and import a Creo part or assembly file, it splits it in to odd disjointed surfaces rather than solids?

    Category: MSC Apex

    By rhys.parsons

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    updated over 7 years ago by Darrel Sinclair

    1 replies • 14 views
  • Answered

    How to plot exact gear mesh contact pattern in postprocessing ?

    Category: Adams

    By harish.sonawane

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    updated over 7 years ago by saurabh.samant

    8 replies • 30 views
  • Not Answered

    No model outputs when I use PLOT in subcase output requests in SOL400?

    Category: MSC Nastran

    By alexander.kieckhafer

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    updated over 7 years ago by Don.Graff

    3 replies • 31 views
  • Not Answered

    Contact definition in template builder

    Category: Adams

    By dhurai

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    updated over 7 years ago by Henrik.Skovbjerg

    1 replies • 18 views
  • Not Answered

    Is there any tutorial to get to know how to model contacts? I am trying to use glue contact for two components that are glued permanently.

    Category: Patran

    By shaheer.iqbal

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    updated over 7 years ago by edwin.goei

    1 replies • 23 views
  • Not Answered

    How do I do coordinate transformation?

    Category: Adams

    By tuan.n.pham12.civ

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    updated over 7 years ago by tuan.n.pham12.civ

    9 replies • 66 views
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