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Latest Posts

  • Answered

    PCL; Is there a PCL function which adjust FEM viewing to show location of some selected property eg. max Von Mises.

    Category: Patran

    By adam.narozniak

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    updated over 2 years ago by adam.narozniak

    3 replies • 21 views
  • Not Answered

    The error was : EA database directory (ea_DB_EA_analysis_20Hz_singleop2_13112023.naf/distribution_matrices_modal_elastic_1) either does not exist or seems to be related to another problem. Aborting.

    Category: Actran

    By niranjan.kumarn

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    updated over 2 years ago by Vivek Bhardwaj

    3 replies • 10 views
  • Not Answered

    How to make a joint frictionless once you have modified the joint friction settings ?

    Category: Adams

    By dss

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    updated over 2 years ago by Alexis Del Rio

    4 replies • 11 views
  • Not Answered

    Hi all, I have a problem to overlay (geometry inspection) 3d scanning stl file using Simufact Additive. My file size is 204.1MB. It took my about 2-3 days to simulate without any result came out. Is there any way I can overcome this matter?

    Category: Simufact

    By 2020521061

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    updated over 2 years ago by anja.grebe

    1 replies • 3 views
  • Answered

    What is the best way for me to start to learn Romax software?

    Category: Romax

    By TS202610094458

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    updated over 2 years ago by ThomasSparrow

    1 replies • 10 views
  • Not Answered

    Sometimes the legend for showing the deformation color map is inactive and it is not possible to activate it. However other distributions like strain or stress seem OK. Please let me know how it can be fixed.

    Category: Adams

    By Abbas Shafiee

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    updated over 2 years ago by Abbas Shafiee

    2 replies • 3 views
  • Not Answered

    Is it possible to increase the numerical precision in a req-file?

    Category: Adams

    By KMAI

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    updated over 2 years ago by Henrik.Skovbjerg

    2 replies • 14 views
  • Not Answered

    How to convert 13 existing RBE2s to RBE3?

    Category: Patran

    By dlibby

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    updated over 2 years ago by Darrel Sinclair

    1 replies • 7 views
  • Not Answered

    What is the recommended workflow for importing STL files, converted to rigid body solids, and creating contact between the solids in ADAMS Modeler?

    Category: Adams

    By DD'Lima

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    updated over 2 years ago by DD'Lima

    2 replies • 6 views
  • Answered

    How would I retrieve the values of a Adams matrix using a python script?

    Category: Adams

    By Todd Gatman

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    updated over 2 years ago by Todd Gatman

    2 replies • 22 views
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