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Femap Version 10 What’s New
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Femap Version 10 What’s New
What’s new Meshing New mid-surfacing method Stress and displacement transformations Graphics FEM mesh geometry association
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Femap Version 10Focus: Improved Finite Element Meshing
What’s new 3D solid and surface meshers Interactive mesh generation and verification New robust mesh improvement toolsBenefits Improved accuracy of FEA results with
higher quality meshes Reduced modeling times with more intuitive
workflows Easier to use with more automated meshing
and simulation processes Optimized modeling processes with
increased modeling fidelity where it’s needed to ensure efficient analyses and faster turnaround times
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Femap Version 103D Mesher
New meshers implemented to create top quality meshes first time Meshes in 3D space rather than parametric space Overcomes meshing obstacles such as poles
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Femap Version 102D Mesher
Improved meshing on curved non-planar surfaces
Mesh algorithms have been improved, and the meshers have been expanded to automatically apply multiple mesh approaches resulting in the best possible mesh without user intervention
Mesh options are saved for easy re-meshing
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Femap Version 103D Solid and Surface Meshers
Internal and branching faces and curves are accounted for within a solid Create a consistent mesh in
volumes containing 3D, 2D, and 1D entities
Example: Reinforced concrete model:
steel beam elements with concrete tetra elements in a matched mesh
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Femap Version 10User Interface
Meshing Toolbox – centralized placement of geometry cleanup and meshing functionality in a new pane Feature suppression and removal Combined and composite curves
and boundary surfaces Mesh sizing Mesh locate Mesh quality
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Femap Version 10User Interface
Meshing Toolbox
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Femap Version 10Geometry Cleanup
Meshing – Femap already provides world-class meshing functionality V10 adds interactive tools to quickly locate troublesome geometry and
clean it up, from a meshing perspective
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Femap Version 10Geometry Cleanup
Locator – curves/surfaces Short edges
Small surfaces, slivers, spikes
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Femap Version 10Geometry Cleanup
Feature suppression Feature removal
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Femap Version 10Geometry Cleanup
Interactive Geometry Manipulation Combined / Composite Curves
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Femap Version 10Geometry Cleanup
Interactive Geometry Manipulation Combined / Boundary Surfaces
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Femap Version 10Geometry Manipulation
Geometry Splitters Subdivides surface geometry
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Femap Version 10Geometry Manipulation
Geometry Tools – Offset Curves and Washer Creates mapped meshing surfaces
Washer – with and without split lines
Offset Curves around multiple curves
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Femap Version 10Geometry Manipulation
With Offset Curves you can control mesh density where you need to around stress raisers Minimize model size Minimize analysis time Maximize accuracy of results
With Offset Curves you can control mesh density where you need to around stress raisers Minimize model size Minimize analysis time Maximize accuracy of results
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Femap Version 10Geometry Manipulation
Geometry Tools – Pad Creates mapped meshing surfaces Can be combined with Washer
Without Pad
Pad without mapped meshing
Pad with mapped meshing
Pad and Washer
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Femap Version 10Geometry Manipulation
Geometry Tools – Washer and Pad Use of these meshing tools
not only improve local mesh but can have a significant effect on the overall mesh of the structure
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Femap Version 10Interactive Mesh Editing
Interactive Meshing and Mesh Editing Updated Mesh Size on Curves Interactively Display Element Quality
Feedback
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Femap Version 10Interactive Mesh Editing
Interactive Meshing and Mesh Editing Interactive Node Updating
Slide on Surface Slide on Curve
Interactively Display Element Quality Feedback
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Femap Version 10Interactive Mesh Editing
Mesh quality control
Improved mesh reporting
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Femap Version 10Interactive Mesh Editing
Combining the use of these tools can bring about top quality meshes with minimum effort
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Femap Version 10Improved Geometry Handling – Shells
Create contiguous meshes through complex geometry intersections Non-manifold geometry – instances
where three or more surfaces share the same curve, e.g. T-junctions
Mesh will connect and match on all surfaces
Previously a limitation in Parasolid
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Femap Version 10Improved Geometry Handling – Shells and Solids
Combine surface geometry and solid geometry making it easier to join solid and shell meshed components together
Internal faces have edges that are T-junctions
Tetra Mesher now handles internal triangles or quads, and creates a combined shell / solid mesh with slight embed for moment transfer.
This image shows a group with all the shell elements, and all the tet-elements that attach to them
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Femap Version 10 Non-Manifold Geometry
Combining Non-Manifold Geometry and Offset Curves results in Exceptional Shell Meshing!!
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Femap Version 10New Mid-Surface Modeling Method
Geometry / Midsurface / Offset Tangent Surfaces For true sheet metal parts
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Femap Version 10Stress and Displacement Transformations
Transformations Displacements and stresses On-the-fly transformation options
For example: View just the radial component of a displacement in any cylindrical
coordinate system View hoop or longitudinal stresses
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Femap Version 10 Graphics
More efficient face definition and storage Faster display Reduced memory use
Faceting Updated faceting gives
higher quality images Faceting match between
curves and surfaces
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Femap Version 10 FEM Mesh Geometry Association
Associate Existing Meshes with Geometry Given Geometry Given Orphan Mesh
Femap will automatically associate the mesh with the geometry Nodes to Points Nodes to Curves Nodes to Surfaces Elements to Curves Elements to Surfaces Elements to Solids
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Femap Version 10 API Extensions
New API methods added AddOutput on Data Table object feElementFreeEdge and feElementFreeFace on the Application object SelectID on all entity objects GetCentroid, GetEdgeNodes, GetFaceNodes, and IsParabolic on the
Element object
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Femap Version 10 Other Features
Function definition graphs Cross section dimension comments –
bar/beam cross section dimensions are written as comments in the Nastran read/write
File open detection during read operation
Nastran single field format precision improvement
Direct access to SolidWorks parts and assemblies Quad pattern Quad_4Tria pattern mesh available in mesh editing Highlighting enhancement – highlights entities already selected when
activated Full Windows Vista support
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Femap Version 10 Where to Buy
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Westminster, CA 92683-1886
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