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Femap 11.
3 Whats New
Femap Release Schedule

Regular release schedule
v11.3 April 2016
v11.2 March 2015
v11.1 November 2013
v11: January 2013
v10.3.1: January 2012
v10.3: October 2011
v10.2: October 2010
v10.1.1: January 2010
v10.1: August 2009
v10: December 2008
Unrestricted Siemens AG 2016

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Siemens PLM Software
Femap Direction
A modeling environment thats dedicated to FEA
The in-depth, detailed functionality required to accurately model real-world
parts and assemblies
Customer driven features and functionality

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Femap 11.3
Overview
New functionality and updates
Preprocessing
Meshing
Solver support
Postprocessing
Performance

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Preprocessing
Draw/Erase Toolbar
New toolbar for Draw/Erase

Fast access to mesh and geometry on/off
Choose entities to draw or erase
Toggle back and forth
Choose by element, property or material
Grow/shrink selection
Mesh only, geometry only, or linked
Create Femap group from draw/erase data
Load Femap group into draw/erase data

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Preprocessing
New View Rotation Options
Default option still Rotate about View Center
Femap v11.2.x
Similar to v11.2.x first two items toggle

between view center and rotation center but
you will always be prompted to specify rotation
center
New option choose between rotating about
the view axes (screen) or the model axes
(global csys)
New option Rotate about Coordinate
System simply pick a Femap csys
Rotate around vector same as v11.2.x rotate
around rotation axis
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Preprocessing
Rotate Around Cursor
Accessed via File / Preferences /
User Interface OR add a toolbar
icon
Model rotates about the closest
entity on screen
Model never swings out of view!
Pick Here

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Preprocessing
Zoom Around Cursor
Accessed via File / Preferences / User Interface OR add a toolbar icon
Zoom Here

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Preprocessing
Roll Thru Mode
Roll-Thru: move inside the model
With Roll-Thru off (and in all previous
versions of Femap) you cannot move
through your model, you just zoom
closer and closer
Roll-Thru moves the viewers eye to
a certain depth in the screen
direction, everything behind that is
clipped
Zoom in enough and youre inside,
and can turn around and see what
was behind you

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Preprocessing
Connection Manager
New connection editor

Easier management and access to connections
Direct editing
Sorting
Filters

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Preprocessing
Streamlined Element Face Picking
Face picking automatically loads
currently displayed elements as
possible entities to pick from
Adjacent faces is now the default
With front picking turned on, only
front faces can be selected, so
any face based selection can be
made with a single double-click

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Preprocessing
Combined with the Draw/Erase
toolbar, connection setup for mesh
only parts is much easier and faster
Workflow:
With the front picking option turned
on
Choose draw on the Draw/Erase
toolbar, and select the Element
option, then pick one element on
each leg
In the selection box, choose Add All
Connected Elements
Click OK

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Preprocessing
Workflow (continued)
Go to Connect / Connection
Region, choose elements, select
the Add Multiple button
The visible elements are already
loaded, pick one on the end and
click OK
All the connected faces are picked
automatically, repeat each time for
the ends
In just a couple of clicks, six
connection regions are created

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Preprocessing
Workflow (continued)
While still in the Connect /
Connection Region command, you
can use the Draw/Erase toolbar to
swap the drawn entities to pick the
other side of the connection

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Preprocessing
Beam Modeling Enhancements
Cross section input help

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Preprocessing
Immediate feedback of basic
cross section information

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Preprocessing
Shear center
Press the
Compute All
Properties button
for full calculations

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Preprocessing
Send report to
clipboard
Save report to BMP,

JPEG, PNG, GIF,
TIFF

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Preprocessing
Works with Nastran
shapes as well
And any custom
shape

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Preprocessing
Pick Visible
New method for front picking
Turn on/off in File / Preferences / Graphics
Much faster than database access
Uses OpenGL (basic and performance)
to keep track of which ID is front
If an entity is not represented by a pixel,
it will not be picked, i.e. blocked by
something else, or so small it did not
make a single pixel
Works in single pick, box, circle,
polygon, etc.

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Preprocessing
Unique Property Icons
Unique property icons for properties

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Preprocessing
Intelligent Entity Availability
Only Properties which are appropriate for current Element type are available
Only Connection Regions are available when creating a Connector

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Preprocessing
Renumber All
Renumber all

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Preprocessing
API Program File Libraries
Custom Tools
Library of API programs delivered with the software
User Tools
Reference for your own corporate-wide API program library

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Preprocessing
Miscellaneous
Plane to Plane method now available when using commands on the Modify,
Align menu. Similar to Between Coordinate Systems method, with specified
plane defining X and Y axes, plane normal defining Z axis.
Loads
Added ability to modify the color, modify the layer, scale the values, change
the function ID, or delete loads of specified type(s) in the active Load Set, All
Load Sets, or any number of selected Load Sets.
Updated Modify, Update Other, Load Phase and Delete, Model, Load - Body
commands to allow selection of any number of Load Sets.
Constraints
Added ability to modify the color, modify the layer, or delete constraints of
specified type(s) in the active Constraint Set, all Constraint Sets, or any
number of selected Constraint Sets.
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Femap 11.3
Overview
Preprocessing
Meshing
Solver support
Postprocessing
Performance

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Meshing
Quad Meshing Improvements
Max Quads
Goal: all quad mesh through triangle removal
Will allow triangles when required
With an odd number of edges there will always be one triangle
Example: default mesh contains 39 triangles with Max Quads its just 1
Default mesh
Max Quads mesh

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Meshing
Max Quads
Mesh size changed by 1 all triangles removed!

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Meshing
Max Quads combined with Quad Layers provides maximum mesh customization
and flexibility

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Meshing
Internal element growth now available with quad meshes

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Meshing
Mesh Smoothing Improvements
New smoothing algorithm for highly curved surfaces

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Meshing
Interactive Mesh Refine
Interactive update of shell/line mesh

Auto transition
Shrink/grow selection
Drag selection
Loads/constraints propagated automatically

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Meshing
Example:
From an existing Nastran input file imported into Femap, mesh refinement is
required in the two areas indicated

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Meshing
Example (continued)
At the T junction use Split Edges option
Choose Edges
Grow
Done

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Meshing
Example (continued)
At the hole, refine using Split Edges twice

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Meshing
Example (continued)

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Meshing
Multiple Element Splitting
Multiple elements (nodes) can be
selected for splitting in a single
command
More efficient mesh refinement
process

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Meshing
Hard Point Auto Update Meshing Toolbox
Mesh hard point auto-update
within meshing toolbox
Meshing toolbox commands
that update surfaces will now
automatically manage
moving mesh hard points to
any split surfaces

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Meshing
Geometry Cleanup Meshing Toolbox
Small curves and extraneous points are
captured in the mesh
New feature removal tools to
permanently remove them
Similar to composite curves and
composite surfaces, but done at a
geometric (Parasolid) level

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Femap 11.3
Overview
Preprocessing
Meshing
Solver support
Postprocessing
Performance

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Solver Support
Abaqus ODB Attach
First time support of ODB file

Attach to (instead of internalizing) Abaqus results
Uses Abaqus scripting interface
Supports prior version ODB automatically
Supports field output and recovery of job data including step and increment
files
Works like currently supported results formats including Nastran OP2 and XDB,
CSV, and Femap FNO
Fully compatible with all postprocessing functionality
Selected results can be internalized for data management purposes

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Solver Support
Nastran Results Enhancements
Output set titles existing
TITLE, SUBTITLE, LABEL,
SUBTITLE,LABEL
Title of the overall study
Default
Analysis Set Title
File Name
Nastran Title
Use static subcase IDs NEW
Track revisions NEW

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Solver Support
Nastran Results Enhancements
Output set titles existing
TITLE, SUBTITLE, LABEL,
SUBTITLE,LABEL
Title of the overall study
Default
Analysis Set Title
File Name
Nastran Title
Use static subcase IDs NEW
Track revisions NEW

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Solver Support
Nastran Enhancements
Nastran element quality checks
Interactive Nastran aspect ratio
checks for linear and parabolic plate
elements added
Interactive Edge Point Length Ratio
(EPLR) check for TRIA6
Linear plate Nastran element quality
checks are now available in meshing
toolbox and entity editor
API access provided for new Nastran
quality checks
New quality checks also added to
analysis manager NASTRAN
GEOMCHECK dialog

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Solver Support
Nastran frequency response enhancements
Read and write support for all Nastran FREQ entries
FREQ, FREQ1, FREQ2, FREQ3, FREQ4 and FREQ5
New solution frequency tab in Nastran dynamic analysis form
Created frequency lists available for any analysis set
Select Desired Nastran Format
Enter Required Data

Check box to Select Frequencies
for Current Analysis Set
Add Creates the List
Definition

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Solver Support
Nastran frequency response enhancements
Selected frequency list definitions are written to analysis set
FREQ
3.1481722.1564039.1646357.1728675.181099321.8610621.90752+
+
22.2562823.0755723.1246123.4927424.2900724.34169 24.729225.50457+
+
25.5587825.7196225.9656626.7190826.7758627.1484827.2021228.57735+
+
30.0062231.43509
FREQ2
3 200. 300.
5
FREQ4
3 200. 300. .1
3

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Solver Support
Non-zero constraints SPC in constraint set

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Solver Support
Spring/Damper to Ground
elements (CBUSH)
NX Nastran documentation:
If GA and GB are coincident, or
if GB is blank, then CID must
be specified. When GB is
blank, a grounded spring and
damper is created at GA
In addition, DOF Spring to
Ground elements are now
available (CELAS2)

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Solver Support
Solver Launch Control
Configure multiple solvers within Femap

Avoids DOS environment variables
Add additional command line options
Each analysis set can be connected to a
different solver option
Integrated (Femap with NX Nastran)
Enterprise via linked solver
VisQ for remote batch solving

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Solver Support
NX Nastran Solution Control
Additional command line access
Default from file preferences
Additional GPU control expect more
options as they become available

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Solver Support
ANSYS Command Input
ANSYS version from Femap setting
ANSYS product license option
Choose including input text in output
text
Jobname and output directory
Database and workspace memory
Additional command line arguments
Input shown in the tree of analysis

manager

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Solver Support
ANSYS Analysis Monitor
Same look/feel as
NX Nastran
Switch between
output text file and
error file

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Solver Support
LS-DYNA Translator
Added support for non-zero
constraints
Added remaining fields for MAT_54
and will now accept CRIT=0
Suppress automatic output of
*CONTROL_SOLUTION card
Limit number of coordinate system
translation messages via max
repeated errors field of preferences
messages tab
From analysis manager, provide
ability to define fields of
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_AUTO and
*CONTROL_IMPLICIT_GENERAL
Contact card comments now contain
connector and property titles
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Solver Support
ANSYS & Abaqus CBUSH/PBUSH Input
General Issue: ANSYS and Abaqus do not have an element which exactly
matches the (CBUSH/PBUSH in Nastran) Spring/Damper element in Femap
Additional Requirement: Spring/Damper elements must behave like
CBUSH/PBUSH when solved with ANSYS or Abaqus, otherwise different
results are calculated
Possible Solution: Simply include stiffness and damping of Spring/Damper
elements when creating input files for ANSYS or Abaqus
Our Solution: Spring/Damper elements are written as MATRIX27 elements for
ANSYS; written as *MATRIX INPUT for Abaqus; with matrix values (stiffness
and/or damping) calculated using the same approach as CBUSH/PBUSH
Limitation: nonlinearity and frequency dependency are ignored, as the matrix
entries are calculated only once
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Solver Support

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Solver Support
Element Stiffness:
ET,3,MATRIX27,0,0,4
!kopt1=0, positive definite/semi-positive

!kop2=0, symmetrical
!kop3=4, stiffness
ANSYS element type number, incremented automatically in Femap

Element Stiffness Matrix: R,3
!3=real constants number
RMODIF,3,1,K(1,1)
!K11 @ 1
12
1 2 3
RMODIF,3,2,K(1,2)
!K12 @ 2
13 14
23
24
33
RMODIF,3,3,K(1,3)
!K13 @ 3
y
76 77
RMODIF,3,12,K(1,12)
!K(1,12) @12
m
78
RMODIF,3,78,K(12,12) !K(12,12) @78

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Solver Support
Element Damping:
ET,4,MATRIX27,0,0,5
!kopt1=0, positive definite/semi-positive

!kop2=0, symmetrical
!kop3=5, damping
ANSYS element type number, incremented automatically in Femap

Element Damping Matrix: R,4
!4=real constants number
RMODIF,4,1,B(1,1)
!B11 @ 1
12
1 2 3
RMODIF,4,2,B(1,2)
!B12 @ 2
13 14
23
24
33
RMODIF,4,3,B(1,3)
!B13 @ 3
y
76 77
RMODIF,4,12,B(1,12)
!B(1,12) @12
m
78
RMODIF,4,78,B(12,12) !B(12,12) @78

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Solver Support
One CBUSH element verification
Set 1: NX Nastran Set 2: ANSYS Set 3: Abaqus

Results are same.

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Solver Support
ANSYS CBUSH/PBUSH Input
Transient analysis of a hinge verification
NX Nastran stress
ANSYS stress

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Solver Support
CBUSH Translation Notes
For ANSYS:
PBUSH to MATRIX27. K and B to two elements, one for K, another for B.
SPRING/DAMPER to COMBI14.
To Ground: creating a dummy node and apply D,dummyNode,ALL,ALL.
For Abaqus:
PBUSH to *MATRIX INPUT, *MATRIX ASSEMBLE. K and B, two matrices.
Spring (K input) to SPRING2/A, Damper (B input) to DASHPOT2/A.
PBUSH to Ground, only top-left quarter (11) sub-matrix is written.
SPRING to Ground (K input) to SPRING1.
Damper to Ground (B input) to DASHPOT1.
*MATRIX INPUT, *MATRIX ASSEMBLE not applicable to analysis other than
statics/mode, for other analysis, CBUSH is not translated and warning is issued.

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Solver Support
MATRIX27 input from Femap
Because PBUSH is translated to MATRIX27 of ANSYS and MATRIX27 is 12x12,
A 12x12 matrix (K,B,M) is added to Femap to handle its input from Femap
Still keep 6x6 matrix input.

A switch to12x12.
Choice of K,B,M.
Accessed
here

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Solver Support
MATRIX27 input from FEMAP
A switch to 6x6.
Choice of K,B,M.
Values filled after reading hindge.ans into Femap.

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Solver Support
Nonzero constraints in ANSYS
Nonzero constraints were added in Femap 11.3
Nonzero constraints are easily added to ANSYS as follows
D,nodeID,dofID,value
D,nodeID,dofID,value are read into Femap 11.3 and stored as a constraint
with nonzero value

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Femap 11.3
Overview
Preprocessing
Meshing
Solver support
Postprocessing
Performance

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Postprocessing
Arrow Plots
Contour Vector plots have been completely overhauled for v11.3 and have been
renamed Contour Arrows

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Postprocessing
Contour Arrow Plots
Automatic vector selection: the user specifies a single contour vector and Femap
automatically selects appropriate output vectors to display as well as the correct
orientation for relevant elements
Individual output vector selection is still available for advanced users

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Postprocessing
Contour Arrow Plots
On-the-fly results transformations: nodal, shell and solid results can now be
displayed in a transformed orientation without having to first manually create a
set of transformed results

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Postprocessing
Contour Arrow Plots
Individual component display: display of individual components can be
selectively be turned on and off without having to reselect vectors

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Postprocessing
Contour Arrow Plots
Automatic styling: based on the selected output vector, Femap can automatically
select the arrow styles that are the most appropriate for the type of vector
displayed. These settings can always be overridden by the user
Arrow Heads
Double Head
Single Head
No Head
Moment Head
Arrow Location
Arrow at Tail
Arrow at Center
Arrow Colors
Contour Colors
View Colors

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Postprocessing
Contour Arrow Plots
Automatic styling
Plate principals
Double-headed arrows
Located at center
Plate membrane
Single-headed arrows
Located at tip
Designed to show
directions for positive
shear flow
Beam axial / shear

Axial shown with
double-ended arrows at
center
Shear shown with single
headed arrows at tip

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Postprocessing
Contour Arrow Plots
Shear / resultant display: arrows can be shown as individual components,
resultants or selected axial / shear components
Total output vectors (i.e. 1..Total

Translation) are automatically paired
with the matching components and
shown as resultants
Component output vectors (i.e. 2..T1

Translation) are automatically paired
with the matching components and
shown as individual components

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Postprocessing
Contour Arrow Plots
Shear / resultant display
CBUSH forces in the element

coordinate system shown as
individual components
CBUSH forces in the element

coordinate system shown as shear
(Y force / Z force) and axial (X force)

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Postprocessing
Contour Arrow Plots
Output listing: when doing automatic vector selection,
List / Output / Contoured Results to Data Table command lists Contour Arrow
results to the data table as they appear on screen
All results remain sortable and entities can be highlighted, even when resultants
or shears are displayed
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Postprocessing
Freebodies
Glue and contact: support has been added for glue and contact results as
discrete freebody contributions
For decks created outside Femap, requires
BCTRESULTS or BGRESULTS case
control (automatically included in Femap)
GPFO table still shows an imbalance in the
total nodal summation, so same result can
be achieved by including the reverse of the
nodal summation contribution

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Postprocessing
Freebodies
Linear contact model
between hex and tetra
mesh, fixed at the ends.
50# cantilever load
applied to tip of hex mesh
Deformed plot showing

linear contact

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Postprocessing
Freebodies
Freebody plot using
applied, SPC, and
peripheral element
contributions on nodes
and elements of hex
mesh. Applied load is not
balanced
Contact contribution has
been added summation
is now in equilibrium

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Postprocessing
Freebodies
Freebody listing has been rewritten to consolidate commands and add additional
features
Single Dialog
v11.2.2
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v11.3
Postprocessing
Freebodies
Freebody listing
Consolidated into a single
dialog box
Interface loads can be sent
directly to the data table
Clipboard is a new listing
destination option for tab
delimited data
Listing of F06-style GPFO data
has been streamlined
Dialog remembers previous
settings

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Postprocessing
Freebodies
Freebody listing: interface loads in data table

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Postprocessing
Freebodies
Freebody listing
Choosing the clipboard output destination pastes tab delimited data to the
clipboard, similar to what is seen in the data table
Convenient for pasting to Excel or similar applications

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Postprocessing
Freebodies
Freebody listing: F06-style GPFO data

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Postprocessing
Freebodies
Default settings: freebody defaults can be set in Preferences / Results tab

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Postprocessing
Charting Enhancements
Enhanced support for analysis studies
Quickly create new data series
directly from the Model Info Tree.
Can be added to existing charts or
new ones can be created
Specify individual studies for

Vector vs. Output Set and Vector
vs. Vector data series

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Postprocessing
Data Surface Mapping and Miscellaneous
Customer requests
New APIs to map locations into data surface in same model:
MapOutput:GetOutputDataSurface(ds_id)
MapOutput:MapOutputDataToLocation(count, vXYZ, vValXYZ, vIsValid)
vIsValid returns 0 if no data map found
Fixed bug where data surface could become corrupted when using Data
Surface Editor
Fixed filepath name bugs in Qman

Validated license server functionality on CentOS v7

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Femap 11.3
Overview
Preprocessing
Meshing
Solver support
Postprocessing
Performance

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Performance
Performance Improvements
Addressed specific customer issues:
Nastran XDB Attach: composite element results 60x
Femap sets (API feSet object)
Accessed from your APIs and used internally in Femap are now 30x faster
adding and removing IDs
Expanding pressure loads on shell elements attached to a surfaces 240x faster

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Performance
Performance Graphics (PG)
Performance Graphics continues to evolve
Rigid elements: RBE2, RBE3, and RSPLINE elements are now drawn with PG,
including their DOF labels, independent/dependent symbols and arrows
indicating direction
Contour Style: arrows are now drawn in PG, together with their numerical data
Deformed Style: arrows are now drawn in PG, together with their numerical
data
Performance Graphics will be temporarily disabled when an unsupported
command is used (i.e., Dynamic Cutting Plane, Dynamic IsoSurface, etc), then
be enabled again after exiting the command

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