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    solid-mesh contact Femap-Nastran

    Hi, You can use mesh / Edge Members command to create a skin (plate elements) for the core you meshed using 3D elements. Then define the correct property for the skin. No need for glued contact for this study. For the elements overlap you can define an offset for the skin elements...
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    Strength Safety Factor and Failure Analysis

    Hi, You are in the wrong forum. I see you are performing analysis with NX. Here is the link for the NX forum. Post your question there and NX people will help better than Femap users Link Seifeddine Naffoussi, Stress Engineer
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    Pick Query

    Hi, The pick query option is useful when you have some coincident entities (nodes, elements, curves, surfaces...). For example, if you want to list one of two coincident nodes, first activate Pick Query option, then List / Model / Node. Click on one node and a little window will appears with...
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    Post Processing and Corner Data

    Hi, I advice you to look at the Femap Help chapter 8.2.2.2 - Selecting Data for a Deformed or Contour Style Here attached an extract about the corner data. Seifeddine Naffoussi, Stress Engineer...
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    How do I add contact surfaces for a transient dynamic analysis

    Hi, Have you tried the surface to surface and edge to surface contact capabilities in Femap? Seifeddine Naffoussi, Stress Engineer
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    Compression only support

    Hi, You can use CGAP elements. Seif Eddine Naffoussi, Stress Engineer www.Innovamech.com 33650 Martillac û France
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    composite sandwich panel with 2d faces and 3d core

    Hi, Could you drop your model then we can look at it. Seif Eddine Naffoussi, Stress Engineer www.Innovamech.com 33650 Martillac û France
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    6066 Laminate Min SR

    Hi, To learn more about Strength Ratio calculation refers to this document: FEMAP\v111\nastranhelp\NXNastran\nast\misc\doc\docs\en_US\tdoc\pdf\User.pdf Chapter 24.3. Seif Eddine Naffoussi, Stress Engineer www.Innovamech.com 33650 Martillac û France
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    API - Remesh bar elements

    Hi, You can look at the existing API for dividing BEAM elements and simply change the prop.type condition to adapt it for BAR elements. FEMAP\v111\api\Element Update\Divide Beams Seif Eddine Naffoussi, Stress Engineer www.Innovamech.com 33650 Martillac û France
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    Help with Geometry Preprocessing

    Hi, Could you post your step file? Seif Eddine Naffoussi, Stress Engineer www.Innovamech.com 33650 Martillac û France
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    nastran nx femap - mass point

    Hi, Use a RBE3 element; connect independent nodes (only translational DOF checked) to where you mass is attached to the surface. Use a CONM2 mass element at the CoG location and create a property with the right mass value. That's all. Seif Eddine Naffoussi, Stress Engineer...
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    Force impact ball

    For the second question .step = .stp Seif Eddine Naffoussi, Stress Engineer www.Innovamech.com 33650 Martillac û France
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    output vector list for composites

    Hi, It should be the same results depending on what you've defined as a failure criteria (Hill, Hoffman...) You can refers to the laminate chapter to learn more on how Failure Indice is calculated for each criteria...
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    local mesh refining/updating

    Hi, Go to Mesh / Remesh / Refine. You can define the boundary nodes and play with parameters... Seif Eddine Naffoussi, Stress Engineer www.Innovamech.com 33650 Martillac û France
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    API - retrieving an array from a Femap command

    Hi, What about declaring s_normal as variant? Seif Eddine Naffoussi, Stress Engineer www.Innovamech.com 33650 Martillac û France
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