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    FEMs are way,way TOO BIG and Create More Problems Than They Solve and Waste More Time Than They Save

    Which are the programs for which these days you only crash one or two ? Let me know so I can avoid buying one :O) My own models are always perfect [glasses], and most importantly, not too big, not too small. The problem generally comes if someone delivers a model which is enormous which you have...
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    FEMs are way,way TOO BIG and Create More Problems Than They Solve and Waste More Time Than They Save

    In recent years the 'capabilities of pre-post processing programs have generated an attitude that if the mesh can be made 10 times smaller then it should be done, regardless of if it is necessary or not ! I blame this on the move away from creating more than one model (each for it'0s specific...
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    MSc ... still a long way from it's APEX ?

    I've been checking through a nukber of posts (over the last 2 years or so) regarding MSc Apex. I've been reading up about it and it seems to be a bit of a 'let's throw out something, get people to start using it and then keep on bringing it up to current industry level step by step' sort of...

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