I have an API provided by Siemens that writes out NASTRAN .bdf files from groups. However, it writes everything out in the large format. How can I modify the API to write out in the small format or is it a setting in Femap? When I export an analysis deck w/o using the API (File -> Export ->...
I'm writing a script to run in batch mode. I need to create a new material model based on an existing linear material model that's in the database. I know the existing model will have as a minimum EX(linear isotropic),NUXY,ALPX(secant-iso), and DENS defined at various temperatures but I don't...
I was running an Ansys model with nonlinear "features" using the nonlinear solution. I have carved out a portion of the model and removed all nonlinear "features" but when I solve it still runs in nonlinear mode. How do I turn nonlinear off such that I just run linear?