Comments

• Victor

  November 2015

  Hi waluyo
  
  I don't intend to add those features natively because they're now fairly easy to use through the open source CalculiX solver. For nonlinear materials, you still have to define the material properties by hand using keywords. Contact has a simple interface to set it up, similar to Mecway's native bonded contact.
• waluyo

  December 2015

  I have .inp with *plastic definition in the material properties or other non supported features in Mecway.
  
  Can I import in Mecway and run calculix from within Mecway environment? When I import the plastic will not appear in the material.
  
• Victor

  December 2015

  It's intended to be used starting with a .liml file, with .inp just as an interface to CCX. If you start with a .inp file, some features like *PLASTIC won't be read in and you would need to reconstruct them, like by adding them to CCX -> Custom model definition or Custom step contents.
  
• waluyo

  December 2015

  Thanks. I understand now.
  
  (a) If have a model in mecway and want to use unsupported feature (say *PLASTIC) and use calculix solver (from mecway interface), I have to redefined them using the calculix custom model definition. The way to do that is explained in User Manual Chapter 14.
  
  (b) If I import .inp file, the unsupported features from calculix will not be read. So if I want to run using the mecway calculix interface, I have to redefine the unsuported keywords by using custom CCX (right click).