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  in V.Misses stress across components Comment by davefo September 2016
• Sergio Both. If you select a node you will see the stresses from all the elements attached to the node, And a single node stress value. I would therefore assume that the the Node stress values are average of all the stresses in the elements a…

  in V.Misses stress across components Comment by davefo September 2016
• Sergio Thanks for your help Yes its a simplified model of a bolt, washers and nut. I thought this would be good enough to simulate a bolt, nut and washers, as the bolt model attached seemed over the top for what i was doing. Step files are…

  in bonded contact Comment by davefo September 2016
• Any chances of addition a number display to the cutting plane slider? how does this work. Is there a default position it starts from? I tried using it with the view set looking at the YZ plane by right clicking on the Red Axis. moving the sli…

  in Proposal for improvement Comment by davefo September 2016
• excellent solution. thanks victor.could this be done using a shell element?

  in Beam section to solid Comment by davefo September 2016
• Is there more guidance on using equations? I was hoping to be able to define loads relative to other loads using equations but don't know where to start. As an example if I define a load in the X axis of +50kN and apply it to one edge of a plate …

  in where's master nodes in constraint equation? Comment by davefo September 2016
• Sergio What do the autochecks do? is a report provided verifying that all the autochecks have passed? Dave

  in Object collision Comment by davefo August 2016
• Henrique I thinks you not seeing stresses because you have used a general section geometry were you have provided second moment of area section, this enables calculation of deflection and forces only. To calculated the stress value you need to defi…

  in General Section Comment by davefo August 2016
• found the reason for the calculix error. I had pointed the solver path to the actual ccx.exe when i changed it to point to the .bat instead it now works.

  in Beam Element to Solid Element in CCX Comment by davefo August 2016
• yes i was using internal solver produces the error. I thought the above was this worked with the internal solver, "though it's OK with Mecway's built in solver" when using the CCX solver i get the attached error. CCX version is 2.10

  in Beam Element to Solid Element in CCX Comment by davefo August 2016
• How did you analyse this when i try i get an error, see attached. Appears to not be able to analyse it as a 3 point beam member.

  in Beam Element to Solid Element in CCX Comment by davefo August 2016
• can i suggest reports are created in an editable file format like rtf or similar open doc format

  in Report generator? Comment by davefo August 2016
• if ribbon interface is implimented i think it should be optional and customisable like in autocad wher you can opt to use classic menu mode or ribbon. I personaly hated ribbons when they first came out in office etc because i couldn't find the comma…

  in Does Mecway have the ability to apply a ramp force? Comment by davefo July 2016
• could you add tooltip when hovering over load arrow or selecting node and rightclick which shows the values alternatively a checkbox for selecting load per node so if not ticked the value is divided between the nodes

  in Be careful when applying force Comment by davefo July 2016
• so which element gives the right answer and how do i work out what to use and when?

  in Element Types Comparison 02-29-16 Comment by davefo July 2016