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1. Version 4 beta

   

   by Victor · October 2015

   9) That sounds like a much more sensible design. I hope to do that in a future version, and that would also allow the "what's wrong?" error messages to be appropriate to the solver which the

2. Does Mecway have the ability to apply a ramp force?

   

   by Victor · October 2015

   yes, I do expect to do that, maybe for the next version.

3. Version 4 beta

   

   by Sergio · October 2015

   10) What about supporting Nastran (now there is a free version available) and Impact in the future???

4. Version 4 beta

   

   by Sergio · October 2015

   a legend in the graphic window like "CCX version ... results" and obviously for Mecway's results as well, because now is hard to tell who has solved the problem. Another good text would be

5. Version 4 beta

   

   by Victor · October 2015

   A beta version of Mecway 4 is available at http://mecway.com/download/app/mecway40beta1.msi

6. Does Mecway have the ability to apply a ramp force?

   

   by Victor · October 2015

   Yes. Version 4 will have a pressure load which you can define by a formula as a function of x,y,z,t. So you can make a wide range of pressure distributions and combine them. I expect to release a beta

7. WISH LIST

   

   by hpp · October 2015

   At the moment I am tinkering with MecWay demo version. It seems to be a very useful tool in an education environment. Even small 3D-analyses are possible, so homework can be given to students. The pri

8. How many nodes can you work with?

   

   by [Deleted User] · October 2015

   Thanks Dave, seems like 100,000 nodes is the comfortable limit from what people are saying and my own experience. I don't think Mecway uses the GPU. I wouldn't hold your breath on that being implement

9. Insertion/ retention forces

   

   by Victor · October 2015

   that'll be easier to do in the upcoming version 4.

10. WISH LIST

    

    by Sergio · October 2015

    Hi, is there any scheduled date for version 4?

11. WISH LIST

    

    by Victor · September 2015

    Principal stress visualization is something that I realize is valuable but haven't got to yet. Maybe in a future version after 4.

12. WISH LIST

    

    by Victor · September 2015

    Version 4 will have an easy way to use contact with the CalculiX solver. The current version 3 already has "compression only support" which is contact against a rigid surface of the same sha

13. WISH LIST

    

    by Victor · September 2015

    Version 4 will have multiple selections for geometry surfaces but probably not the multi-select in the outline tree or quicker bonded contact setup. I know these features will be good but they're also

14. Shell and Solid Element Results Plot

    

    by Victor · August 2015

    I'm working towards that as part of a bigger redesign for the postprocessor but it probably won't be ready for version 4.

15. where's master nodes in constraint equation?

    

    by Victor · August 2015

    Thanks for pointing this out, rhoka. There's a limitation in that a node typically has to belong to an element to be included in the solution. I hope to address this in the next version.

16. Stress are way to low

    

    by [Deleted User] · August 2015

    you might want to try netgen instead of gmsh. just to make sure it is not the mesh. mecway uses a modified version of netgen. when mecway has crash issues meshing, I am able to get it to work in Ne

17. How to model a pin inside a link plate?

    

    by johnkent · July 2015

    VMH - I recomputed my version with just the bottom half and a similar color scale so that our results are quite similar despite this model only has 672 hex20 elements.

18. How to model a pin inside a link plate?

    

    by J_Marc · July 2015

    Yes, I installed python 3.5 the latest release but this version of Netgen likes python version 3.4. Thanks for the heads up. I didn't do a CAD model for the link plate. I created it in Mecway. As for

19. How to model a pin inside a link plate?

    

    by [Deleted User] · July 2015

    that error just means you need to install Python 3.4. if you installed the 32bit version of Netgen, install the 32 bit version of Python. vice versa, if you installed the 64bit version of Netgen, in

20. 250 000 tet10 elements causing any issues?

    

    by Victor · July 2015

    There's no difference in capabilities between the two versions except for the node limit on saving and solving. That number of nodes will usually slow down the graphics. Depending on the complexity of