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• Plastic strains is a must for material nonlinear analysis, I forgot to test it if is being showed by Mecway on material non lineal analysis.

  in Version 4 beta Comment by Sergio November 2015
• Hi, I use several programs along the day, and as Mecway is not the more used I cannot remember well the icon functions, so I finish using the menu or contextual menus to find the right function. I know what I need to do, but having a small text bell…

  in Does Mecway have the ability to apply a ramp force? Comment by Sergio November 2015
• I agree... but we are in 2015/6, is what interfaces "should" look to don't see as retrograd. Maybe Victor can manage to get few ribbons with separated tools like File, Mesh, BC and Postprocess. Regards

  in Does Mecway have the ability to apply a ramp force? Comment by Sergio October 2015
• Is possible to define a named selection of nodes (what I interpret as a group of nodes) with the slaves nodes and then use it to add a RIGID BODY definition as a custom model definition for solving in Calculix? I have tried, but the node set and ri…

  in Reaction Summation on Fixed Support Comment by Sergio October 2015
• Victor, sorry for my long comments: 1) You are right, I could use frictionless support for simmetry on non ortho planes. Maybe a simmetry bc (that applies frictionless support) be a good idea then. 2) Great! 3) Normally I want to include boundary…

  in Version 4 beta Comment by Sergio October 2015
• Hi, in Abaqus I can do this summatory, but sometimes is easier to setup a rigid body between one master node and all the rest nodes of the fixed side, so then is just to ask for the reaction in this master node. Is possible to do this in Mecway? May…

  in Reaction Summation on Fixed Support Comment by Sergio October 2015
• Hi, I keep testing, some more suggestions: 1) Is possibe to add simmetry boundary conditions? I know that is a fixed displacement normal to the plane, but for some people is more easy to have it directly. And what about a plane that's not coinciden…

  in Version 4 beta Comment by Sergio October 2015
• I agree with prop_desing, is great job Victor. I just see and solve the pipe clip example, is incredible the work that you have made integrating CCX with Mecway.

  in Version 4 beta Comment by Sergio October 2015
• Hi, I just downloaded and try, with very few time to test it. Two important things in my opinion: 1) When I try to download Chrome says me that this file can be harmful, and after my antivirus delete the file. I disable the antivirus (Symantec Endp…

  in Version 4 beta Comment by Sergio October 2015
• Hi! can we have a little sneak peek of the new features planned for V4? I guess that will be more integration with Calculix, will be the results postprocessed in CGX or Mecway? Best Regards

  in WISH LIST Comment by Sergio October 2015
• I would start using beams elements for the structure and shell for the fabric. I would stitch (coincident nodes or bonded contact) al the nodes between the structure and the fabric, maybe leaving free in the opposite side to the "wind". What kind of…

  in Modeling a tent Comment by Sergio October 2015
• Is a little complex problem, you have big deformations, contact and surely material plasticity. Have made in the past some test of a plastic ring being pushed in an outer can and results were not related with push in/out measured forces, simulation …

  in Insertion/ retention forces Comment by Sergio October 2015
• Hi, I'm in the same situation, as independient consultor comercial first line FEA packages like ANSYS, Abaqus or Nastran are well behind my budget (they cost about u$s 18.000 or more, plus 10-20% anual fee). Second line software? You think in FEMAP …

  in FEA PACKAGE FOR very SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES Comment by Sergio October 2015
• Hi, is there any scheduled date for version 4? Regards

  in WISH LIST Comment by Sergio October 2015
• Can you share the model? Maybe I could take a look and see what happens. Regards

  in Bonded Contact Usage Comment by Sergio June 2015
• Normally what I do is to use an external cad program to split the faces where I need to apply boundary conditions, then the mesher will add nodes to this surfacs. Also, if the mesh is fine enough you could go in Mecway to Edit/Circle Selection to ch…

  in Setting forces Comment by Sergio May 2015
• VMH, can I ask you why you want material nonlineal in your simulation? I meant, if you must desing your part for normal use lineal analysis should be enough, I switch to nonlineal when my customers ask me for the behaviour of the part after abusive …

  in Dynamic Response - Large deflection Comment by Sergio May 2015
• VMH, normally for nonlineal material simulations what we postprocess is strain and not stress. When you reach the nonlineal of your material the stress value will keep almost constant for the next increases of load (or displacement), but strain will…

  in Dynamic Response - Large deflection Comment by Sergio May 2015
• The last time that I worked with asemblies (modeled in NX), in order to keep the right position the quickest way was to export the asembly as an unique step file, then import again in NX (so it loose his creation history) and after that export each …

  in Version 3.0 released Comment by Sergio May 2015
• Congratulations Victor, I have tested the bonded contact feature and is really usefull. Regards

  in Version 3.0 released Comment by Sergio May 2015
• Hi, First at all, this is a great FEA software, I was using I-DEAS, NX-NASTRAN, ABAQUS and others, and for the price this worth the money. Two things to add in the wishlist: Material nonlinearity Contact analysis Thanks in advance!

  in WISH LIST Comment by Sergio April 2015