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Translating FE Model Data

 
Introduction
FE Model Requirements
FEA Programs and MNF Translation
Node Number Limitation
Attachment Points
Mode Selection
Units in MNFs
Constraints and Rigid Body Modes
Setting Up Translation Options through the MNF Toolkit
About the MNF Toolkit
Automatic Interior Geometry Removal
Automatic Modal Load (MFORCE) Nodes Optimizer
Automatic Mesh Coarsening
Advanced Automatic Mesh Coarsening
Manual Mesh Simplification
Invariants Computation
Optimized Units
Single-Precision MNFs
Optimized Formatting of MNF
Sparse Stress and Strain Modes
Rigid-Only MNFs
High- and Low-Pass Frequency Filter
Translating MSC Nastran Data
Using MSC Nastran 2004 and Above
Optimizing MNF Directly from MSC Nastran
Verifying the Model
Computing MSC Nastran Stress/Strain Modes
MSC Nastran XDB Support for Stress/Strain Modes
Shortened Stress/Strain Modes
Translating MSC Marc Data
Translating ANSYS Data
Generating MNFs from ANSYS
Special Considerations for ANSYS 5.6 and 5.7
Verifying the Model
Translating ABAQUS Data
Translating I-DEAS Data
Creating a Connection DOF Set
Meshing the Model
Solving the Model
Checking the Results