Siemens PLM Software version 11

Benefits Summary that allow suppliers to transfer model data • Significant time savings Femap™ software version 11 from Siemens confidentially. Femap 11 ships with NX with results data PLM Software is the latest release of the 8.5 and brings numerous enhance- management and robust finite element modeling pre- and ments that serve to strengthen NX Nastran postprocessing postprocessor for engineering simulation integration. In addition, there are many and analysis. Femap works in combination other customer-driven enhancements • Faster model manipulation with a wide variety of finite element analy- included in this latest version of Femap. with improved graphics sis solvers, including the industry-leading performance External results files NX™ Nastran® application, also from NX Nastran, MSC Nastran OP2 and NEi • Easier confidential transfer Siemens PLM Software. Nastran FNO results files can now be of model structural data The latest release of Femap, version 11, attached to the Femap database and using the external helps improve your productivity through accessed directly rather than reading and superelement method more efficient postprocessing by allowing importing the results data into the data- • Increased productivity when separate external results files to attach to base in a separate step post analysis. With updating or remeshing the Femap database for data access. externally attached data files, data access is legacy shell element models Graphics performance has also been improved significantly particularly when • Better results displaying and rotating large models. comprehension through Preprocessing now includes the ability to improved XY plotting create surface geometry from legacy shell element models facilitating modeling updates and changes. Postprocessing now includes a streamlined XY plotting capabil- ity that expedites results review and comprehension of model behavior. Version 11 extends the scope of simulation with support for external superelement cre- ation and subsequent assembly analysis

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Femap version 11

Features much faster particularly for analysis types structural data in matrix form only to main- • External results data file such as nonlinear or transient response tain confidentiality. Components of a attachment to the Femap that generate incremental results steps. model can be passed from supplier to OEM, database Consequently, productivity for post-pro- for example, in matrix form and assembled • Use of graphics memory cessing tasks is significantly improved. to build the complete model. However, that increases performance Also, multiple results files can be attached because the model data for the external of graphical data access and to the Femap database. Maintaining exter- superelements exists only in matrix form, display nal results data in this way minimizes the no FE model detail or geometry is included, • Support for external Femap database size and makes results thus maintaining complete model confi- superelement creation and data handing much more manageable. dentiality. In Femap version 11, the assembly analysis external superelement creation and subse- Graphics enhancements • Surface geometry creation quent assembly analysis are now supported Graphics performance in Femap version 11 from a shell mesh with all the requisite Nastran file manage- is significantly improved for dynamic rota- • Streamlined XY plotting ment and case control entities created tion of large models. Femap now uses more display automatically. This makes the process of of the graphics memory to increase perfor- creating and assembling external superele- mance for graphical access and display. ments less prone to error and much easier This is achieved through the support of to manage. Note that superelement assem- Vertex Buffer Objects (VBOs). VBO is an bly analysis requires a superelement OpenGL feature that allows vertex data to software license, however external super- be uploaded to the graphics card. The ver- element creation does not. tex data can therefore reside on the graphics card memory rather than the sys- Geometry from mesh tem memory, and can be rendered directly The task of having to modify legacy finite by the graphics card. element models, for which there is no geometry available, can be difficult and Another graphic enhancement is up to an time consuming. Femap now delivers a order of magnitude performance improve- method that helps you create surface ment in the dynamic rotation of large geometry straight from an existing shell models that can be realized depending on mesh, allowing existing FE models to be the graphics card, the amount of graphics modified, updated or remeshed much more memory and he model. easily. You can take an existing shell model External superelements and convert it into surface geometry, then Nastran superelements can be used to sub- remesh to create a new shell model that is structure a model for various reasons. topologically identical to the initial model. External superelements, an extension of superelement technology, provide analysts or suppliers a method of transferring FEMAP

XY Plotting Bolt preloads for solid elements Multiple output vector display In Femap version 11, the XY plotting Preloaded bolts can be represented by Results on multiple element types (line, capability has been streamlined, facili- solid hexa and penta elements to pro- shell and solid) can be displayed simul- tating XY plot creation to aid results vide more detailed stress recovery in taneously. Also, results on different data review and comprehension of and around the bolt locations. element types with the same topology model behavior post analysis. Femap such as beam, bar or rod can be dis- functions can also be viewed as well. played in one plot. The graphics have been extended, giv- Postprocessing Data dialog updates ing you complete control over colors, Filters have been added to the post- labels, formatting, etc. You can create processing data dialog to facilitate multiple charts and save them to the output set and vector data selection. Femap database, and multiple curves can be displayed per chart. Further- Database cleanup You can clean up a more, all of the charting setup and Nonstructural mass regions Femap database during a save opera- formatting capabilities are accessible in Nonstructural mass regions allow a tion to release any unused space and context with right-mouse-button click- mass definition (based on NSM enti- reduce the overall database size. ing, through the menus or via icons on ties) that is independent of the Add connected element selection the top of the charting pane. structural model and can be defined on geometry (curves or surfaces) or ele- A new selection method for elements The XY plots are based on series of ments (beams and shells). has been added to the entity selection data taken from the analysis results, dialog that allows you to select picked and can be filtered down to particular Material angle definition by material elements and all elements to which vectors or incremental steps for nonlin- coordinate system ID The material they connect. ear, transient or frequency results and angle can now be defined using a displayed for regions or subcompo- material coordinate system ID, making nents of the model. You can set up it easier to specify a material angle different groups for different data across many elements regardless of series, and for incremental data, you element orientation. can set the desired beginning and end- Acceleration load definition Static ing output set. Also, once the charts acceleration loads can be defined using have been set up it’s easy for you to Contact the ACCEL entity, allowing different Siemens PLM Software copy and paste them into a Word docu- acceleration loads to be applied over ment to help create a report of the Americas +1 314-264-8287 different parts of the model. Europe +44 (0) 1276 413200 analysis results. Asia-Pacific +852 2230 3308 Customer-driven updates NX Nastran support In addition to the main enhancements www.siemens.com/plm Femap 11 includes version 8.5 of mentioned above, there are also the NX Nastran solver, and supports numerous customer-driven enhance- © 2014 Siemens Product Lifecycle several new NX Nastran capabilities, ments in the Femap 11 release, Management Software Inc. Siemens including: including: and the Siemens logo are registered trademarks of Siemens AG. D-Cubed, Solid composite element Composite Mesh edge split Femap 11 introduces Femap, Fibersim, Geolus, GO PLM, structures can be represented by solid a new method of splitting a mesh with I-deas, Intosite, JT, NX, , hexa and penta elements that refer- the mesh edge split capability. Simply , Syncrofit, and are trademarks or ence the PCOMPS physical property identify two nodes on an element edge registered trademarks of Siemens and the MATFT definition for failure and the mesh will split propagating theory material constants. Product Lifecycle Management through the model splitting 1D, 2D and Software Inc. or its subsidiaries in the 3D hexa and penta elements. You can United States and in other countries. also identify certain nodes to limit the All other logos, trademarks, regis- split region. tered trademarks or service marks used herein are the property of their respective holders. 32348-Y3 8/14 A