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FEMforAD Tutorials
'Getting Started' - Simple Beam (pdf file)
Assembly Contact (ZIP file)
Steady State Heat Transfer (ZIP file)
Heat Stress (pdf file)
Elastic/Plastic (ZIP file)
Natural Frequencies (ZIP file)
Buckling (ZIP file)
Additional Help
LOADCASES
How to create, edit, delete, manipulate them
MATERIALS
How to create, edit, manage, use linear/non-linear materials
MESHING
Best practices, accuracy, speed, difficult geometry
Assembly Contact (ZIP file)
Steady State Heat Transfer (ZIP file)
Heat Stress (pdf file)
Elastic/Plastic (ZIP file)
Natural Frequencies (ZIP file)
Buckling (ZIP file)
Additional Help
LOADCASES
How to create, edit, delete, manipulate them
MATERIALS
How to create, edit, manage, use linear/non-linear materials
MESHING
Best practices, accuracy, speed, difficult geometry
Accuracy Benchmarks
Elastic, Frequency
Heat Transfer
Additional Resources
Bonus Material Definitions* - metals (ZIP file)
Copy these text files to the mechanical materials directory (default is C:\Program Files\FEMdesigner\FemDes\Materials\Mechanical)
*Material properties courtesy of Lew Merrick
Structural material properties template file
Edit existing materials or create your own. Explains the format of the mechanical material definition file, with an example.
Elastic, Frequency
Heat Transfer
Additional Resources
Bonus Material Definitions* - metals (ZIP file)
Copy these text files to the mechanical materials directory (default is C:\Program Files\FEMdesigner\FemDes\Materials\Mechanical)
*Material properties courtesy of Lew Merrick
Structural material properties template file
Edit existing materials or create your own. Explains the format of the mechanical material definition file, with an example.