FEA In CAD - Tech Tips
How to Define Contact in 2-D Analysis
How to Visualize Beams
How to Determine the Factor of Safety
How to Refine 2-D Meshes
How to Update Your ALGOR Software over the Internet
How to Sketch and Mesh 2-D Models
How to Work with Presentations
How to Apply Electromechanical Forces
How to Specify Options for Multiple Parts
How to Use Offsets to Combine Beam and Plate Elements
How to Use Modifier Keys to Rotate, Pan and Zoom
How to Use Probes for Results Labeling
How to Create a Midplane Mesh
How to Perform a Thermal Stress Analysis
How to Define a Local Coordinate System
How to Visualize Springs
How to Locate a Center Point
How to Add Line Elements
How to Match Parts of an Assembly
How to Couple Steady Fluid Flow and Steady-State Heat Transfer for Natural Convection (Buoyancy)
How to Use Display Options for Individual Parts
How to Sum Reaction Forces
How to Display Results in a Local Coordinate System
How to Specify Model Presentations
How to Inquire on Results at a Specific Location
How to Perform a Mesh Convergence Study
How to Couple Electrostatic and Heat Transfer Analyses for Joule Heating
How to Couple Fluid Flow and Steady-State Heat Transfer for Forced Convection
How to Create, Edit and Remove a Joint
How to Enhance a Surface Mesh by Using Refinement Points
How to Specify Display Settings
How to Translate ALGOR Model Databases
How to Model Initial Strain
How to Generate Solid Meshes for Thin Cross-Sections
How to Change the Light Source Location for a Shaded Display
How to Switch between Load Cases, Time Steps or Modes
How to Determine the Distance between Two Points
How and When to Take Advantage of Symmetry and Antisymmetry
How and When to Use Midside Nodes
How to Specify Selection Methods in the FEA Editor Environment
How to Move/Copy a Load or Constraint from One Set to Another
Understanding Degrees of Freedom
How to Show/Hide and Activate/Deactivate Parts of a Model
How to Change the View Using the Number Pad Keys
How to Select Multiple Objects
How to Create a Model Archive File
How to Preserve Small Gaps in a Model
How to Specify Beam Orientation
How to Use the Mouse Wheel to Rotate and Zoom
How to Specify a Load Case Multiplier for Heat Flux
How to Create a Custom Material Library
How to Customize a Report
How to Share a Report
How to Perform Linear Contact Analysis with Linear Gap Elements
How to Select Surfaces with the "Neighbor Objects" Command
How to Save User Preferences
How to Specify a Background Image
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