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    Formatting engineering notation in excel

    It is easy with the Custom Number Format per instructions at https://excelribbon.tips.net/T012874_Engineering_Calculations.html Basically, type in a format of ##0.00E+#0
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    Poking around in the ABAQUS manuals found an example that seems to fit. I found it in the Verification Manual Section 3.2.4. The sample input deck is named prrforc.inp. One trick it seems is this example is it does not use Base Motion like the prior examples I was working with. I still...
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    thread799-27257 I would like to r

    thread799-27257 I would like to run an ABAQUS Random Response analysis multiple base inputs. The info from derickdfc (previous post) covers the single PSD spectra input, but I have a mix of nodes with very high levels and others that are low. Unfortunately this option: *BASE MOTION, DOF=2...
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    Why do you like Femap?

    I should add to my prior post that at least the NX support of FEMAP is far superior to MSC. MSC has virtually no user support. The only period that we actually got assistance from MSC was during a period that we evaluated NEI. After the evaluation, they completely dropped us and never...
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    Why do you like Femap?

    outpost11 has it right. My company has both FEMAP and PATRAN. The new kids are encouraged to use and learn both with an emphasis on FEMAP. Everyone immediately picks up PATRAN and completely drops FEMAP. That includes the kids that take a class in FEMAP while learning PATRAN without...
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    Femap API for Length

    Thanks for the sample coding. However I am receiving the following error messages from FEMAP 10.3.1: Measure Distance Between Nodes Help Index View Options Play (F5) API Error (Line 9): Expecting a valid data type (eg. Integer). Dim excelApp As -->Excel.Application API Error (Line 10): Not...
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    Best Stress Schools?

    I would agree with Qshake on selecting a school with an Engineering Mechanics dept. Several US choices are, Virginia Tech, Univ of Alabama, Univ of Texas, Cal Tech, and Illinois Inst of Tech. The mechanics classes are way more important than the FEM classes. I've worked with a lot of...

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