Whatˇs New in FEMAP FEMAP 11.1.2 includes enhancements and new features, which are detailed below: Performance Graphics Layups Tools - Element Quality FEMAP 11.1 includes enhancements and new features, which are detailed below: User Interface Model Merge Geometry Meshing Elements Properties Loads and Constraints Connections (Region, Properties, and Connectors) Groups and Layers Views Output and Post-Processing Geometry Interfaces Analysis Program Interfaces Tools OLE/COM API Preferences FEMAP 11.0 includes enhancements and new features, which are detailed below: User Interface Geometry Meshing Elements Materials Properties Aeroelasticity Loads and Constraints Connections (Region, Properties, and Connectors) Views 11.1-2 Finite Element Modeling Output and Post-Processing Geometry Interfaces Analysis Program Interfaces Tools OLE/COM API Preferences FEMAP 10.3.1 includes enhancements and new features, which are detailed below: User Interface Meshing Loads and Constraints Views Output and Post-Processing Geometry Interfaces Analysis Program Interfaces OLE/COM API Preferences FEMAP 10.3 includes enhancements and new features, which are detailed below: User Interface Geometry Meshing Elements Materials Properties Aeroelasticity - New for 10.3! Loads and Constraints Connections (Connection Region, Properties, and Connectors) Groups and Layers Views Output and Post-Processing Geometry Interfaces Analysis Program Interfaces Tools OLE/COM API Preferences Whatˇs New for version 11.1.2 11.1-3 Whatˇs New for version 11.1.2 Performance Graphics  Added ability to use the Trace Deformation Style when performance graphics was enabled. Layups  Added Layup Title, Number of Plies, and Total Thickness to the layup representation displayed in the Layup Viewer. Tools - Element Quality  Updated how the Jacobian element quality check is calculated for Pyramid Elements. Range varies from 0.0 (Ideal) to 1.0 (Very Poor). If the element returns a value of 2.0, the element has failed the Jacobian element check completely and is likely invalid. To determine the Jacobian value, the pyramid element is first divided into two 4-noded tetrahedral elements by dividing the quadrilateral face at corners 1 and 3 (¨Element A〃 using corners 1, 2, 3, & 5; ¨Element B〃 using corners 1, 3, 4, & 5), then the pyramid is divided into two different 4- noded tetrahedral elements by dividing the quadrilateral face at corners 2 and 4 (¨Element C〃 using corners 1, 2, 4, & 5; ¨Element D〃 using corners 2, 3, 4, & 5). The Jacobian value is calculated for the 4 tetrahedral elements (¨A〃, ¨B〃, ¨C〃, and ¨D〃), then the minimum value is subtracted from 1.0 to determine the Jacobian value for the Pyramid Element. The Jacobian value is calculated the same way for parabolic elements as midside nodes are not considered at this time. 11.1-4 Finite Element Modeling Whatˇs New for version 11.1 11.1-5 Whatˇs New for version 11.1 User Interface General, Menu, Toolbars, Model Info tree, Meshing Toolbox, PostProcessing Toolbox, Charting pane, Data Surface Editor, Data Table General  Added ¨Performance Graphics〃 mode to improve performance of dynamic rotation and regeneration of large models. Performance Graphics may be turned on in File, Preferences on the Graphics tab. See Preferences for more information.  Added Layers/Groups in Tooltips option to include Layer and Group information in Tooltips and Rotate View About submenu to specify View Center options from the quick access menu (right-mouse click menu).  Enhanced Modify, Renumber... commands which allow Coordinate renumbering to allow the user to specify the Order using the +/- X, Y, or Z locations of each entity.  Enhanced the performance of Combo and List Boxes with lists of entities that have a large number of items. Also, enhanced performance of the Visibility dialog box. Previously, the dialog box could take longer than expected to appear when models had large numbers (50K-100K) of properties, materials, etc.  Implemented Query and Front picking for Coordinate Systems. Only works for coordinate systems themselves, not selecting nodes or points referencing coordinate systems. Menu  Added File, Merge command to File menu. See Model Merge (NEW for FEMAP 11.1!) for more information.  Added Tools, Measure, Distance Between Geometry command to Tools menu. See Tools for more information.  Added Geometry, Curve - Line, Between Geometry; Geometry, Solids, Sweep; and Geometry, Solids, Sweep Between commands to Geometry menu. See Geometryfor more information.  Consolidated all ¨Point〃 commands in Modify, Project submenu into the Modify, Project, Point command and all ¨Node〃 commands in Modify, Project submenu into the Modify, Project, Node command. See Geometry for more information. Also, added Modify, Renumber, Load Definition and Modify, Renumber, Constraint Definition command to Modify menu. Finally, added Modify, Update Elements, Rigid DOF command to Modify menu. See Elementsfor more information.  Added List, Output, Contoured Results to Data Table command along with the List, Output, Freebody Nodal Summations and List, Output, Freebody Nodal Summations to Data Table commands to the List menu. See Output and Post-Processing for more information.  Added Group, Operations, Generate Freebody Entities; Group, Curve, in Connection Region; Group, Surface, in Connection Region; Group, Node, in Connection Region; Group, Element, in Connection Region; and Group, Property, in Connection Region commands to the Group menu. See Groups and Layers for more information.  Added Help, FEMAP User Community option to Help menu, which links to the official FEMAP Community website, hosted by Siemens PLM Software. Removed Help, Using Help command, as it no longer applied. Toolbars  Added Distance Between Geometry icon to Measure icon menu of View Toolbar.  Added Layers/Groups in Tooltips icon to Selector Mode icon menu of Select Toolbar.  Added Renumber command to context-sensitive menus for Solids, Connection Properties, Regions, Connectors, Coordinate Systems, Materials, Properties, and Layups. In all cases, a dialog box appears requesting ID and selected entities will be renumbered using the Original ID method of the Modify, Renumber... commands. 11.1-6 Finite Element Modeling  Updated ¨Next Output Vector〃 and ¨Previous Output Vector〃 icons on the Post Toolbar to increment all 3 possible contour vectors if they are defined. Previously only the primary vector was incremented. Model Info tree  Added ability to toggle on/off the current count of various entity types using the Show Entity Counts icon in the Model Info toolbar.  Added ability to ¨scroll〃 through entities using the middle mouse button while the cursor is over the Entity Icons or Visibility check boxes now available while in another command, except View commands.  Added Renumber command to context-sensitive menus for Coordinate Systems, Geometry, Connection Properties, Regions, Connectors, Areo Panels/Bodies, Aero Properties, Aero Splines, Aero Control Surfaces, Materials, Properties, Layups, Load Sets, Load Definitions, Constraint Sets, Constraint Sets, Functions, Analysis Sets, Output Sets, Groups, and Layers. In all cases, a dialog box will appear starting ID and the selected entities will be renumbered using the Original ID method of the Modify, Renumber... commands.  Added Attach to Results command to context-sensitive menu for Results, which displays the Manage Results Files dialog box from the File, Attach to Results command. Meshing Toolbox  Locator tool - Added ¨With Poles〃 option when Search For is set to Surfaces. When on, the Locator will find any surface which contains a ¨pole〃. Typically only spherical or conical surfaces and planar surfaces of revolution around a point can have a ¨pole〃.  Geometry Editing tool - Added ¨Split at Closest〃 option to the ¨Edge to Edge〃 Operation. When on, will attempt to create the shortest possible curve using the two locations on the selected curves closest to one another. Also, added Pad Alignment and Add Washer options to the ¨Pad〃 Operation. PostProcessing Toolbox In the Contour Tool:  Added No Average, Centroid Only option for Data Conversion in the Options section when Style is set to Contour. Simply allows all possibilities currently available through the menus and dialog boxes. In the Freebody Tool:  Added ability to display freebody results in nodal output coordinate system. Only nodal vectors and quantities will be displayed in the nodal output coordinate system. Interface loads will still be in the freebody coordinate system.  Added Allow Alternate Vector option in the Freebody Contributions section for the Applied, Reaction, and MultiPoint Reaction contributions. When on, attempts to use alternate vectors if the Grid Point Force Balance vectors are not available for a particular contribution.  Added option to List Nodal Sums when using the listing commands in the Freebody Tools section. When used, summed values for Fx, Fy, Fz, Mx, My, and Mz at each node will be added to the listing using **SUM** as the Source.  Added Freebody Validation icon to Freebody Tools section. Model debugging tool that can be used to help determine if results requested for a given freebody exist in the database for the selected set of elements and/or nodes. It does not indicate that the results of a freebody calculation are a valid idealization of the structure being analyzed, as that is up to the individual user to determine. Charting pane  Reorganized the Chart Data Series dialog box into a tabbed format and added the Vector vs. Vector option as a tab. See Tools for more information.  Added ability to set the Font Size for the Legend, Chart Axis Labels, and Labels in the Chart.  Changed Show Tooltips icon into icon menu and added several options for syncing up the active graphics window to the data point currently showing the Tooltip and ability to control what is shown in the Tooltip. See Tools for more information. Data Surface Editor 11.1-7  Changed Copy Chart to Clipboard icon into icon menu offering three options, Copy Chart Image, Copy Chart Data, or Copy Chart Image and Data. The most recently used option will remain the default option for the current instance of FEMAP.  Moved the Title field from the Chart Title tab to the top of the in the Charting dialog box.  Added List Data command to Data Series context-sensitive menu to list the data from the Data Series to the Messages window  Added Show (Element/Node ID) in Active View command to Marker context-sensitive menu to highlight the entity in the active view using the current Show When Selected options, except always displays label. Data Surface Editor  Added Load Set Combination Data Surface to Create/Load Data Surface icon menu. See Loads and Constraints for more information. Data Table  Added Significant Digits options to Show/Hide Columns icon menu. Simply allows you to specify the number of significant digits to be displayed for values in the Data Table. The number of significant figures will persist until the Data Table is closed.  Added Sum Selected Rows command to context-sensitive menu for column headers. Displays a dialog box with the Minimum Value, Maximum Value, and Sum using data from the rows currently highlighted. Model Merge NEW for FEMAP 11.1! The File, Merge command allows entities from any model currently open in the same instance of FEMAP to be ¨merged〃 with the active model. At least two models must be open for this command to be available. To facilitate bringing entities into the active model, a number of overall Renumbering and Duplicates Strategy, Entity Selection, and Model Orientation options are available in the Model Merge Manager dialog box and will be described in detail later in this section. In addition, the top portion of the dialog box, the Entities to Merge list can be used to choose which entity types to merge into the active model using the check marks in the Entity Type column. 11.1-8 Finite Element Modeling If more than two models are open in the same instance of FEMAP, use the From Model drop-down to select the desired open model. The Entities to Merge list will update whenever a different model is selected using the From Model drop-down. The To Model field is always gray and simply displays the name of the active model. Entities to Merge list Contains a list of the entities to merge into the active model with columns for Entity Type, Current IDs, Merge IDs, Renumber To, and Renumbering. Use the All On or All Off buttons to check/uncheck all of the Entity Type check boxes for all entities in the list. Once the Entities to Merge list is filled, the row(s) must be highlighted for any of the options in the Renumbering and Duplicates Strategy and/or Entity Selection sections to take effect. Multiple rows may be selected for update (Hold the CTRL key when you click to choose multiple entity types one at a time or the SHIFT key to choose a range of entity types). The Select All and Select None buttons are used to select/de-select all of the different entity types in the list. Once the desired rows are selected, choose the appropriate options and then click the Update Selected button and review the updated information in the columns. Alternatively, use the Update All button to update all entity types with the current settings for the various options.  Entity Type - column simply contains the name of the entity type and a check box which allows you to include or not include that entity type when merging.  Current IDs - column lists the IDs for each entity type in the active model. If the active model does not have any entities of a certain entity type, then this column will be blank.  Merge IDs - column lists the IDs found in the model selected using the From Model drop-down. The options in the Entity Selection section are helpful when trying to limit the IDs in this column.  Renumber To - column lists the ¨new〃 IDs for the entities found in the Merge IDs column. These IDs are based on the settings in the Renumbering and Duplicates Strategy section.  Renumbering - column lists the number of entities which will be renumbered. When they occur, this column will also list the number of ¨Conflicts〃 and ¨Overwrites〃 which will occur using the current settings in the Renumbering and Duplicates Strategy section. Renumbering and Duplicates Strategy This sections is used to specify how entities will be renumbered and how to handle duplicates.  None - specifies that entities should not be renumbered. This option can only be used effectively when the Overwrite Duplicates option is also selected.  Minimal Renumbering - specifies that renumbering should occur using the lowest IDs possible. If unused IDs exist within the range of Current IDs, this renumbering strategy will use those IDs. This is the default setting. Optionally, you can enter a value into the Renumber To field to specify a different starting ID. If the stating ID is not available, the next available ID will be used instead. For instance, if there are 20 elements in the active model and the elements are numbered 1-10 and 31-40, Minimal Renumbering would place the 30 elements found in the From Model into element IDs 11-30 (20 elements with the lowest IDs in the From Model) and 41- 50 (remaining elements in the From Model).  Block Renumbering - specifies that renumbering should be done using a block of IDs, based on the largest value for Current IDs. Optionally, you can enter a value into the Renumber To field to specify a different starting ID, but if the specified value is in the range of Current IDs, it will be updated to the lowest available ID outside the range. For instance, if there are 20 elements in the active model and the elements are numbered 1-10 and 31-40, the block of Current IDs would be from 1 to 40. Block Renumbering would place the 30 elements found in the From Model into element IDs 41-70, leaving element IDs 11-30 empty.  Offset Renumbering - specifies that renumbering should be done using the original Merge IDs plus a value specified using the Offset By field. For instance, if there are 20 elements in the From Model and the elements are numbered 1-10 and 31-40, using Offset Renumbering and entering an Offset By value of 100 would renumber these elements to 101-110 and 131-140.  Compress - specifies the Merge IDs should be compressed in an attempt to remove any gaps in the ID range of the From Model. Optionally, you can enter a value into the Renumber To field to specify a different starting ID. If the stating ID is not available, the next available ID will be used instead. For instance, if there are no elements in the active model and the elements in the From Model are numbered 1-10 and 31-40, Compress would renumber the 20 elements found in the From Model into element IDs 1-20. Model Merge 11.1-9  Renumber Duplicates - when this option is selected, any duplicate entity IDs will be renumbered to available IDs based on the selected renumbering option.  Overwrite Duplicates - when this option is selected, any entity ID in the active model which is also found in the From Model will be overwritten by the entity in the From Model. Entity Selection This section is used to limit the entities which appear in the Merge IDs column for each entity type. The Merge IDs are then used to populate the Renumber To and Renumbering columns based on the options set in the Renumbering and Duplicates Strategy section. In all cases, the desired rows should be selected before setting this option and clicking wither Update Selected or Update All.  None - specifies that no entities should be in the Merge IDs column. This option is really only used to clear columns in the selected rows.  All In Model - specifies that all entities in the model should be used to populate the Merge IDs column. This is the default.  From Group - specifies that only entities in the selected group should be used to populate the Merge IDs column. If an no entities of a specified entity type are in the group, the Merge IDs column for that entity type will be empty.  ID Range - specifies an ID range to use for all entity types (rows) currently selected in the Entities to Merge list. For instance, if Node and Element are selected in the Entities to Merge list and an range is entered From 1 To 100, then the Merge IDs column for both nodes and elements would show 1..100 (or 1..highest existing ID under 100).  Select - allows selection of Merge IDs for a single entity type using the standard entity selection dialog box. If multiple entity types are highlighted in the Entities to Merge list, only the entity type closest to the top of the list will be updated.  Add Referenced Entities button - adds entities referenced by other entity types currently in the Entities to Merge list. For instance, if Entity Selection is set to Group and the selected group only contains elements which have been sent to the Entities to Merge list, then pressing this button will add Node, Material, Property, and Layer entity types, and potentially some others, to the Entities to Merge list. Model Orientation This section is used to orient the From Model in the active model. In addition, options in the section control behavior of transferred groups, optionally create of a new group in the active model, optionally create parent coordinate systems for the merged model, and optionally limit certain entity types.  Create Group for Merged Model - when on, creates a group containing all of the entities merged from the From Model into the active model.  Create Parent CSys for Merged Model - when on, creates a ¨parent〃 Coordinate Systems in the active model for the entities found in the From Model. The number of ¨parent〃 coordinate systems created varies from one to three and depends on how many of the Basic Coordinate systems are using in the From Model. When only the Basic Rectangular coordinate system is referenced by entities, a single rectangular coordinate system located at the origin (0, 0, 0) will be created. If the Basic Cylindrical and/or Basic Spherical coordinate system is referenced by entities, then a single rectangular coordinate system located at the origin will be created along with a cylindrical and/or spherical coordinate system referencing the newly created rectangular coordinate system.  Condense Transferred Groups - when on, any groups brought into the active model from the From Model will be ¨condensed〃. See "Group, Operations, Condense..." in Section 6.4.3.2, "Group, Operations Menu" for more information.  Limit Loads, Constraints and Contact to Merged Entities - when on, will only transfer loads, boundary conditions, and connection entities from the From Model when the entities referenced by these entity types are also being merged into the active model. For instance, if a load set contains nodal loads on node 1 and node 10, but only node 1 is being brought into the active model, then only the load on node 1 will be transferred to the active model. Note: Great care must be taken when using the Overwrite Duplicates option. For instance, importing an element with the same ID, but of a different type could create a model which is invalid. 11.1-10 Finite Element Modeling  Transform Merged Model - when on, the entities from the From Model will be transformed using the From coordinate system found in the From Model to the To coordinate system found in the active model. Duplicates to the Data Table button - only available when the Data Table is open. When pressed, sends a listing of duplicate entities currently found in the Entities to Merge list to the Data Table. Each duplicate entity is listed in a single row with Entity Type, Entity ID, and Renumber To columns. Geometry  Updated Geometry, Midsurface, Automatic command to use Parasolid ¨face pairing〃 technology. Attempts to use face pairing technology in the Parasolid modeling engine to automatically create a midsurface representation of a solid part or between selected surfaces. The command requires you to select the surfaces, specify a Target Thickness (midsurface tolerance), and optionally set some additional settings You may want to click the Distance icon button to use the measuring tool to specify an effective Target Thickness. Any surfaces with a distance between them less than the Target Thickness will have a midsurface generated. When on, the pre-V11.1 Midsurface Method runs the three steps of semi-automatic midsurfacing (Generate, Intersect, and Cleanup below) at once instead of using the more advanced face pairing technique. Also, when using pre- V11.1 Midsurface Method, none of the other options are available. When on, Combine Midsurfaces simply performs a Geometry, Surface, NonManifold Add on the newly created surfaces in an attempt to create a general body, which usually aids when trying to create a mesh. The Face Pairing Options can be used in an attempt to create a more accurate midsurface representation: Combine Tangent Surfaces - collects all connected tangent faces, based on the Angle Tolerance specified, finds all faces opposite these faces, then creates a larger face pair set. By doing so, sheet metal parts and similar will midsurface faster and more accurately with the additional connection information implied by the larger face pairing. Reverse Face Pairs - simply reverses the two opposite faces or sets of faces in the face pairing algorithm. Turning on this option sometimes helps in achieving a better midsurface on complicated parts with a high level of curvature. If you are not satisfied with midsurface results, this option may help. Note: The Limit Loads, Constraints and Contact to Merged Entities option should only be turned off when merging a model which is very similar or identical to the active model. Otherwise, loads, constraints, and/or contact entities may be applied to random entities in the active model. Note: When using Transform Merged Model, the Output Set entity type must NOT be selected. If it is, the command will issue a message stating ¨Unable to transfer results when transforming a model during merge.〃 Note: The resulting midsurface created by the Parasolid face pairing algorithm will always be an constant offset from one face or the other. In some cases, this will require the user to do some additional modification of the geometry or mesh to account for non-constant offset regions in the model. Geometry 11.1-11  Added Geometry, Curve - Line, Between Geometry command Creates a three-dimensional line by using the minimum or maximum distance (or both) between two sets of selected geometric entities. For more information, see "Tools, Measure, Distance Between Geometry...". In the Distance to Find section, choose from Minimum, Maximum, or Both to select distance to use when creating the line(s). Select an entity type in the From section of the dialog box from Point, Curve, Surface, or Solid, then select the same entity type or a different entity type in the To section. Geometric entities for From and To will be selected using the standard entity selection dialog box later in the command. The Overall Only option found in both sections is on by default. When ¨on〃 in both the From and To sections, the command will only create a line between the two geometric entities used to calculate the Minimum and/or Maximum distance. If Overall Only is ¨off〃 in both sections, then lines will be created between ALL geometric entities in the From section to ALL geometric entities in the To section, based on the Distance to Find setting. If Overall Only is only ¨on〃 in one of the sections, then lines will be created between ALL of the geometric entities selected in the section where the option is ¨off〃 to the appropriate geometric entity where the option is ¨on〃.  Upgraded Geometry, Surface, NonManifold Add command to use new ¨tolerant modeling〃 capabilities available to create ¨General Bodies〃 when using the Parasolid Geometry modeling kernel. The Tolerance value now works much like a ¨stitching tolerance〃 and can now make slight alterations to the geometry in order to bring geometry together in ¨general bodies〃. For instance: Also, the new Incremental Checking option will check the body is valid after each sheet solid or solid is added to the ¨general body〃. If adding a sheet solid or solid causes the ¨general body〃 to become invalid, the command will revert one step to before the particular sheet solid or solid was added, then skip it and try to add the next one.  Added Geometry, Solid, Sweep command. Allows creation of solids by moving or sweeping one or more boundary surfaces and/or surfaces along a continuous path defined by any number of curve. The required input for this command is minimal. You simply select the boundary surface(s) and/or surface(s) that define the cross section(s) that you want to sweep, using the standard entity selection dialog box. Then with a second entity selection dialog box, you select the curves that make up the continuous path along which you will sweep the cross section. Before NonManifold Add After NonManifold Add 11.1-12 Finite Element Modeling Selecting the Path Even though you choose it after the surface(s) to sweep, it is important to understand the implications of choosing a path before you select the surface(s). The curves that you select for the path must form a single continuous loop - either closed (the end is also connected to the start) or open. They must not branch, or have any gaps. They do not have to be connected to the same points, but must have coincident end points. If, in addition to being coincident, all curves along the path are also tangent at their end points, the sweeping operation will maintain a constant cross section as it traverses the path. On the other hand, if you include nontangent curves, the corners will be automatically mitered to the half angle between the tangents of the curves. This, however, will result in a nonuniform cross section, and in some cases a cross section that is somewhat distorted. Choosing Splines in the Path You can use any type of curves in the path; however, if you are using the standard FEMAP geometry engine, this command cannot create a single swept surface along a spline. If you choose splines in the path, they will be broken into multiple line segments, and the cross section will be swept along these segments rather than the true spline. This will result in multiple surfaces. You can control the number of line segments by setting the mesh size along the spline prior to sweeping using the Mesh, Mesh Control, Size Along Curve command. Selecting the Cross Section Just as for the path, you can choose any curves that you want for the cross section. You do have to be aware, however, of the relationship between the path and the cross section. Here are some general rules to follow: 1. The boundary surface(s) and/or surface(s) must be positioned in space at the appropriate location relative to the path. This command simply extrudes and revolves the cross section along vectors which are defined by the curves you select as the path. It is up to you to properly locate the starting position of the cross section. The solids created by this command will be located wherever you start the cross section. All offsets from the path to the cross section will act as rigid links as the cross section is swept around a curve. 2. If your path contains arcs, make sure that your cross section does not protrude further than the arc radius to the ¨inside〃 of the path. If it does, the resulting solid(s) will be twisted as they are swept around the arc. 3. Typically you will want to create the cross section surface in a plane that is normal to the ending tangent of the path. If you do not, the cross section that you sweep will be a projection of the true cross section 4. If the cross section that you choose contains arcs or circles, and your path contains curves that are not tangent to one another, the arcs and circles will be converted to equivalent splines before they are swept. This is not a precise representation, but it is fairly accurate. It is required because of the automatic mitered corners that will be generated between the non-tangent curves. The cross section at those corners will no longer be circular, it will be elliptical (which must be represented by a spline)  Added Geometry, Solid, Sweep Between command. Cross Section Surface Path Curves Front View - Before Isometric View - Before Front View - After Isometric View - After Mitered corner where path was not tangent Path Curves Geometry 11.1-13 Allows creation of a solid between two selected surfaces. A single point on each surface is also selected and used as a reference. The selected points are used by the command to determine which curves on each surface should be ¨matched〃. The Sweep Type (¨path〃) used to create the solid may be Linear or Splined. The number of curves on the two selected surfaces do not need to match, but a similar number of curves tends to create a solid with a more predictable shape. When Sweep Type is set to Linear, ruled surfaces are simply created from each curve on the From surface to a ¨matching〃 curve on the To surface (From and To points shown as black squares):. When Sweep Type is set to Splined, a Blend Factor may also be used to control the shape of the solid. By specifying number larger than 1.0, the solid will closely follow the tangents of the normal vector at the centroid of each surface for a larger distance, typically causing more curvature near the center of the solid. Smaller numbers make the tangency weaker, therefore, most of the curvature will be near the original surfaces. The figure shows some possibilities (From and To points shown as black squares)  Added Add Washer option to Geometry, Curve - From Surface, Pad command. Note: A solid cannot be created between surfaces if either selected surface has any interior loops. Original Solids From Surface To Surface New Solid Original Solids From and To Blend Factor = 1.0 Surfaces Blend Factor = 1.25 Blend Factor = 0.75 11.1-14 Finite Element Modeling When the Add Washer option is selected, the same overall sizing of the ¨pad〃 will be used, but a ¨washer〃 will be added around the hole and extend to half the distance of the overall ¨pad〃.  Updated Mesh Sizes, Loads, Constraints... option in various Geometry, Copy/Scale/Rotate/Reflect commands to now also include regions of all types.  Replaced Modify, Project commands for points with single Modify, Project, Point command. This command updates the locations of points by moving them onto a selected curve or surface or onto a specified vector or plane. When you project points, any entities that reference those points may also be moved. The following dialog box is used when projecting points: There are two sections in the dialog box, Project Onto and Direction. The Project Onto section allows the user to select the destination of the projected points. The Project Onto destination options may be any number of selected Surface(s) or Curve(s), a single Vector, or a single Plane. The Direction section controls the approach used to project the points onto the destination.  Closest/Normal - generally uses a vector normal to the curve, surface, vector, or plane that is selected as the destination. Actually, this moves the points to the ˉclosestˇ location on the curve, surface, vector, or plane.  Along Vector - allows the user to select a vector to ˉproject alongˇ. This option will almost always result in the points actually being located on the destination entity, even if a secondary projection is required. One exception, if the projected vector from a point location does not intersect the selected surface(s), then nothing will happen. Project Onto - Surface(s) Moves one or more points onto any number of selected surfaces. The standard entity selection dialog box is used to choose the points to project. Then, simply select the surface(s). You can choose any number of surfaces, and the selected points will be projected onto them based on proximity and specified Direction. When Direction is set to Along Vector, the Both Directions option is available. When ¨on〃, the points will be projected in both the positive and negative direction of the specified vector. This allows you to attempt to project points which lie above and below a surface using a single command. Original Surface Normal Pad Pad with Add Washer Geometry 11.1-15 For Example: Project Onto - Curve(s) Moves one or more points onto any number of selected curves. The standard entity selection dialog box is used to choose the points to project. You then must select the curve(s). You can choose any number of curve(s) and the selected points will be projected onto them based on proximity and specified Direction. When Direction is set to Closest/Normal, the Extend Curves option is available. When ¨on〃, the curves extend past their endpoints toward infinity, or in the case of an arc, they extend a full 360 degrees. When ¨off〃, the points will be projected using the extents of the actual curve, which many times results in the projected points being located on the end point(s). For example: Project Onto - Plane Moves one or more points onto a single 2-D plane specified by the user. The standard entity selection dialog box is used to choose the points to project. You then must specify the plane using the Plane Locate dialog box and the points will be projected onto it based on proximity and specified Direction. If Direction is set to Along Vector, the vector is specified before the plane. Project Onto - Vector Moves one or more points onto a single vector specified by the user. The standard entity selection dialog box is used to choose the points to project. You then must specify the vector using the Vector Locate dialog box and the points will be projected onto it based on proximity and specified Direction. If Direction is set to Along Vector, the vector to ˉproject alongˇ is specified before the ˉproject ontoˇ vector. Projected Points Original Points Surface Original Locations Projected Locations Points projected onto ¨extended〃 curve Point projected onto ¨extended〃 arc Original Locations Projected Locations 11.1-16 Finite Element Modeling Meshing  Added several new options to the Mesh, Geometry, Solids command to improve tetrahedral meshing. In the Automesh Solids dialog box: Multiple Tet thru Thickness When on, the tet-mesher will attempt to place at least 2 elements through the thickness throughout the model. This will not split any elements on the outer surfaces, so if you need at least 2 elements through the thickness everywhere, try and size the solid so the surface mesh has at least 2 elements from one side of each surface to the other. Tet Sliver Removal When on, which is the default, attempts to remove tetrahedral elements considered ˉsliversˇ near the boundary. A sliver is defined as a tetrahedral when at least one angle less than 5 degrees. In most cases this will improve mesh quality and should only be turned off if there is a problem. Tet Optimization Sets an optimization level (mesh quality vs. speed) for the tetrahedral mesher. Using a higher value does not guarantee improved mesh quality. ¨3..Default〃 is the best compromise between speed and quality, while choosing ¨0..None〃 will simply not use do any optimization. Setting to ¨1..Minimal〃 will potentially create a lower quality mesh in less time, while ¨5..Maximum〃 will potentially create a higher quality mesh, but take longer. In the Solid Automeshing Options dialog box: Quadratic Mesher/Jacobian Correction When this option is on, the tetrahedral mesher will add the midside nodes during the meshing operation instead of midside nodes being added after the tetrahedral mesher has created 4-noded tetrahedral elements. The Jacobian Correction option is only available when using the Quadratic Mesher and, when on, will attempt to create elements with the best possible Jacobian element quality. Desired Edge Length - Min and Max Allows you to enter values for minimum (Min) and maximum (Max) desired edge length. Based on geometry, these values may not be attainable, but the tetrahedral mesher will attempt to use them as a guideline. Pre-v11.1 Tet Meshing The tetrahedral meshing in FEMAP has dramatically changed for version 11.1. This switch allows you to use the ¨pre-v11.1〃 tetrahedral meshing if you feel more comfortable with this mesher and associated default values.  Added Copy Method section to Mesh, Copy, Element command, with the default Copy Method being Along Vector which was previously the only option. The Normals and Normals with Thickness Correction options were added for planar elements only and work in the same manner as when extruding or offsetting elements.  Added Along Vector to Surfaces option to Mesh, Extrude, Curve; Mesh, Extrude, Element; and Mesh, Extrude Element Face commands. Elements 11.1-17 For the Along Vector to Surface method, you will be asked to specify the extrusion vector using the standard vector dialog boxes. The vector can be located anywhere but must have the direction that you want for the extrusion. You will also be prompted to select any number of surfaces to project the curves onto along the specified vector. For the Along Vector to Surface method, you will be asked to specify the extrusion vector using the standard vector dialog boxes. The vector can be located anywhere but must have the direction that you want for the extrusion. You will also be prompted to select any number of surfaces to project the elements onto along the specified vector.  Replaced Modify, Project commands for nodes with single Modify, Project, Node command. Has all the same options as the Modify, Project, Point command, described in the Geometry section. Elements  Added Pyramid as an Element Shape for Solid Element Type. May only be created manually using the Model, Element command or imported in from an analysis input file. Extrusion Mesh Size along curves Original Curves Extruded Elements Surface Vector Extrusion vector Extrude as Solids Original Line Elements Extrude as Plates 8 elements along length 8 elements along length Original Plate Elements 11.1-18 Finite Element Modeling Both the 5-noded linear pyramid and 13-noded parabolic pyramid are supported. Linear and Parabolic Pyramid elements are only supported for NX Nastran and MSC Nastran.  Added Modify, Update Elements, Rigid DOF Command Allows you to change the Dependent and/or Independent degrees-of-freedom for existing rigid elements in your model. First select the Rigid elements to update, then the Update Rigid Degrees of Freedom dialog box will appear to select DOF. The dialog box has two sections, one for the Dependent DOFs and one for the Independent DOFs. Both sections contain an Update DOF check box, which must be on for those DOFs to be updated, and check boxes representing the 6 DOFs available for update. When modifying RBE2 elements, only the Update DOF option in the Dependent section will be used, while both sections will be available for RBE1 and RBE3 elements.  Added Along/Between Path option to Modify, Update Elements, Material Orientation command. The Along/Between Path(s) option can be used to align the orientation angle to any number of selected curves based on the specified Project Method, which controls how the centroid of each element is projected onto each curve. Essentially, the center of the element is projected to the path, then the tangent to the path at that location is used as the orientation vector. When Project Method is set to ¨0..To Closest Location on Path〃, the normal vector is determined by projecting the center of each element onto the curves. When Project Method is set to ¨1..Specified Direction〃 the supplied vector is used as the normal vector. Entering a value for Angle From Path simply rotates the determined orientation vector around the element normal by the specified angle value. Properties  Added Nastran Elbow/Pipe Options section to Curved Tube property. Note: If a mixture of RBE2 and RBE1/RBE3 elements are selected, then the selected element with the lowest ID will be used to set the default state of the dialog box.Any non-rigid element is simply skipped. Loads and Constraints 11.1-19 There are Nastran specific options in the NASTRAN Elbow/Pipe Options section, which, when used, will write additional fields using alternate form of the PBEND entry for ¨Elbows ans Curved Pipes〃. When the Flexibility/Stress Intensification, FSI is set to ¨1..Default〃, only the Internal Pressure, Radial Offset, and Perpendicular Offset additional fields may be specified. Selecting any other option and entering the available values will populate other additional fields on the PBEND entry. Please consult the documentation for your version of Nastran to determine which FSI options are available as well as review information on specifying appropriate values. Loads and Constraints  Enhanced Load creation to allow the use of Data Surfaces when defining loads of the following types: Force on Curve, Force Per Length on Curve, Moment on Curve, Moment Per Length on Curve, Force on Surface, Force Per Area on Surface, Moment on Surface, Moment Per Area on Surface, Nodal Heat Flux on Curve, Nodal Heat Flux Per Length on Curve, Nodal Heat Flux on Surface and Nodal Heat Flux Per Area on Surface. For the load types that support it, this capability also works with or without the ¨Total Load〃 option.  Updated load expansion from geometry to a mesh for elemental face-based loads on surfaces (Pressure, Heat Flux, Convection and Radiation). Previously on large models these could an extended period of time.  Updated Model, Load, Combine command to allow a number of new options. Now enables you to create multiple load set combinations. Each load set combination will be used to create a new Standard load set or a new Nastran LOAD Combination load set based upon the following formula Load = A1Load1 + A2Load2 +刴 + AnLoadn 11.1-20 Finite Element Modeling The Combine Load Sets dialog box has five sections, Combine To, Set Type, Options, the From list, and the Load Set Combinations list, each of which is described in detail later in this section: Temperature loads will not be linearly combined. FEMAP will simply copy the nodal and elemental temperatures. If conflicting temperatures exist for the same node or element in the individual load sets, FEMAP will use the last temperature. Also, If loads exist on the same node or element in different sets that are combined, the resulting set will simply obtain multiple loads on that node or element, which can then be combined with Tools, Check, Coincident Loads. Combine To This section is used to select how many scale factors can be entered for each load set in the From list, along with controlling how the Load Set Combinations list is populated and which Options are available.  Single Load Set - only a single scale factor may be set for each load set in the From section. Also, a single load set may be sent to the Load Set Combinations list and you can choose to send the load to an existing load set, but you can also choose to create a new load set, which is the default.  Multiple Load Sets - any number of different scale factors may be set for each load set in the From section. Also, at least two load sets must be highlighted in the From section to allow them to be sent to the Load Set Combinations list. The Auto Zero Factors and Single Set Combinations options also become available and new load sets will always be created.  From Data Surface - the only item available will be the Data Surface drop-down, which is used to select a ¨Load Set Combinations Data Surface〃. New load sets will always be created. Set Type This section allows you to select the type of load sets that should be created by the command. All new load sets created during one use of the command will be the same Set Type. Choosing Standard will create a normal load set, while selecting Nastran LOAD Combination will create a load set which creates a LOAD entry when exported to a Nastran solver. See "Creating New Load Sets" in Section 4.3.1.1, "Model, Load, Create/Manage Set..." for more information on the different types of load sets. Note: The Multiple Load Sets option should only be used when multiple scale factors need to be set for a single load set. Otherwise, simply use the Single Load Set option. Loads and Constraints 11.1-21 Options Depending on the Combine To option selected, different options in this section will be available. To Set - only available when Combine To is set to Single Load Set, Set Type is set to Standard, and there is a single entry in the Load Set Combinations list. Allows you to add a single load combination to an existing load set instead of creating a new load set, which is the default. Title - allows you to enter a title which will be used for all new load sets created by a single use of the command. Data Surface - only available when Combine To is set to From Data Surface. Allows selection of a ¨Load Set Combination Data Surface〃 via a drop-down. See "Load Set Combination Data Surface" in Section 7.2.6.1, "Data Surface Definition Methods" for more information. Auto Zero Factors - only available when Combine To is set to Multiple Load Sets. When on, adds a ¨0.0〃 scale factor to each load set which has at least one scale factor specified, which creates additional load sets. For example, if Load Set A has 2 scale factors specified and Load Sets B and C have a single scale factor specified, and this option is on, the following combinations would be created: Scale Factor 1*A + Scale Factor*B + Scale Factor*C Scale Factor 2*A + Scale Factor*B + Scale Factor*C 0*A + Scale Factor*B + Scale Factor*C = Scale Factor*B + Scale Factor*C Scale Factor 1*A + 0*B + Scale Factor*C = Scale Factor 1*A + Scale Factor*C Scale Factor 1*A + Scale Factor*B + 0*C = Scale Factor 1*A + Scale Factor*B Scale Factor 2*A + 0*B + Scale Factor*C = Scale Factor 2*A + Scale Factor*C Scale Factor 2*A + Scale Factor*B + 0*C = Scale Factor 2*A + Scale Factor*B If this option is off, only the following combinations would be created: Scale Factor 1*A + Scale Factor*B + Scale Factor*C Scale Factor 2*A + Scale Factor*B + Scale Factor*C Single Set Combinations - only available when Combine To is set to Multiple Load Sets. When on, adds an item to the Load Set Combinations list containing only a single load set with a scale factor for each load set selected in the From list, along with adding all of the other combinations. If more than one scale factor is set for a particular load set, each scale factor times the load set will become an individual entry in the Load Set Combinations list. From list When Combined To is set to Single Load Set: Choose any number of load sets from the From list (Hold the CTRL key when you click to choose multiple load sets one at a time or the SHIFT key to choose a range of load sets), then enter a Scale Factor (Default is ¨1.0〃), then click Add Factors. If a load set already has a scale factor specified, clicking Add Factors will overwrite the scale factor for each highlighted load set. Once you have a single scale factor entered for each desired load set in the From list, you can use the Add Combinations button to add the combination to the Load Set Combinations list. When Combined To is set to Multiple Load Sets: Choose any number of load sets from the From list, then enter a Scale Factor, then click Add Factors. If a load set already has a scale factor specified, clicking Add Factors will add an additional scale factor for each highlighted load set. You can also use the ¨...〃 button to enter up to 10 scale factors at once for the highlighted load sets using the Combine Load Set Factors dialog box (use Clear Multi Factors button to clear the Combine Load Set Factors dialog box). Once you have the desired number of scale factors entered for each desired load set in the From list, use the Add Combinations button to add the combination to the Load Set Combinations list. Multiple combinations will almost certainly be added to the list and depending on the specified Options, the number of new load sets can vary quite a bit. The Remove Factors button will remove the entered scale factor(s) for each load set currently highlighted in the From section, while Remove All Factors will clear all scale factors currently in the From section. 11.1-22 Finite Element Modeling Load Set Combinations list This section contains a list of all the load set combinations to create after clicking OK in the Combine Load Sets dialog box. Each item in the list represents a different load set to create. If only one item is in the list, Combine To is set to Single Load Set, Set Type is set to Standard, and To Set is set to an existing load set, then that load set will be updated instead of a new load set being created. The Remove Combinations button will remove the combinations currently highlighted in the Load Set Combinations list (Hold the CTRL key when you click to choose multiple load set combinations one at a time or the SHIFT key to choose a range of load set combinations), while the Remove All Combinations button will remove all the combinations from the list.  Added Load Set Combination Data Surface to Data Surface Editor. This Data Surface has one very specific use, to create new load sets based on existing load sets. Each selected existing load set will appear in the Data Surface Editor as an individual column, while each new load set to create will appear as a row. Use the Set Type to Create option to choose the type of load set(s) to create, Standard or Nastran LOAD Combination load sets. See Section 4.3.1, "Create/Activate Load Set" for more information on Load Set Type. Combinations of existing Nastran LOAD Combinations load sets can be created by using the referenced load sets of each Nastran LOAD Combination at the time of creation in the new Nastran LOAD Combination load set. In the Options section, turn the Add Factors To Titles option ¨on〃 to append the title of each new load set with (ˉscale factorˇ* ˉexisting load set IDˇ, etc.) for each existing load set used by the new load set. If nothing is specified for Title in a particular row and this option is ˉonˇ, then the title will be (ˉscale factorˇ* ˉexisting load set IDˇ, etc.). If no Title is given and this option is ˉoffˇ, then the Load Set title will simply be ˉUntitledˇ. The Initial Number of Rows option is used to specify the number of rows, representing new load sets to create, which will initially appear in the Data Surface Editor after the existing load sets have been selected. After clicking OK in the Define Load Set Combination Data Surface dialog box, select the existing load sets to possibly use in combinations using the Select Load Sets to Use in Combinations dialog box, then click OK. The Data Surface Editor will now appear like this: Note: Only rows which contain a scale factor in at least one column will be used to create new load sets. If a row is blank, it will simply be skipped. Loads and Constraints 11.1-23 A SetID and Title may optionally be entered for each row. To include an existing load set in a new load set, simply enter a scale factor on a specific row in the appropriate column. Use 1.0 to simply include the existing load set with no scaling. Once all of the scale factors have been entered, click the right-mouse button in any cell and choose the Create Combined Sets command from the context-sensitive menu to create the new load sets. Context Sensitive menus for Load Set Combination Data Surface The Create Combined Sets option on the context-sensitive menu for cells is used to create the new load sets. All of the load set combinations currently defined in the Data Surface Editor will be created at the same time. Additional commands on the context-sensitive menu for column headers:  Activate - makes the load set represented by the column the active load set in the model.  List Load Set - lists information about the load set represented by the column including individual loads in the load set.  Sum Forces in Load Set - lists the load summation for the load set represented by the column using the same format as the Tools, Check, Sum Forces command. See Section 7.4.5.10, "Tools, Check, Sum Forces...".  Add Load Sets - adds load sets selected via the Select Load Sets to Use in Combinations dialog box as new columns in the Data Surface Editor.  Change Load Set - updates load set referenced by the current column in the Data Surface Editor.  Remove Selected Load Sets - removes the current column in the Data Surface Editor. Additional commands on the context-sensitive menu for row headers:  List Combination - lists information about the potential load set combination represented by the row including individual loads in the various load sets.  Sum Forces in Combination - lists the load summation for the potential load combination represented by the row using the same format as the Tools, Check, Sum Forces command. See Section 7.4.5.10, "Tools, Check, Sum Forces...". Example This type of Data Surface can be used to create 5 new load sets from 6 existing load sets. Simply enter scale factor values into various cells: Note: If no values are entered for SetID, the next available load set ID(s) will be used for the new load sets when they are created. If any values for SetID are the same as existing load set IDs in the model, a question will be asked, ¨Ok to Delete Existing Load Sets? Data Surface references Load Sets that already exist. Press Yes to Delete and Recreate them, No to Create New Sets.〃 If any values for SetID are the same as a load set currently represented by a column in the Data Surface Editor, then a question will be asked, ¨Ok to Combine? Combining will delete Load Sets used in this Data Surface and you may get no Loads.〃 Typically, this question should be answered ¨No〃. 11.1-24 Finite Element Modeling Once all the scale factors have been entered, select any cell in the Data Surface Editor, then right mouse click and choose Create Combined Sets. The following Load sets will be created from the Data Surface shown above:  Added ability to renumber Load Definitions and Constraint Definitions using the Modify, Renumber, Load Definition and Modify, Renumber, Constraint Definition commands. Available methods are Original ID and Type.  Updated dialog box for Model, Load, From Freebody command to include standard multi-select controls with check boxes and Title Filters. Connections (Region, Properties, and Connectors)  Updated the Connect, Automatic command The Auto Detection Options for Connections dialog box now allows you to choose which Connections Types the command should be trying to identify and create. Any combination of Face-Face, Edge-Face, and Edge-Edge may be selected in the Connection Types section. When either Edge-Face and/or Edge-Edge are selected, the Combine Non-Tangent Edge Connections option will also become available. When on, attempts to consolidate continuous curves located on the same surface or solid into a single Connection Region, if possible. If curves come together at a 90 degree corner, they will not be placed in the same Connection Region.  Updated all dialog boxes used to create the different types of regions to use ¨Add to List〃 and ¨Remove from List〃 icon buttons to add/remove single items from the list of entities. Also, the Delete button in all of these dialog boxes is now used to select any number of entities using the standard entity selection dialog box to remove from the list of entities. Titles Defined Add Factors To Titles = Off Titles Defined Add Factors To Titles = On Set Type to Create = Standard Set Type to Create = Nastran LOAD Combination Groups and Layers 11.1-25  Added support for using Solid Elements to define Bolt Regions using Connect, Bolt Region command. Solid Bolt Options Only used when Bolt Type is set to Solid. When Defined By is set to Nodes, allows selection of an existing coordinate system and an axis on the selected coordinate system to define the direction of the ¨Bolt Axis〃. When Defined By is set to Elements (SOL 601 only), a coordinate system, a direction, and a single node where the bolt plane cuts through (Ref Plane Node) may be specified. Bolt Axis CSys is written to the CSID field, Dir is written to the IDIR, and Ref Plane Node (when specified) is written to the GP field of the Nastran BOLT entry. Groups and Layers  Added Group, Operations, Generate Freebody Entities command, which creates a unique new group containing only nodes and/or elements for each selected Freebody entity.  Added Group, Curve, in Connection Region; Group, Surface, in Connection Region; Group, Node, in Connection Region; Group, Element, in Connection Region; and Group, Property, in Connection Region commands to add entities of the specified type used to define the selected regions to the active group.  Enhanced Group, Operations, Generate Solids to optionally include Connection Regions associated with solids along with mesh, loads, and constraints.  Enhanced Group, Operations, Generate command to add NonManifold Edges as an available Geometric Break as well as a Group Expansion section to include Elements Only, Elements and Nodes, or All related entities in the newly created Groups. Views  Added Performance Graphics Font button to the ¨Label Parameters〃 option in ¨Labels, Entities and Color〃 Category of View, Options command. The Performance Graphics Font button allows you to select a font when using Performance Graphics. The Font dialog box appears allowing you to select a Font, a Font Style, a Size, along with selecting a Script, if needed.  Added Performance Graphics option in the ¨Tools and View Style〃 Category of View, Options command. Allows you to specify options when using Performance Graphics mode. These options do nothing when Performance Graphics mode is not enabled. Significant Figures allows you to select the number of significant figures to display for real numbers, while turning on the Exponent option will show this numbers using scientific notation (i.e, 1.000E+3 instead of 1000.0). Filled Edge Offset is a value that can be used to bring filled edges of shell and solid elements forward so they dominate any line elements occupying the same space. To have the line elements dominate instead, set this value to a 11.1-26 Finite Element Modeling negative number. You may want to try a few different values until you achieve the desired result and there is no limit to the values which can be entered. Finally, the Performance Graphics Font button allows you to select a font while using Performance Graphics mode.  Added Load and Save buttons to View Manager accessed via View, Create/Manage command. The Save button simply allows to save the view highlighted in the Available Views - Selected View is Active list to the View library, while the Load button allows you to load a view from the View library into the model. Output and Post-Processing  Updated the File, Attach to Results command to allow attaching to XDB files from NX Nastran and MSC Nastran (both formats) and Comma-Separated files using a specific format. When NX Nastran or MSC/MD Nastran is selected, you will be prompted to select *.op2 files and/or *.xdb files. When Comma Separated is selected, you will be prompted to select *.CSV files. In order to attach to CSV files, the CSV files must use the extended comma-separated table format, which is outlined in Section 8.10.4, ¨The Extended Comma-Separated Table Format〃 of the FEMAP User Guide.  Updated Model, Output, Transform command to use a dialog box similar to the one used to specify the ¨on-thefly〃 transformations with View, Select and PostProcessing Toolbox. Also, this command now works with output in attached results files. Allows you to transform output that references global X, Y, Z components (like Total Translation, Reaction Forces, etc.) into any chosen coordinate system or into the nodal output coordinate system at each node. You may also transform plate element forces, stresses, and strains into the material direction, a selected coordinate system, or along a specified vector from the standard output direction. Solid element stresses and strains can also be transformed into a ca single chosen coordinate system or the current material direction specified for the solid properties of the selected elements. Note: FEMAP supports attaching to *.xdb files created by MSC Nastran using either the ¨HK〃 or ¨BBBT〃 format, while File, Import, Analysis Results only supports reading the *.xdb in ¨HK〃 format. Output and Post-Processing 11.1-27 When you choose this command, you will see the Transform Output Data dialog box: There are three separate sections, each used to transform specific output on specific entity types, along with some additional Options, all of which are described later in this section. Different options can be set in the various sections and these settings will only affect appropriate output vectors. These specified settings in this dialog box will persist until changed or this instance of FEMAP is closed. Once the desired options are selected, click OK to access the Select Output to Transform dialog box. This dialog box allows selection of any number of Output Vectors in any number of Output Sets. See Section 8.6.0.1, "Using the Select Output Sets and Select Results dialog boxes" for more information on using this type of dialog box. Unlike the on-the-fly transformations of output vectors available when using the View, Select command or the Post- Processing Toolbox, this command creates additional output vectors that will be added to the database. In order to visualize the transformed output from this command, you must set the Deform and/or Contour vector(s) in the Output Vectors section of the Select PostProcesisng Data dialog box or the PostProcessing Toolbox. Nodal Vector Output In the Nodal Vector Output section, you will find these options: