Various Enhancements

[RichardOliver4462]

1. When constructing beam element models show the loads and reactions, as per image below (from Cadre).

2. Enable applied load vectors to be shown, image load vectors below (from Femap).

3. Allow cross-section to be shown in results window for beam elements as per image - stresses shown on cross-section (image from Multiframe)

4. Allow identification of surfaces / objects i.e. if you select a surface it should indicate the associated material / property in the Nastran tree. This would make a model with a lot of different composite materials (tapers for example) a lot easier to review. I appreciate that the mesh colours asscoicate with a property but this is not always easy to identify.

[mahaboob515]

Hello Richard,

We have already received these new ideas in past and had been added to our Bug tracking tool JIRA as a potential improvement in a future release.

For 1 Issue: NASMECH -174

For 2 Issue: NASMECH -175

For 3 Issue: NASMECH -122

For 4 Issue: NASMECH -130

Thanks!

Mahaboob

[AndrewSears]

Thanks for improvement suggestions Richard.  Keep the suggestions coming!

Regards,

Andy 

[markdeckerZBQL7]

+1 for Beam 3D visualization like that implemented in Sim Mechanical.