1.7.5. Special features

  • The contextual menu contains specific commands depending on the under-laying objects.

  • Easy selection of the units for the active result.

  • In order to work with a specific tool (animation control, meshes selector, etc.), it is possible to set the integrated pane hiding easily the other tools available.

  • Every pane for animations, meshes, results or preferences can be expanded or contracted. If contracted, then it is opened like a menu-button.

  • It is possible to create a new mesh by selecting some elements of existing meshes.

  • When creating the new mesh, it is possible to apply a translation or symmetry to the nodes.

  • List of nodes, elements and results, with the possibility of displaying them in the graphical screen.

  • Objects like vectors, main axes and local axes are drawn at a given density, avoiding to draw them on every node or element.

  • Option to draw the boundary conditions symbols.

  • It can read the results data from disk or recalculate it on demand. Only a few results data are kept in memory.

  • It can save all data on a file taking care of not rewriting the already written parts. Data is saved with the model or exported to a external file.

  • It allows full undo/redo operations.

  • It allows to create sophisticated animations by using an XML-file and an automatic creator form.

  • It is possible to export meshes and results to NASTRAN and VTK formats.