Tips & Tricks

Improve trimming with Overshoot

Trimming in PAM-STAMP can fail due to a too short trimming segment curve leading to not cut properly the blank mesh. This can be solved by using Overshoot option in PAM-DIEMAKER for CATIA V5.

PAM-STAMP solver 2018.0.1 - Troubleshooting

Recommended file exchange in case of unexpected solver stop without error message. MPI change in case plateform mpi issue in DMP

Conversion Files .fdb in .erfh5 on Network Drive

It is not straightforward to do the conversion Files .fdb in .erfh5 on Network Drive in Visual Viewer. In order to make it work properly, it is necessary to map network drive to the local machine. In this way, the files on network could be handled like on local machine and the conversion from fdb to erf will be working properly.

Crash when launching Visual on CentOS

On Linux, at moment of launching Visual-Environmnet, crash happens after having selected Visual Weld. It is possible to try following steps to solve the problem. - Launching Visual in debug mode - Downgrade GlibC to 2.12 - Install freshly NTP

Smart computing with PAM-STAMP

Tips and tricks to reduce computational time for PAM-STAMP input files.

Visual-CFD Frequently asked questions with solutions

This article collects several tips & tricks for Visual-CFD users

Coupling windows for postreatment visualization

When comparison between results is needed, coupling windows and synchronizing animations is a key tool.

Boundary Layer Mesh tool demonstration

Easily creating a connection between a tetramesh and an hexamesh is possible, using Boundary Layer Mesh tool.

Heat Sources in Sysweld

From finite element point of view, a heat source is modelled in SYSWELD by a volume density of energy named Qr (W/mm3) applied to elements, which move along the welding trajectory.

How to clean registry to restore files association

Clean the registries manually to fully use the files associativity from PAM-STAMP in the last installed version.