Tips & Tricks

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.

Boundary Layer Mesh tool demonstration

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

How do I create an SEA cavity using shrinkwrap?

How to create FE acoustic cavities with complex shapes

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.

How to define frame manually for die compensation

Method to define manually frame used for projection in die compensation in processes where frame can’t be taken automatically from tool kinematics.

How to repair mesh nodes with node projection on arc or line

Guidelines to help to fix some local mesh issues by using new nodes projection tool in PAM-STAMP

Auto Empty Folders option in CFD-GEOM

When importing large models into CFD-GEOM, you may notice that certain entities listed in the Model Manager may have a red box around them.

Adding Baffles to an Unstructured domain in CFD-GEOM

While meshing the geometries of industrial significance like mixing tanks, reactor and heat exchangers, we may encounter baffles which have negligible thickness but significant area to impact the physics of the problem in terms of momentum and heat transfer. These surfaces may be free-standing or connected to other surfaces from the domain.