"Indeed, meshing is not an issue ... as long as it "works". But often it does not. Meshing cannot "work" because, by definition, it has to deal with many unsolved problems of model repair, adapt…"
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Educational materials and references
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Many Scan&Solve users have asked for educational materials, references, and tutorials. Of course, the more you know, the more effective your use of the software will be. But it is an…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ian Boyd Oct 28, 2011.
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Vadim Shapiro replied to Bob Johansson's discussion 'A Baby is Born'
"Anthony, thanks very much for you thoughtful and insightful comments. No offense taken. I do not think that anybody was suggesting the compare S&S analysis capabilities with ANSYS which costs two orders of…"
Vadim Shapiro replied to Bob Johansson's discussion 'A Baby is Born'
"Thanks Bob. Very interesting. Would love to see some examples ... and see what Scan&Solve would do with them.
... so a better motto could be: " freeing employers from the oppression of the…"
Vadim Shapiro replied to Bob Johansson's discussion 'A Baby is Born'
"It is not exactly what the answer I expected. I was hoping to see some examples that are problematic in ANSYS because of meshing. But Ok then, at least we have a new motto for…"
Vadim Shapiro replied to Bob Johansson's discussion 'A Baby is Born'
"Bob, as a proud parent, I am not sure how to respond. On one hand, I do not want to brag about my children, but on the other hand I certainly do not mind others praising them. And some well-intended…"
Vadim Shapiro replied to Bob Johansson's discussion 'Rotational Velocity Loading- Wish List'
"Bob, you already have it -- under "body loads".
Here is the link to documentation http://www.intact-solutions.com/sns_documents/body.htm
And here is an older video showing its application (though the actual menu layout…"
Vadim Shapiro replied to Bob Johansson's discussion 'Meshing'
"The currently implemented version of Scan&Solve for Rhino requires the model to be properly constrained. "
Vadim Shapiro replied to Bob Johansson's discussion 'Meshing'
"Bob, Scan&Solve does not generate mesh of the MODEL, but it does discretize the model on a MESH OF SPACE. Think of the mesh as a 3D graph paper, each 3D cell serves an "finite element" -- in quotes because there are…"
Vadim Shapiro replied to Ernest McCrank's discussion 'Setup for earthquake scenario'
"I think that Michael needs to rest after the webinar :-) So let me answer. Obviously, you are not going to simulate a real earthquake with a linear static model of elasticity. Proper…"
Vadim Shapiro commented on Ian Boyd's blog post 'Thank You!'
"Ian, congratulations on the well deserved promotion, and best wishes for 2012! "
Vadim Shapiro replied to Sönke Kock's discussion 'Solid with Hollow Parts'
"Sönke, yes this is a known issue in Rhino -- at least according to this earlier thread which also suggests a kind of workaround; it may or may not be Ok for your purposes. As to your question on…"
Ian Boyd replied to Vadim Shapiro's discussion 'Educational materials and references'
"Excellento! - Thanks Vadim!
Ian"
Vadim Shapiro replied to Vadim Shapiro's discussion 'Educational materials and references'
"I do not think that benchmarks in general help to learn or enlighten. They could help build confidence, I suppose, but I would prefer to see benchmarks done by users and not by us. This would be much more…"
David M replied to Vadim Shapiro's discussion 'Educational materials and references'
"Vadim, what about some samples using NAFEMS benchmarks that are applicable to S&S' present capabilities?"
Vadim Shapiro updated an event
Scan&Solve Debut Webinar at PDT
September 8, 2011 from 9am to 10:30am
Please join Vadim Shapiro and Michael Freytag of Intact Solutions as they showcase Scan&Solve. The Scan&Solve plug-in allows for fully automated structural analysis, visualization, and exploration in Rhino. Their webinar presentation will explain the key concepts and ideas behind Scan&Solve, explain its uses, applications, and benefits, demonstrate its functionality, and discuss future plans for this breakthrough technology. …See More
Vadim Shapiro replied to Vadim Shapiro's discussion 'Educational materials and references'
"I hope that the few posted videos are helpful in at least getting going. But you are right that figuring out correct boundary conditions and applying them in a particular software is probably the most challenging part of any…"
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What is the most important feature of Scan&Solve?
Simplicity of operation. Over 80% of the several hundred users who filled out the feedback survey indicate that simplicity of operation is particularly important feature of the software. Surprised? Not reliability, not predictability, not freedom from mesh, and not even ability to handle complex NURBs geometry, which was selected by just over 50% of respondents and came in as a distant second important feature.
Now, keeping things simple is anything but… Continue
Now, keeping things simple is anything but… Continue
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 12:30pm — 5 Comments
Finite Element Analysis: (Mesh)Free At Last!
Over the last fifty years, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) has become the predominant tool in engineering analysis, offered by virtually all Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) vendors and used in a majority of analysis and simulation applications. Yet, the acceptance and adoption of CAE tools has been slow, largely because they are still difficult to apply to realistic geometric models. By all accounts, the main culprit is not the FEA method itself, but the process of preparing geometric data in a… Continue
Posted on August 22, 2010 at 11:30pm
Scan&Solve - twenty years in the making
That is right -- this is how long it took to transform a simple idea of in-situ analysis into a working commercial product. The fundamental principle is straightforward: once you have a geometric representation of a shape, you know everything there is to know about it, and should be able to compute whatever is needed directly from this native representation, without converting into something called "mesh". Why would anybody want to deal with repair, simplification, defeaturing, bad meshes, and… Continue
Posted on July 22, 2010 at 11:00am
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- At 1:54am on August 12, 2010,
Jan Slanina said… - Thanks for your reply. I am sure that Bob McNeel can you give good insight into Rhino market. As for our company - we have territorial exclusivity for McNeel products for Czech and Slovak Republic and we sold over 1500 Rhino licenses so far. I also localized Rhino and many other plugins and so I would like to do with SnS. Very important market are students and schools, we sold many hundred EDU licenses - McNeel has excellent EDU licensing. Best wishes for your product and thanks for your effort!
Bye,
Jan
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