A new developer/preview PrePoMax version v2.1.8 has been released

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A new release version of the PrePoMax contains the following FEM features:

  • merging of coincident nodes
  • bug fixes

And the following user features:

  • bug fixes
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To merge coincident nodes, select Model → Node → Merge Coincident Nodes

The additional executable, which was called PrePoMaxCmd in the previous developer version, was renamed to PrePoMax.com. So, in order to use PrePoMax from the command line (console), one can call the program by its name alone without an extension. Windows first searches for the .com extension and then for the .exe extension.

The .com file was fixed so that it now enables the piping ( > ) of the console output to a file:
PrePoMax -r modelToRegenerate.pmx -g No > outout.txt

In the Models subfolder, the file Profile.pmx was modified to include commands for execution of the the analysis and output of the results to the .csv file. To test the new functionality, one must copy the files Profile.pmx and Profile.STEP to a desired work folder. Lets say c:\Temp. Then open the command prompt (cmd) and navigate to the work folder c:\Temp, so that the console shows the path:

c:\Temp>

Then, use the regenerate procedure using the PrePoMax.cmd file from the PrePoMax path (let’s assume the PrePoMax is located in c:\PrePoMax) as:

c:\Temp>c:\PrePoMax\PrePoMax -r Profile.pmx

To hide the GUI, the command changes to:

c:\Temp>c:\PrePoMax\PrePoMax -r Profile.pmx -g No

To output the console output to a file:

c:\Temp>c:\PrePoMax\PrePoMax -r Profile.pmx -g Yes > out.txt

After each run, there will be a file called HistoryOutput.csv in the Temp directory containing the selected history output (max von Mises stress).

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@Matej,

Is there a typo in the latest release of 2.1.8 ?

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Hmmmm. It is. The question is how to solve it.

I think I will rename the download link to 2.1.9 not to complicate things any further.

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