Many new features were implemented, so I decided to release PrePoMax as Release Candidate 1 (RC1). In this way, possible bugs can be fixed, and a more stable version 2.6.0 can be produced.
For the revolve mesh to work on models with a 180° geoemtry that touch the axis, a split line must exist along the axis. If a 360° full rotation is needed, the geometry must be an angle that exactly divides 360°: 180°, 120°, 90°, …
Any chance you could add horizontal lines showing the level below which the criteria are considered converged? It could be even just for the default levels of 0.5% and 1%. This would make it much easier to see how far we are from convergence.
I thought about it, but the dilemma was to get the correct limit values. They can be changed by the user, and I think they can be different for each step?
Yeah, that’s right. The easiest way would be to ignore the custom values and add a note that it only shows the default criteria. In practice, *CONTROLS are rarely used (or at least should be rarely used).
It’s not provided with PrePoMax, but you can download it from here: Releases · Luecx/FEMaster · GitHub (and just select its executable in PrePoMax settings).
No, local directions are only taken into account when creating a field coordinate transform.
In normal cases, the .frd results are in the global coordinate system. So the color contours and vector fields represent the same global coordinate system. I did not test what happens when a local coordinate system is selected for the field outputs. I had enough to do to make it work
My larger concern is that it is very hard to see anything if the mesh is dense. So I am thinking of adding some kind of spatial decimation (maybe based on zoom) or definition of sets for which the vector plot should be shown.
I’ve tried with Global=Yes/No and noticed no difference in the symbol plot for shells. Supporting orientations can be problematic due to how CalculiX stores the results.
I hope it will change soon