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Hello all,

Greetings from Toronto, Canada.

First of all, I would like to thank Matej and the team who developed such a complex software and made it available to everyone. Thank you for your generosity.

I have found PrePoMax about a week ago and started to learn how to use it.

I watched Matej’s and Jakub’s tutorials. Thank you for the efforts in explaining how to use it.

One of the tutorials I have used is Matej’s Basic Tutorial, Bracket.unv

I have two questions:

  1. In Set selection, the option: Surface angle has a field for angle (default is 30 deg) see image below. When should I change this angle. Matej left it as is.

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  1. When trying to run the analysis I get the following message:

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I have created an Element as Part and selected the bracket, but, it didn’t work.

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Would appreciate some advice if anyone has the time to explain.

Thank you,

Paul

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I fixed the images in your post.

  1. This setting can be used to control the propagation of selections. The angle is a criterion - the higher it is, the larger region is selected. Give it a try.

  2. There’s an unnecessary shell part in the tree. Delete it and assign the solid section to Bracket and it should work.

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Hello FEAnalyst, thank you for fixing the message and for the prompt help. Will give it a go now.
Paul

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It worked. Much appreciated.

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