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Installation & Licensing

  • System Requirements

    • What Are the StressCheck System Requirements?
    • What Is the StressCheck License Agreement?

  • Software Installation

    • Is There A License-Free Version Of StressCheck I Can Install?
    • How Do I Perform A Silent Installation Of ESRD Software Products?
    • How Do I Install ESRD Software Products On A Desktop Machine?
    • Are All ESRD Software Products Compatible with Windows 7, 8 and 10?
    • On Which Operating Systems are ESRD Software Products Supported?
    • How Do I Fix StressCheck GUI Scaling Issues?

  • License Server & FlexNet

    • How Do I Query the Path to My Current License File or Server?
    • How Do I Control Which Users Can Access License Features?
    • How Do I Point to a New License File or Server?
    • What If My Desktop Machine Gets "Cannot Connect To License Server System" Error?
    • What If ESRD Products Fail To Open With A Valid Node-Locked License?
    • How Do I Replace ESRD Software Licenses On A FlexNet License Server?
    • How Do I Install A New FlexNet License Server Dedicated To Providing ESRD Software Licensing?
    • How Do I Install ESRD Software Licenses On An Existing FlexNet License Server?
    • How Often Do ESRD Software Products Check Licensing?
    • How Do I Find My HOST ID For ESRD Software Product Licensing?
    • How Do I Remove References To ESRD Software License Pointers?
    • How Do I Specify My ESRD Software Product License File Or License Server
    • Can I Run My FlexNet License Server From My Desktop Machine?

StressCheck Usage & Implementation

  • File I/O

    • What's the Difference Between the SCW and SCP File?
    • What Can Affect Model Performance and Integrity?

  • Model Inputs

    • What are the 3D Bearing Load Requirements?
    • Can I Assign Material Properties to Bodies/Parts Directly?
    • How Do I Ensure My Model Assignments Persist?
    • What Intrinsic Functions and Mathematical Expressions Are Supported in StressCheck?
    • What Ranges Are Applicable for Offset, P1 and P2 (Min/Max) Inputs?
    • What's the Difference Between TLAP-Traction Options Near Faces and All Faces?
    • What is the Difference Between TLAP-Bearing Options IMO and Default?
    • How Do I Expand the Material Property Database?
    • How Can I Update All Model Sets?
    • What Are Some Tips & Tricks for Using Parts and Solution Configurations?
    • How Do I Move My Imported CAD to A Different Location?
    • How Do I Increase the Nonlinear Material Stress-Strain Plot Resolution?
    • Why Do I Have Duplicate Geometry or Mesh Objects?
    • How Do I Select Internal Surfaces for Locate Sets?
    • When Can I Use Rigid Body or Node Constraints?
    • How Do I Round A Parameter To Nearest Integer Value?
    • Why Do I Receive An Error Message About Associativity When Creating or Deleting Geometry?
    • How Do I Define and Assign a Bending Moment?
    • What's the Difference Between DeLast and Undo?
    • Why Am I Getting An Incorrect Load Check Summation For TLAP-Bearing?
    • Why Do I Get An Error Message During Application Of TLAP-Bearing?
    • How Do I Select the Contact Constant For Multi-Body Contact?
    • What Does StressCheck Professional Use As Its CAD Kernel?
    • What CAD Formats And Versions Are Supported in StressCheck Professional?

  • Meshing & Discretization

    • Can I Delete An Automesh Without Deleting the Global Mesh Record?
    • How Much Difference in Mesh Density Across a Contact Region is Acceptable?
    • Why Is There a Recommended Maximum P-level for Quadratically Mapped Automeshes?
    • What's the Difference Between Quadratic and Geometric Mapping?
    • How Do I Debug Problem Meshing Face Error Messages?
    • What Do the MeshSim Global Automeshing Parameter Inputs Affect?
    • What is the Size Input for Local Automeshing?
    • How Do I Troubleshoot Small-Feature Automeshes?
    • What Is The General Automeshing Strategy For A 3D Complex Solid?
    • What Are Some Tips for Automeshing 3D Cracks for Accurate SIF Computation?

  • Model Visualization & Display

    • What Can Affect Fringe Plot Rendering Rates?
    • Why Are Certain Objects in a Model Not Displayed?
    • What Are Some Tips & Tricks for Using Parts and Solution Configurations?
    • Why Do Small Features Sometimes Appear Distorted?
    • Why Do I Have Duplicate Geometry or Mesh Objects?
    • How Do I Select Internal Surfaces for Locate Sets?
    • How Do I Control the Display of Load Arrows?
    • How Do I Round A Parameter To Nearest Integer Value?
    • How Do I Use the Edit Toolbar to Select, DeSelect, Blank and Unblank Objects?
    • How Do I Use Sets to Select and View Groups of Elements and Other Objects?
    • How Can I Change My Display Format?
    • What Does the Object Resolution in View Controls Do?
    • How Do I Display Object Numbering?
    • What Is the Midsides Input, and What Does It Control?
    • How Do I Fix StressCheck GUI Scaling Issues?

  • Solver & FEA Implementation

    • Can I Solve Models with Mixed Element Mapping?
    • What is a P-Extension?
    • Are Element Distortion Effects Lessened at Higher P-Levels?
    • What Can Affect Model Performance and Integrity?
    • Is StressCheck Multi-Threaded? And How Are CPU Cores Allocated?
    • What Are Some Tips & Tricks for Using Parts and Solution Configurations?
    • How Do I Report the Final P-Level of Each Solved Element?
    • What's the Difference Between Quadratic and Geometric Mapping?
    • Why is a Nonlinear Solution Failing?
    • How Can I Perform a Compression Only Spring Analysis?
    • What Does the LAPACK Solver Error Typically Mean?
    • Can I Connect Elements of Different References (i.e. 2D to 3D)?
    • Why Is There a Recommended Maximum P-level for Quadratically Mapped Automeshes?
    • Can the Modal/Buckling Solver Be Combined with Multi-Body Contact?
    • How Do I Improve Stress Fitting Errors for 3D ITP Solutions?

  • Results Plotting & Extractions

    • How Do I Compute the Average Stress Over An Object?
    • What Intrinsic Functions and Mathematical Expressions Are Supported in StressCheck?
    • What Ranges Are Applicable for Offset, P1 and P2 (Min/Max) Inputs?
    • What Is the Interpretation of the Buckling Load Factor in an Eigenvalue Buckling Analysis?
    • Can I Use Formulaic Expressions for Results Processing?
    • How Do I Report the Final P-Level of Each Solved Element?
    • What Can Affect Fringe Plot Rendering Rates?
    • How Do I Check My Solution for Errors?
    • How Do I Combine Load Cases in Results?
    • How Do I View Radial and Hoop Stresses/Strains?
    • Why Are There Stress "Spikes" In My TLAP-Traction Application Surface?
    • How Can I Check Load Transfer, Equilibrium and Nodal Reactions In Results?

StressCheck Applications & Advanced Features

  • COM API & Automation

    • Can I Write Scripts to Automate StressCheck Professional?

  • Global-Local Analysis

    • How Is the Moment Summation in the Case Definitions Table Computed?
    • What's the Difference Between TLAP-Traction Options Near Faces and All Faces?
    • What is the Difference Between TLAP-Bearing Options IMO and Default?
    • How Do I Move My Imported CAD to A Different Location?
    • Why Are There Stress "Spikes" In My TLAP-Traction Application Surface?
    • What Is The Applicability Of TLAP-Traction?
    • Why Am I Getting An Incorrect Load Check Summation For TLAP-Bearing?
    • Why Do I Get An Error Message During Application Of TLAP-Bearing?

  • Multi-Body Contact

    • How Can I Improve Multi-Body Contact Efficiency?
    • Do I Need the Nonlinear Solver for Multi-Body Contact?
    • What Are Some Common Multi-Body Contact Issues?
    • Can the Modal/Buckling Solver Be Combined with Multi-Body Contact?
    • What are the Nonlinear Solver Limitations with Multi-Body Contact?
    • How Do I Select the Contact Constant For Multi-Body Contact?
    • How Can I Check Load Transfer, Equilibrium and Nodal Reactions In Results?
    • How Much Difference in Mesh Density Across a Contact Region is Acceptable?
    • Can I Solve Models with Mixed Element Mapping?

  • Nonlinear Analysis

    • When Is Incremental Plasticity Theory (IPT) a Viable Option?
    • How Do I Increase the Nonlinear Material Stress-Strain Plot Resolution?
    • Why is a Nonlinear Solution Failing?
    • How Can I Perform a Compression Only Spring Analysis?
    • Do I Need the Nonlinear Solver for Multi-Body Contact?
    • Which Nonlinear Solution Type (i.e. Material or General) Should I Choose?
    • What is Required in a Fastener Element Analysis?
    • What are the Nonlinear Solver Limitations with Multi-Body Contact?
    • Can the Principal Stresses Be Greater Than the Maximum von Mises Stress for a Material Nonlinear Analysis?
    • How Do I Improve Stress Fitting Errors for 3D ITP Solutions?

  • Fracture Mechanics Analysis

    • What Are Valid Extractions of Stress Intensity Factors (SIF)?
    • Why Are There SIF Drops At Free 3D Faces?
    • What Are Some Tips for Automeshing 3D Cracks for Accurate SIF Computation?

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