Selecting a Femap Input File

After you select an input file, the Femap component launches Femap and opens the selected model in it. You can then select the parameters that you want the component to use in your Isight model.

  1. Double-click the Femap component icon .

    The Femap Component Editor appears.

  2. From the Femap Component Editor, click the Parameter tab.

  3. Click Browse....

  4. Navigate to the Femap input file (.mod or.modfem ) that you want to use, and click Open.

  5. Click Launch Femap.

    The component launches Femap and opens the selected model in it. Using the Isight plug-in in Femap, you can select the input and output variables that you want to export into Isight.