Contents

Introduction
FEMGV 6
Release History
Contents of the distribution CD
Extensions and enhancements in FEMGV 6.1-02
General
FEMGEN
Easier definition of interface elements
FEMVIEW
New UTILITY TABULATE RESULTS POINT command
Increase of the number of loadcases in FEMVIEW graphs
Extensions and enhancements in FEMGV 6.1-01
GENERAL
Database changes
Selecting the appropriate driver
Year 2000 Compliance
Dynamic Rotations
Menu widths
Viewports and Icons
Analysis with FEMGV 6
Combining models
Changes to keyfile
FEMGEN
Icons
General (multi-faceted) body and Tetrahedral meshing
Geometry Flip
Creating Transforms on the fly
Meshing
CONSTRUCT MERGE
Beam representation
Multi point constraints
The IGES translator
The ABAQUS translator
FEMSOL II
The ASAS translator
The DYNA 3D translator
The PHYSICA translator
Load definition
Forms
Beam elements orientation and offsets
Analysis type
General
FEMVIEW
Scanning loadcases
Scanning surfaces
Transforming results to local co-ordinate systems
Edges view
Lines
Graphing
Format for UTILITY TABULATE
Plotting
General
Known problems
Software problems
Change Summary