title.htm

Introduction                                                                                                                                                                                 5

Different Program Versions                                                                                                                                           5

Functionality                                                                                                                                                                   5

Invoking MAKROSARXE, MAKROSAE, MAKROSE                                                                                            6

Commands, switching control between AutoCAD and MAKROS                                                                        6

Programming interface                                                                                                                                                   6

Graphical output, OpenGL display lists (layers)                                                                                                        7

Filenames                                                                                                                                                                         7

Automatically saving of all data                                                                                                                                   8

Undo function                                                                                                                                                                 8

Element selection                                                                                                                                                            8

Graphical selection of nodes and elements within OpenGL                                                                                     9

External node and element Ids, Node elements                                                                                                        10

Demo files, Tutorials                                                                                                                                                    10

Demo installation                                                                                                                                                          10

Element types                                                                                                                                                                            11

Definition of macro elements within AutoCAD                                                                                                                  20

Commands processing the entire structure                                                                                                                       25

Overview                                                                                                                                                                        25

Command descriptions                                                                                                                                                25

Commands to generate new nodes and elements                                                                                                                33

Overview                                                                                                                                                                        33

Command description                                                                                                                                                  33

Subdivision of macro elements into finite elements                                                                                                          50

Overview                                                                                                                                                                        50

Command description                                                                                                                                                  52

Subdivision pattern                                                                                                                                                      63

Handling CAD data in VDAFS format                                                                                                                                 70

VDA surface interface (VDAFS)                                                                                                                                70

Handling of different VDAFS element types with MAKROS-A                                                                           71

Dialogs to handle VDAFS data                                                                                                                                  73

General commands                                                                                                                                                                  87

Overview                                                                                                                                                                        87

Command description                                                                                                                                                  87

Commands for graphical representation of the structure                                                                                             101

Overview                                                                                                                                                                      101

Command description                                                                                                                                                101

Commands specifying loads, constraints, element properties and materials                                                            119

Overview                                                                                                                                                                      119

Command description                                                                                                                                                120

Interfaces to FE-Programs                                                                                                                                                   139

General                                                                                                                                                                          139

NASTRAN – Interface                                                                                                                                               139

PATRAN Neutral File                                                                                                                                                146

Write ASCII files                                                                                                                                                         148

Read ASCII files                                                                                                                                                          148

Call interface function from DLL                                                                                                                              148

Development of special Interface programs                                                                                                           148

Visualize calculation results (Post processing)                                                                                                              148

Overview                                                                                                                                                                      148

Providing data for post processing                                                                                                                         148

Plot scalar fields                                                                                                                                                          148

Plot vector fields                                                                                                                                                         148

Demo-files,   tutorial                                                                                                                                                             148

Command Demo File                                                                                                                                                   148

Tutorial                                                                                                                                                                         148

Appendix A: Linux / Unix                                                                                                                                                     148

Appendix B: Keywords (Links)                                                                                                                                           148

 


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