This API will walk you through the creation of simple pressure vessel that can have three different head configurations: 2:1 S.E.; 100%-6% F&D and 80%-10% Head. The user inputs the relevant vessel diameter and height and the API creates the parasolid vessel skin.

FEMAP does not currently provide a convenient way for creating circular areas. This API creates a circular area on any workplane currently in use. It requires a centerpoint and radius. If no workplane is currently specified, the API will create the disk on the default workplane, which is the x-y plane. This circular area creator is a subscript used in the gold bump analysis.

This API was written to make it easier to move and reorient user selected entities from 1 plane to another. Basically, Femap's standard Align command (see Modify / Align) is a 2-D move command along a vector. This can be frustrating when you really want to move objects from one plane to another plane (think 3-D move). The downloadable API requires the user to select an original plane, and a destination plane. The origin of the first plane is moved to coincide with the origin of the second plane. The first plane is then rotated 3 times so as to be oriented with the second plane. Thanks to our friends at Heath-Tecna for suggesting this novel API command.

This API program simply automates the extrusion of multiple surfaces. As long as the surfaces in question all need to be extruded along the same vector, this API allows you to do them all at once.

Often it is desirable to delete all unassociated curves and points from a model after geometry modifications. This API deletes all such unassociated curves and points.

Written by Andy Haines of the FEMAP development team.

These APIs generate new output vectors that summarize stress results across all plies within a layup. Additional output vectors let the user know in which ply and output set that the maximum values are found.

Often it is desirable to import point locations from a saved text file into an open FEMAP session. The API will import point locations in the x-y plane.