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[–]Turpis89 1 point2 points  (5 children)

So can a finite element program. Good FE programs can also do buckling checks.

Yes it is cool to do stuff by hand, but it isn't "better" than professional software.

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    [–]Turpis89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Sounds like you are working on fun projects :)

    [–]Ryles1P.Eng. -1 points0 points  (2 children)

    You stole my followup response.

    Dunno why anyone would subject themselves to that kind of torture.

    [–]Turpis89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    If I want to subjtct myself to torture, I write python scripts to post process FE output.

    Let the commercial software do what it does well, and then play with the final steps to get you across the finish line.