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Shanna Hoppie

Good News Travels Fast

Last month, in our April newsletter, we announced that RecurDyn now has 500 corporate customers worldwide, based upon a press release from FunctionBay. We are happy to see that already over 250 news outlets have published this same press release with over 100 of the outlets in the US!

Below are a few of the outlets that have published the release.

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Registration for the 2019 MotionPort Users Conference

MotionPort is pleased to announce that the 2019 conference we will let you “have it your way,” and it will be held both as an on-site conference at our headquarters in St. George, UT as well as a live streaming event. You can choose the option that works best for you!

At this year’s conference you will learn about RecurDyn V9R3 (to be released at the end of the summer), participate in hands-on learning, and interact with other users to gain insights.

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MotionPort Participates in Regional Symposium for Research, Innovation and Creativity

Dixie State University and the Undergraduate Research Office in St. George, UT hosted the third annual Regional Symposium for Research, Innovation, and Creativity, in April 2019.

This Symposium is a forum to present cutting-edge research, innovation and creative projects in various formats, including talks, posters, performances, and displays. Students, faculty, staff, and members of the Southern Utah community were invited to submit abstracts and participate in this event.

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MotionPort Supports Local Mechanical Engineering Student Competition

MotionPort headquarters is located in St. George, Utah, a small town. Our small town has a university, Dixie State University, and Dixie State recently started a Mechanical Engineering program. Some of the initial set of students enrolled this semester in the Introduction to Design and Prototyping class. The final major project of the class was a design competition, held in the last week of regular classes.

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V9R2 MFBD Mesher Enhancements

RecurDyn V9R2: Mesher Enhancements

V9R2 now allows users to create Mesh faster and with better quality which allows for more accurate MFBD analysis.

Watch the videos below to learn more about the new functions in Remesh and Shell Mesh.

  • Use Current Shell Mesh Info: When creating a Mesh using Solid elements, users first create a Shell Mesh for the surface of a rigid body. After checking the quality of the created Shell Mesh and modifying it, a high quality Solid Mesh is created. This process can be done via the ‘Use Current Shell Mesh info.’ option in the Mesh dialog.
  • Remesh Improvement: Various improvements have been made to the Remesh feature. It is now possible to define a different Min/Max for each face prior to Remeshing. In addition, the ‘Fit to CAD Geometry’ option is now available for a Mesh created with Advanced Mesh.
  • Quality Check Improvement: It is now possible to check the Min/Max values for the ‘Element Check’ related items. The ‘Line Check’ function has been added to check the connection relation of the lines in the corner. Users can use a newly added tooltip display to check the ID of a low-quality element by selecting it in the dialog box.
  • Added functions related to Mesh Healing: It is now possible to integrate nodes, or to separate or merge elements to improve low-quality elements.
    • Node Merge: Ability to merge 2 nodes
    • Combine Shell3: Ability to integrate two Shell3 elements into one Shell4 Element
    • Split Shell4: Ability to split one Shell4 Element into two Shell3 Elements