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So I'm trying the next tutorial. Eigenmodes of an elastic plate. The tutorial says to do: Before we can start the set-up we shoud make sure that the menus for Smitc solver are present. If not, they may be found in file $ELMERHOME/bin/edf-extra/elasticplate.hml To load these definitions do the follow...

Ok, I got a bit further. I actually got resuts. Not the right resuts but it's progress. One problem I have which is very specific and should be easy to answer is that the tutorial says to set: Model Equation Name = Elasticity Apply to Bodies = Body 1 Linear elasticity Active = on Calculate Stresses ...

Ok, I found what seems to be a great tutorial that gives examples of how to pilot the GUI. I tried tutorial 2 - a linear elastic beam problem. I follow the steps but when I try to solve the model I get the following error. At line 1295 of file ModelDescription.f90 Fortran runtime error: Bad real num...

Hello, I'm a new Elmer user. I would like to start with a simple problem- modal analysis of a plate. I managed to create a plate mesh with GMSH, the plate opens fine in Elmer GUI. Now what? Is there a step by step tutorial of how to navigate the Elmer GUI to run a modal analysis on a plate? It's not...