Course Code: FEMAP301
SIMCENTER FEMAP API DEVELOPMENT
User Level: Advanced to Expert
Required Prerequisites: FEMAP101 / FEMAP201, working Femap knowledge, understanding FEM/FEA, and basic programming knowledge
Duration: Six 4-hour Online Sessions
Price Including Materials: $2,000
Registration Deadline: Two weeks before start date
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Course Overview
The Femap API Development course introduces advanced Femap users to Femap API in order to develop routines and applications. Topics covered will include the Visual Basic Programming language, working with the Femap code editor, Femap application and entity objects, debugging Femap API code, custom user interfaces, COM/OLE development and programming for Femap using Microsoft Excel.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course students will be able to:
- Create Femap programs to automate tasks as well as enhance basic Femap functionality.
- Develop routines and applications using Femap API.
- Debugging Femap API code, custom user interfaces.
- Use COM/OLE development and programming for Femap using Microsoft Excel.
- Familiarize you with programming environments and how to accomplish API programming tasks.
Who Should Attend
- Designers and engineers looking to automate Femap functionalites with API.
Course Materials
- Course notes
- Course exercises (including all required related files)
- Recorded lectures for all modules of the course
- Quizzes
- Discussion forums
Key Course Topics
Day 1
- Introduction
- Visual Basic/ OOPPrimer
- API Programming Window
- VBA Functions
- Custom Dialogs
Day 2
- Working with Femap output
- Using the COM interface
- Writing Excel/ WordReports with Femap
- Personalized Femap
- Loads
Day 3
- Femap application object
- Femap tool objects
- Dialog boxes and methods
- Femap entity objects
