MAESTRO Support

General Questions 5

• What are the recommended graphics card settings?
• If the MAESTRO auto-recovery feature fails, can I still try to recover my model?
• How can I download the latest version of MAESTRO?
• Where can I find additional support for MAESTRO?
• Why aren't the MAESTRO folders removed from Start > All Programs after MAESTRO is uninstalled?

Pre-Processing 7

• How do stiffeners in a stiffener layout differ from a beam element?
• How is the additional stiffness treated when a quad or strake has a stiffener layout?
• When two EndPoints coincide at the reference or opposite end of a module, is there a difference between using a strake triangle or an additional triangle element?
• Can I sort the plate and beam properties and stiffener layouts in the strake definition dialog or the additional elements dialogs?
• Can I hide particular substructures and modules?

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Post-Processing 5

• With respect to stiffener tripping calculations, are the stiffeners defined in the stiffener layouts taken to be normal to the strake?
• How does Yield Stress (as defined in the Materials dialog) affect the analysis?
• What is the "Master Elements" option used for in the View Options dialog?
• When performing a natural frequency analysis, how do you view the participation factors and what do they indicate?
• How do I eliminate local distortion of boundary modules when applying end moments?

Licensing and Security Device 5

• How do I reprogram my hardware lock with new passwords?
• How do I transfer my license to another computer?
• How do I renew my maintenance and support contract or add modules to my license?
• I have installed MAESTRO 9.0 or newer; why doesn't my Sentinel System Driver and Protection Server show in the Add/Remove Programs dialog box?
• Where can I get more information for troubleshooting issues with a Network lock?