User interface
- » standard desktop features - mouse driven, menus, dialogs, tool-buttons
- » well documented user manual, with step-by-step f.a.q's explaining every stage of the analysis
- » all the tools required for accomplishing the analysis are extremely robust and have been kept as simple as possible to not overload the user with confusing options from which to choose
- » material properties are defined seperately from the elements and then associated with the elements; associations can be changed at any time
- » boundary conditions are applied by selecting element edges/faces
- » visual feedback of applied boundary conditions with hide/display option
- » solids & shells can be extruded or revolved from selected element faces/ edges
- » easy to change the model from one type of element to another
- » zoom, pan, rotate, using the mouse or keyboard
- » principal view planes & trimetric
- » editable information about nodes, elements & boundary conditions
- » slider cut-away tool for internal viewing
- » files of components can be assembled together
- » human readable XML file format (.liml extension)