Hello,
I am trying to understand how Bearing AT works. In the manual, it says that the order of operations is:
1) Preprocessing mesh -> generates .bpf, .bof, .bif files (for ball bearings)
along with the .pch files from Nastran
2) Preprocessing contact -> consumes (unless otherwise stated) the .pch file to create a .bcf file and .bre files.
As I understand it, in the manual it says that the data for the bearings is precomputed and cotnained in the .bre files, but I managed to run a simulation whithout the .bre files in the working directory (or anywhere on the computer since I had deleted them by mistake).
How is this possible? Did I not understand something about how Bearing AT works? Are the .bre files not mandatory?
If possible, I would like a more thorough explanation of how the Bearing AT plugin works, regarding the files generation/deletion at least.
Thanks,
Josef
