In February 2020, ESRD presented a webinar titled “Mastering StressCheck: Practical Training Approaches & Online Resources for A&D Engineers” in order to provide a roadmap for success in StressCheck Professional.

With the release of StressCheck v11 in December 2020, ESRD unveiled a significantly improved user interface experience, a voluminous online documentation portal, and a re-written Getting Started Guide with a companion video tutorial. In addition, we’ve revamped our Getting Started page, with helpful links for member registration, licensing & installation, the basics of StressCheck usage, and other key links & resources. In short, it’s never been easier to learn StressCheck!

Below are a few tips and links to help you become more acquainted with StressCheck Professional and its latest features. Note: Customer-level membership may be required to access certain e-Learning resources. Not yet a customer? Contact us to get started with a trial evaluation or request pricing information.

New Tutorials to Boost StressCheck v11 Proficiency

To better explore the new features and enhancements in StressCheck v11, we have recently published a variety of video demos and tutorials to the ESRD Resource Library. Click any of the below links to view the latest StressCheck demos and tutorials:

• StressCheck Demo: What’s New in StressCheck v11
• StressCheck Tutorial: v11 GUI Improvements Overview
• StressCheck Tutorial: Getting Started Guide
• StressCheck Tutorial: Automeshing Controls and Refinement Guidelines (Customer-level login required)
• StressCheck Tutorial: Crack Front Automeshing/Auto Integration Radius Features (Customer-level login required)
• StressCheck Tutorial: Multi-Body Contact Solver Options/Plot Functions (Customer-level login required)

As of this post, 150+ StressCheck tutorials and demos have been uploaded to the ESRD Resource Library, with more coming soon! To view the full list of tutorials and demos, click the button below:

Introducing the StressCheck e-Learning Video Showcase

To shorten the learning curve for new (and rusty!) StressCheck users, we have curated and published a suite of 20+ e-Learning videos (Customer-level login is required). This approximately 4-hour e-Learning video collection provides an introduction to the technology and usage of StressCheck Professional, with selected presentations, tutorials, demos and practical applications.

The following introductory topics are covered in the e-Learning showcase:

• Why Use StressCheck?
• StressCheck GUI Overview
• Object Selection & Visualization
• Parametric Modeling
• Automeshing Tips & Tricks
• Traction & Bearing Loads
• Material Property Definition & Assignment
• 2D & 3D Stress Concentration Factors
• Multi-Body Contact Setup & Analysis
• Global-Local Analysis Methods, Tips & Tricks

The following is a short video on how to use the e-Learning showcase to gain proficiency in StressCheck Professional within a matter of several hours:

To view the e-Learning video showcase, click the button below:

Note: the e-Learning showcase is not a substitute for an instructor-led basic training course, it provides enough guidance and examples to get you comfortable with the software. To schedule a web-based training course with an ESRD instructor, contact ESRD Training.

Browse the StressCheck Online Documentation

The static documentation associated with previous StressCheck installations (Master Guide) has been replaced by a dynamic, responsive and media-rich documentation portal.

This searchable, user-friendly resource is available to registered customers, and is populated with helpful feature descriptions, relevant graphics, examples, links, embedded video demos and more! The documentation is regularly updated to ensure our customers have the latest content.

Check out the StressCheck online documentation by clicking the button below (Customer-level login required to view articles):

Note: a PDF of the StressCheck v10.5 Master Guide is included in the StressCheck v11 installation, and may also be accessed here.

As evidenced by our growing Resource Library, ESRD strives to provide the highest-quality support to our users, including categorical video demos, video tutorials, white papers and best practices.

To that end, in the past week we have uploaded more than a dozen new StressCheck tutorial videos to our Resource Library.  These tutorial videos cover a wide range of topics, including:

• Extracting gradients of stresses using a curve
• Improving mesh refinement at a specific region
• Formulaic fringe plotting
• Extracting results in Cylindrical coordinate systems
• Using sets for displaying element groups
• Improving SIF convergence
• 3D crack with curve refinement
• More!

We look forward to creating more StressCheck tutorial videos for you so that you can get up to speed faster and be more efficient.

Any suggestions for tutorial videos? Contact us!