SimDesignerâ„¢ Workbench Edition - MSC Software

SimDesigner™

Workbench Edition for CATIA

Release Guide

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Publication Date: June 2007

C o n t e n t s

SimDesigner for CATIA Release Guide

1Release Notes å=Requirements 6

å=Enhancements 7

è=Motion 7è=Structures 7è=Enterprise Manager 7

å=Frequently Asked Questions 8

å=Limitations 13

å=Product Training and Support 15

2Features Supported

å=Overview 18

å=SimDesigner Structures Workbench 19

è=Analysis Cases 19è=Modulation 20è=Model Manager 20è=Mesh Specifications 22è=Groups 22è=Analysis Connections 23è=Connection Properties 24è=Analysis Assembly 26è=Virtual Parts 26è=Mass Equipment 27è=Restraints 28è=Loads 28è=Sensors 31è=Results Computation 31

SimDesigner for CATIA Release Guide

==

4

è=Results Visualization 32è=Contextual Menu 34è=Contact 37è=Material 37

å=SimDesigner Nonlinear Workbench 38

è=Analysis Cases 38è=Model Manager 38è=Mesh Creation 39è=Mesh Specifications 40è=Adaptivity 40è=Analysis Assembly 40è=Virtual Parts 41è=Contact 41è=Material 42è=Mass Equipment 42è=Restraints 42è=Loads 43è=Sensors 45è=Groups 45è=Result Computation 46è=Results Visualization 46è=Contextual Menu 48

Ch. 1: Release Notes

1 Release Notes

� Requirements

� Enhancements

� Frequently Asked Questions

� Limitations

� Product Training and Support

6

Requirements

MSC SimDesigner R2 requires a minimum of CATIA V5 R17 SP1.

7EnhancementsMotion

Enhancements

The following enhancements are new for MSC SimDesigner R2:

Motion• New Point Measures command allows user to measure displacement, velocity or acceleration at

any point on geometry.

Structures• Solver upgrade to MD Nastran R2 for Structures & Nonlinear workbenches.

• Implicit Nonlinear solution method with SOL 600 of the MD Nastran is supported within the

Structures workbench.

• Isotropic Elastic Plastic Materials of the MD Nastran is supported within the Structures

workbench.

• Contact Bodies of the MD Nastran are supported within the Structures workbench.

• CASI Iterative Solver option for nonlinear simulations is now supported in the Structures and

Nonlinear workbenches.

• True Windows 64bit solver is now supported for Marc.

• Positional Control of Rigid Body motion is now supported within the Structures workbench.

Enterprise Manager• Execute SimXpert templates from SimManager for structural and motion analyses.

Enterprise Manager

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Frequently Asked Questions

Question: Can I open CATAnalysis documents saved in previous/earlier releases of

CATIA?

Answer: Previously saved CATAnalysis databases can be opened but composite and orthotropic

properties may need to be redefined.

Question: Why are the transmitted DOF for RBE3 properties not getting exported

properly?

Answer: As of SimDesigner 2005 r3 for CATIA V5R14, the RBE3 property, or ‘smooth

property’, was enhanced to properly include transmitted degrees of freedom on the

RBE3 card. For databases created by earlier versions, you must validate the RBE3

property by double-clicking on it, re-selecting the DOF and clicking OK.

Question: I cannot get my licensing to work. What could be the problem?

Answer: Starting with the release of SimDesigner 2006 r1 for CATIA V5R16, you must

upgrade to, and use FLEXlm v10.8.0 license server tools.

Question: Why do I see negative Element IDs?

Answer: Integer values are used to store the element IDs which allows a maximum value of

2,147,483,647 - if that value is exceeded, the element IDs will be negative. It should

be noted that unassigned mesh part IDs will start after the highest assigned mesh part

IDs.

Question: Why are stress values for Shell elements different between SimDesigner for

CATIA V5 and CATIA GPS?

Answer: The values can be different because SimDesigner for CATIA V5 uses the Global axis

system while CATIA GPS uses a Local axis system.

Question: How can I perform solver-specific checks?

Answer: MD Nastran-specific checks are performed using SD Model Checker, so any elements

causing a fatal error can be pinpointed for further mesh modifications. A generic

quality check can be performed using CATIA V5 FMS.

9Frequently Asked QuestionsEnterprise Manager

Question: After I set up the loads and boundary conditions and clicked on the "Compute"

button, CATIA came back with a "Singularity detected (relative pivot too

small)". What went wrong?

Answer: Selecting “All” on “Compute” will run all the available cases in the specification tree.

And it is likely that you have a case with no Restraints defined or incomplete boundary

conditions. Delete that case and then rerun by selecting “Analysis Case Solution

Selection,” and click on the SimDesigner Case Solution you wanted to run.

Question: In SimDesigner Thermal workbench, and for shell element parts, why is the part

not being meshed and assigned with material properties?

Answer: For shell element parts, part bodies must be children of the main part in order to mesh

and assign material properties. If this is not the case, use the Change Body command

in your part file to move it.

Question: Why am I not able to compute after I export a solver input file?

Answer: The case gets updated after export. To recompute, use “Force Compute”.

Question: Why do I see different Von Mises values from the Image toolbar icon versus the

Camera icon?

Answer: The Image icon shows raw data from the external solvers - whereas the Camera icon

data is derived from a calculation done in SimDesigner.

Question: How do I modify the Scratch directory setting specified during installation?

Answer: By using the SimDesigner Storage Manager facility.

Question: How can I change the default External Storage Directory setting?

Answer: By changing the CATTemp setting in the SimDesigner environment file

(<install_dir>\v5ienv\). It can also be changed for each SimDesigner session by using the

Storage Manager facility from within SimDesigner.

Enterprise Manager

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Question: Why doesn’t SimDesigner for CATIA V5 recognize the CATSettings' modifications

I did?

Answer: SimDesigner CATSettings are based on the default CATIA settings. To change the

settings specific to SimDesigner, modify the SimDesigner environment file

(<install_dir>\v5ienv\).

Question: When I run an MD Nastran analysis with the Gateway Analysis Manager (GAM), it

fails, why?

Answer: A common reason is the licensing - during the installation process, the auto-configuration

for GAM will pick up SimDesigner-specific versions of MD Nastran and Marc. Make

sure the correct version number is specified in the SimDesigner Solution Parameters

dialog.

Question: When the Gateway Analysis Manager services are not running, after selecting Setup

Batch, why does it take a while for the setup batch to respond with a message?

Answer: In such a case, services need to be started manually. Please refer to the SimDesigner

Installation Guide for information concerning the configuration of the Gateway Analysis

Manager.

Question: What causes batch job submission to fail with a job ID of zero?

Answer: When defining a new job, ensure that the name of the input file and its location does not

contain any spaces.

Question: How can I include multiple load cases in one bulk data file for MD Nastran?

Answer: Use the Restraint Set/LoadSet and Combined LoadSet icons available in the SimDesigner

toolbar.

Question: Does SimDesigner use the Computations and Results link seen in the Analysis

Manager spec tree?

Answer: The Computations and Results link (CATAnalysisComputations and

CATAnalysisResults file) is not relevant for SimDesigner products.

11Frequently Asked QuestionsEnterprise Manager

Question: When I look through the SimDesigner Structures Nonlinear Workbench Solution

Parameters, and click OK without changing any settings, the solution case gets

inactivated.

Answer: Click Cancel if you plan on not changing any parameters.

Question: How are the external CATAnalysis files managed in SimDesigner?

Answer: By using the Storage Manager within SimDesigner. Their location can be modified in the

scratch directory settings. An HTML browser is used for UNIX platforms and Notepad

for windows platforms.

Question: When using SimDesigner Thermal workbench and SimDesigner Structures

Nonlinear workbench, why are my images unclear?

Answer: For proper display, the mesh needs to be hidden using the contextual hide/show

command.

Question: Why can't I find the SD Temp Dependency option when I right-click on thermal

material?

Answer: You may not be in the SimDesigner Thermal workbench.

Question: Why is the scratch directory and results directory greyed out in GAM?

Answer: The scratch dir in “setup batch” is not used currently and the results directory is for

information only.

Question: Whenever I click on the “Expert Gateway” icon, sometimes I get a message: “Unable

to initialize and start GAM. Check QueMgr and RmtMgr services. Check GAM

installation.” Why?

Answer: There are two possibilities:

(a) This error message usually appears when the GAM remote manager does not respond

within a minute. In such a case, contact your system administrator to ensure speedier

network access.

(b) If it takes a while to respond back with a similar message, it is possible that the

MSCQueMgr services may not have been started.

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Question: After I submitted my job in batch, when I click on “Check Job”, why do I see the job

in queue for a long time?

Answer: Check if the MSCRmtMgr service is running. If not, it is normal to see this message.

Now, if you close the setup batch window and reopen it to check the job status, you may

see a message: “Unable to reach host. Check Host and configuration service”. In this case,

restart the MSCRmtMgr service. See the GAM configuration section in the Installation

Guide for details.

Question: After I submit a job, I see a “Job Failed” message when I check the status. How do

I fix this?

Answer: A log file should be available for viewing. In the GAM Setup Batch dialog, click on the

Browse button and select the stderr file for your job and then click on the View Log File

button to view the file. Based on the error messages, consult the relevant solver

documentation for resolution. Usually, it is a licensing issue - either there is no valid

license or the licensing declaration is not done properly.

Question: Where can I find information about SimDesigner for CATIA V5 online

documentation?

Answer: The SimDesigner for CATIA V5 online documentation (PDF and HTML) is located in:

<install_dir>/Documentation

Question: Sometimes, when I import large MD Nastran bulk data files, I get a “command

interrupted” and a “full memory address space condition” message and nothing is

imported. How do I import such files?

Answer: As the current buffer size is not enough to read large files, the NIFIMP_BUFFER_SIZE

variable should be increased to a higher value. This variable can be defined in the

SimDesigner environment file or as an env variable in the windows control panel.

13LimitationsEnterprise Manager

Limitations• If, during the installation of Analysis Manager 2005r8, the SimDesigner embedded MD Nastran

and Marc solvers are selected, the MD Nastran and Marc paths have to be changed afterwards to

point to the proper solver. This is done in the configuration file:

<..>\MSC.Analysis_Manager\2005r8\default\conf\host.cfg

See the Installation Guide for the correct format.

• In this release, when you export a case to a solver deck, any result attached to the solution set of

that case will be detached. If you just want to see the deck, click on the storage manager next to

the compute command and select the deck for viewing.

• In setting up the GAM configuration file, host.cfg, if "NONE" were used in place of the rc file,

then a global environment variable, MSC_LICENSE_FILE, must be set to point to the proper

MD Nastran license.

• In general, if Compute All fails to cycle through and compute on all cases, you might have to

select the uncomputed cases one by one.

• Changes to flex body animation are as follows:

• When you animate multiple flexible parts, CATIA will superimpose the color maps from the

CATAnalysis documents. You can select each color map individually and drag it to another

location.

• To ensure a constant stress range for each color in the color map during an animation, you can

impose maximum and minimum stress values on the color map in the CATAnalysis

document.

• SimDesigner session may hang during the import of an XDB file that contains 6000 or more

bar/beam elements that share the same pair of nodes.

• When exporting MD Nastran bulk data file via Gateway for MD Nastran, Beam properties,

dynamic load combinations, and restraints set combinations (i.e. PBEAML/PBEAM, DLOAD,

and SPCADD) are always written in single precision.

• In a SimDesigner Nonlinear solution case, when more than two contact bodies are initially in

contact along a common edge, the Marc solution may fail.

• In a SimDesigner Dynamic case, the displacement plot in the xy-plotter would only show the

real component. The imaginary component and the overall magnitudes would be available in

future releases.

• Animation along with simulation of a flexible body does not show any change in stress contours.

(1-49262211)

This is on AIX only for Motion Workbench.

The workaround is:

• Change window to the CATAnalysis document

• Select the import results command

• Import the transient XDB file that was created during the motion animation step.

Enterprise Manager

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Note: The location of the transient XDB file can be found by opening the Storage Manager

command in the SimDesigner Linear Workbench. The transient XDB file will have a long

filename in the format of:

<timestamp>_<resultname>_<timestamp>.xdb

Example:

2007_01_22_11_17_19_Results_1_2007022t111854.xdb

• Animation with flexible bodies causes a hang in Motion Workbench (1-49906041)

This issue only occurs on machines with dual-processors using hyperthreading. User must kill

CATIA process – thus a potential loss of data.

There are two ways to solve this issue:

• Disable hyperthreading on your machine.

• Obtain CATIA V5 R17 Service Pack 3 plus Hotfix 19 from Saddault Systemes and install on

your machine. Then enable the CATIA environment variable

CATTMCStopMultiThreadVisu = yes.

• "Compute All" command fails to run a complete coupled thermal analysis after modification is

made to a part (1-48641401).

The workaround is:

• After modification is made to the part, first update the mesh independently. Then you can run

"Compute All."

15Product Training and SupportEnterprise Manager

Product Training and Support

The MSC Institute of Technology is a service organization chartered to provide our software customers

and other design and engineering professionals with basic and specialized training in the use of Dassault

Systemes’ and MSC.Software's MCAE software products.

Introductory, intermediate, and advanced training courses are offered at local MSC.Software offices on

a regular basis. These courses introduce the novice to theoretical and usage aspects of the software, and

expose the experienced user to more advanced features of the software. Lecture sessions are always

combined with workshops. Customer suggestions for training improvement are continually reviewed by

our professional trainers to insure that our courses are effective and up-to-date.

Our industry-experienced expert staff is available to customize our course offerings to meet your unique

training requirements. For the most effective training, the Institute also offers many of our courses at our

customers’ facilities.

The MSC Institute of Technology is headquartered at:

2 MacArthur Place

Santa Ana, CA 92707

Phone: (800) 732-7211

Fax: (714) 784-4028

For customers outside the Unites States, please contact your local MSC.Software sales office which may

be found at www.mscsoftware.com.

The Institute maintains state-of-the-art classroom facilities and individual computer graphics laboratories

at training centers throughout the world. All of our courses emphasize hands-on computer laboratory

work to facilitate skills development.

We specialize in customized training based on our evaluation of your design and simulation processes,

which yields courses that are geared to your business.

In addition to traditional instructor-led classes, we also offer video and DVD courses, interactive

multimedia training, web-based training, and a specialized instructor's program.

For detailed course descriptions, schedule information, and registration call, in the USA, the Training

Specialist at (800) 732-7211 or visit www.mscsoftware.com.

Enterprise Manager

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Ch. 2: Features Supported

2 Features Supported

� Overview

� SimDesigner Structures Workbench

� SimDesigner Nonlinear Workbench

18

Overview

This appendix lists the features supported in SimDesigner Structures Workbench, SimDesigner

Nonlinear Workbench and the corresponding Enterprise Gateway Products.

This list is an extension of the list found in the “Before you begin” section of the CATIA V5 GPS

documentation.

For SimDesigner Enterprise products, note the following:

P - GPS is required

A - GAS is required

E - EST is required

Refer to the CATIA V5 analysis documentation for more information about GPS, GAS and EST.

GWx functionality shown here is applicable within the context of GPS and SimDesigner only.

CATIA V5 license required to run the listed command

Some of the functionalities in these commands are available only if you have previously

installed the EST product - for more details, see the documented task itself.

19SimDesigner Structures WorkbenchAnalysis Cases

SimDesigner Structures Workbench

Analysis Cases

Commands CATIA V5 SimDesigner

GP1 GPS EST GAS GDY Structures

Workbench

GWN GWM GWS

Static Case

Static

Constrained

Case

SD Static

Case

P P P P

Frequency

Case

SD

Frequency

Case

P P P P

Buckling

Case

SD

Buckling

Case

P P P

SD Load

Stiffened

Frequency

Case

P P

Combined

Case

Pre-

processing

Case

Modulation

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Modulation

Model Manager

Solution

Case

Envelop

Case

P P

Harmonic

Dynamic

Response

Transient

Dynamic

Response



Workbench

GWN GWM GWS

White

Noise

Modulation

Import

Frequency

Modulation

Import

Time

Modulation



Workbench

GWN GWM GWS

3D

MeshPart

P P P P


21SimDesigner Structures WorkbenchModel Manager

2D

MeshPart

P P P P

1D

MeshPart

P P P P

Local Mesh

Sizes

P P P P

Local Mesh

Sags

P P P P

Element

Type

P P P P

3D Property P P P P

2D Property P P P P

Imported

Composite

Property

P,E P,E P,E

1D Property P P P P

Imported

Beam

Property

P P P P

Mapping

Property

P P P P

Check the

Model

P P P P

User

Material

P P P P


Mesh Specifications

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Mesh Specifications

Groups



Workbench

GWN GWM GWS

Adaptivity

Boxes



Workbench

GWN GWM GWS

Group

Points

P,E P,E P,E

Group

Lines

P,E P,E P,E

Group

Surfaces

P,E P,E P,E

Group

Bodies

P,E P,E P,E

Box Group P,E P,E P,E

Sphere

Group

P,E P,E P,E

Point Group

by

Neighbor-

hood

P,E P,E P,E

Line Group

by

Neighbor-

hood

P,E P,E P,E

23SimDesigner Structures WorkbenchAnalysis Connections

Analysis Connections

Surface

Group by

Neighbor-

hood

P,E P,E P,E

Line Group

by

Boundary

Surface

Group by

Boundary



Workbench

GWN GWM GWS

General

Connection

s

P, A P, A P, A

Point

Analysis

Connection

s

P, A P, A P, A

Point

Analysis

Connection

s within one

part

P, A P, A P, A

Line

Analysis

Connection

s

P, A P, A P, A

Line

Analysis

Connection

s within one

part

P, A P, A P, A


Connection Properties

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Connection Properties

Surface

Analysis

Connection

s

P, A P, A P, A

Surface

Analysis

Connection

s within one

part

P, A P, A P, A

Point to

Point

Analysis

Connection

s

P, A P, A P, A

Point

Analysis

Interface

P, A P, A P, A



Workbench

GWN GWM GWS

Fastened

Connection

Property

P, A P, A P, A P, A

Fastened

Spring

Connection

Property

P, A P, A P, A

Slider

Connection

Property

P, A P, A P, A P, A

Contact

Connection

Property

P, A P, A P, A P, A


25SimDesigner Structures WorkbenchConnection Properties

Pressure

Fitting

Connection

Property

Bolt

Tightening

Connection

Property

Virtual

Rigid Bolt

Tightening

Connection

Property

Virtual

Spring Bolt

Tightening

Connection

Property

Rigid

Connection

Property

P, A P, A P, A P, A

Smooth

Connection

Property

P, A P, A P, A P, A

User-

Defined

Distant

Connection

Properties

P, A P, A P, A P, A

Spot

Welding

Connection

Properties

P, A P, A P, A P, A

Seam

Welding

Connection

Properties

P, A P, A P, A P, A


Analysis Assembly

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Analysis Assembly

Virtual Parts

Surface

Welding

Connection

Properties

P, A P, A P, A

Nodes to

Nodes

Analysis

Connection

s

P, A P, A P, A

Node

Analysis

Interface

P, A P, A P, A



Workbench

GWN GWM GWS

Analysis

Assembly

2D Viewer

P,A



Workbench

GWN GWM GWS

Rigid

Virtual

Parts

P P P P

Smooth

Virtual

Parts

P P P P

Contact

Virtual

Parts

P P P P


27SimDesigner Structures WorkbenchMass Equipment

Mass Equipment

Rigid

Spring

Virtual

Parts

P P P P

Spring

Smooth

Virtual

Parts

P P P P

Periodicity

Conditions



Workbench

GWN GWM GWS

Distributed

Mass

P P P P

Line Mass

Densities

P P P P

Surface

Mass

Densities

P P P P

Distributed

Inertia

P,E P,E P,E

Combined

Masses

P,E P,E

Assembled

Masses

P,A P,A


Restraints

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Restraints

Loads



Workbench

GWN GWM GWS

Clamps P P P P

Surface

Sliders

P P P P

Ball Joins P P P P

Sliders P P P P

Pivots P P P P

Sliding

Pivots

P P P P

User-

defined

Restraints

P P P P

Iso-static

Restraints

P P P P



Workbench

GWN GWM GWS

Pressure P P P P

29SimDesigner Structures WorkbenchLoads

Distributed

Force

P P P P

Moment P P P P

Bearing

Load

P,E P,E P,E P,E

Importing

Forces

P,E P,E P,E P,E

Importing

Moments

P,E P,E P,E P,E

Line Force

Density

P P P P

Surface

Force

Density

P P P P

Volume

Force

Density

P P P P

Force

Density

P,E P,E P,E P,E

Acceleratio

n

P P P P

Rotation

Force

P P P P

Enforced

Displaceme

nt

P P P P

Temper-

ature Field

P,E P,E P,E P,E


Loads

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Temper-

ature Field

from

Thermal

Solution

P,E P,E P,E

Combined

Loads

P,E P,E

Assembled

Loads

P,A P,A

SD

Restraint

Set

P P

SD Load

Set

P P P

SD

Combined

Load Set

P P

SD

Ambient

Temper-

ature

P P

SD

Reference

Temperatur

e Field

P P

Analysis

Assembly

2D Viewer

P,A


31SimDesigner Structures WorkbenchSensors

Sensors

Results Computation



Workbench

GWN GWM GWS

Create

Global

Sensors

P P P P

Create

Local

Sensors

P P P

Create

Reaction

Sensors

P P P P

Applied

Load

Sensors

Internal

Load

Sensors

Multi Load

Sensors

Inertia

Sensors



Workbench

GWN GWM GWS

External

Storage

External

Storage

Clean-up

Results Visualization

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Temporary

External

Storage

Computing P

Computing

with

Adaptivity

Computing

using Batch

SD Setup

Batch

P P

SD Storage

Manager

P



Workbench

GWN GWM GWS

Deform-

ation

P P P P

Von Mises

Stresses

P P P

Displaceme

nts

P P P

Principal

Stresses

P P P


33SimDesigner Structures WorkbenchResults Visualization

Precisions P P

Generate

Reporting

P P P

Generate

Advanced

Reporting

P,E P,E P,E

History of

Computatio

n

SD XY Plot P P P

Elfini

Solver Log

Animate

Image

P P P P

Cut Plane

Analysis

P P P P

Amplificat-

ion

Magnitude

P P P

Extrema

Detection

P P P

Information P P P

Images

Layout

P,E P,E P,E P,E

Simplified

Representat

ion

P,E P,E P,E P,E


Contextual Menu

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Contextual Menu



Workbench

GWN GWM GWS

Update

Group

P P P P

Update All

Groups

P P P P

Analyze

Group

P P P P

Local 2D

Property

P,E P,E P,E P,E

Local 1D

Property

P,E P,E P,E P,E

Local

Adaptivity

Generate

Mapping

File

P,E P,E P,E P,E

Create

Preprocessing Set

Add Solution

35SimDesigner Structures WorkbenchContextual Menu

P P P P

P,E P,E P,E P,E

P,E P,E P,E P,E

P P P P

P P P P

Mesh

Visualizat-

ion

P P P P


Contextual Menu

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Restraint

Visualizat-

ion on mesh

P P P P

Pressure

Visualizat-

ion on mesh

P P P P

Masses

Visualization on

mesh

Generate

Image

P P P P

Save as

New

Template

P,E P,E P,E

Report P,E P,E P,E

Export Data P,E P,E P,E

Generate

2D Display

for Sensor

P P P P

Generate

2D Display

for

Modulation

Generate

2D Display

for dynamic

response

solutions


37SimDesigner Structures WorkbenchContact

Contact

Material


Workbench

GWN GWM GWS



Workbench

GWN GWM GWS

Contact P P P



Workbench

GWN GWM GWS

P P

Analysis Cases

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SimDesigner Nonlinear Workbench

Analysis Cases

Model Manager


GP1 GPS EST GAS GDY Nonlinear

Workbench

GWM

Analysis Case GWX functionalities shown here are applicable within the context of

SDX

SD Nonlinear

Case

P P

Large displacement and large strain problems can be computed only with GPS.



Workbench

GWM

3D Mesh Part P P

2D Mesh Part P P

Local Mesh

Sizes

P P

Local Mesh Sags P P

Element Type P P

3D Property P P

39SimDesigner Nonlinear WorkbenchMesh Creation

Mesh Creation

2D Property P P

Beam Property P P

Check the Mesh

(Body)

P P

Check the Mesh (

Connections)

P P

Check the Mesh (

others)

P P

User Material P P



Workbench

GWM

3D Mesh Part P P

2D Mesh Part P P

1D Mesh Part


Mesh Specifications

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Mesh Specifications

Adaptivity

Analysis Assembly



Workbench

GWM

Local Mesh

Sizes

P P

Local Mesh Sags P P

Element Type P P



Workbench

GWM

Adaptivity

Boxes

P P



Workbench

GWM

Analysis

Assembly 2D

Viewer

P,A

41SimDesigner Nonlinear WorkbenchVirtual Parts

Virtual Parts

Contact



Workbench

GWM

Rigid Virtual

Parts

P P

Smooth Virtual

Parts

P P

Contact Virtual

Parts

Rigid Spring

Virtual parts

P P

P P

Spring smooth

virtual parts

P P

Periodicity

Conditions



Workbench

GWM

Contact P P, Nonlinear

Workbench

Material

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Material

Mass Equipment

Restraints



Workbench

GWM

P P, Nonlinear

Workbench



Workbench

GWM

Distributed Mass

Line Mass

Densities

Surface Mass

Densities



Workbench

GWM

Clamps P P

Surface Sliders P P

43SimDesigner Nonlinear WorkbenchLoads

Loads

Ball Joins P P

Sliders P P

Pivot P P

Sliding Pivots P P

Advanced

Restraints

P P

Iso- Static

Restraints

P P



Workbench

GWM

Pressure P P

Distributed

Forces

P P

Moment P P

Bearing Load P,E P,E


Loads

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Importing Forces P,E P,E

Importing

Moments

P,E P,E

Line Force

Density

P P

Surface Force

Density

P P

Volume Force

Density

P P

Accelaration P P

Rotation Force P P

Enforced

Displacement

P P

Temperature

Field

P,E P,E

Pre-Stress

P, Nonlinear

Workbench

P, Nonlinear

Workbench

Reference

Temperature

Field

P P

Images Layout P P


45SimDesigner Nonlinear WorkbenchSensors

Sensors

Groups



Workbench

GWM

Create Sensors

(static Analysis

Case)

Create Sensors (

Frequency

Analysis Case)

Create Sensors (

Buckling Case)



Workbench

GWM

Group Points P,E P,E

Group Lines P,E P,E

Group Surfaces P,E P,E

Group Bodies P,E P,E

Result Computation

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Result Computation




Workbench

GWM

Specify External

Storage

Clear External

Storage

Temporary Data

Directory

Computing

Object Sets

P

Managing

Adaptivity

Use a Batch

SD Setup Batch P

SD Storage

Manager

P


GP1 GPS EST GAS GDY Structures Nonlinear

Workbench

GWM

Generate Image P P

47SimDesigner Nonlinear WorkbenchResults Visualization

Deformation P P

Von Mises

Stresses

P P

Displacements P P

Principal stresses P P

Precisions

Generate Report P P

Generate

Advanced

Reporting

P,E P,E

Historic of

Computation

SD XY Plot P P

Animate Image P P

Cut Plane

Analysis

P P

Amplification

Magnitude

P P


Contextual Menu

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Contextual Menu

Extrema

Detection

P P

Information P P



Workbench

GWM

Extrema

Detection

P P

Information P P

Images Layout P,E P,E


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