Getting started with QuikCAST™ (HPDC / Shot)
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Getting Started with QuikCAST™ List of CAD Files
casting.stl
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Import CAD Files
1 Select New option from the File Menu
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Import CAD Files (Core)
Browse to define the Study Location
2 Input Study Name
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4 Click OK
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Import CAD Files (Core)
5 Browse and select the casting_HPDC.STL file
6 Click Open to load the CAD file in the model Window
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Import CAD Files (Casting)
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Activate Welding Point Operation
Define CAD File Unit System ( casting_HPDC.STL units is MM)
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Input Tolerance value (mm)
Activate Automatic Fixing 11 Click OK
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Import CAD Files (Casting)
12 Click YES to continue
QuikCAST gives a description of the encountered problem when analysing the CAD files
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Import the CAD (Core)
HPDC Al geometry has been successfully imported
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic CAD Inlet Creation
Select Mesh Basic Shapes Option from the Model Menu
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic CAD Inlet Creation
Select By extrusion option 1
2 Input Extrusion Distance (Piston Chamber lenght)
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic CAD Inlet Creation
3 Switch to Wire&Shaded display mode to display the facets
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Entity selection must be set to Facet
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Select Facets located on the top of the tube
( SHIFT + left button)
Extruded geometry is automaticallydisplayed for
each new selected facet
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic CAD Inlet Creation
Click Close The inlet volume has
been succefully created
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment
In order to detect/assign volume materials select Domain Manager Option from the Model Menu
Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment
Activate the Create Contact surface option Click Start to Start the Automatic
Volume detection 2
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment
4 Volume domains have been detected that need to be renamed and assigned with material properties.
New Surface Domains have been automatically created because the Create Contact surface option has been activated
Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment
Select Volume_001 (left click)
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Click View Volume to display the Volume_001
Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment
Click Rename
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Input Volume Domain Name
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment
Click Material
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6 Select Alloy Volume type
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Activate Standard DB
Select AlSi9Cu3 Material from the material list
Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment
Repeat the steps to assign names and materials to the other volumes
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment
Click P to Activate Priority order
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Change Volume Priority order with the arrows ( Priority order should be defined according to the Filling order)
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment
Click Remove to delete the surface domains created during the import and during the automatic fixing sequence
11 Switch to Surface Domain panel
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ 3D Grid/FD Mesh Generation
Select 3D Grid/Mesh Generation option from the Model menu to generate the Grid
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ 3D Grid/FD Mesh Generation
Activate Simplify Method 1
Select all the volumes 2
Input Mininum Size to fix global grid cell size (unit is meter)
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Click Apply to generate the Grid
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Click Run to generate the 3D Mesh 5
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Define Gravity Direction
Select Gravity Option from the Process Menu
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Define Gravity Direction
Select PositiveZ direction and check Gravity Direction ( displayed in green) in the model window
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Click OK
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Start the Model Set-up
Select Input Data Check from the Process Menu and a window with all available boundary conditions will appear on the left This window is used to manage all Boundary Conditions (BC) that will be applied to the model
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Set-up the Metal Flow
1 Select Initial Fluid BC (left click) to set up the initial fluid rate for the filling
2 Click on Add... (right click) to open the panel definition
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Set-up the Sand Flow
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Input 40% and select Initial
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5 Click OK
Select « Piston» and « Chamber » Volumes in the Volume list (left click)
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Set-up the Metal Flow
1 Select Piston BC (left click) to set up the Sand Core Blowing pressure
2 Click on Add... (right click) to open the panel definition
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Set-up the Metal Flow
3 Select Mold Material for the piston Material
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7 Click OK
Select Velocity Calculator Option to automatically calculate the transition from phase 1 to phase 2.i
6 Select « Inlet/Pressure1 » surface domain
5 Input Direction, Max Displacement and Velocity for phase 1 and 2
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Set-up the Wall Flow laws
1 Select Temperature BC ( left click) to set up the metal injection temperature
2 Click on Add... (right click) to open the panel definition
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Set-up the Metal Flow
3 Select Initial Option
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7 Click OK
Input Alloy Material Temperature
6 Select « Chamber » and « piston » volume domains
5 Select Filling Option
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Set-up the Virtual Mold
1 Select Implicit Mold BC ( left click) to set up the Virtual Mold Material
2 Click on Add... (right click) to open the panel definition
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Set-up the Metal Flow
3 Input Average Mold Thickness
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6 Click OK
Select Die Material from the Standard DB list
5 Select the Surface domains having an interface with the die
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Set-up the Wall Heat Transfert
1 Select Die Coating BC ( left click) to set up the Virtual Mold Material
2 Click on Add... (right click) to open the panel definition
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Set-up the Metal Flow
3 Input Average Coating Thickness
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6 Click OK
Select Coating Material from the Standard DB list
5 Select the Surface domains where the coating is applied
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Set-up the Output Solver Parameters
Select Output Parameter Option from the Calculation Menu
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Set-Up the Output Solver Parameters
3 Activate the Filling Panel
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6 Click Close
Select by Percent (%) and input a value in the Graphics field. ( This will determine the number of states generated during the calculation
5 Select the Variable Contours needed for post-processing
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Run the Calculation
Select Calculation Start Option from the Calculation Menu
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Run the Calculation
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1 Activate Standard Calculation Option from the Filling/Solidification Panel
Enter Filling and Solidification Stop Criterias ( Time and/or Percentage of Filling/Solidification)
Click RUN to start the calculation This will open automatically the Monitor Calculation Window
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3 Activate High Pressure option
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Run the Calculation
> Calculation is running now
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Post-Processing (Visual-CAST)
Select Open option from the File Menu
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Post-Processing (Visual-CAST)
Select *.MCO file in the study directory 1
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Click Open
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Post-Processing Metal Flow (Visual-CAST)
Select Volumes to load
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Click OK 2
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Post-Processing Metal Flow (Visual-CAST)
Select Snapshot Option from the Results menu
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Post-Processing Metal Flow (Visual-CAST)
Select THERMAL in Categories and Temperature in Results to display the temperature results during filling
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5 If your calculation is still running, click Update to update the last calculated results
6 Select Arrows to display the differents states
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Post-Processing Sand Flow Particules (Visual-CAST)
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Post-Processing Examples (Visual-CAST)
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Post-Processing Examples (Visual-CAST)
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