Defining Acoustic Volumes

You can apply an acoustic volume to define an area where the material includes acoustic properties and is intended for sound wave analysis.

See Also
About Acoustic Volumes
In Other Guides
Materials and Section Properties
About the Material Palette Interface
Support Selection
  1. From the Acoustics section of the action bar, click Acoustic Volume .
  2. Optional: Enter a descriptive Name.
  3. Select a geometry support.

    An acoustic volume must be applied to one or more bodies.

    If the support you select already has a material assigned to it, the Material field displays the material that is applied to the support.
  4. Optional: If no material is assigned, or if you want to override the existing material assignment, do the following:
    1. Click .
      The Material Palette appears.
    2. Search for the material you want to assign, and click it.
    3. Click OK to close the Material Palette.
    The Material field displays the newly applied material.
  5. Select a material Behavior that will be used in the simulation.
  6. Click OK.