Opening Simulation Content

You can browse simulation content to display the mesh, material assignments, scenario content (such as loads and restraints), and results. Physics Simulation Review supports display of content from simulation objects created in any of the Physics Simulation apps.

Specifically, you can do the following:

  • Animate the simulation content.
  • Define the visibility or transparency of simulation objects.
  • Display the geometry of simulation objects.

Physics Simulation Review does not support the display of geometry that was hidden from view with the Hide/Show tool when the simulation was created. For example, Physics Simulation Review does not support construction elements or surface bodies that are not critical to the meaning of the results.

In some scenarios, if you drag the FEM Representation from the collaborative space to Physics Simulation Review, a message notifies you that the FEM has no experience content available. This occurs when you import a model that never had experience content generated. However, if you open that same model in Model Plots mode, generate experience content (and select the mesh for example), the mesh is then visible when you drag the FEM representation into Physics Simulation Review.

See Also
Animating Simulation Content
Side Panel
Showing or Hiding Parts of the Model
Showing or Hiding the Legend
Switching Transparency Views
Switching Materials Views
Identifying Extrema
Probing the Model for Values
  1. Open a Physics Simulation Review object by dragging the object from another app in your dashboard, such as 3DSpace or 3DSearch:

  2. From the action bar, click Choose Content .

    The available simulation content appears. Each content type is displayed as a thumbnail. An icon on the thumbnail identifies the type of simulation content: Model, Scenario, or Result. A Play control superimposed on the icon indicates that you can animate this content.

    Note: Some content types might not be available. Physics Simulation Review displays only the content types that you specify when generating experience content from any of the Physics Simulation apps. For example, in Physics Results Explorer you could generate experience content for mesh but not for mesh quality. In that case, the Mesh Quality thumbnail does not appear.

  3. If your simulation includes multiple sequences, click one of the boxes that appear above the thumbnails to select an analysis case.
    Physics Simulation Review updates the set of available simulation content.
    • Mesh: Display the model with its mesh exposed.
    • Material: Display the model with each material assignment color coded.
    • Step Name: Display the location of the loads, restraints, and interactions for the selected step. There is one thumbnail for each step in your analysis.
    • Output Results: Display analysis results, including the undeformed model, for any selected variable.
    Note: Not all steps and load cases from experience content might be available. If you did not explicitly specify all steps and load cases when generating experience content, Physics Simulation Review can display a subset of steps and load cases. For example, if you have more than three steps, Physics Simulation Review displays the last step only. If you have more than five load cases, Physics Simulation Review displays the first five load cases.

The selected content appears in the work area. You can now explore results data in your model.