Additive Manufacturing Scenario Creation

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Setup Section

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Procedures Section

Initial Conditions Section

Interactions Section

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Additive Manufacturing Section

Thermal Section

Restraints Section

Loads Section

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Introductory Concepts

About Additive Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing Scenario Creation

Thermal-Mechanical Simulation of a Powder Bed Process

Pattern-based Thermal-Mechanical Simulation of a Powder Bed Process

Eigenstrain-based Simulation of a Powder Bed Process

Thermal-Mechanical Simulation of FDM and LDED Processes

Controlling the Scale of the Simulation and the Solution Fidelity in a Thermal-Mechanical Simulation

About Eigenstrains

Spatially Varying Mapped Data

About Mapped Data

Mapping Data File Formats

Mapping Search Controls

Mapping Search Control Options

Workflows

Direct Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing Workflow

Eigenstrain Additive Manufacturing Workflow

Pattern-Based Additive Manufacturing Workflow

Thermal-Structural Additive Manufacturing Workflow

Setup

Amplitudes

About Amplitudes

Tabular Amplitudes

Periodic Amplitudes

Smooth Step Amplitudes

Creating Tabular Amplitudes

Creating Periodic Amplitudes

Creating Smooth Step Amplitudes

Contributing Parts

About Contributing Parts

Tree View

Multibody Parts

Frequency Simulations

Thermal Simulations

Selecting Which Parts to Include in a Simulation

Element Types

About Element Types

Global Assignments

Local Assignments

Assigning Element Types

Review and Edit Global Element Type Assignments

Assign Local Element Types

Available Element Types

Connectors and Masses

Gaskets

Linear Bars

Linear Bricks

Linear Quadrilaterals

Linear Tetrahedrons

Linear Triangles

Linear Wedges

Parabolic Bars

Parabolic Bricks

Parabolic Quadrilaterals

Parabolic Tetrahedrons

Parabolic Triangles

Parabolic Wedges

Pyramids

Surfaces

Finite Element Model

About Finite Element Model Representations

FEM Representation Categories

Associating a Finite Element Model with a Simulation

Associate a Predefined FEM with a Simulation

Create a FEM to Associate with a Simulation using Standard Mesh Types

Create a Voxel Mesh FEM to Associate with a Simulation

Restart Simulations

About Restart Simulations

Restart Workflow

Feature Synchronization

Non-Editable Features

Creating Restart Analysis Cases

Restart for Static Steps

Restart for Frequency Steps

Restart for Explicit Dynamics Steps

Deleting Restart Analysis Data

SOLIDWORKS Model Data

About SOLIDWORKS in Simulations

Importing SOLIDWORKS Desktop Files

Updating Imported SOLIDWORKS Models

User Subroutines

About User Subroutines

About XML Schema Files

XML Schemas and User Subroutines

XML Schema Example

Linking User Subroutines

Procedures

Steady-State Heat Transfer Steps

About Steady-State Heat Transfer Steps

Defining Steady-State Heat Transfer Steps

Define Steady-State Heat Transfer Steps Using Automatic Time Incrementation

Define Steady-State Heat Transfer Steps Using Fixed Time Incrementation

Transient Heat Transfer Steps

About Transient Heat Transfer Steps

Defining Transient Heat Transfer Steps

Define Transient Heat Transfer Steps Using Automatic Time Incrementation

Define Transient Heat Transfer Steps Using Fixed Time Incrementation

Static Steps

About Static Steps

Time Period

Nonlinear Static Analysis

Local Instabilities

Incrementation

Defining Static Steps

Define Static Steps Using Automatic Time Incrementation

Define Static Steps Using Fixed Time Incrementation

Adding Automatic Step Stabilization

Add Damping Stabilization

Add Energy Fraction Stabilization

Add Propagated Stabilization

Initial Conditions

Initial DOF Rotational Velocities

About Initial DOF Rotational Velocities

Applying Initial DOF Rotational Velocities

Initial Fields

About Initial Fields

Specifying Initial Fields

Initial Stresses

About Initial Stresses

Uniform Initial Stresses

Initial Stresses in Sequential Stress Analyses

Applying Initial Stresses

Apply a Uniform Initial Stress

Apply Initial Stress in a Sequential Stress Analysis

Initial Temperatures

About Initial Temperatures

Applying Initial Temperatures

Apply a Uniform Initial Temperature

Apply Varied Initial Temperatures with Mapped Data

Initial Velocities

About Initial Velocities

Applying Initial Velocities

Apply Initial Velocities to Structures

Apply Initial Velocities to Fluids

Void Ratios

About Void Ratios

Applying Void Ratios

Interactions

Contact Controls

About Contact Controls

Contact Control Options

Defining Contact Controls

Contact Detection

About Contact Detection

Shell Thickness and Offset in Contact Detection

Using Contact Detection

Contact Initialization

About Contact Initialization

Defining Contact Initialization

Contact Interference

About Contact Interference

Defining Contact Interference

Contact Properties

About Contact Properties

Contact Properties in Structural Steps

Contact Properties in Thermal Steps

Defining Contact Properties in Structural Steps

Define Tangential Contact Properties Using Rough Friction

Define Tangential Contact Properties Using Coulomb Friction

Define Normal Contact Properties

Defining Contact Properties in Thermal Steps

Define Thermal Conduction Contact Properties

Define Radiation Contact Properties

Define Electrical Conduction Contact Properties

Contact Tools

About Contact Tools

Impact of Display Settings on Model Geometry Visualization

Locating Contacting Bodies

Locating Disconnected Bodies

Locating Intersecting Bodies

General Contact

About General Contact

Contact Smoothing

Contact Stabilization

Defining General Contact in Implicit Steps

Model Change Manager

Model Change Manager

Using the Model Change Manager

Surface-Based Contact

About Surface-Based Contact

Defining Surface-Based Contact in Implicit Steps

Define the Main and Secondary Surfaces

Define the Contact Property and Tie the Surfaces Together

Define the Discretization Method and Sliding and Clearance Behaviors

Define the Adjustment Behaviors

Defining Surface-Based Contact in Explicit Dynamic Steps

Defining Surface-Based Contact in Thermal Steps

Tangential Behavior Overrides

About Tangential Behavior Overrides

Applying Tangential Behavior Overrides

Additive Manufacturing

Material Input

Defining Material Input

About Material Input

Moving Heat Flux

About Moving Heat Flux

Defining Moving Heat Fluxes

Additive Manufacturing Library

About Additive Manufacturing Libraries

Eigenstrain Libraries

Thermal Pattern Libraries

Adding Additive Manufacturing Libraries

Create an Additive Manufacturing Library

Use a Thermal Pattern Additive Manufacturing Library

Material Activation

About Material Activation

Defining Material Activation

Defining Trajectory-Based Material Activation

Defining Pattern-Based Material Activation

Defining Thermal Pattern-Based Material Activation

Pattern Heat Flux

About Pattern Heat Flux

Defining Pattern Heat Fluxes

Direct Energy Deposition

About Direct Energy Deposition

Event Series Data

Element Activation

Heat Source and Absorption

Energy Conservation

Defining Direct Energy Deposition

Build Ties

About Build Tie Creation

Tying the Components in an Additive Simulation

Starting Temperature

About Starting Temperatures

Starting Temperature Setup

Cutting Operations

About Cutting Operations

Straight-Line Cutting

Event Series Cutting

Defining Cutting Paths

Define a Straight-Line Cutting Path

Define an Event Series Cutting Path

Thermal

Film Conditions

About Film Conditions

Applying Film Conditions

Apply Uniform Film Conditions

Apply Varied Film Conditions with Mapped Data

Apply User-Defined Film Conditions

Defining Free Surface Heat Transfer

Heat Fluxes

About Heat Fluxes

Applying Heat Fluxes

Apply Uniform Heat Fluxes

Apply Varied Heat Fluxes with Mapped Data

Apply User-Defined Heat Fluxes

Prescribed Temperatures

About Prescribed Temperatures

Uniform and Spatially Varying Prescribed Temperatures (All Simulation Types)

Prescribed Temperatures from a Thermal Step (Sequential Thermal-Stress Simulations Only)

Applying Prescribed Temperatures

Apply Uniform Prescribed Temperatures

Apply Spatially Varying Prescribed Temperatures with Mapped Data

Apply Prescribed Temperatures from Thermal Steps

Radiation to Ambient

About Radiation to Ambient

Defining Radiation to Ambient

Restraints

Ball Joints

About Ball Joints

Applying Ball Joints

Bolt Restraints

About Bolt Restraints

Applying Bolt Restraints

Clamps

About Clamps

Applying Clamps

Fixed Connector Displacement Restraints

About Fixed Connector Displacement Restraints

Applying Fixed Connector Displacement Restraints

Fixed Displacement Restraints

About Fixed Displacement Restraints

Applying Fixed Displacement Restraints

Hinges

About Hinges

Applying Hinges

Planar Symmetry Restraints

About Planar Symmetry Restraints

Applying Planar Symmetry Restraints

Sliders

About Sliders

Applying Sliders

Loads

Bearing Loads

About Bearing Loads

Applying Bearing Loads

Bolt Displacements

About Bolt Displacements

Applying Bolt Displacements

Bolt Forces

About Bolt Forces

Applying Bolt Forces

Bolt Torques

About Bolt Torques

Applying Bolt Torques

Cavity Pressures

About Cavity Pressures

Applying Cavity Pressures

Connector Forces

About Connector Forces

Applying Connector Forces

Connector Moments

About Connector Moments

Applying Connector Moments

Connector Rotations

About Connector Rotations

Applying Connector Rotations

Connector Rotational Velocities

About Connector Rotational Velocities

Applying Connector Rotational Velocities

Connector Translations

About Connector Translations

Applying Connector Translations

Connector Translational Velocities

About Connector Translational Velocities

Applying Connector Translational Velocities

Forces

About Forces

Applying Forces

Gravity

About Gravity

Applying Gravity

Imported Forces

About Imported Forces

Data Format

Defining Imported Forces

Inertia Relief

About Inertia Relief

Applying Inertia Relief

Pressures

About Pressures

Applying Pressures

Apply Uniform Pressures

Apply Hydrostatic Pressure Distributions

Apply Varied Pressures with Mapped Data

Remote Forces

About Remote Forces

Applying Remote Forces

Remote Torques

About Remote Torques

Applying Remote Torques

Rotational Velocities

About Applied Rotational Velocities

Applying Rotational Velocities

Rotations

About Applied Rotations

Applying Rotations

Shell Edge Loads

About Shell Edge Loads

Applying Shell Edge Loads

Sliding Velocities

About Sliding Velocities

Applying Sliding Velocities

Torques

About Torques

Applying Torques

Translational Velocities

About Translational Velocities

Applying Translational Velocities

Translations

About Applied Translations

Applying Translations

Simulate

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