About Model, Scenario, and Results

Model simulation data defines the physical properties of a model that are relevant to the simulation. When you enter the model context, you can assign material definitions to parts and define additional features that enhance the existing geometry definition. For example, you can add simulation features such as connections and point masses. The model definition determines how the model reacts to the scenario that you apply.

Typical model context activities include:

• Assigning materials to the parts comprising the model
• Defining section properties (such as materials, shell thicknesses, or composite layups)
• Defining the meshing techniques and parameters

Scenario simulation data defines the conditions that act on the model during the simulation. When you enter the scenario context, you define the analysis steps and the conditions that affect the model during each step (for example, restraints, loads, or interactions). The scenario is also where you define and run the simulation.

Typical scenario context activities include:

• Defining analysis steps (for example, the types of steps, their durations, and their incrementation schemes)
• Defining interactions between the model and its surrounding environment
• Defining boundary conditions that constrain the model
• Defining loads that act on the model

Results data contains the calculated response of a model to the applied scenario. When you enter the results context, you can create and view plots, reports, and animations of the various output data that you requested before running the simulation.

Typical results context activities include:

• Creating contour plots of field data (for example, stress or velocity data)
• Creating vector plots for vector quantities (for example, velocity or heat flux)
• Creating X-Y plots (for example, the value of a variable over time or as a function of another variable)