Mechanical Scenario Creation is a native app
that lets you create and manage:
- Procedures (such as static stress, frequency, heat transfer, and implicit or
explicit dynamics) that configure the analysis type, sequence of steps, and
time scale.
- Restart analysis cases that let you develop a complex simulation in multiple
stages.
- Initial conditions (such as temperature and velocity) that set the values of
certain variables at the start of the simulation.
- Interactions that define the response of contacting model regions.
- Restraints (such as clamps, hinges, and ball joints) that fix translational
or rotational degrees of freedom of portions of the model.
- Loads (such as pressure and forces) that represent concentrated or
distributed tractions applied to a model by an external source.
- Thermal conditions (such as temperature, heat flux, and ambient radiation)
that can induce stress or change the model properties.
- Durability conditions (such as fatigue loading and surface finish), which are available
only when you have the appropriate role.
- Output requests that generate simulation results data.
For information about accessing Mechanical Scenario Creation, see Opening an App from the Compass.
For a video overview showing many of the steps included in the creation of a scenario, see
Create a Physics Simulation Scenario in
3DEXPERIENCE.
Before you begin using Mechanical Scenario Creation, you must define the simulation model. You create the simulation model, which
includes material assignments, material properties, sections, and connections, using
Structural Model Creation. For more information about materials, see the Simulation Materials guide.
When you run the simulation, you must choose a licensing configuration that
determines what resources are used. For more information about licensing, see the
Simulation Licensing guide.
After you run your simulation, you can use Physics Results Explorer to generate plots and reports to view and share your results and to make
decisions about the model's design.