Browsers supply a great deal of view-related functionality by listing the parts of a model in a tabular and/or tree-based
format, and providing controls inside the table that allow you to alter the display of model parts.
FE geometry is topology on top of mesh, meaning CAD and mesh exist as a single entity. The purpose of FE geometry
is to add vertices, edges, surfaces, and solids on FE models which have no CAD geometry.
Tools and workflows that are dedicated to rapidly creating new parts for specific use cases, or amending existing
parts. The current capabilities are focused on stiffening parts.
The Run Solver tool allows you to save and run the current model.
Follow the steps below to save and run the current model.
From the General Actions toolbar, select the Run Solver
panel .
The Run Solver panel is displayed in the panels
area.
Select how to run the model from the radio buttons in the top-left of the
panel.
Click the file browser icon and select a solver file name
(.xml) from the Save As
dialog.
By default, a solver file name with the same base name as that of the model
will be displayed in the field.
Select the type of simulation to run from the Simulation
type drop-down menu.
Transient
Static
Quasi-Static
Assembly
Linear
Static+Transient
Static+Linear
User Control
Set the length of the simulation in TIME units chosen in
the Solver Units Dataset by entering a value in the End
Time text box.
Set the time movement when simulation results are exported to the output files
by entering a value in the Print Interval text box.
Select an analysis from the model, if any, using the
Analysis drop-down menu.
Use the All option to export the solver deck and solve
for each available analysis.
Select a registered solver script from the Script
drop-down menu.
To register a solver script, use the
*RegisterSolverScript() preference file statement.
Click Run to execute the solver.
MotionView writes out the corresponding
files required by the solver to run and also executes the script that is
referenced in the Run panel.
A message window is displayed monitoring the
progress of the run.
Tip:
If User Control is selected as the simulation type, a
new tab becomes available allowing you to define a user subroutine.
Select Scripted simulation if a simulation script
exists in the model in the form of Template or CommandSets. Checking this
option prevents MotionView from exporting the
Simulate command (Simulation type, End time, and Print Interval) from the
Run Solver panel to the solver deck.
Check Export MDL snapshot to save a copy of the MDL
file in the current state at which the model is being submitted to the
solver.
Check Export MDL animation file to write an
.maf file which can be loaded as a model in
HyperView to view results with
.mrf.
MotionSolve lists information in a log file
which has a .log extension appended to the solver file
base name. Click View Log to view the run log in a
text window.
Click Animate to animate the results in a HyperView window after the solution is
completed.
Click Plot to plot the results in a HyperGraph window after the solution is
completed.