Create Analysis

Create an analysis for your project.

For more in-depth information about each type of analysis, go to the following topics:
  1. On the Main Menu toolbar, click the icon for the desired type of analysis.


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  2. Follow the process for the chosen analysis.
    Analysis Type Process
    - Structural From the drop-down menu, select one of the following:
    • Structural linear
    • Structural non-linear - In the pop-up window, specify separating contact, material non-linear, or geometric non-linear in the popup window.
    • Buckling linear - In the pop-up dialog select the desired structural analysis to define the buckling load and number of modes.
      Note: You can also right-click on an existing structural analysis and select Create linked analysis > Buckling linear, then select the desired number of modes.
    • Multi-loadcases
    • Sequential - In the pop-up dialog select the desired structural analysis to define the prestress state.
      Note: You can also right-click on an existing structural analysis and select Create linked analysis > Structural sequential.
    - Modal
    • For Modal Analysis, in the popup window, specify the Number of modes to find.
    • For Modal Prestressed, in the Modal drop-down menu select Modal prestressed. In the pop-up dialog, select the desired structural analysis to define the prestress state and number of modes.
      Note: You can also right-click on an existing structural analysis and select Create linked analysis > Modal prestressed, then select the desired number of modes.
    - Dynamics In the drop-down menu, select one of the following:
    • Transient - Specify Time span.
    • Frequency response - Specify the frequency span upper and lower limits.
    • Random response - Specify the frequency span upper and lower limits.
    • Frequency multi-loadcase
    For all dynamics types, specify the modal results to which the analysis is linked. The modal solution must exist in the current design study. In SimSolid, the time integration of the equations of motion is extremely fast and all modes are always included in the analysis.

    Specify damping using Rayleigh damping coefficients or Modal damping.
    - Thermal In the drop-down menu, select one of the following:
    • Thermal steady state
    • Thermal transient - In the pop-up window, specify the number of modes to extract, time span, and the initial temperature.
    - Fatigue In the drop-down menu, select one of the following:
    • SN Time
    • SN Sequential
    • EN Time
    • EN Sequential
    The new analysis appears as a new branch in the Project Tree.