Liro, if I use your method do I still need to add the *springs* that LeonEng mentioned?
I tried your method -- meshed two blocks, created assembly of two blocks, then CONSTRAINED the two blocks in assembly, then created FEM From Assembly, selected the two FEM's, updated, RESTRAINED the part...
hm... i tried creating two separate FEM's for each part, but the system only lets me place one FEM on the workbench at one time.
i've also tried creating an assembly, but when i try to mesh, the system automatically turn the assembly into a single part file. is there a such thing as a...
are you saying to create two separate FEM's for the two different part files. then place both FEM's onto the workbench and create restraints between the blocks?
I took two blocks (separate parts) and created an assembly file, and placed surface constraints to fuse the two boxes together.
Then I created a FEM from the assembly, which automatically takes the assembly and makes it become one part file.
With this part file which represented two blocks...
Why is it that after creating a mesh, previewing, and selecting "keep mesh", i cannot go into the mesh and modify it? All the boxes become grayed out. This occurs even if I do not have any solutions tied to the mesh.
Thanks
I want to do FEA on a part, seeing the stress on it if there is a delta Temperature of 100 deg C.
So let's say I will warm it from 0 C to 100 C.
How do I set this? In the boundary condition setup, there is a space that asks for the amplitude of my Temp. I assume I put 100 here?
But where do...
ok, i got it to work.
i found out that when defining the section to extrude, i have to select both the outer edge of the large cylinder, as well as the edge of the inner circle.
thanks
I've come across another problem.
I'll try to explain this a best as I can.
Let's say I have one large cylinder (5" diam, 4" height).
Inside this cylinder, I want to stack two smaller cylinders (like a wedding cake).
I want a 4" diam, 2" height cylinder on the bottom, and...
i finally succesfully partitioned the model.
you guys were correct in saying to build the entire solid before paritioning it.
i was building each feature and partitioning it immediately after. i believe this is what caused the problems.
thanks for all your help!
a follow up question...
if i create a partition and it tells me that the "partition is not fully defined", and it also turn yellow on my History Tree, is there a way to query what exactly is "not defined" ???
thanks
my intent for the partition is to model an FEA with separate volumes that i can specify different material and mesh characteristics.
i seem to have trouble doing FEA on assemblies, and this method has seemed to work well, up until now, now that the parts are becoming more complex.
any advice?
I am creating a part which needs to be partitioned into about 6 separate volumes (but still be considered ONE part).
I notice that if I don't create the features in a certain order, when I start to partition, I get errors.
Is there a certain convention about the order in which I create the...