DMU Engineering Analysis Review Tutorial

DMU Engineering Analysis Review Version 5 Release 10 Page 1
DMU Engineering Analysis Review
Preface
Using This Guide

Where to Find More Information
Getting Started
Inserting a CATAnalysis Document

Using DMU Space Analysis From CATAnalysis Results
Entering DMU Engineering Analysis Review Workbench
Browsing a Generated Image
Generating a Basic Report
Basic Tasks
Results and Image Generation
Generating Images
Activating / De-Activating Images
Editing Images
Basic Reporting
Results Management
Animating Images
Cut Plane Analysis
Amplitude Modulation
Extrema Detection
Manipulating the Color Palette
Images Layout
Workbench Description
Menu Bar
Results Management Toolbar
Index
Preface
DMU Engineering Analysis Review provides an easy to use capability to review the
specifications for and results of Engineering Analysis studies.
Data created with Structural analysis products: GPS, GAS, EST, FMS or data created in by third
party applications integrated through CAA. With this tool, any user can easily access and review
Analysis results without the need for other Analysis capability, and in the context of the overall
product definition.
In the Context of the digital mockup (DMU), this product takes the integration of Design and
Analysis to a new level with the ability to perform interference checking and measurements
between the deformed shape of parts or products under in service loading and the surrounding
parts and products. Thus ensuring that required packaging and clearances are validated for both
nominal conditions and operational conditions. In addition, review can be in the form of contour
plots or arrow plots, and displays can be animated, and HTML reports of results can be created.
Using This Guide

Using This Guide

This book is intended for the user who needs to quickly become familiar with DMU
Engineering Analysis Review.

Prior to reading this book, we recommend that you read:
Infrastructure User's guide Version 5
Part Design User's Guide
Assembly Design User's Guide
Real Time Rendering User's Guide
Conventions chapter
Getting Started
This tutorial will guide you step-by-step through your first DMU Engineering
Analysis Review session, allowing you to get acquainted with the product. You
just need to follow the instructions as you progress.

Using DMU Space Analysis From CATAnalysis Results
Entering DMU Engineering Analysis Review Workbench
Browsing a Generated Image
Generating a Basic Report
These tasks should take about 15 minutes to complete.

In this scenario one extremity of the assembly smallest tube (Part4) needs to be
moved of 91.243 mm so that it can match the other part (Part5). You will
therefore import the FEM Analysis document resulting from the imposed
displacement.
You start with the following Product document...
... then visualize 3D Analysis data ...

... and will eventually generate the following html report file.
Click here to open the whole text Basic Analysis Report file that we saved as a
text file.
This an extract of the whole html file:

This first task will show you how to insert a CATAnalysis document in a CATProduct
document. You will then be able to perform DMU Space Analysis operations, browse
images and generate a report from this assembly.
Open the Custom.CATProduct document.

Before You Begin
Go to View -> Render Style -> Customize View and make sure the Shading and Materials
options are active in the Custom View Modes dialog box.
1. Select Product2 feature from the specification tree.

2. Right-click and select Components -> Existing Component... option from the displayed
contextual menu.
The File Selection dialog box appears.

3. Select the desired existing component from the dialog box. In this particular case, select
Analysis_On_Product.CATAnalysis.
4. Click OK in the File Selection dialog box.
The CATAnalysis component is added to the existing ones. Note that the coordinates of the
added component need to be coherent with those of the existing product components.
5. Select Part4 (Part4.1) from the specification tree, right-click and select the Hide option
from the contextual menu.
This part is now turned into the No Show mode. Thus, only the Analysis results associated
to this part are visualized. You can now launch the desired operations on the assembly.
Of course, the specification tree is updated.

Using DMU Space Analysis From

CATAnalysis Results
You can now perform any of the DMU Space Analysis operations using 3D Analysis
results, as if this was CATPart geometry.
1. Go to Start -> Digital Mockup -> DMU Space Analysis workbench.
The main added value is that you can perform a clash analysis computation using the
deformed shape, or still analyze the section deformation of the tube. As shown below,
you can perform any measurement between the deformed and the other components of
the assembly. You can also attach 3D annotations to the 3D results if you need to add
comments to the assembly.
Of course, the accuracy of DMU Space Analysis operations depends on the accuracy of
the CATAnalysis document (in other words, the size of the FEM mesh elements).
DMU Space Analysis available toolbar:
For more details, see DMU Space Analysis user's guide.

2. Open Custom2WithSpa.CATProduct document.
3. If needed, select Part4 (Part4.1) from the specification tree, right-click and select the
Hide option from the contextual menu to turn the part into the No Show mode.
Entering DMU Engineering Analysis

Review
You will now to enter DMU Engineering Analysis Review workbench.
Before you begin

Make sure you did not install one of the following:
ELFINI Structural Analysis Version 5
Generative Part Structural Analysis Version 5
Generative Assembly Structural Analysis Version 5
Otherwise, you will not access DMU Engineering Analysis Review workbench.
1. Double-click the CATAnalysis component.
You automatically enter the DMU Engineering Analysis Review workbench.
You now have access to the below features, in the specification tree:
You are now able to:

browse any of the specifications in order to return information on the
computation hypothesis.
manage the display of existing images included in the CATAnalysis
document.
generate standard images (Translational Displacement Magnitude and
Von Mises Stress)
edit any image in order to visualize results on pre-defined groups of finite
elements.
use Tools (Animate, examine results in a plane cut, scale the deformed
mesh amplitude, global or local extrema, manipulate the color palette,
layout images).
Remember that an image is the 3D visualization of analysis results on the Finite

Element Modeler mesh.
Browsing Displacement Specification

You will now to browse the displacement specification to check whether the
smallest tube (Part4) was properly displaced and can can match the other part
(Part5).
1. Double-click on Enforced Displacement.1 feature in the specification tree.
The Enforced displacement dialog box appears.

You can perform you review by browsing the Translation 2 value (set to
91.23mm) at which Part 4 was displaced.
Generating a Basic Analysis Report

You will now generate a Basic Analysis Report. A Report is a summary of an
object set computation results and status messages, captured in an editable
file.
1. Click the Basic Analysis Report icon .
The Reporting options dialog box is displayed.
Pressing the button on the right gives you access to your file system for defining
a path for the output Report file. You can edit the title of the report.
2. Set the path and click OK to close the dialog box.
A HTML file containing the Report of the Static Case Solution objects set
computation is displayed.
This HTML file contains information relative to the static computation procedure.
You will find here below a global view of the whole html file: we split it into three
images.
First Image:
Mesh
Element Type
Element Quality
Properties
Static Case
Second Image:
Static Case :
Boundary conditions
STRUCTURE computation
RESTRAINT Computation
LOAD Computation
STIFFNESS Computation
SINGULARITY Computation
CONSTRAINT Computation
NUMBERING Computation
FACTORIZED Computation
Third Image:
DIRECT METHOD computation
Deformed Mesh
Von Mises Stress (nodal value)
3. If needed, save the file as a text type file.

4. Click here to open the text Basic Analysis Report file.
Basic Tasks
The basic tasks you will perform in the DMU Engineering Analysis Review
workbench are the following:
Results and Image Generation

Results Management
Image and Result Generation
Image Generation
Generate Image: Generate images that are not those included in the Image
toolbar. The list of these images will depend on the Case type.
Activate / De-Activate Images: Generate images that are not those included in the
Image toolbar. The list of these images will depend on the Case type.
Edit Images: Generate images that are not those included in the Image toolbar.
The list of these images will depend on the Case type.
Result Generation
Basic Analysis Report: Creates an analysis report.

Generating Images
Images can be generated in accordance with the Case type.
This task shows how to generate images from a given solution.
Static/Frequency/Free Frequency Case

Solution
You can use the sample01.CATAnalysis document from the samples directory
for this task.
1. Select the Generate icon from the Results toolbar.
The Image Choice dialog box is displayed with the list of the Image Names
available in accordance with the Case type (Static, Frequency, Free Frequency
or Buckling).
2. Select the type of the image you wish to generate.

The dialog box disappears and the image is automatically generated. The feature
of the newly generated image appears in the specification tree.
Warning : for the Frequency Case, the mode shapes are arbitrarily normalized
displacements. In this case, the images of stress and energy results give only
tendencies related to these mode shapes.
You will find here a table with the Images available in the Image Choice dialog
box.
Image Names Meaning Case Solution type
Static Case
Frequency Case
Deformed Mesh Deformed mesh Free Frequency Case
Buckling Case
Combined Case
Iso-value image of the Static Case
Translational nodal translation Frequency Case
displacement magnitude displacements Free Frequency Case
magnitude. Buckling Case
Von Mises Stress (nodal Iso-value image of nodal Static Case

value) VonMises stress. Frequency Case
Activating / De-Activating Images

You can modify the current visualization by activating or de-activating images.
This task shows how to activate or de-activate an image using the contextual
menu.
You can use the Custom02.CATProduct sample.
1. Right-click the Von Mises Stress (nodal value) feature from the specification
tree.
2. Select the Image Activate/DeActivate option from the displayed contextual

menu.
The image is now de-activated:
The specification tree is updated:

Editing Images
You can edit images.
This task shows how to edit images.
You can use the sample26.CATAnalysis document: you created a Stress Von
Mises image.
1. Double-click the Deformed Mesh Image object in the specification tree and
edit the image.
The Image Edition dialog box appears.
In the Selections tab, the dialog box now let's you select mesh entities for a
given connection.
These mesh entities are either all the elements included in the mesh part or the
elements or nodes associated to the geometry supporting a specification. This is
available for all types of specifications: Mesh specifications, connections, loads,
restraints and masses.
2. Select the desired mesh entity in the Image Edition dialog box.
The mesh entity you select in the Image Edition dialog box (whatever the type)
corresponds to the visualized selection.
Products Available in Analysis Workbench

You could also start by creating a Finite Element Model containing a Frequency
Analysis Case, and compute a Frequency Solution prior to beginning this task.
In that case, if you double-click the Deformed Mesh Image object in the
specification tree to edit the image, a different Image Edition dialog box is
displayed: the Mesh tab let's you modify the shrink coefficient.
Reporting
A Report is a summary of an objects set computation results and status messages, captured in
an editable file.
Once an objects set has been computed (meaning that the user-defined specifications have been
converted into solver commands, which in turn have been transformed into degree of freedom data
and processed), all data contained in the object is ready for use in the subsequent finite element
computation process and the object can be analyzed.
This task shows how to generate a Report for Computed Solutions:
from DMU Engineering Analysis Review workbench
from DMU Navigator workbench
You can use the sample02_Image_Loads.CATAnalysis document.
1. Click the Basic Analysis Report icon .
The Reporting options dialog box is displayed.
Pressing the button on the right gives you access to your file system for defining a path for the output
Report file. You can edit the title of the report.
2. Set the path and click OK to close the dialog box.
A HTML file containing the Report of the Static Case Solution objects set computation is displayed. It
contains information relative to the static computation procedure:
restraints translation
loads translation
numbering
SPC singularity auto-fixing
constraints factorization
stiffness computation
constrained stiffness and loads computation
stiffness factorization
displacement computation
reactions computation
equilibrium checking
For example, you will find the image of the Von Mises Stress (nodal value) you previously generated.
3. If needed, you can perform the same operation with the Frequency Case.
A HTML file containing the Report of the Frequency Case Solution objects set computation is
displayed. It contains information relative to the frequency computation procedure. In complement to
the Static Case Report, one finds items such as:
a list of vibration frequencies
a list modal participation factors
4. Click OK to exit the Report application.
In addition to the HTML Report file, the program also generates a Text file ready for user editing.
5. Click here to open the .txt file: sample02_Image_Loads.txt.
DMU Navigator
1. Select Start -> Digital Mockup -> DMU Navigator from the toolbar.
OR
1. From any of the DMU workbenches (except DMU Engineering Analysis Review) , select the Tools
-> Publish command.
You can now use the available Publishing tools (Start Publish icon from the DMU Data Navigation
toolbar or Tools->Publish->Start Publish command from the menubar).
With the Publishing Tools, you can create a DMU html publish report with snapshots, features, text,
VRML. In addition, if you select the Publish Feature icon and then the Analysis current view, a link to
the Analysis Basic report will be automatically created in DMU publish report.
Click here if you wish to enter both the DMU Navigator and Generative Part Structural Analysis report.
For more details on Publishing Tools, see DMU Navigator user's guide.
Results Management
Results Management: Post-processes results and images.
Image Animation: Animates an image.

Cut Plane Analysis: Examines results in a plane cut.
Amplitude Modulation: Scales the deformed mesh amplitude.
Extrema Detection: Searches for global or local extrema of the analyzed field.
Manipulating the Color Palette: Edit the Palette on Von Mises display.
Images Layout: Tiles layout images.
Animating Images
Image Animation is a continuous display of a sequence of frames obtained
from a given image. Each frame represents the result displayed with a different
amplitude. The frames follow each other rapidly giving the feeling of motion.
By animating a deformed geometry or a normal vibration mode, you can get
better a insight of the behavior of the system. Sometimes you gain a more
thorough understanding of the system behavior.
This task shows how to Animate Images:
from DMU Engineering Analysis Review workbench
from DMU Navigator workbench
Mises image.
1. Click the Animate icon .

The image is animated with default animation parameters and the Animation
dialog box is displayed. You access any point of the simulation at random.
2. Click the Pause button .

The animation is interrupted.
3. You can now change the animation parameters to the desired values:
Define the Loop mode:
Play once in one shot
Repeat play non stop
Repeat play and reverse non stop
Play:
Jump to start
Plays backward
Steps backward
Pause
Steps forward
Plays forward
Jump to end
Steps Number:
To make the animation more or less fluent
Speed
For a smooth animation set the Number of steps parameter to its maximum value
(20) and activate the Repeat play and reverse non stop button .
4. Click the Play forward button .

Animation is resumed, with the new settings taken into account.
5. Click OK to exit the Animation application.
The animation capability is also available for Frequency Solutions.
DMU Navigator
1. Select Start -> Digital Mockup -> DMU Navigator from the toolbar and use the
available Play a Simulation icon .
OR
1. From any of the DMU workbenches (except DMU Engineering Analysis
Review), select the Tools -> Simulation command.
With the Play a Simulation functionality, you can animate the image.
For more details on Publishing Tools, see DMU Navigator user's guide.
Generated images are considered as DMU actions and can be integrated insides
sequences (see command called Edit Sequence).
Cut Plane Analysis

Cut Plane Analysis consists in visualizing results in a plane section through the
structure.
By dynamically changing the position and orientation of the cutting plane, you
can rapidly analyze the results inside the system.
This task shows how to use the Cut Plane Analysis capability.
Mises image.
1. Click the Cut Plane Analysis icon .
The Cutting Plane automatically appears.

The Cut Plane Analysis dialog box is displayed.
The compass is automatically positioned on the part, with a Cutting Plane normal
to its privileged direction.
Note that if the compass is already positioned on the view, the normal of the
compass is taken into account as the default normal of the cutting plane.
2. Handle the compass using the cursor and rotate or translate the Cutting Plane.
For this, you will select an edge of the compass and drag the cursor. As you
modify the plane position, results in the Cutting Plane are automatically updated.
3. Activate the View section Only option in the Cut Plane Analysis dialog box to
see the section relatively to the position of the cutting plane.
4. De-activate the Show cutting plane option in the Cut Plane Analysis dialog
box to see only the boundary of this cutting plane.
5. Click CLOSE in the Cut Plane Analysis dialog box to exit the Cut Plane
application.
The cut plane capability is also available for Frequency Solutions.

All the existing images will be cut, if needed.
Amplitude Modulation
Amplitude Modulation consists in scaling the maximum displacement
amplitude for visualizing a deformed mesh image.
You can either choose a large scaling coefficient to zoom on the deformed
geometry or a small coefficient to obtain a realistic visualization.
This task shows how to use the Amplitude Modulation capability.
Mises image.
1. Click the Deformation Scale Factor icon in the bottom toolbar.

The Deform Window dialog box is displayed.
The deformed geometry is visualized with the default values of the following
parameters:
Deformed Coefficient: the scaling factor.
Maximum Displacement: the value in mm of the maximum allowed displacement
on the image.
You can edit the Deform Window dialog box dialog box and set the parameters.
The cursor further allows you to dynamically change the scale factor from None
to Max.
2. Enter 100mm as Maximum Displacement new value in the Deform Window
dialog box.
The Magnification cursor is automatically set to Max.
A new image is displayed with your settings taken into account.

3. Click OK to exit the Deform Window dialog box.
The animation capability is also available for Frequency and Buckling Solutions.
Extrema Detection
Extrema Detection consists in localizing points where a results field is maximum or
minimum. You can ask the program to detect either one or both global extrema and an
arbitrary number of local extrema for your field.
This task shows how to use the Extrema Detection capability.
You can use the sample26.CATAnalysis document: you created a Stress Von Mises
image.
1. Click the Search Image Extrema icon.

The Extrema Creation dialog box is displayed.
You can ask the program to detect given numbers of global (on the whole part) and/or
local (relatively to neighbor mesh elements) extrema at most, by setting the Global and
Local switches.
If you activate the Global option, you will launch the detection of the minimum
and maximum global extrema. Global means that the system will detect all the
entities which have a value equal to the Minimum or Maximum value.
If you activate the Local option, you will launch the detection of the minimum and
maximum local extrema. Local means that the system will search all the entities
which are related to the Minimum or Maximum value compared to the
two-levelled neighboring entities.
3. Click OK to exit the dialog box.

A new image corresponding to the default settings is displayed, with two arrow boxes
locating the points of absolute extremum for the current field and containing information
about the detected value.
The Extrema object set containing the two Global Extrema appears under the current
Image object in the specification tree.
4. Double click the Extrema object set in the specification tree.

The Extrema Creation dialog box appears.
You can modify the objects set by setting the Global and Local switches.
5. Set the Global switch to off and the Local switch to on.
The boxes locating the global extrema disappear, and symbols locating the local
extrema are visualized.
The Extrema objects set in the specification tree now contains, in addition to the two
Global Extrema objects, as many Local Extremum (Maximum or Minimum) objects as
you have required.
6. Double-click one of the Local Extremum objects in the specification tree.

The Image Extremum Editor dialog box is displayed.
7. Set the Show Label option to on and then OK, in the Image Extremum Editor dialog
box.
A new arrow box is visualized, locating the position of the corresponding point and
containing information about the detected value.
8. Click OK to exit the Image Extremum Editor dialog box.
The extrema detection capability is also available for images obtained under Frequency
and Buckling Solutions.
Manipulating the Color Palette

The von Mises stresses, the Displacements, the Precision, the Principal Stress
distributions are employed along with a Color Palette.
This task shows how to edit the Palette on Von Mises display.
Mises image.
1. Click on the color palette once.

The color palette is now active (the part viewer is deactivated and the part is
shaded) and can be manipulated: either moved using the middle mouse button
or zoomed using the middle mouse button and then the left mouse button.
Move the palette
Use the middle mouse button and drag the palette to the desired location.
Zoom In / Zoom Out the palette

Use the middle mouse button, then the left mouse button and zoom either in or
out the palette to the desired size.
Images Layout
Generated images corresponding to analysis results are superimposed into one
image that cannot be properly visualized. You can tile these superimposed
images into as many layout images on the 3D view.
This task shows how to tile layout images.
You can use the sample13.CATAnalysis document from the samples directory
for this task.
Make sure at least one image was created and activated on the part.
1. Click the Images Layout icon .
The Images Layout dialog box appears.
2. Select the axis along which you will tile the images, in the Images Layout
dialog box.
3. Click OK in the Images Layout dialog box.

The images are tiled along the Y axis.
Select the Untile option in the Image Layout dialog box if you want to have
the images superimposed again.
You can animate one or more of these images, if desired.
Be careful: the cutting plane will cut all the images.
Workbench Description
This section contains the description of the icons and menus which are specific to the workbench of
DMU Engineering Analysis Review.
The icons are grouped in toolbars, which can be found on the right and bottom border of your
analysis document.
Menu Bar
Menu Bar
The DMU - Analysis Engineering Review menu bar contains the following
commands:
Tools
For... See...
Basic Analysis
Basic Analysis Report
Report
Animate an Analysis Image Animation:
Image
Cut Plane Analysis Cut Plane Analysis
Deformation Scale Amplitude
Factor Modulation
Image Extrema Extrema Detection
Image Layout Images Layout

The Analysis Tools and Results toolbars contain the following tools to manage results:
See Generating Images

See Reporting
See Animating Images

See Cut Plane Analysis
See Amplitude Modulation
See Extrema Detection

See Images Layout
Index
A
amplitude modulation
analysis
animating
C
color palette
cut plane analysis
E
extrema detection
G
generating
I
image
L
layout
R
reporting
result
V
visualization

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DMU Engineering Analysis Review

Using This Guide

Inserting a CATAnalysis Document

Results and Image Generation

Using This Guide

Using This Guide

Where to Find More Information

Inserting a CATAnalysis Document

These tasks should take about 15 minutes to complete.

... then visualize 3D Analysis data ...

Inserting a CATAnalysis Document

Open the Custom.CATProduct document.

1. Select Product2 feature from the specification tree.

The File Selection dialog box appears.

4. Click OK in the File Selection dialog box.

Of course, the specification tree is updated.

Using DMU Space Analysis From

1. Go to Start -> Digital Mockup -> DMU Space Analysis workbench.

For more details, see DMU Space Analysis user's guide.

2. Open Custom2WithSpa.CATProduct document.

Entering DMU Engineering Analysis

Before you begin

You are now able to:

Remember that an image is the 3D visualization of analysis results on the Finite

Browsing Displacement Specification

1. Double-click on Enforced Displacement.1 feature in the specification tree.

The Enforced displacement dialog box appears.

Generating a Basic Analysis Report

1. Click the Basic Analysis Report icon .

The Reporting options dialog box is displayed.

3. If needed, save the file as a text type file.

Results and Image Generation

Image and Result Generation

Basic Analysis Report: Creates an analysis report.

This task shows how to generate images from a given solution.

Static/Frequency/Free Frequency Case

1. Select the Generate icon from the Results toolbar.

2. Select the type of the image you wish to generate.

Image Names Meaning Case Solution type

Von Mises Stress (nodal Iso-value image of nodal Static Case

Activating / De-Activating Images

2. Select the Image Activate/DeActivate option from the displayed contextual

The image is now de-activated:

The specification tree is updated:

This task shows how to edit images.

Products Available in Analysis Workbench

This task shows how to generate a Report for Computed Solutions:

from DMU Engineering Analysis Review workbench

from DMU Navigator workbench

You can use the sample02_Image_Loads.CATAnalysis document.

DMU Engineering Analysis Review

1. Click the Basic Analysis Report icon .

The Reporting options dialog box is displayed.

4. Click OK to exit the Report application.

Results Management: Post-processes results and images.

Image Animation: Animates an image.

This task shows how to Animate Images:

from DMU Engineering Analysis Review workbench

from DMU Navigator workbench

DMU Engineering Analysis Review

1. Click the Animate icon .

2. Click the Pause button .