Generative Part Structural Analysis

Generative Part Structural
Analysis
© 1997 – 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

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Tutorial Objectives
Description
? This Tutorial is an introduction to Generative Part Structural Analysis.
Message
? To show how Stress Analysis is easy to use - even for the non-analyst
? To show how CATIA V5 gives accurate results
? To show CATIA V5’s associativity features
Duration
? 45 minutes
Product Coverage
? Assembly Design, Part Design, Generative Part Structural Analysis

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Tutorial Major Steps
Here are the major steps of the tutorial:
Step 1
? Show the supporting geometry
Step 2
? Prepare the part for analysis
Step 3
? Assign boundary conditions ( Loads and Restraints)
Step 4
? Solve the problem
Step 5
? Visualise the results
Step 6
? Analyse the results
Step 7
? Change the design and resolve
Step 8

? Reanalyse the results

Settings 1/2
Depending on your needs, you may have to modify the CATIA V5 settings (units, default
directory, visualisation parameters, etc…)
In order to use the appropriate settings for this tutorial, you have two possibilities:
1. Do the following operations (simplest one):

?BEFORE STARTING YOUR CATIA V5 SESSION:
? Copy or replace the directory ..\Generative Part Structural Analysis\Data\CATSettings in:
For NT users C:\Winnt\Profiles\XXXXX\Application Data\DassaultSystemes
For Windows 2000 C:\Documents and settings\Profiles\XXXXX\Application Data\DassaultSystemes
or XP users
For Windows C:\Windows\Profiles\XXXXX\Application Data\DassaultSystemes
98 users
XXXX is the name used to log on to your computer
? Do not forget to put this folder (CATSettings) in read mode:

? Select the folder (CATSettings)
? Click mouse button 3 then click on Properties and
uncheck the Read-only Attribute
? Select all the files in the folder

? Click mouse button 3 then click on Properties and uncheck the Read-only
Attribute
2. Set them manually:

? Launch your CATIA V5 session and do the operations from page 23 onwards
Settings 2/2
For this tutorial you also need to install a material catalogue:

? Do not do this step if you have already done it in getting started or in a previous tutorial
? Copy the ..\Getting Started\Catalog.CATMaterial file under ..\Program

Files\Dassault Systemes\M07\intel_a\startup\materials\French directory

Files\Dassault Systemes\M07\intel_a\startup\materials\German directory

Files\Dassault Systemes\M07\intel_a\startup\materials\Japanese directory

Files\Dassault Systemes\M07\intel_a\startup\materials directory

? Answer Yes in order to replace the old catalogue
You are now ready to launch your CATIA V5 session

Step 1: Show the Supporting Geometry
Loading the Product

? Opening the assembly
?Go to File and Open the Drill_
Press.CATProduct file in the
..\Generative Part Structural Analysis\
Data directory
?Check you are in the Assembly
Design workbench
? If not, select the Product Name in
the Specification tree, then select Start
+ Assembly Design
?Select Manipulation icon
?Select Y Translation in
Manipulation Parameters window
?Check the With respect to
constraints option box

Step 1: Show the Supporting Assembly
?In the 3D view, drag the “sliding

jaw” part along the Y axis (as shown
by the yellow arrow) and then drag it
back to the original position. This
shows the assembly mechanism is
properly constrained
?Click OK to close the Manipulation

window
?Click on the Update icon if

necessary
? You should not have to do this if
you are in Automatic Update

Step 1: Show the Supporting Assembly
?Expand the screw part in the

structure tree by clicking on the +
symbol
?Click MB3 on Steel. Then select

Properties to show the material
properties
?Select Analysis folder to see the

Structural Properties of the chosen
material
?Click OK to close the Properties

window

Step 2: Prepare the part for Analysis
? From this assembly you will open the

part and analyse its deformations. In this
CATIA demonstration mode you cannot
Study the Stress Analysis on a full
assembly because this product is not
installed. If you are interested in an
assembly evaluation, please contact your
Business Partner
?In the Menu bar, select Edit +
Links… to look at the different parts
included in that assembly
?Select Pointed documents panel
?Select the ..\Generative Part

Structural
Analysis\Data\Screw.CATPart line

?Click on the Open button
? The screw will be opened in a new
window

? You will simplify the part by deactivating

a redundant pattern at the end of the
screw. (It will not affect the analysis
results.) This operation will save
computation time.
?Click MB3 on CircPattern.1 in the

Specification tree then select
CircPattern.1 object + Deactivate
?Repeat the operation for

CircPattern.2

? Now that you have prepared the part to

analyse, you will enter the appropriate
workbench
?From the Menu bar, select Start +

Analysis & Simulation + Generative
Structural Analysis
?In the New Analysis Case window,

select Static Analysis then OK to
validate

? A new window is opened with the
screw in the Analysis environment

Step 3: Assign Boundary Conditions
Setting the Boundary Conditions

? Before computing, you need to indicate
the Boundary conditions
?Select Clamp icon from workbench
?Select one of the internal faces of

the screw thread (Choose one of the
screw ends)
?Select OK to confirm

Step 3: Assign Boundary Conditions
?Select Force Icon from workbench
?Select the end face of the screw
?Click in the X field and key in 950

lbf
?Key-in –50 lbf in the Y field

? The Norm value is automatically
updated
?Select OK to confirm

Step 4: Solve the problem
Computing the load problem

? Setting the Temporary file calculation
?Click on the Elfini Storage Location icon
?Define the corresponding directory E:\Temp
using Modify
? The results will be stored on your hard disk.
You should not need more than 50MB. To
delete the results files, you can either manually
delete them in Windows or click on the Clear
button
?Select the Compute icon

?Check the Preview option
?Click on the OK button to launch the

calculation

?After a few seconds, CATIA will come back
with an estimated time for computation of this
problem.
?Click Yes to continue

Step 5: Visualise the Results
? After computation, the results can be

visualised
? The Von Mises icon is available

when the computation is finished
?Click on the black arrow of the

visualisation mode and select the
Applies customized view parameters
icon
?Check the Materials option

?Click OK to validate

?Click on the Von Mises icon
? Now you can see the Von Mises
stress distribution on the deformed
mesh model

Step 5: Visualise the Results
?Visualising the Von Mises image

? To improve your view, hide Properties
and Nodes and Elements using
hide/show in their contextual menu
? Multi-select both Nodes and
Elements and Properties in the
specification tree by holding down the
CTRL key
? Click MB3 on Properties + Hide/Show
?Move mouse cursor over finite elements

to visualise Von Mises values at each
node
?You can modify the result display

? Double-click on the palette

? Enter 20 instead of 10
? Click OK to close the panel

Step 6: Analyse the Results
? Displaying the cutting plane to see the

inside part values
?Select the Cut Plane icon
?Select the view under the isometric
predefined view
? Clicking and moving the rotation axis as

shown by the yellow arrow
?To translate the cutting plane, click

MB1 on the arc and drag it in the
direction of the yellow arrow
?Uncheck the Show Cutting Plane

option
?Move mouse cursor over finite

elements to visualise Von Mises
values on each node.

?Visualising Von Mises Extrema

? Click on the Search Image Extrema
icon
? Click OK to validate
? The minimum and maximum Von Mises
values are displayed directly on the
deformed shape
? You can check that the maximum Von
Mises value is lower than the Steel yield
strength

?To get a better idea of the Von Mises

results and deformation, you can animate
this image with a maximum deformation
scale factor
? Select Deformation Scale Factor icon
? Increase it to the maximum by
dragging the cursor to the end
? Select Animate icon

? Click CLOSE to finish the review
?Deformed mesh image

? Select the Deformation icon

Step 7: Change the Design and Resolve
? From the analysed results, you’ll find

that the stress is higher than the yield
strength of steel. To correct this, you
need to modify the part
?Double click part screw on the

structure tree to activate the design
workbench
?Double click sketch.3 of shaft.1
and change the overall length
value from 6.375 to 9 inches.

?Exit and update if you are not in
Automatic Update mode

Step 8: Reanalyse the results
? You only need to launch a new

computation: all FEM specifications are
associative with geometry
?Double click on Finite Element
Model in the specification tree
?Click on the Compute icon to

rerun the compute without preview
?Check the Von Mises stresses

by clicking again on the Von Mises
icon
? You can check that the

Maximum Von Mises stress is now

less than the yield strength of steel

Manual Settings

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Setting the environment
Setting the environment

? For this exercise you will need to change some
Options
?In the Menu bar, select Tools + Options…
? Under General+Parameters, in the Options Pop-

up window, select Units tab
?Select the Length line and with the scroll
down menu, choose the Inch(in) unit
?On the Force line, select the Pound Force
(lbf) unit

?Finally on the Pressure line select the Lb.
force per square inch (psi) unit
?Click OK to confirm the settings

Congratulations

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1. Do the following operations (simplest one):

? Do not forget to put this folder (CATSettings) in read mode:

© 1997 – 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

2. Set them manually:

For this tutorial you also need to install a material catalogue:

? Copy the ..\Getting Started\Catalog.CATMaterial file under ..\Program

? Copy the ..\Getting Started\Catalog.CATMaterial file under ..\Program

? Copy the ..\Getting Started\Catalog.CATMaterial file under ..\Program

? Copy the ..\Getting Started\Catalog.CATMaterial file under ..\Program

© 1997 – 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

You are now ready to launch your CATIA V5 session

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Loading the Product

© 1997 – 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

?In the 3D view, drag the “sliding

?Click OK to close the Manipulation

?Click on the Update icon if

© 1997 – 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

?Expand the screw part in the

?Click MB3 on Steel. Then select

?Select Analysis folder to see the

?Click OK to close the Properties

© 1997 – 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

? From this assembly you will open the

?Select the ..\Generative Part

© 1997 – 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

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? You will simplify the part by deactivating

?Click MB3 on CircPattern.1 in the

?Repeat the operation for

© 1997 – 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

? Now that you have prepared the part to

?From the Menu bar, select Start +

?In the New Analysis Case window,

© 1997 – 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

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Setting the Boundary Conditions

?Select Clamp icon from workbench

?Select one of the internal faces of

© 1997 – 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

?Select Force Icon from workbench

?Select the end face of the screw

?Click in the X field and key in 950

?Key-in –50 lbf in the Y field

© 1997 – 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

Computing the load problem

?Select the Compute icon

?Click on the OK button to launch the

© 1997 – 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

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? After computation, the results can be

? The Von Mises icon is available

?Click on the black arrow of the

?Check the Materials option

© 1997 – 2001 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

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?Visualising the Von Mises image

?Move mouse cursor over finite elements

?You can modify the result display