Workshop 9

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Workshop 9 – Goals Workshop Supplement

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• Goal:
– Use the
• DesignXplorer Parameter Manager
• Parameter Manager under Solution branch
to specify changes to the load magnitude and material properties
of our model and solve all scenarios at one time.

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Workshop 9 - Start Page Workshop Supplement

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1. From the launcher start Simulation.

2. Choose “Geometry > From File . . . “ and

browse to the file “Lever.x_t”.

3. When DS starts, close the Template menu by

clicking the ‘X’ in the corner of the window.

4. Change the working unit system to metric

mm.
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Workshop 9 - Environment Workshop Supplement

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5. Highlight the Environment branch.

6. Select the surface of the large horizontal cylindrical

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hole.

7. RMB > Insert > Cylindrical Support.

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8. In the detail window change “Tangential” to “Free”.

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9. Select the bottom face of the vertical
cylinder.

10. RMB > Insert > Fixed Support.

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11. Select the surface of the smaller horizontal
cylinder.

12. RMB > Insert > Bearing Load.

13. In the bearing load detail switch to the

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14. Enter a magnitude of 5000N in the Y

direction.

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Workshop 9 – Boundary Conditions Workshop Supplement

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5000 N bolt load in Y
direction

Fixed Support Cylindrical Support

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Workshop 9 – Solution Setup Workshop Supplement

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15. Highlight the solution branch.

16. RMB > Insert > Stress > Equivalent (von Mises).

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17. RMB > Insert > Deformation > Total.

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18. RMB > Insert > Parameter Item >

Parameter Manager.

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DesignXplorer Parameter Manager
Workshop 9 - Parameters Workshop Supplement

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• Set up parameters by toggling on ‘P’:
19. Enable bearing load Y component as a
Parameter.

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20. Enable Maximum Total Deformation as a

Parameter.

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• Set up material as a parameter.

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21. Expand the Geometry branch and
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highlight “Part 1”.

22. Switch to the “Engineering Data”

tab

23. Click on the box beside Young’s

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24. Return to the Project page and
choose “New DesignXplorer
Parameter Manager

25. The chosen Input Parameters

are displayed

26. Click Insert new “What –if”

design point

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27. Add more input points to get a table similar to the one shown

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below:

- Note : Each new scenario becomes a design point

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28. When all design points are entered, choose to “Run > Process
Design Points”

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29. The result should show the output parameters in the table

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30. Click the “What-If” Charts on the right

31. What-If Charts allow users to configure and plot input vs. output
in XY plots

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32. …..Alternatively, the Parameter Manager can Also be used to
achieve the same comparison studies.

33. Continuing from step 23 ( Steps 1 through 23 are the same for
both methods)

34. Highlight the Parameter Manager branch.

35. In the Parameter Worksheet place the cursor in the “Scenarios”

section and RMB to “Add” a new scenario (add 3 new scenarios
as shown at bottom of page).

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36. Set up the Parameter Manager for Structural steel and Stainless
Steel on the worksheet as shown below:
– Scenario 1: As set up in problem description.
– Scenario 2:
• Bearing Load Y Component = 5000 N
• Young’s Modulus = 190e3MPa
•Density = 7.75e-6 Kg/m3
– Scenario 3:
• Bearing load Component = 10000 N
• Young’s Modulus = 2e5 MPa
•Density = 7.85e-6 Kg/m3
– Scenario 4:
• Bearing Load Y Component = 10000 N
• Young’s Modulus = 190e3 MPa
• Density = 7.75e-6 Kg/m3
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Workshop 9 - Solution Workshop Supplement

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37. Check the status of all scenarios and make sure each is checked

38. Solve.

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Workshop 9 – PM Notes Workshop Supplement

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• Drag the dividers between
columns to resize them.

• Can change definition

names and they will
update in the scenario
table.

• Only checked scenarios

will be solved.

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Workshop 9 - Results Workshop Supplement

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• Current scenario being post-processed will be displayed in
Bold type.

• To update the results to a different scenario check the scenario

then solve.

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