Preferences: Inspire Cast
Define preferences for casting analysis.
Analysis
Preference | Description |
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Run Options | Run in model directory: Enable this option if you want
to store run history in the directory where the model is located rather than the
run history path. Run history path: Specify the default location where the run history is stored. Number of CPU cores: Select the number of CPU cores to use when running simulations. For larger models, significant time savings can be achieved by using at least two cores to perform the calculation. If running simulations on your primary computer, you will want to leave some cores available for other processes. Use previous mesh: Select to use a previous mesh if the geometry has not changed to save time. Average number of steps: Define the average number of steps to be printed. The default setting will write around 100 steps, but can be modified to increase or decrease the number of steps. The value is bounded by the number of calculated steps. It is recommended to use no fewer than 50 steps for optimal visualization. New friction strategy: The new friction strategy simulates the fluidity of the casting material more realistically, but takes longer to run. Write .h3d for Physics AI: Export pressure, velocity, and temperature results for all parts to .h3d files. Find the files in a folder named “asciiandfem_results” in the simulation’s run folder. Preserve interface redistance: Enhances the tracking of the melt–air interface movement. Oscillation timestep limit: Enable to avoid unrealistic oscillations when the material velocity is very low. Timestep limit: Change the timestep limit. Greater numbers will yield increased simulation times. |
Meshing | Strategy for liquids: Select between Congruent,
Combine all liquids, Liquid wrap, and Liquid fuse. Strategy for solids: Select between Congruent, Non-congruent, and Voxel. Liquid Wrap mesh factor: Enter a number between 0 and 1. A smaller number yields a smaller wrap mesh element size. Liquid Fuse tolerance: Enter a distance. Gaps smaller than the specified distance will be filled. Voxel meshing quality: Choose between Coarse, Medium, Fine and Custom to define the size of the voxels in a voxel mesh. This option is useful only when Voxel is selected in the Meshing Strategy menu. Custom voxel meshing size: Define the custom size of the voxel mesh. This option is useful only when Custom is selected in the Voxel Meshing Quality menu. |
Porosity | Consider surface shrinkage: When selected, the porosity calculations are more accurate. When disabled, the size calculations are more accurate. |
Remote Run Options |
Remote Type: Choose a remote parallel processing method. The SMP method shares memory between all cores; for MPI each core has its own memory. SMP is only available for shared memory machines (a single computer), while MPI works on both shared and distributed memory machines (such as a cluster). For example, for a machine with 4 CPUs with 2 cores each, there are 8 total
processors available. They can be configured in a variety of ways:
In general, it is best to use MPI processing (if available) and as many cores as possible. Number of SMP CPU threads: Specify the number of threads to use for SMP or hybrid processing. Number of MPI CPU cores: Specify the number of cores to use for MPI or hybrid processing. Minimum free memory: This setting applies to jobs added to the PBS server queue. It is the minimum memory (RAM) needed to run a job. If a run is launched that requires more than the minimum free memory, it will be held in the job queue until enough free memory is available. |
Damage | Enable damage: Select to scale the damage of the
material, it can be mapped to the crash mesh in
RADIOSS. K: Define the value to add to the scaled temperature and scaled flow length. Scale temperature (C): Define the cooling rate of the temperature at the end of the casting process. Scale flow length: Define the scale of the flow length. |
Analysis Legend Colors | Solidification: Select the legend colors for the
analysis result type. Filling: Select the legend colors for the analysis result type. |
Model Definition
Preference | Description |
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Materials | Material Norm: Choose from en (Euro Norm), iso (International Standard), astm (American Society for Testing and Materials), or jis (Japanese Industrial Standard). |
Process Settings | Ambient temperature (C): Define the ambient temperature. |
Report
Preference | Description |
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Save Settings | Save to default file location: Change the directory
path for the folder where casting analysis reports will be
saved. Save to model location: When enabled, casting analysis reports will be saved to the folder where the model is saved. |
Report Templates | Cast Script: Select a file format for your casting analysis reports. The default is .pptx. |