Loads and Constraints

It displays loads and boundary conditions, sets, optimization and automation objects.

Right click options:
  • Loads and Constraints: Create Text Input, Import contacts (used to import contact definition file), Import Flux Bulk data, Collapse All, Expand All, Sort and Delete.
  • Load cases: Sort, Delete, Move Up, Move Down.
  • Show Contour, Hide Contour for loads having table details.
  • Show Entities, Show Support Entities and Hide Support Entities for Sets.
  • Show Elements for Sets| Solid Element - Input Entity: Face.
  • Contact: Show Slave Nodes, Set Master/Slave Surface Name, Export Contact Definition File, Convert to OptiStruct and Contact Manager.
  • Coordinate Manager, Convection Manager, Radiation Manager, Load step Manager and Thread Pretension Manager supported in right click menu of Coordinate, Convection, Radiation, Load case and Thread Pretension tree items respectively.
  • Sets
    • Abaqus *.inp files can be used as template files for creating sets. The following Abaqus cards will be used for creating sets.

      1. *Nset will be created as node set.
      2. *Elset will be created as shell element set and solid element set.
      3. *Surface will be created as solid element face set.
  • Solid Pretension:
    • Pretension Manager is used to review and edit how the pretension load and adjustment values vary with each load case.
    • Create unique pretension for each face: This option creates separate pretension for each face when Abaqus or OptiStruct pretensions are created with multiple faces.
  • Update Shape option in right click of Free shape design space tree item, is used to import the *.grid file from free shape optimization result and update the shape of the mode.
  • Display and Hide Excitations option is added for loads to visualize the excitation and its point forces as vectors for the Modal, Direct, Coupled (Structural, Thermal and Electrical Analyse) and E-Motor Acoustic solutions with Optistruct solver.