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How to Set Body Attribute, Material Property and Boundary Condition

More settings are required after the analysis condition setting.

They are body attributes, material properties and boundary conditions. In some cases, you might prefer to specify the mesh sizes yourself.

 

• The setting can be done on the property window as well.
  

• The List of Conditions is useful for checking the condition setups. Especially, it is useful to check and compare the conditions between multiple models.

Body Attribute

The body attribute is required to be set on each body. Various specific data, such as the thickness in the 2D analysis, the width of the wire body, the coordinates for anisotropic material, can be set on the body attribute.

Body attribute is distinguished by its name. Therefore it is not allowed to assign the same name to the different body attributes.

 

The details are explained on [How to Set Body Attribute/Material Propery] and [Body Attribute Tabs].

Material Property

Material property constitutes the body. The material data might vary depending on the simulation you try.

Material property is distinguished by its name. Therefore it is not allowed to assign the same name to the different material data.

 

The details are explained on How to Set Body Attribute/Material Property and Material Property Tabs.

Boundary Condition

You need to set boundary conditions on some parts of model's body (topology). The boundary conditions may vary depending on the simulation you try.

They are distinguished by name. It is not allowed to assign the same name to the different boundary conditions

 

The details are explained on [How to Set Boundary Condition] and [Boundary Condition Tabs].

Mesh Size

There are two types of mesh sizes: the general mesh size and the specific mesh size. The model is divided to meshes for FEM, and the mesh size affects the simulation performance.

The general mesh size is applicable to the whole model unless otherwise specified.

The specific mesh size can be set for the specific body or topology. For example, the finer mesh size can be set on the area where higher analysis tolerance is required.

 

See [How to Set Specific Mesh Size for a Part of Model (Body and Topology)] for the detail.