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Step 2. Import Geometry (Cont.)
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Create a field. This field will be used to create a CID Distributed Load later in this
workshop.
a. Under the Loads/BCs tab, click Create Spatial Function from LBC Fields group.
b. Enter sin_load for the Field Name.
c. Select Vector for the Field Type.
d. Select the cylindrical coord system (Coord 1).
e. Enter sinr‘T under First Component. b
f. Click Apply.
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Shown here is the model constraint set at the interface of the crankshaft. Six
nodal dofs are constrained at each node on the six surface edges.
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Step 12. Access the Results
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Erase the geometry and unpost a
the undeformed model and
coordinate frame to get a better
plot: f
a. Click Display Attributes.
b. Disable Show Undeformed.
c. Click Plot/Erase.
d. Click Erase under Geometry.
e. Click OK.
f. Select Display > Coordinate
Frames.
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g. Click Unpost All.
h. Click OK.
i. Click Apply.
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The blue lines indicating the element edges overshadow the
fringe colors, so it will be necessary to zoom in on the model
to get a clearer view.
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Notice that now the stress tensor arrows lie in the Patran global b
coordinate directions. There are advantages to using various
transformations.
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