Hi,
A (very) long while since I did this but none the less a useful method. I used to do it in Independent and wanted use the method in Creo but can't.
A geometrically symmetric model but the loads are not. We want to reduce the model size by exploiting the symmetry of the geometry.
Conclusion - we can't, run the full model.
Alternative - add the symmetric and anti-symmetric results (superposition).
Independent Method - run 2 models
1. With symmetry boundary condition & symmetric part of the load
2. With anti-symmetric boundary condition & anti-symmetric part of the load
3. Add the results in the post processor by:
4. Manually copying the result files from 2. into 1.
5. Reopening the model for 1 and selecting 2 loadsets which invoked the 'combine' function in the post processor when opening the results for 1.
In other words, we fool the post processor. It was Ok, it's not pretty but it worked fine
Ok, I will accept that this is running a half model twice and so time savings are probably non-existent; but I can get more model in my memory if it is only a half model.
With Creo the files have changed. I have a feeling I need to run in a design study to keep the mesh numbering consistent and I need to change file names and edit headers in results files.
Has anyone done this in Creo?
Thanks
