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Contact Problem
Hello,In this problem I have a cylinder and a rectangular plate. Here is step 0, where nothing is done to either of them. The cylinder is resting on the surface of the plate. In Step 1, a force is...
View Article“Restart” Option?
Hello, Does Creo Simulate have a “Restart” option? For example, let’s say that I am running a static nonlinear analysis that takes place over the course of 2 seconds. There are two Constraint Sets,...
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Ancient Pro Mechanica Motion on Windows 7
We have an old licence of PTC Pro Mechanica standalone (Wildfire 2, datecode M280). Structure runs happily on Windows 7, as does the Motion UI, but I cannot get the Motion UI to connect to the Engine...
View ArticleP vs h-type
Hello All, I have a reasonable armoury of info and knowledge with respect to the relative merits, use and background of the h and p-type approach. I have Ken Short's note on Adaptivity from (about)...
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Force and stress on pipe
Hi, I have a titanium pipe of 6.35mm /1/4 inch) diameter with a wall thickness of 0.8mm. I want to place a 2 mm thick "collar" 10mm from the end of the pipe that will apply a compressive force to the...
View ArticleIsolate for exclusion control of surfaces
Hello! I have a question!How can I create an excluded area in a model?For example, in this case I want to isolate from analysis the edge of nozzle-shell junction, and is simple.But I wont also isolate...
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Simulation Results - copy clean image to clipboard enhancement request
The way I communicate the simulation results is most often to make a screen clipping and paste into a PowerPoint or email. Starting with 3.0 the results viewer is more difficult to capture a clean...
View Articlefatigue analysis for creep range material characteristic
Hi,how can I configure the material elastic stress limit and tensile stress limit of a SA 240-304H material at temperature of 740°?The problem is that configuring material fatigue to UML, I only can...
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Save higher resolution video
The highest video resolution you can currently output from Simulation is 720x480. This seemed appropriate 10 years ago, however for a really professional presentation I would like to have options to...
View ArticleChanging text size and/or colour in results window.
Is there a way to change the text size in the results window for the legend, type of stress with load set and the analysis name at the bottom?
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Finite friction blocks
Hello All, I am trying to develop a feel for the behaviour of Creo3.0's finite friction. So starting with a simple model Text book concludes no sliding.Reality tells us that the pressure...
View Articlehow to use the creo simulate by imported the external temperature fields?
Dear Peers How to import the external temperature fields from CFD(computational fluid dynamics)? For example, the *.fnf file is from CFD that contains the external temperature fields. Thanks, James
View ArticleSpring Stiffness Coeficient units in Mechanism
How do you change the units of the stiffness coefficient for a spring? The units are lbm/sec^2 and I can't change it...I would expect the units to be lbm/in. Thanks
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Angular momentum in mechanism correct?
Hi, I am wondering if the angular momentum is correctly calculated in the mechanism module. I am wondering this because when I spin a disk through it center axis (this part is the only moving part see...
View ArticleThermal Resistance Units?
Hi folks, I'm working with a thermal assembly model and I'm trying to assign a thermal resistance value between the connections. I'm used to seeing Thermal resistance values in C/W, hower in Wildfire...
View ArticleNon-Linear Analysis of Thin Parts
We are playing around with Creo Simulate and the non-linear large deformation parts. It appears you cannot do non linear on beam or shell elements. Does anyone know if this will be added in the future?...
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Issues with ball connection in Creo 2 simulate app
HelloI have a question regarding the simulate application in creo 2.I'm trying to do a FEM simulation on a car frame using curves and beam feature found in Simulate app>Refined model>Beam. But im...
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Using structural temperature load
I am so frustrated with the results I obtained. I am using Creo 2.0. A shaft that was clamp on both end and was loaded in the center of the shaft. If I just ran a static structural analysis. The max...
View ArticleHow do you configure creo to use Firefox instead of IE11
How do you configure creo to use Firefox instead of IE11
View ArticleMechanism's time dependent-constraints
Hi all,I wonder if there's a way to make a constraint (eg: planar or slider) that is time-dependent.A thing like: a slider is "active" until time<=5 sec, after it is no more active. How can I do...
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