Averaged Result values per individual mesh in Simulate?
All, In NASTRAN/Femap, there is an option to report stresses per the element average, instead of the corner/edge values. Is there a similar way to do this in Creo Simulate? I regularly run into...
View ArticleWays to prevent rotation in Simulate (Creo 3.0)
Hi, I am analyzing a shackle that is pinned to a bushing. The assembly has 2 rotational degrees of freedom. For the analysis, I am simulating a strap pulling on the shackle with a force on the...
View ArticleMapped meshes and spheres
Hello, A quarter cylinder is easy But what about a quarter sphere with the top chopped off? The model really is as simple as it looks. I can't be looking at the meshing problem in the right way....
View ArticleCan you please open this file?
Hello, I am using the Academic Version of Simulate and I would like that someone (with the commercial version) tries to open either the .prt file or just the result window, I attached both files. Just...
View ArticleTEC (thermo-electric cooler, aka Peltier device) in Creo Simulate
I am trying to figure out a way to perform a thermal analysis on a design that includes TEC devices. I first thought that I could simply use a material with a negative thermal conductivity but that...
View ArticleMechanism Dynamics and Subassemblies
Hello,I'm having a problem with the Student Edition of Pro Engineer Wildfire 4.0 and Mechanism analysis with the dynamic analysis option on. If I have an arbitrarily simple subassembly (containing one...
View ArticleOwn weight
HelloInCreo3.0whenitsimulatesapiecesubmittedonlytoitsweightownbased onaccelerationanddensity,there - itawayoffindthisgotweight? Thefunctiontocontrolexpensesonapiecedoesnotwork. Kind regards.Denis
View ArticleForce loading convergence problem
Hello, I have a task, see attached picture. There is a simple spring loaded by a force on the top. If the spring is attached by the force directly on top then the convergence is OK. (See Case 1). If...
View ArticleFasteners references edges definition error
Hallo, I have a problem with defining fasteners idealization in Simulate (Creo 2.0 M110). I have to define a fastener between two components, when I select the two corresponding edges, this error...
View ArticleNon-symmetric results for symmetric model and load?
Why is it that displacement for a cone is not rotational symmetric for an internal pressure?A sample model is attached (Creo 3.0) I've brought it back to the bare minimum. 1/4 cone, symmetry, default...
View Articlehow to create tension beams (steel cable) in simulate
Hallo Creo Simulate community I am working on a frame construction and would like to do some mechanical simulations with this frame. The simple construction is a 3D Frame with cable elements (can only...
View ArticleBeam Idealization
In the Creo Simulate Help Center it says the use of beam idealizations is only valid for a ratio of beam height to its length of up to 1/10.I would like to simulate a part which has a ratio of 4/10....
View ArticleCreo 3 Simulate Configuration to Run Within Creo Parametric?
We are using Creo 3 and also beginning to use Simulate. Some of our long time PTC users have asked me why Simulate is no longer embedded in Creo Parametric. Can Creo Parametric be configured to run...
View ArticleHow to find the weld shrinkage in plate 1 and plate 2 for weld rod moves over...
How to find the weld shrinkage in plate 1 and plate 2 for weld rod moves over the path?
View ArticleAnalysis done but "run status" is empty
Hello, I created a non-linear analysis, it runs but when I would like to check on the window "Run Status" is empty.I have the same issue when the analysis is done, the "Run Status" is always empty and...
View ArticleCreo 3 simulate M120 - 25% more calculation time
The Creo simulate computations with Creo 3 M120 requires an average of 25% more calculation time compared to the week release M100. With different Creo Simulate calculations on different computers the...
View ArticleHow to Constrain Surface of a Part in Assembly to be Free to Move in all...
Hi, I have a large assembly where I have used a simplified rep to exclude all components except one component and all of it's fasteners (solid models).The fasteners have preload assigned.I now want to...
View ArticleCreo Simulate
Good Afternoon,I am trying to idealize loads on a simply supported beam as per the screenshot. The beam is sketched using two lines to idealize the loads.I am having trouble with the load on the second...
View ArticleSine Sweep in Dynamic Freq. Analysis
Hello.... I want to simulate a sine sweep in Dynamic Freq. analysis. I thought it would be easy to input it with a symbolic expression. I tried several expressions, all with no luck. I want F(x) ==...
View ArticleCan anyone mirror this solid for me?
This is not directly a simulation topic, although the model is intended for simulation. Assuming I have friends in this forum, you might be more willing to help out, than in the modeling forum where...
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