The software allows you to evaluate up to 10,000 what-if scenarios defined by model dimensions and analysis parameters. Due to the size of the disk space required to save all results for all scenarios, the program saves detailed results for the last design scenario and summary results for all other scenarios. Summary results include extreme values for selected quantities based on the study type as shown in the following table:
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Study type |
Results for listing and graphing |
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Static |
Maximum von Mises Stress Maximum equivalent strain Maximum principal stresses Maximum resultant displacement von Mises stress, principal stresses, equivalent strain, and resultant displacement at up to 25 vertices (locations) |
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Frequency |
Resonant frequencies |
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Buckling |
Buckling load factors |
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Thermal |
Maximum and minimum temperatures Maximum and minimum resultant heat gradients Maximum and minimum heat flux Temperature, resultant heat gradients, and heat flux at up to 25 vertices |
When you run a study with defined design scenarios, you can run the design scenarios, or you can run the study as usual based on the current values of linked parameters.
If you run the design scenarios, the software evaluates the results for each active design scenario you defined. If the specified parameters include factors that change the mesh, like geometric model dimensions, global element size, and mesh control, the software remeshes the model before running the study for a set.
When running the study for a certain design scenario, the software overwrites existing results based on the previous run. At the end of the analysis, the results and other folders of the associate study correspond to the set used in the last run.
After completing the analysis, you can list and graph selected results.