Changing the Element Size

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To study the effect of changing the element size on the results, you change the default element size and reanalyze the part.

To change the element size and reanalyze the part:

  1. Click the Analyze tab.

  2. Click No, I want to change the settings and click Next.

  3. Drag the slider to the right most position.

    The Element size updates to 5.3705 and the Element tolerance updates to 0.26853.

COSMOSXpress sets the Element tolerance to 5% of the Element size by default.

  1. Click Next.

Note that exclamation marks appear on the Analyze and the Results tabs.

  1. Click Run.

    When the analysis is complete, the Results tab appears.

    The new factor of safety is 7.7, which is about 2% difference from the original 7.6. This small difference indicates that the previous results are accurate.

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