Ex 2 User Interface

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Exercise 2 User Interface


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Exercise 2 User Interface

Femap User Interface exercise : Modify your Femap preferences for your view library

Use the Select Toolbarand the Entity Editorto make

modifications to your model

Use the Data Table to list and sort results

Modify and save a view in your view library


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1. Start Femap and modify Femaps Geometry Scale preference.a) Open the Preferences dialog box with the File, Preferences

command

b) Select the Geometrytab

c) Set the Solid Geometry Scale Factor to Inches (39.37).

Exercise 2 - User Interface


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2. Open a Femap model file.a) Using the File, Open command, open the file

Femap_Training\models\fanpost.mod. The Femap_Trainingfolder

should be located on your desktop.

3. Save the file in your exercises folder.

a) With the File, Save As command, save the model as

lab3_fanpost.modin the Femap_Training\exercises folder on your

desktop.


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4. If it is not already open, open theEntity Editor on using Tools, Entity

Editorcommand

5. On the Select toolbar, choose

Elementfrom Selector Entitymenu.

6. Select any element in the model byplacing the cursor over an element

and pressing the left mouse button

a) Examine the element using the Entity

Editor, press in the Colorfield. press

the Options button in the Colorfield

and select a new color from the

palette. press the OK button in the

Color Palette dialog box.

b) Press the Update Modelicon in the

entity editor to confirm the color

change of the element in the model


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7. Run Tools, Data Table and press Lock/Unlocktoggle to unlock the Data Table

8. Select any 4 elements in the model (when Elementis still the active)

7. Examine the elements in the Data Table, press in the ID Column Header to sort

the elements by element ID



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11. Turn off display of columns in the Data Table.

a) press Show/Hide Column icon and

select Layer which will hide the Layer

column in the Data Table.

b) press the icon again and select Update

Multiple Columns and uncheck the field forelement mid-side nodes (M5, M6, M7, M8,

M9, and M10) and press OK.

c) This will hide the M5 through M10 fields in

Data Table




12. Change the view orientation.a) With the F8key, select the

Dimetricview in View Rotate

box, press OKto display the

new view.

13. Turn off display of all objectsexcept for curves and elements

a) Use the Control-Q quick key to

openVisibilitydialog box.

b) Select theAll Offbutton.

c) Check on the Curves option.

d) Check on the Elements option.

e) press Done to display the

updated view.




14. Turn on display of the Von Mises Stress contours.a) With the F5quick key, open the View Selectbox.

b) Under Contour Style, select the Contourbutton.

c) Press the Deformed and Contour Data button.

15. Select the Output Set, Deformed and Contour data to be

displayed.a) In the Select Postprocessing Data dialog box, use

the pull down under Output Setand select

1..DISTRIBUTED PRESSURE LOAD

b) Under Output Vectors, set the Deformation as

1..Total Transformation.

c) Set Contourto 60031..Solid Von Mises Stress.

d) Press OKto close the dialog box.




16. Press OK to close the View Selectdialog box and display the updated view.

17. On the Select Toolbar, choose Show Tooltips from the Selector Modes menu, then

choose Elementfrom Selector Entitymenu.

18. Hold your mouse over an element until information appears in Tooltips Window.



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19. Hold down theAltkey and press the Right Mouse Button and select Post Data.

20. Change Contourfrom Solid von Mises Stress to 1..Total Translation and OK.

21. Select another element to display the translation

22. Save your model and exit Femap.


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