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Getting startedwith
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Engineering Simulation forIndustry
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Getting Started with QuikCAST™List of CAD Files
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Getting started with
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™Import CAD Files (Core)
1 Select New option from the File Menu
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™Import CAD Files (Core)
Browse to definethe Study Location
2 Input Study Name
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4 Click OK
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Getting started with
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™Import CAD Files (Core)
5 Browse and select the sandcore STL file « core.STL »
6 Click Open to load the CADfile in the model Window
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Getting started with
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™Import CAD Files (Core)
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Activate Welding Point Operation
Define CAD File Unit System( core.STL units is Meter)
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Input Tolerance value (mm)
Activate Automatic Fixing11 Click OK
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Import CAD Files (Core)
12 Click YES to continue
QuikCAST gives a description ofthe encountered problem whenanalysing the CAD files
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Import the CAD (Core)
Sand Core geometry has beensuccessfully imported
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic CAD Inlet Creation
Select Mesh Basic ShapesOption from the Model Menu
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic CAD Inlet Creation
Select By extrusion option1
2 Input Extrusion Distance
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic CAD Inlet Creation
3Switch to Wire&Shadeddisplay mode to display thefacets
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Entity selection mustbe set to Facet
5Select Facets locatedon the top of the tube
( SHIFT + leftbutton)
Extruded geometry isautomatically displayedfor each new selected
facet
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic CAD Inlet Creation
Click CloseThe inlet volume has
been succefully created
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment
In order to detect/assign volume materialsselect Domain Manager Option from the Model Menu
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment
Activate the CreateContact surface option
Click Start to Start the Automatic Volume detection
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment
2 Volume domains have
been detected that needto be renamed andassigned with materialproperties.
New Surface Domainshave been automaticallycreated because theCreate Contact surfaceoption has been activated
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment
Click Start to Start the Automatic Volumedetection
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Select Volume_001 (left click )
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Click View Volume todisplay the Volume_001
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment
Click Rename
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Input VolumeDomain Name
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment
Click Material
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6Select Core Blowing
Volume type
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ActivateStandard DB
Select Sand1GAS1Material from thematerial list
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment
Repeat the steps toassign names andmaterials to the othervolumes
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment
Click P to Activate
Priority order9
Change VolumePriority orderwith the arrows
( Filling order)
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment
Click Remove to delete surface domainscreated during the import and during theautomatic fixing sequence
11 Switch to Surface Domain panel
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment
Input Name for theventing surfacedomain
13Click New to create venting surfacedomains
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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment
Switch Entity selector to Facet15 Select Venting Surface domain
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17 Select Facets ( SHIFT +leftbutton)
18Click Update when all the facets
have been selected
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Getting started with QuikCAST™3D Grid/FD Mesh Generation
Select 3D Grid/Mesh Generation option from theModel menu to generate the Grid
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Getting started with QuikCAST™3D Grid/FD Mesh Generation
Activate Advanced Method1
Select all the volumes2
Input Mininum Size to fixglobal grid cell size (unit ismeter)
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Click Apply to generate theGrid
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Click Run to generate the 3D Mesh
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Define Gravity Direction
Select Gravity Option from theProcess Menu
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Define Gravity Direction
Select PositiveZ direction and check Gravity Direction ( displayed in green) inthe model window
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2 Click OK
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Start the Model Set-up
Select Input Data Check from theProcess Menu and a window with allavailable boundary conditions will appearon the left
This window is used to manage allBoundary Conditions (BC) that will be
applied to the model
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Set-up the Sand Flow
1 Select Initial Fluid BC (left click) to set up the initial fluid rate for the filling
2 Click on Add... (right click) to open the panel definition
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Set-up the Sand Flow
3 Activate 100% and Imposed
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5 Click OK
Select « Inlet » Volume inthe Volume list (left click)
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Set-up the Sand Flow
1 Select Pressure BC (left click ) to set up the Sand Core Blowing pressure
2 Click on Add... (right click) to open the panel definition
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Set-up the Sand Flow
3 Activate Imposed Option
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6Click OK
Input Pressure Value in Pascal
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Select « Inlet/Pressure1 »surface domain
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Set-up the Air Flow
1 Select Venting BC (left click ) to set up the Air venting conditions
2 Click on Add... (right click) to open the panel definition
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Set-up the Air Flow
3 Input 20% ( filter fully opened)
5Click OK
Select « Ventings » surfacedomain from the surfacelist
The ventings are shown ingray
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Set-up the Wall Flow laws
1 Select Roughness BC ( left click ) to set up the friction near the walls
2 Click on Add... (right click) to open the panel definition
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Set-up the Wall Flow laws
3 Input 0.05 for theroughness index
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Click OK Select the external shellcore in the graphicswindows
The selected region isshown in gray
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Set-up the Solver Parameters
Select Control ParameterOption from the CalculationMenu
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Set-up the Solver Parameters
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Input 1 for the Acceleration Factor
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Deactivate the ThermalCalculation
3 Input 1 for the end of Fillingcriteria
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Run the Calculation
Select Calculation Start Option from the Calculation Menu
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Run the Calculation
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1 Activate Standard Calculation Option
Enter Filling Stop Criteria ( Time and/orPercentage of Filling)
Calculation should end when cavity is 95%filled with sand
Click RUN to start the calculationThis will open automatically theMonitor Calculation Window
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3 Activate Core Blowing option
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Run the Calculation
> Calculation is running now
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Post-Processing (Visual-CAST)
Select Open option from the File Menu
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Post-Processing (Visual-CAST)
Select *.MCO file in the study directory1
2 Click Open
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Post-Processing Sand Flow (Visual-CAST)
Select Volume to load1
Click OK 2
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Post-Processing Sand Flow (Visual-CAST)
Select Snapshot option from theResults menu
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Post-Processing Sand Flow (Visual-CAST)
Select Fluid in Categories and Fluid VelocityMagnitude in Results to display the velocity resultsduring filling
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5 If your calculation is still running, click Update to updatethe last calculated results
6 Select Arrows to display the differents states
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Post-Processing Sand Flow Velocities with Vectors (Visual-CAST)
Select NONE in Categories and None in Results1
2 Click Update to update the last calculated results
3 Select Fluid Velocity to display the velocity vectors
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Getting started with QuikCAST™Post-Processing Sand Flow Particules (Visual-CAST)
This option needs some specific input in the pre-processor(not described in this manual)
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Getting startedwith QuikCAST™
(Core Blowing)
Engineering Simulation forIndustry