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IN THIS WEBINAR:
• Contrast of PostProcessing Methods
• PostProcessing Toolbox
The PostProcessing
ToolboxEfficient Methods for Postprocessing
Russ Hilley
Senior Aerospace Stress Engineer
Structural Design and Analysis
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Structural Design and Analysis (Structures.Aero)
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• Team of stress engineers that help our clients
design lightweight and load efficient structures.
• We service aerospace companies and other
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• Specialty in composites and lightweight
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PostProcessing Toolbox Topics
• What is it?
– The postprocessing toolbox is a collection of tools which will simplify the tasks associated with viewing analysis results.
• What does it do?
– Deformed / Animated Views
– Contour, criteria, section cuts, and contour arrow plots
– Freebody diagrams
• Help for the PostProcessing Toolbox
– Section 7.2.3 of the FEMAP Commands Reference covers all of the PostProcessing Toolbox Commands.
– Commands.pdf is found in the following folder.• C:\Program Files\Siemens\FEMAPv1141\pdf
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PostProcessing In FEMAP
• Several methods exist to view analysis results. The PostProcessing toolbox combines those
into a central location which makes viewing results more efficient than going through several
menus and dialogs.
• Menu / Shortcut Key Options
– F5 or View-Select
• Select Styles / Deformed and Contour Data – Output Set, Deformed and Contour Vector and other options.
• This method works but requires many button clicks to view the results.
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PostProcessing In FEMAP
• Viewing a Criteria Plot requires some additional steps beyond what was
discussed in the previous slide.
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Inside the PostProcessing Toolbox
1. Toolbox Visibility –
Turn on or off individual tools as
needed
2. Update From Model
3. Select Postprocessing Data
4. Set to Undeformed, No Contour, and
No Freebody
5. Set Deformed Style
6. Set Contour Style
7. Set Freebody Style
8. Auto Redraw
9. Manual Redraw
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PostProcessing Toolbox - Tools
• Three tools exist in the toolbox.
– Deformed Tool: Most commonly used to show deformed shapes but can also be used
to show animations of single or multiple output sets.
– Contour Tool: Used to display contour or criteria plots of analysis results. The contour
tool also contains the capability of displaying section cut stress plots, contour arrow
plots, and beam diagrams.
– Freebody Tool: Used to display freebody diagrams to easily view applied and reaction
loads or internal loads on a finite element model.
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Deformed Tool
• Style: Deformed, Animate, Multi-Set Animate
• Output Set / Vector Selection – Will set the
output vector for all deformed plots
• Transform: Select any transformation options
– None, Output CSys, or Model CSys
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Deformed Tool
• Scale: Set to % of Model or Actual
deformation
– Max % Model or Scale Actual By controls
the amount the deflection is exaggerated.
– Deform Relative To – Deformation can be
relative to the model origin or a fixed node.
• Undeformed Model: When checked on
will show an overlay of the undeformed
shape of the model.
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Deformed Tool
• Deformed View with and without Undeformed shape shown.
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Deformed Tool - Animate
• Animate: Shows an animated view of the model. Useful for animating deflections and normal mode shapes.
• Animation
– Choose Full or Full Absolute to see animation in the load and unload condition.
– Choose Half or Half Absolute to see animation in the loaded direction only.
– Frames – Increasing the number of frames will smooth the animation.
– Animation Control – allows the control of the speed and shape of the animation as well as the ability to pause the animation or move frame by frame.
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Deformed Tool - Animate
• Animate – Multiset: Allows the
animation of multiple output sets.
– Nonlinear steps
– Transient thermal
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Contour Tool
• Style: Contour, Criteria, Beam Diagram,
Section Cut, Contour Arrow
• Output Vector: Used for all contour
styles
– Additional Vectors: allows the user to
select an additional two vectors to be
plotted
• Transform: Contour transformation
options
• Data conversion options.
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Contour Tool
• Data Selection: Contour Group, Visible
Groups, or All Data / Full Model
• Type: Match Output, Nodal, or
Elemental contour.
– Double Sided Planar: Displays bottom or
top (depending on Output Vector) for shell
elements with top and bottom results.
– Show on Groups: Limits the contour to Full
Model / Visible groups, Active Group, or a
specific group.
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Contour Tool
Averaging On No Averaging, Centroid Only
Contour on a specific GroupDouble sided planar
contour
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Contour Tool
• Levels – Applies to all contour views– Level Mode
• Automatic, based on Data Selection option
• Max/Min – user defined maximum and minimum
• User Defined – user defined max/min and individual contour levels
• Max Threshold – sets a maximum threshold value where values above this user-defined value are colored with the upmost color band
• Label Max/Min – Places the max / min or both values on the model.
– Contour Palette• Choose between standard or user defined contour
palettes.
– Number of levels controls the levels on the legend.
– Animate controls whether contour colors are animated when viewing animated deformed plots.
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Contour Tool – Criteria Plots
• Criteria plots show actual values for shells, solids, and beam results.
• Criteria plots look like contour plots with no averaging.
• With criteria plots, results can be labeled as well as having pass / fail criteria
set to display only certain regions or ranges of results.
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Contour Tool – Criteria Plots
• Limits Mode: the limits determine what is considered to be pass criteria.
– No limits
– Above Maximum – results above the maximum setting pass
– Below Minimum – results below the minimum setting pass
– Between – Results between the max and min pass
– Outside – Results outside the max and min settings pass
• Labels can be displayed for elements which pass or fail the specified criteria
• Display for Elements that Fail the criteria
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Contour Tool – Criteria Plots
• Criteria Plot showing Plate top Von Mises stress above a max value of 4000
psi.
• Elements which fail the criteria are shown but not contoured.
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Contour Tool – Beam Diagram
• Show As: Choose Beam Diagram or Beam
Contour
• Label: Labels can be placed at peaks or
nodes or not shown.
• Direction: The direction can be reversed for
all options
• Show Reversed: Toggles the display of the
beam diagram to the opposite direction
• Scale %: Adjusts the size of the beam
diagram
• Border Color: A color can be selected for the
border of beam diagrams.
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Contour Tool – Beam Diagram
• Beam Diagram showing Beam EndA Plane2 Moment
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Contour Tool – Beam Diagram
• Beam Contour
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Contour Tool – Section Cut
• Section cuts can be used to
display slices of a solid model.
• Cut options
– Cut Model
– Parallel Sections
– Multiple Sections
• Cutting Plane: Specifies the slice
location and orientation.
• Dynamic Control: Allows the
cutting plane to be moved
through the model.
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Contour Tool – Section Cut
Cut Model Parallel Cuts Multiple Cuts
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Contour Tool – Contour Arrow
• Arrow plots show one or more output
vectors as arrows on nodes or elements.
• Selected Output Vector (Contour Vector)
is used as a “seed” vector
• Related Output Vectors will be selected
and automatically paired (default)
• Styling and orientation is handled
automatically (default)
• Non-directional quantities, such as
temperature or Von Mises stress require
a user defined direction.
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Contour Tool – Contour Arrow
• Solid Arrows – toggle to display as solid arrows
• Arrow Length – value to control length of arrows
• Scale by Magnitude – toggle to scale length of arrows with respect to output value
• Min Vector Magnitude – specifies a minimum magnitude for display
• Arrow Labels – Label Mode for Contour Arrows Label
– Off
– On
– Exponent
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Contour Tool – Contour Arrow
• Contour Arrow Plot
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Freebody Tool
• Freebodies provide an insight into nodal forces and moments that are a result
of surrounding finite element entities
• In FEMAP, freebodies can be used to display a balanced set of loads on a
structure or calculate the load across an interface.
• Freebodies are commonly used when modeling practices dictate that the
resulting FE mesh is a “coarse-grid” mesh and is suitable as an “internal
loads” model
• Commonly modeled structures are often too complicated to model in
sufficient detail to obtain useable stresses
• The freebody tool is only accessible in the PostProcessing toolbox and only
when results are present in the model.
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Freebody Tool
• To take full advantage of the FEMAP Freebody tool, the grid point force
balance must be recovered as part of the analysis.
– Turn on “Force Balance” in the Nastran Output Requests.
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Freebody Tool
• FEMAP can work with a reduced set of data including applied load (OLOAD),
constraint force (SPCFORCE), and constraint equation (MPCFORCE)
• This is generally not recommended unless only a generic freebody display of
the entire structure is all that’s required
• Additionally, care should be taken when not requesting GPFORCE data for
the entire model.
• Set the results destination to “Print and PostProcess” if it is desired to view
the grid point force data in the f06 file.
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Freebody Tool
• Freebody diagrams exist as objects in the database the same as nodes and elements. Freebody diagrams are saved in the database for future use.
• Any number of freebody diagrams can exist and be displayed simultaneously.
• There are 3 types of freebody diagrams.– Freebody
– Interface Load
– Section Cut
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Freebody Tool
• Freebody: The user selects the elements and FEMAP determines the nodes
to be used. This type of diagram is to show a balanced set of loads on a
discrete portion of the structure.
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Freebody Tool
• Interface Load: The user selects both nodes and elements and FEMAP
calculates a summation of loads and forces across the interface and displays
as a single vector
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Freebody Tool
• Section Cut – similar to interface load, a summed load across an interface is
displayed and calculated, however node and element selection is automated
by FEMAP. The user selects a “cutting plane”, defined by a plane, vector or a
curve. The cutting plane can be dynamically located within the model
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Freebody Tool
• Global Settings – These controls affect all
freebodies in the model. Control global
display of freebodies, select output set
(tied to contour and deform) and enable
data summation on nodes
• Freebody Settings – These controls are
related to individual freebodies, such as
selecting nodes and elements
• View Settings – These are global settings
that affect freebody visualization (symbol
sizes, vector scaling, etc.). Same as
found in View Options (F6)
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Freebody Tool
• Freebody Vector Visualization–Additional detailed options for visualization
can be found by expanding the Total
Summation Vector and Nodal Vector(s)
nodes
–Select components displayed (Fx, Fy, Fz),
(Mx, My, Mz)
–Select components included in calculation
(interface load and section cut only)
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Freebody Tool
• Creating a New Freebody – New Freebody diagrams are created from the
Freebody Manager.
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Freebody Tool - Freebody
• When using “Freebody Mode”, the user selects elements and FEMAP will
automatically select related nodes
• This mode is designed to display a balanced set of loads on a selected set of
elements
• Entities may be selected manually (default) or inferred for a selected group
• The default contribution selections will display forces/moments acting on the
selected elements
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Freebody Tool - Freebody
• Creating a New Freebody
– Click on the “Select FreeBody Elements” button
– Select all elements
– FEMAP displays the Freebody diagram
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Freebody Tool – Interface Load
• Interface load freebodies display nodal vectors for selected nodes as well as
a total summation vector at a selected location
• Unlike freebody mode freebodies, interface load freebodies are not likely to
be in equilibrium
• In addition to element selection, nodes must be selected manually – FEMAP
does not infer them based on the selected elements
• When selected entities from a group, both the nodes and elements of interest
must exist in the group
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Freebody Tool – Interface Load
• The difference between creating an Interface Load Diagram and the Freebody
only diagram is the entity selection.
• We use the same “Create Freebody” button in the Freebody tool.
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Freebody Tool – Interface Load
• To create an Interface Load Diagram, we must select the elements to be
considered and then the nodes at the desired interface.
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PostProcessing Toolbox – Freebody Tool – Section Cut
• An extension to Interface Load mode
– The user defines a cutting plane in the model and the contributing freebody nodes and elements are determined automatically
• Total summation location can be placed at
– Plane/path intersection
– Nodal centroid
– Static location
• Nodal and total summation vectors can optionally be aligned tangent to the path without having to create additional coordinate systems
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