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Define FILM on: Element Sets

Define FILM on: Element Sets

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Define FILM on: Element Sets

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The Define FILM on: Element sets option allows you to define the FILM load on element sets.  The element set names are used in the *FILM data lines instead of the individual elements.  Unlike Abaqus surfaces in Engineering Solutions, you can combine element sets with individual element IDs in the same *FILM card.

Note:There is no graphical display in Engineering Solutions for loads created on sets.  Therefore, when you review a load collector in the Step Manager, only loads created on individual entities are highlighted.  For loads defined on sets, the underlying nodes or elements are highlighted

step_mgr_define_elem_sets.

 

This dialog contains an element sets menu containing a list of the existing element sets. There are two types of elsets in Engineering Solutions: components and entity sets.  The Abaqus elsets that are linked to sectional property cards (such as *SOLID SECTION, *SHELL SECTION, and so on) become components. Others become entity sets.  To differentiate between these two types, there is a divider line "- - - - -" in the elset list that pops up if you click the element sets menu.  The elsets listed below the divider line are components.

This dialog also contains a table for data line input, which contains the following columns:

Elset

The name of the element sets.  Element sets are added or deleted in this column using ab-step-man-right  or ab-step-man-left, respectively.

Label

The labels of FILM load.  The available labels are: F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, FPOS, and FNEG.

Sink Temp

The reference sink temperature.

Film coeff

The reference film coefficient.

Load Id

The ID of the load collector.

 

The Define tab for Define FILM on: Element sets contains the following buttons:

Review Set

Reviews the selected element sets by highlighting them in the graphics.  Right-click Review to clear the review selections.

Create/Edit Set

Opens the Entity Sets panel.  When you finish creating/editing the set, click return.  The Step Manager is updated with the new set appearing in the element set list.

Display/Review from Panel

Opens the appropriate panel. Use the review button to expand the loads and constraints on the sets for visualization purposes.

ab-step-man-right

Add the selected element set from the pull down menu to the data line table on the right.

ab-step-man-left

Delete the selected element set from the data line table.

Show faces

Used mainly to review the face identifiers of elements in the selected set.  It creates a temporary skin of the selected elset, opens the Element Selector panel, and allows you to pick face elements from this skin.  When you return from the element selector panel, the selected faces will display color-coded face identifier tags.  In performance graphics, these tags are sometimes blocked by the solid mesh.  You may need to rotate the model a little to view the tags.

Right-click Show faces to clear the face review.

Review

Creates special review FILM loads in graphics for the selected set.  Right-click Review to clear the special review loads and highlighting.

Update

Updates the database with the data lines defined in the table.  By default, Engineering Solutions does not create a display for loads defined with sets.

 

For tips on entering information and navigating in the Define tab, see Step Manager Tab Environment.

 

 

See Also:

Load Step: FILM