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Load Step: RADIATE: Define Tab: Elements Sets

Load Step: RADIATE: Define Tab: Elements Sets

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Load Step: RADIATE: Define Tab: Elements Sets

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Use the Define RADIATE on: Element sets option to define the radiation conditions on element sets.  It is possible to apply RADIATE on element sets and components.

Note: There is no graphical display in HyperMesh 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.

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This dialog contains a drop down menu containing a list of the existing element sets or components. There are two types of element sets in HyperMesh: components and entity sets. The Abaqus element sets that are linked to sectional property cards (such as *SOLID SECTION, *SHELL SECTION, etc.) become components in HyperMesh upon import. To differentiate between these two types, there is a divider line "- - - - -" in the element set list that pops up if you open up the extended entity selection ([…] – button). The elsets listed below the divider line are components.

The dialog also contains a table for data line input including the following columns:

Column

Description

Elset

The name of the element sets.  Element sets are added or deleted in this column using  or , respectively.

Label

The labels of RADIATE load.  The available labels are: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, RPOS, and RNEG.

Ref temp

The reference ambient temperature.

Emissivity

Surface emissivity

Load Id

The ID of the load collector.

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

Button

Action

Review Set

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

Create/Edit Set

Opens the Entity Sets panel in HyperMesh.  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 HyperMesh panel. Use the review button to expand the loads and constraints on the sets for visualization purposes.

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

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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, from which you can select 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 RADIATE loads in HyperMesh graphics for the selected set.  Right-click Review to clear the special review loads and highlighting.

Update

Updates the HyperMesh database with the data lines defined in the table.  By default, HyperMesh 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