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The Fatigue Plot PropertyManager allows you to plot the results of a fatigue study. To display this PropertyManager, run a static study. Right-click Results and select Define Fatigue Plot. Plot Type Life Available only when the fatigue study is defined with one event. Shows the number of cycles (for constant …

Displacement Plot PropertyManager The Displacement Plot PropertyManager allows you to plot displacement and reaction force results for static, nonlinear, dynamic, drop test studies, or mode shapes for bucking and frequency studies. To display this PropertyManager, run a static, nonlinear, dynamic study, or drop test study. Right-click Results and select Define …

recognize this plot as a “load path” plot. You can use this information to reduce the model’s material. To display this PropertyManager, run a static study. Right-click Results and select Define Design Insight Plot. Load Level Adjust the Load Level slider between Most Loaded and All. If an option has …

The Define Acceleration Plot PropertyManager allows you to plot acceleration results for linear and nonlinear dynamic studies. To display this PropertyManager, run a dynamic study. Right-click Results and select Define Acceleration Plot. Display Component Select an acceleration component AX: X Acceleration AY: Y Acceleration AZ: Z Acceleration ARES: Resultant Acceleration …

If you do not want other users to change a prescribed value while inserting a library feature, mark the value as an Internal Value. To mark a load/fixture value as an internal value: Select the value from the Library Values folder. Drag the value to the Internal Values folder. Consider …

The Library Values folder contains all input values related to defining a load, fixture, or connection item marked as a library feature. For example, when you define a load, you provide numerical values for the components of the load. When you mark this load as a library feature, the numerical …

Lists the references that you need to specify when you insert this feature. When you define a load or a fixture and add it to a library, the software creates at least one item in the Library References folder. The Library References folder lists all selections related to defining a …

To delete a library feature: Open the library file (*.sldalprt or *.sldalasm). Locate the load/fixture/connection item you want to remove from the library. Right-click the item and select Remove from Library. You also remove a library feature by deleting the corresponding load/fixture/connection item.

Double-click an analysis library feature in the Library Values folder. The Edit Bounds PropertyManager for the analysis library feature appears

You can change which features are included as part of an analysis library feature in the library feature part or assembly document (*.sldalprt and *.sldalasm respectively). You can edit an existing library feature and save it with a new name (and extension) to create additional, similar library features. After the …