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Femap Assembly Modeling

This video demonstrates “Femap Assembly Modeling”.

  • Follow the simple steps to create Femap Assembly Modeling.
  • To import geometry, go to File-Import-Geometry.Select the geometry and click Ok.
  • To create connections automatically, go to Connect-Automatic.
  • In “select solids to detect connections” dialog box click select all and click Ok.
  • Under connection type select face to face, under connection property select glued, leave the rest as default and click ok.
  • New Connection Regions are created.
  • We see two Connectors, three connection region and one property created in the model tree by the automatic contact detection.
  • To create load, click Model-Load-On Surface.
  • Enter title “Load” and click ok.
  • Pick the front round surface of the “Plunger” and click ok.
  • Highlight Force from the selection list.
  • In Direction section, select Normal to Surface.
  • Enter “100” in Magnitude field of the Load section and Click OK.
  • To create constraints, click Model-Constraints-On Surface.
  • Enter title “Pinned” and click ok.
  • Pick the 4 surfaces of the rear holes of the “Baselink” and click ok.
  • Select Pinned – No Translation and Click OK.
  • Meshing the solids using the Model Info tree.
  • Expand the Geometry branch, highlight all of solids.
  • Click the right mouse button on the highlighted Solids, choose the Tet mesh command.
  • In “Define Material – ISOTROPIC” dialog box:Load AISI 4340 Steel from library and click Ok. In “Automesh solids” dialogue box: click ok.
  • The MODEL IS NOW READY TO BE ANALYZED.
  • Click on Model-Analysis. In “Analysis Set Manager” dialog box: Click New.
  • Select “36..NX Nastran” from the Analysis Program. Select “1.. Static” from the Analysis Type and click Ok.
  • Click on Analyze. The Analysis Monitor window will display the status of the solve.
  • Click View-Select. Choose Deform radio button in Deformed Style section. Choose Contour radio button in Contour Style section. Click Deformed and Contour Data button.
  • Set Output Sets as NX Nastran Case 1. In Output Vectors, set Deform as Total Translation and Contour as Solid Von Mises Stress and click ok.
  • We see the deformed model with Solid Von Mises Stress Contour.

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