FEMAP Material Assignment in Assembly
FEMAP Material Assignment in Assembly
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How do you assign different material properties in an assembly? Example, part 1 is 6061-T6 and part 2 is Alloy Steel.
I tried using mesh/geometry/solid, pick the geometry and then Load the material and select the material. Nice and easy. I used the same approach to assign a different material to part 2 but I do not get the Load material choice.
Also, once materials are assigned, how do you check the parts to insure the correct material has been assigned?
I tried using mesh/geometry/solid, pick the geometry and then Load the material and select the material. Nice and easy. I used the same approach to assign a different material to part 2 but I do not get the Load material choice.
Also, once materials are assigned, how do you check the parts to insure the correct material has been assigned?





RE: FEMAP Material Assignment in Assembly
RE: FEMAP Material Assignment in Assembly
Thanks for responding.
RE: FEMAP Material Assignment in Assembly
You can create the properties and materials on the fly by choosing to mesh a solid, then when the first pop-up menu pops up, click on the little icon out to the right of the properties field (it looks like a cross section of an i-beam), this will bring up the property definition menu. To the right of the material field, you'll see another little icon. Clicking this will take you to the materials definition menu, that you're probably familiar with.
I don't prefer the on the fly method because it can lead to sloppy models. I prefer to plan my model out before I begin defining it. I define the materials and properties up front. FEMAP allows you to add your own materials to the materials library (or even create your own library if you prefer). If you have a materials you use regularly, I would advise you to save them to the library to make them quickly accessible.
If possible, it's also of benefit to apply your boundary conditions to the geometry as opposed to the mesh. That way, if you end up remeshing you won't necessarily have to redefine your loads and constraints.
I hope this helps.
D.
RE: FEMAP Material Assignment in Assembly
you mesh the geometry, creating nodes.
you then assign elements to the meshed geometry. one of the inputs you have to give the elements is a property card which includes ('cause it's based on NASTRAN) the material id. different materials ? create different material properties.
this should be clearly covered in the examples.
to check afterwards, modify/edit/element/properties (or something like that) or view, assign different colours to different materials, or group elements by pid, or (olde school) print out the NASTRAN input (export model data).
RE: FEMAP Material Assignment in Assembly
RE: FEMAP Material Assignment in Assembly
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RE: FEMAP Material Assignment in Assembly
RE: FEMAP Material Assignment in Assembly