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Changing The Deformation Scale Ratio With COSMOSXpress

Changing The Deformation Scale Ratio With COSMOSXpress

Changing The Deformation Scale Ratio With COSMOSXpress

(OP)
Using SolidWorks 2003 with CosmosXpress add-on;

Is there a way to change the Deformation Scale Ratio with CosmosXpress? The deformed shape is exaggerated and I would like to make the deformated scale more proportional.

Any response will be greatly appreciated!

RE: Changing The Deformation Scale Ratio With COSMOSXpress

Maybee you are putting to much force onto the part.
Or maybee your using the wrong material.

jim

RE: Changing The Deformation Scale Ratio With COSMOSXpress

Of course, your actual vs. allowable stress is something you must evaluate yourself.
To answer your question: it appears that this will require the full blown CosmosWorks.
You can discover what the actual deformation is by looking at a file that is created for each study. I believe the movement is in units like meters so some conversion is in order. I don't recall the file name or location. Maybe a search here for Cosmos would help uncover this.

RE: Changing The Deformation Scale Ratio With COSMOSXpress

I did a search and found something I posted last year.

I know this is a kludge, but it is the only way. Prior to running your analysis, see where Cosmos is wanting to place the data. It seems to like C:\temp. After running the analysis, look for a file like partname-COSMOSXpressStudy.OUT. This is a text file with the displacement values in METERS.

RE: Changing The Deformation Scale Ratio With COSMOSXpress

(OP)
What I meant about changing the "Deformation Scale Ratio" was the display scale (view on the screen), not the actual model scale. This has nothing to do with material used, forces in the right direction, etc. This is clearly a visual setting.

RE: Changing The Deformation Scale Ratio With COSMOSXpress

You may not be able to change this setting in Xpress... I know you can change it in works... I'll look on ours and see....

nick

Nick
I love materials science!

RE: Changing The Deformation Scale Ratio With COSMOSXpress

shearstrength,

Sorry, no can do.  I think they are trying to get you to buy it, which is why the scale is in such odd units to give you a nice picture that is no use for anything engineering really.
I guess if you get desparate you could recreate your model based on the dimensions output in the table other people have outlined, but it would be very difficult.

It is kind of difficult to explain to non-engineers that it is a magnified version of the deflection, and is not helped much by the odd scale.  We only ever use it to check for stress concentrations on complicated parts, but never design using it.  Of course we check using hand calculations but it is quite good for initial checking.

RE: Changing The Deformation Scale Ratio With COSMOSXpress

Wow, thanks Mandrake22.  Being able to get the displacment information makes CosmosExpress a ton more valuable.  

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