LS-PrePost Intro 073012

Introduction to LS-PrePost 3.
2
Jacob Krebs, Philip Ho, LSTC
July 30, 2012
Table of Contents
SECTION
WORKSHOPS
Overview
General Operations
Workshop 01
Mesh Generation
Workshop 02
Pre-Processing
Workshop 03-06
Post-Processing
Workshop 07-08
Command File and Macros
Workshop 09
Advanced Applications
Workshop 10
Extra Pre-Processing Exercises
Workshop 11
Geometry
Workshop 12
Configuration Files
LS-PrePost Intro | Jul 30, 2012
2012 Livermore Software Technology Corporation
Overview
About LS-PrePost

LS-PrePost is an advanced pre and post-processor

designed specifically for LS-DYNA
LS-PrePost is developed for Windows and Linux
LS-PrePost is Free
Core Functionality
Full support of LS-DYNA keyword files

Full support of LS-DYNA results files
Robust handling of geometry data (new CAD engine in 3.x)
Pre-processing (meshing, model clean-up, entity creation)
Post-processing (animation, fringe plotting, curve plotting)
Online Resources
Official Website
http://www.lstc.com/lspp
User Group
http://groups.google.com/group/ls-prepost
Latest Release Version:

http://ftp.lstc.com/anonymous/outgoing/lsprepost/3.2/
ftp://ftp.lstc.com/outgoing/lsprepost/3.2/
Beta Version:
http://ftp.lstc.com/anonymous/outgoing/lsprepost/4.0
Input / Output
Input (partial list)

FEM: LS-DYNA Keyword, Nastran, I-DEAS Universal,
PAM-CRASH, RADIOSS
CAD: IGES, STEP
ASCII: glstat, matsum, etc
Binary: d3plot, binout, etc
Output (partial list)
FEM: LS-DYNA Keyword, Nastran, STL

Image: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, PostScript
Movie: AVI, MPEG, Animated GIF
XY Data: CRV, CSV, XML
Other: Post.db, Project File
Mouse and Keyboard

Dynamic Model Operation

Rotate: Shift + Left-click
Translate: Shift + Middle-click
Zoom: Shift + Right-click/Scroll-wheel
(Using Ctrl instead of Shift for edge mode)
Graphics Selection
Pick (single): Left Click
Area (rectangle): Left-click + Drag
Poly (polygon): Left-click at corners / Right-click to finish
List Selection
Multi-Select: Left-click + Drag / Ctrl + Left-click
Mouse over controls for status bar help comments
GUI Layout
Menus
Right Toolbar
File management & preferences
Access to pre and post-processing tools
Graphics Viewport
Command Line
Bottom Toolbar
Input (left) / Output (right)
Model rendering controls
Transition Tips (version 2.4 to 3.X)

Function Key: F11

Toggles between v2.4 and v3.X style user interface
Menu: View > Toolbar > Text & Icon

Turns on icon labels for bottom and right toolbars
Menu: Help > Old to New

Provides mapping between v2.4 page interface buttons and
v3.X toolbar icons
Menu: Help > Document

Describes new geometry tools
File Menu

Open Open file (new model created for each file opened)
Import Import file (adds keyword data to current model)
Recent Open recent files (stored in /user/.lspp_recent)
Save Over-write current Keyword or Project file
Save As Save any of the following file formats using advanced
options: Keyword, Active Keyword (visible data), Project, Post.db
(condensed d3plot data), Geometry, Keyword and Project (using same
file name)
Update Load new d3plots for run in progress
Run LS-DYNA Submit LS-DYNA job on the local machine
Print... Launch printing interface (send to printer or image file)
Movie... Launch movie generation interface
Exit Exit LS-PrePost
Save and Exit Save data to current file and exit LS-PrePost
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File Open

LS-DYNA Binary Plot d3plot, interface file, or d3thdt

LS-DYNA Keyword File ASCII formatted input file
Time History File d3thdt (after loading d3plot)
Command File Command session file
Post.db File Database file (created by cdb=input)
Project File Project file (pre-processing)
Interface Force File Interface force file (post-processing)
IGES File Geometry data in IGES format
STEP File Geometry data in STEP format
Nastran File Nastran bulk data file
Nastran+pch File Nastran stress result file
Lsplot File Obsolete
Others Additional input file types
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Misc. Menu

View Model Info Launch model information interface

View Memory Info Launch memory usage interface
View Message Info Launch keyword reader message interface
Display Ruler Launch ruler interface
Set Keyword Title Launch title interface
Swap Byte On Title Swap byte order for title
Start Recording Commands Start/stop recording macro commands
Launch Macro Interface Launch Macro interface
Manage Command File Launch command file interface
Execute System Call Launch system call interface
Keyword File Separate Separate a single keyword file into multiple
files based on *KEYWORD title
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View Menu

Full Screen (Esc to Exit) Show graphics area in full screen mode
Background Set background style (plain, faded, or image)
Geometry Shade Set geometry rendering style
Element Shade Set element rendering style
All Element/Geometry Show all elements/geometry
Ref Geometry Show reference geometry
Points/Curves/Surfaces Show points/curves/surfaces
Toolbar Hide/display toolbars, set text/icon mode, and set font size
Local Axes Toggle between global/local
Beam Prism Toggle between line/prism
Smooth Fringe Color Enable smooth contours (when in fringe mode)
Keep Zout Orientation Maintain orientation when zooming out
Show Deleted Nodes Display deleted nodes when viewing results
Show Deleted Elements Display deleted elements when viewing
results
Result On Screen Display results on screen when Ident > Show
Results is active (when in fringe mode)
Smooth Shade Use smooth shading
Record Message Write messages to lspost.msg
Show Mid-Side Nodes for 10-node Tetrahedron element
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Geometry Menu
Reference Geometry Access tools for creating and editing

reference geometry (Axis, Plane, Coordinate System, and
Point)
Curve Access tools for creating and editing curves (Point,
Line, Circle, Circular Arc, Ellipse, Elliptical Arc, BSpline Curve,
Helix, Composite Curve, Break Curve, Merge Curve, Bridge
Edge, Smooth Curve, Middle Curve, Morphing Curve, Fillet
Curve)
Surface Access tools for creating and editing surfaces (Plane,
Cylinder, Cone, Sphere, Torus, Fill Plane, Extrude, Revolve,
Sweep, Loft, N-Side Surface, Patch Surface, Bridge Two Faces,
Combine Faces, Fit From Points/Mesh, Middle Surface, Surface
Morphing)
Solid Access tools for creating and editing solids (Box,
Cylinder, Cone, Sphere, Torus, Extrude, Revolve, Sweep, Loft,
Fillet, Chamfer, Draft, Thicken, Wedge, Boolean)
Geometry Tools Access other geometry tools (Delete Face,
Extend Curve, Extend Face, Intersection, Offset, Project,
Replace Face, Stitch Faces, Trim Transform, Copy Entity,
Management, Heal, Topology Simplify, Measure)
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FEM Menu
Element and Mesh Access mesh creation tools (Shape

Mesher, Auto Mesher, Solid Mesher, Block Mesher, N-Line
Mesher, Tetrahedral Mesher, Blank Mesher, Element
Generation, Node Editing, Element, Editing, Mass Trimming,
Spot Welding, SPH Generation)
Model and Part Access model and part tools (Assembly and
Select Part, Keyword Manager, Create Entity, Display Entity,
Reference Check, Renumber, Section Plane, Model Selection,
Subsystem Manager, Group, View, Part Color, Appearance,
Annotation, Split Window, Explode, Lighting Setup)
Element Tools Access element tools (Identify, Find, Blank,
Move or Copy, Offset, Transform, Normals, Detach, Measure,
Morph, Smooth, Part Trim, Part Travel)
Post Access post-processing tools (Fringe Component, Fringe
Range, History, XY Plot, ASCII, Binary Output, Follow, Trace,
State, Particle, Circle Grid, Chain Model, FLD, Output, Setting,
Vector)
Favorites Customizable toolbar (see Setting Toolbar
Manager)
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Application Menu

Airbag Folding
Dummy Positioning
Seatbelt Fitting
Metal Forming
Roller Hemming
ALE Setup
Model Checking
Intrusion Measurements
Head Impact Positioning
Granular Flow Setup
Airbag Impact Setup
Media
Sled Creation
DynFold
Curve Gen
Customize
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Setting Menu

Current Subsystem ID Set current subsystem ID

Current Working Directory Set current working directory
General Settings Set general parameters
Post Settings Set post processing parameters
Configuration Settings Set configuration settings
Toolbar Manager Customize toolbars
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Help Menu

Document View LS-PrePost documentation

Tutorial View LS-PrePost tutorials
Will need to download the Help and Tutorial documents from
LSTCs ftp site the first time these documents are being
accessed
Old to New View mapping between old (v2.4) and new (v3.X) GUI
Release Notes View release notes
Check for Update Check server for newer version of LS-PrePost
About LS-PrePost View version info
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Bottom Toolbar
Opti
Toggle Title, Legend, Min-Max, Time Stamp, Triad,
ShfCtr Toggle Off/Shift/Ctrl (for one-handed rotate/pan/zoom)
Background Color, Mesh Color, and Performance Stats on/off
Clear
Clear all picked or highlighted information
AutCen Automatically center model to fit within window

ZoIn
Zoom in, click and drag to draw a box
ShaEle Display elements in shaded mode with mesh lines off
Zout
Zoom out to previous zoom position
VieEle Display elements in plain color mode
Pcen
Pick node as new center point for model rotation
WirEle Display elements in wireframe mode
VCrd
View coordinate systems
Top
Choose Top, Bottom, Front, Back, Right, or Left view
HidEle Display elements with hidden lines removed
Feat
Display elements in feature line mode (default angle=30)
Edge
Display elements in edge line mode
Grid
Display each nodal point as a colored pixel
Mesh
Toggle element mesh on/off
Angle
Left-click to reverse rotation direction

Right-click to modify rotation angle
Shrink Draw elements in shrunken mode (default=0.85)
Rotate Left-click to rotate about axis shown

Right-click to switch rotation axis (X/Y/Z)
Frin
Unref
Toggle Fringe/Line-contours/Iso-surfaces
Persp
Toggle Parallel/Perspective view mode
Toggle unreferenced nodes on/off
ActAll
Restore all entities to be active
EdgGeo Display geometry in shaded mode with edges on

ShaGeo Display geometry in shaded mode with edges off
WirGeo Display geometry in wireframe mode
BacCol Toggle background color black/white (Plain background mode only)

Anim
Display animation controls or start/stop animation
SelPart Launch Assembly and Select Part interface

ResPart Restore the last removed part (Shift+R)
Plot
Open XY plot management interface
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General Operations
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FEM General Selection

Pick Select a single entity
Area Select using a rectangular window
Poly Select using an irregular polygon
Sel1 Pick 1 entity (only 1 will be in buffer)
Sphe Select entities within a sphere
Box Select entities within a box
Prox Select entities within proximity to a part
Circ Select entities within a circle
Frin Select entities within a fringe plot range
Plan Select entities within a plane
In
Out
Add
Rm
Select entities inside Area/Poly

Select entities outside Area/Poly
Add entities to a selection set
Remove entities to a selection set
ID Enter Ids of the entity to be selected into

the text box for highlighting
Type When selecting element, choose
element type to be selected
Label selection put a label on the selected
entities
Prop Propagate selection (pick seed)
Adap Propagate across adaptive elements
Ang Feature angle for propagation to stop
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FEM General Selection

Adjacent Select adjacent elements
Attach Select attached elements
Clear Clear selection
Save Save selection to buffer or to file
Load Load selection from buffer or
from file
Deselect Undo last selection
Whole Select all entities in model ByNode
ByElem
Visible Select all visible entities
ByPart
Reverse Reverse selection
BySet
Select nodes
Select elements
Select parts
Set based selection
ByEdge Edge based selection
ByPath Select first and last along a path
BySegm Select segments
BySurf Select surface (geometry)
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Model Assembly and Select Part

Purpose: turn parts on/off (on=active)
Parts listed by PID and name (or element
type)
Top drop-down menu selects current model
Parts can be turned on/off by element type
Use General selection to select parts
Active parts can be Saved/Loaded from
buffers (via Save button in General selection)
Selected displays active parts only in list
Info button launches Part Information
interface for active parts
SortBy button launches Part Sort interface
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Model->Select Part->SortBy
Each header can be
clicked to sort the IDs
of that column
Options to select info

to be tabulated
Highlighted parts can

be set as active part in
the graphics rendering
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Model MSelect Select

Purpose: switch between loaded models, view multiple
models, perform keyword comparison
Select display selected model(s)
Trans translate a model (for visualization only,
useful for side-by-side animation)
Remove unload a model
Info show model summary
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Model Groups
Purpose: create part groups
Groups are automatically generated for all
*SET_PART that exist in the model
Create create a new group from active parts
Select load the selected group
Add add a group to the current display
Subtract subtract a group from the current display
Save save groups to an ASCII file
Load load groups from file
(Save and Load effective for presentations)
Or, And, Xor used for Adding groups
Auto Center automatically center the selected
group
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Model Views
Purpose: create views (based on color, appearance,
orientation, and active parts)
Create create a new view
Select load the selected view
Delete delete the selected view
Save save views to a binary file
Load load views from file
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Model Appearance
Purpose: modify the appearance of parts
Parts can be selected by Single/Area/Polygon
Each selected part will have the selected rendering
options applied
Thick draw shells with true thickness
Sphere draw solid part nodes as spheres (for EFG)
AllVis selected rendering options are applied to all
active parts
Render buttons are disabled while using Appear
interface
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Model Part Color

Purpose: modify part color and transparency
Set/Show colors for parts or other entities
(background, text, mesh, labels)
Sky (top), Middle, Ground (bottom) refer to
background color (when View > Background > Tri
Fade is selected)
Select color from palette or form new color using
RBG
Editmap to assign new color to the color map
Fringe colors can also be changed select a fringe
color, then after the color selection, click Fringe
button.
Amap apply the current color map to part drawing
Rstp restore transparency of all parts to opaque
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Model Part Color

Smap save the current color map to a file

Lmap load color map from a previous saved file
Transparency draw part in transparent mode,

transparency factor:
0.0 fully opaque (once is set to 0.0, need to click
part again to turn it into transparent)
1.0 totally transparent
Pick toggle pick a part to toggle it from opague
to transparent and vice versa
Pick through pick through a part to set part that
is behind this part
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Model Annotation
Purpose: annotate Graphics and XY-Plot windows
Position interactively position text
Arrow add fixed arrow
Nd Arrow add arrow tied to node location
Move move annotations
Text size, color, and orientation can be adjusted
Annotations can be saved to / loaded from a file
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Model Explode
Purpose: separate (explode) parts for better
visualization
Factor scale factor for parts movement
Direction direction for part movement
All explode all parts
Part explode selected parts only
PtGroup explode a group of parts (defined using
Page 1: Group)
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Model Lighting Setup

Purpose: adjust model and material lighting
Light adjust model lights
2 lights are on by default
Front position (0.0, 0.0, 1.0)
Back position (0.0, 0.0, -1.0)
Up to 8 more can be activated
The following properties can be adjusted for each
Ambient
Diffuse
Specular
Position
Material adjust material lighting
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Element Tools Identify

Purpose: identify nodes/elements/parts
Uses General Selection interface
Entity types:
Node, Element, Part, Curve, Surface, Particle,
constrained nodal rigid body (cnrb)
Element types:
Shell, Solid, Beam, TShell, SPH, Mass, Discrete, Seatbelt,
Inertia, Nurbs, DiscSph, Any

Max. number of IDs that can be shown is 12800

Can key in xyz coordinates to show position
Can show element directions (shell and beam)
Can show orthotropic material directions
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Element Tools Identify

Purpose: identify nodes/elements/parts
Can show node/element results (after fringing in
post-processing)
Can show element results at integration points
To show result on screen, go to pull down menu
View, and turn on Results on Screen
When identifying a very large no. of nodes or
elements, make sure to turn off Echo and turn
on No ID, otherwise will take a long time to
come back
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Element Tools Blank

Purpose: temporarily hide or mask elements
Uses General Selection interface
Entity types:
Node, Element, CNRB, Curve, Surface, Particle
Element types:
Shell, Solid, Beam, TShell, SPH, Mass, Discrete, Seatbelt,
Inertia, Nurbs, DiscSph, Any element

UnBlank Part click to restore partially hidden

parts
Auto-Apply blank automatically (no need to click
Apply button)
Auto-Update update display of solid surfaces and
edges automatically (no need to click Update Surf
or Update Edge)
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Element Tools Find

Purpose: find nodes/elements/parts/Cnrb
Find any element by ID or specified type
Show Only shows found entity by itself
Highlight highlights found entity
Neighbors propagates to neighboring elements
UnblankAll turns on all elements and parts
UnblankPart turns on all elements in part that
found node/element belongs to
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Workshop 1
General Operations
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Workshop 1
Load and view an LS-DYNA Keyword file...

Launch a new session of LS-PrePost

File > Open > LS-DYNA Keyword
(select /workshop1/belted.k)

Click View in the Keyword Reader Error interface

Click Done in the Message interface

Use Shift + Left Click to rotate the model

Click the Auto Center (AutCen) render button (or hit
Ctrl+A)

Click the Mesh / HidEle / VieEle / WirEle / Feat / Edge /
Shrink render buttons
Use the part selection interface...

Go to Model Assembly and Part (SelPart) and select
individual parts from the list

Use Ctrl + Left Click to select multiple parts

Click All to display all parts

Toggle Beam / Shell / Solid / Disc / SBelt

Click SortBy button and turn on/off some check boxes in
the setting columns in the Part Sort dialog

Click the MatTypeName header to see the sorting effect
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Workshop 1 (continued...)
Create a part group...

Go to Model Groups

Click Create (all displayed parts will be saved to Group_43)

Go to Model Assembly and Part (SelPart) and manually turn on
some other parts

Go to Model Groups

Select Group_43 from the list and click Select
Identify nodes and elements...

Turn on the mesh (using the Mesh render button)

Go to Element Tools Identify

Select Node in the Identify interface and pick some nodes in the
model to display their IDs

Select Element in the Identify interface and pick some elements

Toggle Elem Dir to display the N1 to N2 direction

Click the Clear render button to clear all highlighted entities
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Modify part appearance...

Go to Model Appearance

Select any one of the drawing modes Hide / Edge / Shad / Wire

Pick some parts in the model

Toggle Thick in the Appearance interface and click AllVis

Click the Zoom In render button (or hit Ctrl+Z) and zoom in on a
shell part to verify that thickness is displayed
Blank some elements...

Go to Element Tools Blank

Select Area in the General Selection interface and draw a box to
blank some elements

Click Reverse in the General Selection interface

Click Unblank All in the Blank interface

Click the Assembly and Part (SelPart) render button

Select 88 PSHELL from the list, click the Auto Center (AutCen)
render button, and click Done in the Assembly and Part interface

Toggle Prop (propagate) in the General Selection interface, select
Ang: 15, and pick an element on the front of the torso

Click Unblank All
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Create a view...

Go to Model Views

Click Create (the current view will be saved as View_01)

Rotate the model and click Create again

Select View_01 from the list and click Select

Click the ActAll render button to display the entire model
Find a node and element...

Go to Element Tools Find and select Show Only

Enter 1439 in the text field and click Find

Click Neighbors several times

Select Node in the Find interface

Enter 5340 in the text field and click Find

Click Neighbors several times

Click the Clear render button

Go to Model Assembly and Part (SelPart)

Click All


Click Unblank All
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Modify color and transparency...

Go to Model Part Color (PtColor)

Select Transparency

Pick the roof of the structure and adjust the slider

Select Pick Through and pick through the roof to make
some additional components transparent

Select Pick Toggle and pick the roof again to make it
opaque

Click Visible and drag the slider to the far left

Select Color

Pick a part and adjust its color using the RGB sliders

Select Set and pick some additional parts

Select any color from color map

Click Backg (only works when View > Background >
Plain is selected)
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Mesh Generation
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Mesh Shape Mesher

Purpose: mesh basic geometries
Box_Solid, Box_Shell define min/max
coordinates and mesh density
4N-Shell define 4 corners and mesh density
Sphere_Solid, Sphere_Shell define center,
radius, and mesh density (quarter circle)
Cylinder_Solid, Cylinder_Shell define center,
direction, radius, length and mesh density (if
number of elements in circumferential direction is
multiple of 4, butterfly mesh will be create)
Circle_Shell define outer radius, inner radius (if
hole is desired), angle (to create an arc), mesh
density, and normal direction
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Create Position Interface

Purpose: define an XYZ location
By picking a position
By picking a node
At an element center
At an edge midpoint
At the average center of nodes or elements
At the center of a circle
New *NODE can be created
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Create Direction Interface

Purpose: define a direction
By picking 2 positions
By picking 2 nodes
Along an element edge
Along an element normal
Direction can be rotated about global or local
coordinate system
New *DEFINE_VECTOR can be created
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Mesh Auto Mesher (Size)

Size mode creates uniformly sized elements

Can be mix of quad and tri element or all tri only
Compute button will give rough estimate of
element size
Mesh by GPart will create separate LS-DYNA part
for each geometry part
Ignore Hole Size, hole size smaller than this value
will be ignore and be filled with elements
General meshing procedure...
Select surfaces to be meshed

Enter average element size
Click Mesh
Click Accept
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Mesh Auto Mesher (Deviation)

Deviation mode is tool mesher for metal stamping

applications
Deviation mode creates small elements on curved
surfaces and large elements on flat surfaces
4 parameters control the element size
Max element size

Min element size
Max deviation
Max angle
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Mesh Solid Mesher

Solid meshing by blocks

Uses cut & dice method followed by sweeping
Define cutting planes

on geometry
Cut and trim
into small
blocks
Sweep block faces to

form hex elements
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Mesh N-Line Mesher

Purpose: create mesh from 2/3/4 lines
2 Line Shell create mesh between 2 lines
Enter number of elements on each edge
Or enter element size
Or use points on lines to create elements
Line Sweep sweep one line along another line
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Mesh Tetrahedron Mesher

Purpose: create solid elements (tets) inside an enclosed
shell volume
Limitation: only 1 skin part is accepted
Requirement: skin normals must be aligned
Skin can be remeshed to give better solid tet mesh
10-node tets can also be created
Solid tet mesh can be translated in space
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Mesh Element Generation (Beam)

Purpose: create beam elements
On an edge
On a curve
By dragging nodes
By spinning nodes
Along shell diagonals
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Mesh Element Generation (Shell)

Purpose: create shell elements
On all outer surfaces of a solid
On individual solid faces
By dragging an edge
By spinning an edge
By extending an edge
By dragging a curve
By spinning a curve
From a segment set
By filling holes
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Mesh Element Generation (Solid)

Purpose: create solid elements
By dragging shells
By offsetting shells
By spinning shells
Using shell thickness
By sweeping shells along a path
Between two shells sets
(must have identical mesh connectivity)
4-noded tet to 10-noded tet
Hex to 4-noded tet
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Workshop 2
Mesh Generation
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Workshop 2
Create a solid cylinder and a shell cylinder...


Go to Mesh Shape Mesher

Select Entity: Cylinder_Solid

Enter Radius: 5, Length: 10,
Num Ele (Circumferential): 32, Num (Length): 20

Enter XYZ: 0,0,1 for position

Click dirz (set direction to 0,0,1)

Click Create and Accept

Select Entity: Cylinder_Shell

Enter Num Ele: 30 (leave other parameters unchanged)

Enter XYZ: 0,0,-1 for position

Click dirz again (changes direction to 0,0,-1)

Activate Top And Bottom (meshes ends of cylinder)



Rotate the model such that you can see the cross-section of both cylinders
(note the different cross-sectional mesh of the two parts)
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Create a mesh from 4 lines...


File > Open > IGES File
(select /workshop2/test_4lmesh_curves.igs)

Click OK in the IGES Read Options popup

Go to Mesh N-Line Mesher

Select Type: 4 Line Shell

Pick the longest curve

Pick the remaining curves in clockwise order

Enter N1: 24 (and hit Enter)




Click Mesh It and Accept
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Sweep one line along another...


(select /workshop2/sweep_lines.igs)



Select Type: Line Sweep

Select Mesh By: Points of Line

Pick the square line

Pick the attached curve

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Sweep one line along another...

Go to Curve Circle

Select Method: Parameters

Click the . button next to Origin Point X

Select Geometry in the Create Position interface

Pick the endpoint of the remaining curve

Click Done in the Create Position interface

Enter Direction X Y Z: 1 0 0

Enter Radius: 50 and click Apply


Select Mesh By: Number of elements

Pick the circle and click the up arrow several times to increase N1

Pick the curve and click the up arrow several times to increase N2

Click New PID

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Auto mesh an IGES file using Amesh...


(select /workshop2/frame.igs)


Go to Mesh Auto Mesher

Select Size

Enter Elem Size: 1.5

Click Visible in the General Select interface

Click Mesh

Click Accept

Turn off geometry (iges) rendering by clicking this icon
Click the Wireframe (mesh) render button
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Create a hollow cylinder using the block mesher...


Go to Mesh Block Mesher

Select Type: Butterfly Blocks

Enter Length: 20

Enter L: 10

Activate Is Tubal

Enter Inner R: 4

Click Create

Rotate the model and note the synchronization
between the main window and Computation Window

Highlight (by clicking and dragging over) the faces,
lines, and vertices in the Computation Window to see
how the 4 blocks are assembled to form the cylinder

Click Accept
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Mesh a part using the solid mesher...


File > Open > STEP File
(select /workshop2/knuckle.stp)

Go to Geometry Tool Heal
(to remove unnecessary vertices)

Select Vertex

Select Remove

Click Analysis (see figure)

Click Apply

Go to Geometry Tool Simplify

Select Unfillet Face

Click in the Fillet Surfaces List box

Pick the small surfaces (see figure)

Click Apply
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Go to Reference Geometry Plane

Select Method: Normal to Curve

Pick an edge and a vertex to define a trimming plane
(see figure)

Click Apply

Repeat 3 times
(to create a total of 4 trimming planes)
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Go to Geometry Tool Trim

Select Cut Solid

Click in the Trim Tool box

Pick a trim plane

Click in the Be Trimmed Solid box

Pick the solid part

Click Apply

Repeat 4 times
(to trim the solid into a total of 6 parts)
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Go to Geometry Tool Heal
(to remove duplicated faces)

Select Face

Click Analysis

Click Apply

Go to Geometry Tool Stitch

Activate All Faces

Activate Non-manifold Mode

Deactivate Group by Part

Click Apply
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Right-click RefGeom under Assembly 1 in the feature
tree (upper left corner of main window) and select
Reverse Blank

Go to Mesh Solid Mesher
(to suppress unwanted boundaries)

Select Suppress

Pick unwanted boundary lines
(see dashed lines in figure)

Select Meshing

Enter Elem Size: 1.2

Click Try Meshing Automatically

Click Accept
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Pre-Processing
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Element Tool Element Editing

Purpose: modify an existing mesh by editing elements
Element Editing Tools
Check (quality)
Create (beam, shell, tetra, penta, hexa, discrete)
Delete
Split / Merge
Modify (thickness)
Direction (change for orthotropic materials)
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Element Tool Element Editing (Split/Merge)

Shell elements can be split into quads or tris

Constrain Adaptive button If checked
(*CONSTRAINED_ADAPTIVITY automatically
created when splitting deformable elements)
Click edge of element for splitting into 2
elements, can be perpendicular or parallel to
edge
Two quads can be merged into a single quad
Solid elements can also be split
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Element Tool Node Editing

Purpose: modify an existing mesh by editing nodes
Node Editing Tools
Create to create new nodes, use Advance button to
create nodes using different methods
Delete to delete unreferenced (no other element or
entity attached to it)
Replace to replace one node with another node
(merge) or take the center point of the 2 nodes
Align to align nodes that is close to a line formed by 2
points
Modify (xyz coordinates)
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Element Tool Node Editing (Align)

Define line by picking two points

Select nodes that will be snapped to the line
Option to use Nodes or Point on Element
SpNdEQ special option to put node in equal
spacing when align to the line
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Element Tool Node Editing (Replace)

Two nodes replacement

Merge two nodes into one
Option to choose final position of merged node
(Node1, Node2, MidPoint)
Single pick or area select
Multiple (Many) nodes replacement

Merge multiple nodes into one
Option to choose final position of merged node
(Center, Node, Position)
General Selection interface used to select nodes
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Element Tools Normals

Purpose: show/reverse/align element normal
Shell color indicates direction of normal
General Selection interface can be used to manually
show or reverse normal vectors
Automatic alignment (Auto Reverse) can be
performed by picking a seed element
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Element Tools Detach

Purpose: detach elements from an existing mesh
Shell, Beam, Solid, Tshell detach elements by type
Node detach all elements connected to a node
Element Select group of elements to be detached
Edge Select edges of elements to be detached
Starting NID Enter starting ID for new nodes
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Element Tools Duplicate Nodes

show and merge duplicate (coincident) nodes
Tolerance is automatically calculated but can be
overridden
Option to keep smaller or larger Node ID
Option to put new node at the xyz centroid of all
merged nodes
Show Dup Nodes will show all the nodes that
meet the tolerance criterion
Select Nodes allow user to select subset of
nodes shown
Merge Dup Nodes will perform the merging of
the duplicated Nodes
Option to delete degenerated elements (elements
with zero area)
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Element Tools Measure

Purpose: take measurements of various items
Item list of available measurements
Coordinate xyz coordinate

Dist N2N distance between 2 nodes
Dist N2S distance between a node and a surface
Dist P2P distance between 2 points
Angle 3Node angle between 3 nodes
Angle 4node angle between 2 lines formed by 4 nodes
3Pt Radius the radius formed by 3 nodes
Area / Volume / Mass / Inertia
Ang Vel angular velocity
Separation distance between two parts
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Element Tools Measure (continued...)

Active Elements Only for certain quantities (e.g.,

Area, Volume, Mass, Inertia)
Element/Part/All measure by element, by part, or
all
Cancel pick remove last picked entity
Apply take measurement
Reference Axes select current reference axes for
measurement (define axis using Item: Create Axis)
History depends on selected item
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Workshop 3
Pre-Processing
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Workshop 3
Merge duplicate nodes...


File > Open > LS-DYNA Keyword (select /workshop3/badmesh.k)

Go to Element Tools Duplicate Nodes and turn on the mesh
(using the Mesh render button)

Activate Show Free Edges

Click Show Dup Nodes (see upper right figure)

Click Merge Dup Nodes

Click Accept

Enter Tolerance: 1.0

Click Show, Merge, and Accept
Replace nodes...

Go to Element Tool Node Editing

Select Replace

Select Area and MidPoint

Select two nodes at a time for merging (by drawing a window)

Click Accept

Repeat until all internal free edges have been eliminated
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Create a tria element...

Go to Element Tool Element Editing

Select Create

Select Elem Type: Shell

Activate PID and pick the part

Activate Tria Only

Pick the 3 nodes to fill the final gap in the part

Click Accept
Align nodes along a line...


Select Align

Click the Right render button

Click the Zoom In render button and zoom in as shown

Pick 2 nodes to form a line

Pick the nodes in between

Click Align

Click Accept
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Split elements...


Select Split/Merge

Pick the elements around the hole as shown

Click Apply

Click Accept
Fill a hole...

Go to Mesh Element Generation

Select Shell

Select Shell By: Fill_Holes

Pick any node on the perimeter of the hole

Click Create

Click Accept
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Align shell normals...

Go to Element Tools Normals

Select Show Normals (should be already selected)

Click Visible in the General Selection interface

Select Vector Size: 0.5

Select Auto Reverse

Activate Pick Seed

Pick any element that is red

Click AutoRev

Click Done
Save the modified input file...

File > Save As > Save Keyword As...

Click Browse

Enter a file name (save as /workshop3/newmesh.k)

Click Save
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Pre-Processing
(continued)
84
Application Model Checking

Purpose: identify and clean unreferenced or undefined entities
85
Model Display Entity

Purpose: visualize model entities (keywords) other than
nodes and elements (which are displayed by default)
Available options include
*BOUNDARY_{OPTION}
*CONSTRAINED_{OPTION}
*INITIAL_VELOCITY_{OPTION}
*LOAD_{OPTION}
*RIGIDWALL_{OPTION}
*SET_{OPTION}
Use while post-processing by loading d3plots

followed by the corresponding keyword file
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Model Reference Check (Attach)

Purpose: identify entities that are attached to other
model entities
Initial attachment set can be all visible or as selected
(using General Selection interface)
Attachment set can grow By Part or By Element
Final attachment set can be written to a file
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Model Renumber
Purpose: renumber and offset model
entities
By Keyword Entities can be
renumbered/offset by Keyword
ID range can be specified
Entities can be picked using the General
Selection interface

By Part Parts/Elements/Nodes can be

renumbered/offset by Part
By Selected Parts/Elements/Nodes can
be renumbered/offset by Selected
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Element Tools Move/Copy

Purpose: move or copy elements from one part to
another
Use General Selection interface to select elements
Target part can be a non-existent
Starting IDs for new elements and nodes can be
specified when performing a copy
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Element Tools Offset

Purpose: offset shells (always in normal direction)
Offset Distance distance to offset
Element normals must be aligned before offsetting
Beware of offsetting small radii inward
Elements can be copied while offsetting
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Element Tools Transform (Translate)

Purpose: translate nodes/elements/parts
Translate Distance distance to translate
X,Y,Z directions can be in global or local system
N1-N2 translate in the direction from N1 to N2
N1-N2-N3 translate in the direction normal to
the plane formed by N1, N2, and N3
N1-to-N2 translate using the distance and
direction between N1 and N2
Pt-to-Pt translate using the distance and
direction between P1 and P2
Sh-Normal pick a shell element and use its
normal as the direction of the translation
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Element Tools Transform (Translate)

Free Edit after distance, direction and node

selection, user can drag the selected nodes on
screen
Copy Elem copy elements while translating
Copy Node copy nodes while translating
Transfer transfer selection to copied elements
Multiple copies can be created
New elements can be placed in a new part ID
User can enter starting element ID for new
elements
User can enter starting node ID for new nodes
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Element Tools Transform (Rotate)

Purpose: rotate nodes/elements/parts
Rot. Angle angle to rotate in degree
X,Y,Z axes can be in global or local coordinates
N1-N2 rotate about an axis from N1 to N2
N1-N2-N3 rotate about the normal formed by N1,
N2, and N3
Origin of rotation can be a node or XYZ location
Elements/Nodes can be copied while rotating
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Element Tools Transform (Reflect)

Purpose: reflect nodes/elements/parts
Norm X/Y/Z reflect along global axes
N1-N2 reflect along the direction from N1 to N2
N1-N2-N3 reflect along the normal formed by N1,
N2, and N3
Origin of reflection can be a node or an XYZ location
Elements/Nodes can be copied while reflecting
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Element Tools Transform (Project)

Purpose: project nodes and elements
Norm X/Y/Z project along global axes
N1-N2 project along the direction from N1 to N2
N1-N2-N3 project along the normal formed by N1,
N2, and N3
Can also project To Mesh, To Curve, or To Surface
Point on plane of projection can be a node or an XYZ
location
Elements can be copied while projecting
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Element Tools Transform (Scale)

Purpose: scale nodes/elements/parts
Scale Factor greater than 1 to enlarge, less than 1
to shrink (when using Scale+)
X,Y,Z scale in either global or local coordinate
system
N1-N2 scale in direction from N1 to N2
N1-N2-N3 scale in direction of normal formed by
N1, N2, and N3
Origin can be a node or a XYZ location
Elements/Nodes can be copied while scaling
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Element Tools Transform (Transform)

Purpose: transform nodes/elements/parts from one
coordinate system to another
From pick 3 nodes (first set of P1,P2,P3) to define a
starting system
To pick 3 nodes (second set of P1,P2,P3) to define
a destination system
P1-P3 buttons launch Create Position interface
Elements can be copied while transforming
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Element Tools Smooth

Purpose: smooth a mesh to improve element quality
Use General Selection interface to select elements
Specified nodes can be locked to prevent movement
Nodes along feature angles are not moved
Boundary nodes can be fixed or free
User specified number of smoothing iterations can
be applied
Nodes can be projected back to geometry after
smoothing
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Element Tools Part Trim

Purpose: trim a mesh using a curve
Parts first, choose the parts to be trimmed
Trim Curves second, select curves for trimming
Trim Methods (projecting curves to mesh)...
Closest 3D projection
Vector projection (along a specified vector)
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Workshop 4
Mesh Transformation
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Workshop 4
Create nodes at circle centers...


(select /workshop4/tube1.k)

Click the Wire render button


Select Create

Click Advanced

Select 3PtCircle in the Create Position interface

At one end of the large tube, pick 3 nodes on the
perimeter and click Apply

Repeat for the other end of the large tube and both
ends of the small tube

Click Cancel in the Create Position interface

Click Accept
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Transform a mesh...

Go to Element Tools Transform

Select Transform

Activate From

Pick one center node of the small tube (as P1)

Pick the other center node of the small tube (as P2)

Pick any node on the end of the tube near P1 (as P3)

Activate To and repeat the same for the large tube
(P1-P3 must be picked in a similar sequence)

Select ByPart in the General Selection interface

Pick the small tube

Click Save To Buffer Buffer5 in the General
Selection interface

Click Transform

Click Accept
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Translate a mesh...


Select Translate

Select Direction: N1-N2

Pick both center nodes of the large tube
(to define Node1 and Node2)

Enter Translate Distance: 20

Click Load From Buffer Buffer5 in the General
Selection interface

Click Tran +

Click Accept
Save the modified input file...


Click Browse

Enter a file name (save as /workshop4/newtube.k)

Click Save
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Pre-Processing
(continued)
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Model Part Data

There are 7 functions in the Part
Data dialog:
Show show existing part
data
Create create new part data
Mod modify existing data
Sear search parts by
parameters
Assign assign part data
properties
Prop edit properties of part
data
Replace replace a part with
another part
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Model Part Data

Show Show / Delete /

Write part data
Parts can be selected
graphically using Pick/Area/
Poly or from the list
Show will list element type of
the part, its properties, no. of
nodes and elements, and the
Min/Max IDs
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Model Part Data

Cre Create new part

definitions
NewID take existing part data
and create a new part ID
Add create new part with no
data (SECID, MID, etc...)
Contact if this box is check,
will create *PART_CONTACT
data
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Model Part Data

Mod Modify existing

part definitions
Changes can only be made
to one part at a time
108
Model Part Data

Assign Assign properties

to parts
Changes can be made to
many parts at once
Multiple select from list to
highlight parts that will be
changed
Empty fields will not be
assigned
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Model Part Data

Prop Review part properties

(Section, Material, Hourglass, )
Modify open a keyword input form
for editing
RefBy show all parts that reference
the selected property
RefBy popup
dialog
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Model Part Data

Replace replace a part in one model

with another part from another
model
The second model can be loaded with
the Load button
Replace this part with

another part that has
finer mesh
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Model Entity Interface

A uniform interface to deal with LS-DYNA
entities that can be shown graphically
Show to show the entities
Create to create the entity
Modify modify the existing entities
Delete delete entites
Write entity data to a file
General selection is used whenever it is
possible for selecting the entities
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Model Create Entity Set Data

Show *SET_{OPTION}
Create *SET_{OPTION}
OPTIONS NODE, BEAM, DISCRETE, PART,
SEGMENT, SHELL, SOLID, THICK SHELL
Select entities using General Selection interface
Modify *SET_{OPTION}
Sets must be shown before they can be modified

Delete *SET_{OPTION}
Write *SET_{OPTION} to a file
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Boundary Spc
Show *BOUNDARY_SPC_{OPTION}
Label None/Symbol/Detail
Local coordinate systems will be shown if used
Match Filter by constrained DOFs
Create *BOUNDARY_SPC_{OPTION}

OPTIONS NODE, NODE_SET

Use General Selection interface to select nodes
Activate constrained DOFs
Use global or local coordinate system
Modify *BOUNDARY_SPC_{OPTION}
Delete *BOUNDARY_SPC_{OPTION}
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Initial Velocity

Show *INITIAL_VELOCITY
Create *INITIAL_VELOCITY
For *INITIAL_VELOCITY_NODE only

Modify *INITIAL_VELOCITY
Delete *INITIAL_VELOCITY
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Rigidwall Rigidwall

Show *RIGIDWALL_{OPTION}
Create *RIGIDWALL_{OPTION}
OPTIONS GEOMETRIC, PLANAR
Select geometry type
(cylinder/flat/prism/sphere)
Activate additional planar options
(finite/forces/moving/ortho)
Define position and normal direction

Modify *RIGIDWALL_{OPTION}
Delete *RIGIDWALL_{OPTION}
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Database Cross Section

Show *DATABASE_CROSS_SECTION_{OPTION}
Create *DATABASE_CROSS_SECTION_{OPTION}
OPTIONS PLANE, SET
Define position and normal direction

Modify *DATABASE_CROSS_SECTION_{OPTION}
Delete *DATABASE_CROSS_SECTION_{OPTION}
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Database History

Show *DATABASE_HISTORY_{OPTION}
Create *DATABASE_HISTORY_{OPTION}
OPTIONS NODES, BEAM, SHELL, SOLID, SPH, TSHELL
Use General Selection interface to select entities

Modify *DATABASE_HISTORY_{OPTION}
Delete *DATABASE_HISTORY_{OPTION}
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Define Box

Show *DEFINE_BOX_{OPTION}
Create *DEFINE_BOX_{OPTION}
OPTIONS ADAPITVE, COARSEN
Define box extents
Translate or scale box

Modify *DEFINE_BOX_{OPTION}
Delete *DEFINE_BOX_{OPTION}
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Define Vector

Show *DEFINE_VECTOR
Create *DEFINE_VECTOR
Define origin and direction

Modify *DEFINE_VECTOR
Delete *DEFINE_VECTOR
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Define Coordinate System

Show *DEFINE_COORINATE_{OPTION}
Create *DEFINE_COORINATE_{OPTION}

OPTIONS NODES, SYSTEM, VECTOR

Define title
Pick nodes or define vectors
Set additional parameters
Modify an existing coordinate system
Modify *DEFINE_COORINATE_{OPTION}
Delete *DEFINE_COORINATE_{OPTION}
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Element Seatbelt Accelerometer

Show *ELEMENT_SEATBELT_ACCELEROMETER
Create *ELEMENT_SEATBELT_ACCELEROMETER
Pick N1-N3
Set other flags

Modify *ELEMENT_SEATBELT_ACCELEROMETER
Delete *ELEMENT_SEATBELT_ACCELEROMETER
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Element Mass
Show *ELEMENT_MASS
Label Mass Value/Mass ID/Detail/None
Create *ELEMENT_MASS
Enter mass value
Activate PID option

Modify *ELEMENT_MASS
Delete *ELEMENT_MASS
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Constrained Spotweld

Show *CONSTRAINED_SPOTWELD
Create *CONSTRAINED_SPOTWELD
Use Autocreate to create when N2 is picked
Enter failure criteria

Modify *CONSTRAINED_SPOTWELD
Delete *CONSTRAINED_SPOTWELD
CDelete (check and delete) invalid spotwelds
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Constrained Generalized Weld Spot

Show *CONSTRAINED_GEN_WELD_SPOT
Create *CONSTRAINED_GEN_WELD_SPOT
Click EditPara to define failure parameters

Modify *CONSTRAINED_GEN_WELD_SPOT
Delete *CONSTRAINED_GEN_WELD_SPOT
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Constrained Tied Nodes Failure

Show *CONSTRAINED_TIED_NODES_FAILURE
Create *CONSTRAINED_TIED_NODES_FAILURE
Enter failure strain

Modify *CONSTRAINED_TIED_NODES_FAILURE
Delete *CONSTRAINED_TIED_NODES_FAILURE
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Constrained Rivet

Show *CONSTRAINED_RIVET
Create *CONSTRAINED_RIVET
Use Autocreate to create when N2 is picked
Enter death (failure) time

Modify *CONSTRAINED_RIVET
Delete *CONSTRAINED_RIVET
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Constrained Node Set

Show *CONSTRAINED_NODE_SET
Create *CONSTRAINED_NODE_SET
Set active DOF
Enter death (failure) time

Modify *CONSTRAINED_NODE_SET
Delete *CONSTRAINED_NODE_SET
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Constrained Nodal Rigid Body (CNRB)

Show *CONSTRAINED_NODAL_RIGID_BODY
Create *CONSTRAINED_NODAL_RIGID_BODY
OPTION SPC
Set additional flags

Modify *CONSTRAINED_NODAL_RIGID_BODY
Delete *CONSTRAINED_NODAL_RIGID_BODY
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File Import (Combine Keyword Files)

Each keyword file defines a subsystem

Import Offset causes all entity IDs to by automatically
offset by largest ID currently in use
Import NoOffset performs no offsetting (use with
caution)
Setting Offset allows custom offsetting based on
keyword type (see next slide)
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File Import (Combine Keyword Files)

Setting Offset interface
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Model Keyword Manager

All LS-DYNA keywords are accessible

through Keyword Manager tree list (over
900 total)
Keywords that exist in the current model
are shown in Blue
Click All to display all keywords (or click
Model to display only those that exist in
the current model)
Expand the tree and double-click to edit a
keyword (opens Keyword Input Form)
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Keyword Input Form

Example Keyword Input form for *PART

Keyword type
List of existing keywords of this type
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Keyword Input Form (continued...)

Keyword Input form buttons

Always click first when creating a new card
Draw entity in the graphics window
Popup RefBy interface
Open interface to pick

data directly from model
Create fresh keyword
using default values
Commit changes
Delete/Undelete
selected keyword
Set all entries to

Default values
Exit keyword editing form
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Keyword Input form controls
Card Number
Parameter Names
Parameter Values
Link Button
Drop-down Menu
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Other Keyword Input form features

Blue parameter titles can be clicked to display description in
bottom text area (see below)
Red parameters indicate that additional cards may be
displayed depending on the parameter value
User comments can be entered here
Click in any field above to display description here
(same information found in LS-DYNA Keyword Manual)
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Model MSelect Compare

Purpose: compare two similar LS-DYNA keyword input
files that have minor differences
Disregards keyword order, unlike other
compare/difference software
Normalizes data to ignore differences below a
certain tolerance
Provides a summary only when a large number of
differences are detected
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File Save Keyword As

Output Version 960/970/971

(only change if using an old
version of LS-DYNA)
Renumber/Offset can
renumber or offset before
saving
BySubSystem activate to save
subsystems to separate files
(not visible unless model
contains subsystems)
Advanced... additional options
(see next slide)
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Advanced Settings Interface

Keyword order can be customized

Keywords can be selectively omitted
Title, Field Names, and Comments can be omitted
Parameter names can be output instead of actual values
139
File Save Active Keyword As

Output Version 960/970/971

(only change if using an old
version of LS-DYNA)
Keywords can be selectively
output using the Advanced
Setting interface
140
Workshop 5
Create a Keyword File
(Ball to Plate Impact)
141
Workshop 5
Mesh a plate from IGES data...


(select /workshop5/plate.igs)



Enter Elem Size: 15

Pick the surface in graphics area

Click Mesh

Click Accept
Mesh a sphere...


Select Entity: Sphere_Solid

Enter Radius: 50

Enter Density: 6

Enter Center Z: 55

Enter Target Name: ball

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Define plate material...

Go to Model Keyword Manager

Select All

Expand MAT

Double-click 024-PIECEWISE_LINEAR_PLASTICITY

Click NewID in the Keyword Input Form

Enter TITLE: plate material

Enter RO: 7.8e-6

Enter E: 200.0

Enter PR: 0.3

Enter SIGY: 0.2

Enter ETAN: 2.0

Enter FAIIL: 0.1

Click Accept

Click Done
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Define plate section...

Expand SECTION

Double-click SHELL


Enter TITLE: plate section

Enter NIP: 5

Enter T1: 1.5 (and hit the Enter key)

Click Accept

Click Done
Import ball properties (material and section)...

File > Import > LS-DYNA Keyword (select /workshop5/ball_properties.k)

Click Import Offset in the Import File interface
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Assign plate properties...

Go to Model Part Data

Select Mod

Select S 1 SHELL1 from the list

Enter Part Title: plate

Click SECID

Select 1 plate section in Link SECTION interface

Click Done in Link SECTION interface

Click MID

Select 1 plate material in Link MAT interface

Click Done in Link MAT interface

Click Accept
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Assign ball properties...


Expand PART

Double-click PART

Select 2 ball in the Keyword Input Form

Click the Link Button next to the SECID field

Select 2 ball section in Link SECTION interface

Click Done in the Link SECTION interface

Click the Link Button next to the MID field

Select 2 ball material in Link MAT interface

Click Done in the Link MAT interface

Click Accept

Click Done
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Create plate boundary SPCs...

Go to Model Create Entity

Expand Boundary

Select Spc

Select Cre

Create Set

Activate X, Y, and Z

Select Area in the General Selection interface

Click and drag to select all plate edge nodes
(select nodes on each edge separately)

Click Apply
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Create ball initial velocity...

Expand Initial

Select Velocity

Select Cre

Enter Vz: -20

Select Pick in the General Selection interface


Pick the ball

Click Apply

Click the Left render button
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Create part set for contact...

Expand Set Data

Select *SET_PART

Select Cre

Enter Title: contact


Click Apply
Define contact...


Expand CONTACT

Double-click AUTOMATIC_SINGLE_SURFACE


Set SSTYP: 2

Click the Link Button next to the SSID field

Select 1 contact in the Link SET interface

Click Done in the Link SET interface

Click Accept

Click Done
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Set termination time...

Expand CONTROL

Double-click TERMINATION

Enter ENDTIM: 10 in the Keyword Input Form

Click Accept

Click Done
Set d3plot frequency...

Expand DATABASE

Double-click BINARY_D3PLOT

Enter DT: 1 in the Keyword Input Form

Click Accept

Click Done
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Set ASCII output frequency...

Expand DATABASE

Double-click ASCII_option

Enter Default DT: 0.1 (and hit the Enter key)

Scroll down and activate GLSTAT (global statistics)

Set BINARY: 3 for GLSTAT

Activate MATSUM (material summary)

Click Accept

Click Done
Save keyword file...


Deactivate BySubSystem

Click Browse (save as /workshop5/ball_and_plate.k)

Click Advanced

Click Customize Order: Expert

Click Ok in the Advanced Setting interface

Click Save in the Save Keyword interface
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Compare a set of LS-DYNA Keyword files...


(select /workshop5/compare/belted1.k)

(select /workshop5/compare/belted2.k)

Go to Model MSelect

Select Compare

Click in the 1st Model field and select model 1

Click in the 2nd Model field and select model 2

Click Compare
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Compare a set of LS-DYNA Keyword files...

Select the Common Keywords tab

Examine the RED items to identify differences
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Workshop 6
Create a Keyword File
(S-Rail to Rigidwall Impact)
154
Workshop 6
Import and mesh IGES surfaces...


File > Open > IGES File (select /workshop6/channel.igs)



Enter Elem Size: 6


Click Mesh

Click Accept

Go to Geometry Tool Manage


Click Delete in the Geometry Management interface

File > Import > IGES File (select /workshop6/flat.igs)




Click Mesh

Click Accept
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Workshop 6
Define section property...


Select All

Expand SECTION

Double-click SHELL


Enter TITLE: 1.0mm

Enter ELFORM: 16

Enter T1: 1.0 (and hit the Enter key)

Click Accept

Click Done
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Define material property...

Expand MAT

Double-click 024-PIECEWISE_LINEAR_PLASTICITY


Enter TITLE: Mild Steel

Enter RO: 7.83e-6

Enter E: 207.0

Enter PR: 0.3

Enter SIGY: 0.2

Enter ETAN: 2.0

Click Accept

Click Done
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Assign section and material...

Go to Model Part Data

Select Assign

Click All

Click SECID

Select 1.0mm in the Link SECTION interface

Click Done in Link SECTION interface

Click MID

Select Mild Steel in the Link MAT interface

Click Done in Link MAT interface

Click Apply

Select Show
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Add mass to end of rail...

Click the Top render button

Click the ZoIn render button and zoom in on the right end of the rail


Expand Element

Select Mass

Select Cre

Enter Mass: 2.0


Click and drag to select 1 row of nodes along the end of the rail

Click Apply
Create constraints at end of rail...

Expand Boundary

Select Spc

Select Cre

Activate Y, Z, RX, RY, and RZ (everything except X)


Click and drag to select all nodes where masses were added

Click Apply
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Create initial velocities at end of rail...

Expand Initial

Select Velocity

Select Cre

Enter Vx: -10.0


Select all nodes where SPCs were added

Click Apply
Create a rigid wall...

Expand Rigidwall

Select Rigidwall

Select Cre

Select Planar

Select NX (you may have to scroll down)

Pick any node at the left end of the rail

Select Tran

Select X/L and enter Distance: 10

Click Tran
Click Apply
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Create welds using a master weld file...

Go to Mesh Spot Welding

Select Format: Primer (from the drop-down menu)

Click Open (select /workshop6/welds.spot)

Select Properties: File

Click Browse (select /workshop6/spot.conf)

Click Create

Click the Wire render button to see weld locations

Click Accept
Set termination time...


Expand CONTROL

Double-click TERMINATION

Enter ENDTIM: 10 in Keyword Input Form

Click Accept

Click Done
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Set d3plot frequency...

Expand DATABASE

Double-click BINARY_D3PLOT

Enter DT: 1 in Keyword Input Form

Click Accept and Done
Set ASCII output frequency...

Double-click ASCII_option

Enter Default DT: 0.1 (and hit the Enter key)

Activate GLSTAT

Activate MATSUM

Activate SWFORC (spotweld forces)

Click Accept and Done
Save keyword file...


Click Browse (save as /workshop6/srail.k)

Click Save in the Save Keyword interface
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Post-Processing
163
Animation Interface
The Animation controls are displayed when d3plots are

loaded. If the animation interface is closed, it can be
restored by clicking the Anim render button.
Final State
Initial State
States per Increment

Eigen SF
Loop / Play Once
Activate Eigen
Mode Animation
Control State
Current State
Current Time
Control Speed
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Post Fringe Component

Purpose: to select a component for fringing
Stress regular stress components
Ndv nodal displacements and velocities
Result resultant stress components
Strain regular strain components
Misc pressure, temp, shell thickness, etc...
Infin / Green / Almans infinitesimal, Green-St.
Venant, and Almansi strains
S.Rate strain rates
Residu residual elastic strains
FLD forming limit diagram strain components
Beam beam element forces and stress resultants
CFD Navier-Stokes fluid components
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Post Fringe Component (continued...)

Frin choose rendering type
Max location of shell surfaces
Frin default fringing

Isos iso-surfaces for solid
Lcon line contours
XFrn fringe max value through all states
FMes fringe color on the mesh
Expr user define expression
Low / Mid / Upp lower, mid-plane, and upper
Max / Ave / Min maximum, average, minimum
Ipt shell integration point
Bpt beam integration point
Glob coordinate system

Glob / Loca global or local
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Post Fringe Range

Purpose: control fringe and iso-surface ranges
Dynamic min/max adjusted for each time state
Static same min/max for all the states
User custom min/max for all the states
Show show elements within the specified range
Entire Model legend based on entire model
Active Parts Only legend based on displayed parts
Active Elements Only legend based on displayed
elements only
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Post Fringe Range (continued...)

Reverse Colors reverse legend colors

Ident Min / Max identify min and max elements by
ID (user defines number of entities to identify)
Lower / Upper set color for out-of-range elements
Levels customize number of fringe levels
Palette allows colors to be modified
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Post History
Purpose: plot time history data (from d3plots)
Global energies and kinematic data for full model
Part energies and kinematic data for parts
Nodal kinematic data for nodes
Element stress and strain data for elements

Value set to element value or min/max value for the part

E-Type choose element type to plot history
E-Axes global or local
Surface choose shell location (through-thickness)
Int Pt integration point data

Scalar plot scalar value that is being fringed
(choose component in Fcomp interface)
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Post History (continued...)

Standard plotting options...
Plot plot selected value in current Plot Window

New plot selected value in new Plot Window
Padd add selected value to current Plot Window
Raise bring forward all open plot windows
Pop open and bring forward all closed plot windows
Interfaces that use these plot functions...
History
XYPlot
ASCII
Binout
FLD
Measure
Section > Force
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Plot Window
Title modify main, axis, legend, and curve titles
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Plot Window (continued...)

Title used to modify main, axis, legend, and curve titles
Attr modify curve attributes (symbol, color, width, style)
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Filter filter curves (SAE, Butterworth, COS, etc...)
Save write curves to file (.crv, Keep, XY Pairs, .csv, .xml)
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Oper perform curve operations (integrate, sum, invert, etc...)
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New Plot Interface

New XYPlot
interface puts
plots in the
Main window
Multiple plots
on a page /
multiple pages
Plots from one
port can be
easily moved or
copied to
another port
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New Plot Interface (continued...)

Right-click on a Port to Delete it or

launch the Control interface
Control interface allows plots to be

customized
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New Plot Interface (continued...)
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Post XYPlot
Purpose: create and manipulate XY-Plots (all saved XY
data is automatically added to the file list)
File show list of all loaded XY-Plot files
Window show list of all XY-Plot windows
Add import XY data (use CRV, CSV, XY formats)
Remove remove files from list
Info display number of data points
Show show selected plot
Cross create cross plot (e.g., combine Force/Time
and Disp/Time to create Force/Disp)
Curve Clip clip curve
Interpolate modify number of points in curve
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Post ASCII
Purpose: create XY-Plots from ASCII output files
ASCII File Operations...
File browse and load ASCII file from any directory

Load load selected file type from current directory
Unload unload files from memory
All select all items in the list
Clear clear selected items
Rev reverse selection
Info show information on the loaded ASCII file
Multiple Select plot multiple curves at once when
multiple files are loaded (using File option above)
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Post ASCII (continued...)

ASCII Sub-branches...
Lists all data available in the selected ASCII file
Some ASCII files have special toggles that can be used to
process data...
MATSUM, SECFORC, SPCFORC, NODFOR, BNDOUT,
SLEOUT, and GCEOUT [Total] combine multiple ASCII
item selections
ABSTAT [Airb/Mat] select airbag/material ID
ELOUT [Clrcp] clear component list
ELOUT [Stress/Strain/Beams]
DEFORC [Trans/Rotat] force and moments
NODFOR [Group] combine nodal forces of the group
NODOUT [HicCsi] open HIC/CSI pre-filter options
RBDOUT [Local] plot in local coordinate system
SPCFORC [Force/Momt] force and moments
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Post Binout
Purpose: plot data from binout files
Binout contains same data as ASCII files but in binary
format
Set BINARY=2 on *DATABASE_{OPTION} to generate
binout file
Load load binout file (multiple binout files can be
loaded)
Unload unload binout file
Save save binout branch in ASCII format
Done exit the Binout interface
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Post Follow
Purpose: define a reference point or plane for
animation and fringing relative displacement
Animation usage...
Pick node(s) to define reference point or plane
Click Apply
Play animation
To fringe relative displacement...
Pick node(s) to define reference point or plane

Click Apply
Go to Page 1: Fcomp
Select Ndv
Select rx-disp, ry-disp, rz-disp, or r-result disp
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Post Trace
Purpose: trace nodal displacements
Set width and color of trace line
Select state to begin trace
Output trace in several formats...
*DEFINE_CURVE
Coordinate history
*BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_MOTION_NODE
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Post State
Purpose: select/overlay animation states or display
mulitple states in a grid
Select display the selected state or create state
overlays (with customized rendering type)
Inactive make states inactive (remove from
animation playback)
Delete delete states (delete d3plot files if possible)
Multistate display multiple states in a grid
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Post Output
Purpose: output post-processing data
Some available formats...

LS-DYNA Keyword
Nastran
Dynain ASCII
ASCII and Binary STL
Active Parts Only write only displayed parts

Entire Model write entire model (use check boxes
to control exactly which entities are written)
St No Controls which state is written
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Post Setting
Purpose: control settings and general preferences
Axes/Surface
El Axes set coordinate system for calculation of
component stresses and strains (Global / element Local)
Surface set current shell integration point surface and
beam integration point location (this affects what data is
extracted when using Fcomp, History, and Vector)

Reflections reflect the whole model or selected

parts about the global planes
Hic/Csi Const. change default time scale and
gravitational constant
SPH Nodes change appearance of smooth particle
hydrodynamics nodes
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Post Setting (continued...)

Thickness Scale Factor related to displaying shells

as solids (set using Thick in Appear interface)
Fringe Scale Factor allows small or large changes in
fringe values, active for all fringes after setting
Concrete Crack Width associated with D3CRCK file,
sets minimum crack width in mm to be displayed
(MAT_084 only)
FLD EStrain changes display of strains for FLD
fringe components and plots to Engr or True values
Local BStrain converts global strains for solid
elements into element axes values
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Post Vector
Purpose: create vector plots (similar to fringing)
d3plot (binary plot) options...
Shell Normal
Displacement
Velocity
Principal Stress
Principle Strain
intfor (interface force file) options...

Force
Pressure
Surface Shear
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Post Vector (continued...)

X, Y, and Z components for displacement, velocity

and force can be selected
Range settings...
Dynamic min/max adjusted for each time state

Static same min/max for all the states
User custom min/max for all the states
Show show vectors within the specified range
Display settings...
SF set vector size scale factor

Whole display vectors for the whole model
Part display vectors for a specific part
Area display vectors for a user defined area
El/Node display vectors for specific elements/nodes
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Model Section Plane

Purpose: visualize section planes or take
measurements
Section plane options...
FixS section plane is fixed in space
FixM section plane is fixed to the model
Lagr section plane is lagrangian type
Plane definition options...
1p+NL base point + normal direction

N1-N2 n1 defines base point, n1 to n2 defines direction
3Nds 3 nodes define the plane
2Nds+D 2 nodes + direction define the plane
BasePt/BaseNd select position or node as base point
NormX/NormY/NormZ set direction cosines
Centroid make centroid of model the base point
Reset reset and clear plane definition
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Model Section Plane (continued...)

Additional options...
No. of Cut/Distance - divide model along the plane normal
direction
Right/Left Arrows move the plane forward/backward
MP Anim animate the section
Upd Bspt update base point with current position
Clear Kpsc clear all kept section cuts from memory
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Additional options...
Project View view section normal to section plane

Off/Clip turn clipping planes off/on
Kp Cuts keep and display all section cuts
Clr clear all section cuts (keep only the last cut)
Cut perform section cut
Options display additional section plane options
Crush open crush/intrusion interface
Model reset display to full model view
Meas open section cut measurement interface
Line open line plot interface
Force open section force interface
Save open interface to save/load planes (to file)
Done exit the Section Plane interface
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Options Interface
ShowPl show section plane on/off

3DOutline show solid part outline after cut
ShMesh show section plane as mesh
Line Width set section cut line width
Line Color set section cut line color
Color/Cut use different color for each cut instead of
different color for each part
Thickness draw section cut with thickness
VP draw vector on section cut
Write write section cut to file in selected format
(Keyword, VGA, or IGES)
Curr State set current state for writing
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Crush Interface measure distance from node to

plane (intrusion plotting)
Line Width Intrusion plot line width

Line Color Intrusion plot line color
PlotType select history plot type
Node ID can be picked or keyed in
Line Interface plot fringe values at section cut

along the length of the cut
Mainly used for metal stamping
Must load fringe value (using Fcomp) and perform cut first
Pick a part for the line plot
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Force Interface calculate and plot section values
Forces
Moments
Area
Centroid
Meas Interface take section plane

measurements
Coordinate
Distance
3Pt-Angle
3Pt-Radius
2Ln-Angle
Measure can be done between any two cuts
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Workshop 7
Post-Processing
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Workshop 7
Load results and input file...


File > Open > LS-DYNA Binary Plot
(select /workshop7/d3plot)

(select /workshop7/ball_and_plate.k)

Click Yes in the popup

Click Animate Forward
(click the Anim render button first if necessary)


Decrease the animation speed using the slider
Generate a movie...

File > Movie

Enter File Name: animation1

Click Start
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Workshop 7(continued...)
Cut a section plane...

Go to Model Section Plane

Click NormY

Click Cut

Click Options

Select Line Width: 5

Rotate the model for an isometric view

Click MP Anim

Click Done
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Create a fringe contour plots...

Go to Post Fringe Component

Click Stress

Select von mises stress from the list

Click the Top render button

(if the animation is not already playing)

Select plastic strain from the list

Click Ndv

Select resultant displacement from the list

Click Stop Animation

Click the Shade Element (ShaEle) render button
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Identify nodes and elements by ID...

Go to Element Tools Ident

Select Node


Pick some nodes by drawing a window

Select Element

Select Pick in the General Selection interface

Pick some elements by clicking

Click Clear Node

Click Clear Elem
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Plot time history data...

Go to Post History

Select Nodal

Select Z-displacement from the list

Pick 1 node on the ball and 1 node on the plate

Click Plot

Click Quit in the Plot Window

Select Element

Select Effective Stress (v-m) from the list

Pick an element on the plate

Click Plot


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Plot ASCII data...

Go to Post ASCII

Select glstat * from the top list

Click Load

Select the top 3 items in the bottom list

Click Plot


Select matsum * from the top list

Click Load

Click All

Select 2-Kinetic Energy from the bottom list

Click Plot

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Plot a measured value...

Drag the horizontal slider to the first frame
(click the Anim render button first if necessary)


Go to Element Tools Measure

Select Item: Dist N2N

Select length in the bottom list

Pick 1 node on the ball and 1 node on the plate

Click Plot


Click Next State (in the animation interface) several
times and note how the measured value is updated

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Plot binout data...

Go to Post Binout

Click Load
(select /workshop7/binout)

Select the file from the Open File List

Select glstat

Select kinetic_energy

Click Plot

Select internal_energy

Click Padd
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Format a plot...

Click Title in the Plot Window

Enter Plot Title: Global Stats

Enter X-Axis Label: Time (ms)

Enter Y-Axis Label: Energy

Enter Legend Title: Curves

Click Apply

Activate Modify Curve Legend

Select kinetic_energy from the list

Change name to Kinetic (and hit the Enter key)

Select internal_energy from the list

Change name to Internal (and hit the Enter key)
Save curve data...

Click Save in the Plot Window

Click All next to the curve list

Click Browse
(save as /workshop7/glstat_energy.crv)

Click Save in the bottom row of buttons
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Workshop 8
Post-Processing
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Workshop 8
View multiple models...


(select /workshop8/example2/d3plot)

(select /workshop8/elastic_plate/d3plot)

Go to Model MSelect


Select Translate

Select 2-BALL AND ELSTIC PLATE from the list

Activate Z only

Enter Trans Dist: 2.500e+002

Click the Left Arrow button

Select Select

Click and drag to select both items in the list

Click the Auto Center (AutCen) render button

Click the Hide Element (HidEle) render button

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Create a cross plot...


(select /workshop8/elastic_plate/d3plot)

Go to Post ASCII

Select rcforc *

Click Load

Select Sl-2 from the middle list

Select Z-force from the lower list

Click Plot

Click Scale in PlotWindow-1

Enter Y-scale: -1

Click Apply

Activate Autofit

Click Save
(save as /workshop8/elastic_plate/force_vs_time.crv)

Click Save in the bottom row of buttons

Click Quit in PlotWindow-1
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Create a cross plot (continued)...

Go to Post XYPlot

Click Add
(select /workshop8/elastic_plate/disp_vs_time.crv)

Select Cross

Select X-Axis

Select disp_vs_time.crv

Double-click disp_vs_time.crv:2060

Select Y-Axis

Select force_vs_time.crv

Double-click force_vs_time.crv:Sl 2

Click Plot
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Set a reference point...


(select /workshop8/belted/d3plot)

Click the Left and Hide Element (HidEle) render
buttons


Click Stop

Go to Post Follow

Pick any node on the structure

Click Apply

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Use Page D entity display...


(select /workshop8/belted/d3plot)

(select /workshop8/belted/belted.k)

Click Yes in the popup


Go to Model Display Entity

Expand Element

Select Seatbelt_Accelerometer

Select the first three items in the list

Click the Anim render button

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Calculate HIC (Head Injury Criteria)...


(select /workshop8/settings_and_hic/d3plot)


Go to Post Setting

Select Hic/Csi Constants

Select Time Units: msec (kg-mm-ms units)

Select Gravity Constant: 0.00981

Click Apply

Go to Post ASCII

Select nodout *

Click Load

Select 1

Select 14-hic36

Click HicCsi

Activate Apply pre-filter

Click Plot
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Modify range settings...


(select /workshop8/range/d3plot)


Drag the slider to the last frame

Go to Post Fringe Component (FriComp)

Select von mises stress from the top list

Go to Post Fringe Range (FriRang)

Activate Reverse Colors

Enter No. Min/Max Entities: 1

Activate Ident Min and Max

Select Level: 20

Select Avg: None
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View velocity vectors...




Go to Post Vector

Select Velocity from the drop down menu

Click Apply

Click Next State (in the animation interface) to step
through the animation frame by frame
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Colors, Groups, and Views...




Go to Model Part Color

Click Lmap
(select /workshop8/colors_groups_views/colors)

Go to Model Groups

Click Load
(select /workshop8/colors_groups_views/groups)

Select dummy from the list

Click Select

Go to Model Views

Click Load
(select /workshop8/colors_groups_views/views)

Select View_01 from the list

Click Select
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Plot section plane forces...


(select /workshop8/splane/csforce/d3plot)

Go To Model Section Plane

Activate BaseNd

Enter Node: 1550 (and hit Enter)

Click NormX (directional cosine)

Click Cut

Click Force

Select Normal Force from the list

Click Plot
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Take section plane measurements...


(select /workshop8/splane/measure/d3plot)


Go to Model Section Plane

Click NormY

Click Cut

In the animation controls, advance to State# 9

Click Meas (NOT Measur)

Select 2Ln-Angle

Click two points to form a line on the left top

Click two points to form a line on the right top

Click Options

Select Line Width: 2

Activate ShMesh (section plane as a mesh)

Click Curr State

Click Write to save the section data
(writes keyword file with beam elements only)
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Output dynain file...


(select /workshop8/dynain_output/d3plot)

Go to Post Output

Select Format: Dynain ASCII

In the animation controls, advance to the last state

Click Curr (current state)

Click Write
(writes a dynain ASCII file that contains stress, strain,
and thickness information)
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Save LS-PrePost database (post.db)...


(select /workshop8/dynain_output/d3plot)

In the animation controls, advance to the desired state

File > Save As > Save Post.db As

In the main window, go to Model Assembly and
Part (SelPart)

Select S 2 and S 3 only



Select Out

Draw a box around a portion of the model

In the Save PostProcess DB interface, select the data
you want

Click >>

Enter a file name
(select /workshop8/dynain_output/post.db)

Click Write DB
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Command File
All commands are written to lspost.cfile
Created in same directory as input file

Can be modified to help automate repetitive tasks
Call other command files using include statements
Skip commands using skip and endskip
Enter interactive mode using interactive (us Esc key to
continue)
3 ways to execute command files:

File > Open > Command File
lsprepost c=commandfile.ses
lsprepost c=commandfile.ses nographics
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Command File (continued...)

Parameters can be used in command file

Parameter definition can be numbers or strings
parameter directory c:\Home\Test\problem\
parameter rotang 45.0, 0.0, 30.0
parameter filename testcase1.key
Use & to mark parameters
open d3plot &filename
Use { and } when combining parameters
open d3plot &{directory}&{filename}
Command file structure is not yet fully documented, but

more commands and details can be found here:
http://www.lstc.com/lspp/content/other/command/command.shtml
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Misc. Macro Interface

Purpose: load and execute macros
Macros allow multiple commands to be grouped and
executed as often as desired
Parameters can be used in macro files
Parameters can be defined on the fly (see matid
and fname)
Macro syntax...
*macro begin name
Command 1
Command 2
Command 3
*macro end
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Misc. Macro Interface (continued...)

Macro example...
*macro begin plot_matsum
ascii matsum plot 2 &matid
raisewin
xyplot 1 savefile curve_file C:\temp\&fname 1 all
*macro end
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Function Keys

F1 launches Function Key interface shown below (shows

layout of the function keys)
Except for F1 and F10, all other function keys can be
programmed to act as a button
Also, a command file with the name F#.cfile can be
called using F# (place file in current working directory)
Function keys can be customized in the configuration
file (.lspostrc)
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Workshop 9
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Workshop 9
Run a command file...


(select /workshop9/C2500D-V4f_rotated.k)

File > Open > Command File
(select /workshop9/free_edges.ses)

Click Start in the CFile interface
(the session file contains interactive
commands and thus waits for a user input to
perform the next action)

Hit the Esc key to cycle through the parts
checking each for free edges or click the Stop
button in the CFile interface
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Use a macro to create two solid spheres...


Go to Misc. Launch Macro Interface

Click Add (select /workshop9/sphere.txt)

Select Sphere1 from the list

Click Show

Click Exec (a red sphere is created)

Select Sphere2 from the list

Enter x: 10

Enter y: 10

Enter z: 10

Enter radius: 6

Enter density: 8

Click Exec (a blue sphere is created)
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Special Applications
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Purpose: Keyword Check tab checks model for input errors
Keywords are listed alphabetically
230

Double-clicking an Error or Warning loads Extended Information

From there, the Keyword Input Form can be opened (Read)
231

Purpose: Contact Check tab checks for contact issues
Tying and initial penetrations can be examined (see next slide)
232

Penet check contacts (for initial penetration)
ByParts check for penetrations based on part thicknesses

Contact check for penetrations based on contact definitions
Show: CE show crossed edges
Show: Penet show initial penetrations
SF apply scale factor to penetration vectors
Fix penetrations can be fixed automatically, but this option must be used
with caution
Tied check tied contacts (to see if nodes are tied)

Tied / Label show labels for tied nodes
Not Tied / Label show labels for nodes that are not tied
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Purpose: Element Quality tab checks overall mesh quality
Available for beams, solids, shells, and thick shells
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Application Airbag Folding

Purpose: to create fold definitions and fold airbags
Fold types...

Thin
Thick
Tuck
Double Tuck
Spiral
Scrunch
Folding can be performed step by step

Fold definitions can be saved, loaded, and modified
Fold process can be animated (for visualization)
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Application Occupant Positioning

Purpose: to load and position occupant models
Latest build of LS-PrePost should always be used
LS-PrePost and Primer tree file formats are supported
Working with multiple occupant models is supported
Comprehensive documentation and the latest LSTC SemiDeformable Hybrid III Dummy models are available here:
ftp://user:computer@ftp.lstc.com/lstc-dummies/LSTC.H3.081030_V1.0.zip
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Application Belt Fitting

Purpose: to automatically generate seat belts
First, a segment set for contact must be chosen
Second, nodes defining the belt path can be selected
(keyed in or picked from the graphics window)
Simple generate a belt using 1D elements
Mixed generate a belt consisting of 1D and 2D
elements
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Application Intrusion Measurement

Purpose: to generate IIHS (Insurance Institute of
Highway Safety) plots
Type: Nodout
Must load nodout file first
Contains node data for which intrusion will be measured
Type: IN
Must load IN file second
Links node IDs from nodout to Measured Points
If IN file does not exist, node numbers can be entered
keyed in manually or picked from the graphics window
Type: Out
Can load Out file containing previously saved intrusion data
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Mesh SPH Generation

Purpose: to create SPH particles
Available methods...

Box define min/max points

Sphere define position and radius
Cylinder define position, radius, and length
Cone define position, radius1, radius2, and length
SolidCenter at center of solid elements
SolidNodes at solid element nodes
ShellVolume from an enclosed shell volume
Pitch distance between particles

Density used to compute particle mass
Fill% fill level
DirX/DirY/DirZ direction of gravitation force
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Mesh SPH Generation (continued...)

ShellVolume notes...
Can use multiple parts

Only shell parts can be used
Shell parts must form a water-tight enclosed volume
Shell normals should all point outward
Shell thickness is taken into account for particles close to
the boundary
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Workshop 10
Advanced Applications
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Workshop 10
Model checking...


File > Open > LS-DYNA Keyword (select /workshop10/modelcheck/C2500_modelcheck.k)

Go to Application Model Checking General Checking Keyword Check

Click Write in the Model Checking interface to write a summary of the errors and warnings
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Model checking (continued)...

Double-click Warning(4) on the *AIRBAG row

In the Extended Information interface...
Click each item in the right hand side list to view the
warning details (4 airbags have open surfaces)

Exit the model checking interface

Go to Model KEYWORD

Expand AIRBAG

Double-click SIMPLE_AIRBAG_MODEL

In the Keyword Input Form, click SID
(note that PSID 908 contains part ID 168 and 169)

Click Done in the *SET Keyword Input Form

Click Done in the *AIRBAG Keyword Input Form
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Go to Model KEYWORD

Expand SET

Double-click PART_LIST

Select 908 in the Keyword Input Form

Change PID1 from 168 to 167

Click Replace

Click Accept

Click Done

Recheck the model (there are now 3 airbag warnings)
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Double-click Error(4) on the *CONSTRAINED row

Click each item in the right hand side list to view the error details
(4 nodes are shared between multiple nodal rigid bodies)



Expand Constrained

Select Nodal Rigid Body (CNRB)

Select Label: Symbol

Enter ID: 920 (and hit Enter) in the General Selection interface
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Click the Assembly and Part (SelPart) render button


Turn off the RHS (right-hand side) door (PID 115)

Click Done

Label CNRB 920 again (if it becomes unhighlighted)

Enter ident node 26112 on the command line

Select Mod (in the Create Entity interface)

Zoom in and pick CNRB 920

Right-click node 26112 to remove it from the CNRB definition

Click Apply

Recheck the model (there are now 3 constrained errors)
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Double-click Error(1) on the *CONTROL row

View the error message for *CONTROL_BULK_VISCOSITY
(Q2 should not be greater than Q1)


Go to Model KEYWORD

Expand CONTROL

Double-click BULK_VISCOSITY

In the Keyword Input Form, click Default

Click Accept

Click Done

Recheck the model (there are now no control card errors)
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Double-click Warning(1) on the *INITIAL row

View the warning message for *INITIAL_VELOCITY
(*PART_INERTIA and *INITIAL_VELOCITY are not consistent)


Go to Model KEYWORD

Expand INITIAL

Double-click VELOCITY (note that VX=1.341e4)

Click Done

Expand PART

Double-click INERTIA

Enter VTX: 1.341e4 in the Keyword Input Form

Click Accept

Click Done

Recheck the model (there are now no initial velocity errors)
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Double-click Error(2) on the *MAT row

View the error messages for *MAT_PIECEWISE_LINEAR_PLASTICTY
(curve 871005 is not monotonically increasing, and SIGY0 for MID 1)


Go to Model KEYWORD

Expand DEFINE

Double-click CURVE

Select 871005 in the Keyword Input Form

Click Plot (note that the last point should be removed)

Click Quit in the PlotWindow

Select the last data point (line 8)

Click Delete

Click Accept

Click Done
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Go to Model KEYWORD

Expand MAT

Double-click PIECEWISE_LINEAR_PLASTICITY

Make sure MID 1 is selected

Change the sign of SIGY (from -270 to 270)

Click Accept

Click Done

Recheck the model (there are now no material errors)
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Belt fitting...


(select /workshop10/beltfit/body.k)

Click the Front render button

Go to Application Seatbelt Fitting

Enter 195 next to Pick Nodes (and hit Enter)

Do the same for nodes 444 and 177

Select 2 - pelvic (sub:1) from the list

Select Mixed

Deactivate Tria Shell Element

Click Fit

Click Stretch

Click Accept

Select 1 - torso (sub:1) from the list

Enter 177, 138, 50, and 168 (in that order)

Click Fit

Click Accept
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Contact checking...


(select /workshop10/conchk/s-rail.k)

Go to Application Model Checking General
Checking Contact Check

Select Penet

Select Contact

Select 2 PSET 201 All 0 (sub:1) from the list

Click Check

Select SF: 0.5

Activate Lock Nodes


Pick the middle part (red)

Click Fix

Select Tied

Select 1 PSET 100 PSET 200 (sub:1) from the list

Click Check
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SPH generation...


(select /workshop10/sphgen/tank.k)


Go to Mesh SPH Generation (SphGen)

Pick the tank

Activate Clearance

Enter Clearance: 5

Select Fill%: 60%

Enter Pitch in X: 15

Enter Pitch in Y: 15

Enter Pitch in Z: 15

Enter Density: 1.0e-6 (and hit Enter)

Click Set Params

Click Apply

Click Accept
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Workshop 11
Extra Pre-Processing Exercises
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Workshop 11
Create a 4-node shell mesh...



Select Entity: 4N_Shell

Enter P1: 100,100,0

Enter P2: 100,-100,0

Enter P3: -100,-100,0

Enter P4: -100,100,0

Enter NxNo.: 10

Enter NyNo.: 10

Enter Target Name: plate

Click Create

Click Accept

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Detach elements...


(select /workshop11/4n-shell.k)


Go to Element Tools Detach Element

Active Free Edges


Draw a box to select some elements

Click Detach

Click Accept
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Create shells using Element Generation...


(select /workshop11/sphere.k)




Select Shell

Select Shell By: Solid_Face

Select ByElem

Activate Prop

Set Ang: 45.0

Pick an element on the curved outer surface

Click Create

Click Accept
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Create solids using Element Generation (continued)...


Select S 2 only


Select Solid

Select Solid By: Shell_Offset

Enter Thickness: 5

Enter Segment: 1


Click on the shell layer

Click Create

Click Accept
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Delete elements...


(select /workshop11/4n-shell.k)



Select Delete


Select the center 4x4 section of elements

Select Rm in the General Selection interface


Click Delete

Click Accept
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Split elements (continued)...

Select Split/Merge in the Element Editing interface

Select Add in the General Selection interface


Click Apply

Click Accept
Create elements...

Select Create in the Element Editing interface

Select Element Type: Shell

Activate PID

Pick the part

Pick 4 nodes to create a quad element in the gap

Click Accept

Continue creating 4-node quads (leaving empty
wedges as necessary)

Activate Tria Only

Fill in the remaining wedges with 3-node tria elements
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Create nodes...


(select /workshop11/node_edit.k)



Select Create

Select ByTwo

Enter Num: 3

Pick node 14

Pick node 49

Click Create

Click Accept
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Align nodes (continued)...

Select Align

Pick node 11

Pick node 46


Draw a window to select nodes 21, 30, and 39

Click Align

Click Accept
Replace nodes...

Select Replace

Select MidPoint

Pick nodes 18 and 19



Click Accept
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Reflect elements...


(select /workshop11/star.k)



Select Reflect

Select Plane: Norm Y

Activate Pick origin

Pick the top node

Activate Copy Elem

Enter 2 next to Pick Part


Click Reflect

Click Accept

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Translate elements...





Select Translate

Select Direction: X

Enter Translate Distance: 75

Activate Copy Elem

Enter No. of Copies: 2



Click Tran +

Click Accept

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Rotate elements...





Select Rotate

Select Rot. Axis: Z

Enter XYZ: 0,0,0

Enter Rot. Angle: 36

Activate Copy Elem

Enter No. of Copies: 9



Click Rotate +

Click Accept

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Create a CNRB (*CONSTRAINED_NODAL_RIGID_BODY)...


(select /workshop11/bolt_hole.k)



Expand Constrained

Select Nodal Rigid Body (CNRB)

Select Cre

Click the Unreferenced Node (UnRef) render button

Pick the middle node first

Pick the nodes around the hole perimeter

Click Apply

Go to Model Keyword

Expand CONSTRAINED to verify that a
NODAL_RIGID_BODY has been created
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Create a cross section (*DATABASE_CROSS_SECTION)...


(select /workshop11/tube.k)




Expand Database

Select Cross Section

Select Cre

Select Plane

Select NX

Pick a node on the desired plane

Click Apply

Go to Model Keyword

Expand DATABASE to verify that a
CROSS_SECTION_PLANE has been created
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Create a coordinate system (*DEFINE_COORDINATE)...





Expand Define

Select Coordinate

Select Cre

Select Type: *NODES

Pick nodes 5, 9, and 7 (in that order)

Enter Title: CS1

Click Apply

Go to Model Keyword

Expand DEFINE to verify that a COORDINATE_NODES
has been created
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Create a node set...


(select /workshop11/sphere.k)




Expand Set Data

Select *SET_NODE

Select Cre

Enter Title: node set 1

Select ByElem in the General Selection interface

Activate Prop

Set Ang: 45.0


Click Apply
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Create a segment set (continued)...

Select Show

Click None

Select Cre

Select *SET_SEGM

Enter Title: segment set 1

Select ByElem in the General Selection interface

Activate Prop

Set Ang: 45.0


Click Apply

Go to Model Keyword

Expand SET to verify that sets have been created
(NODE_LIST, SEGMENT)
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Create curves (geometry)...


(select /workshop11/wavy_shell.k)


Go to Curve Spline

Select Method: Interpolation Points

Click the nodes along right side of the gap in order
from top to bottom

Click Apply

Do the same for the left side of the gap
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Create a mesh using curves (continued)...


Select Type: 2 Line Shell

Select Element Size

Click both lines in the graphics area

Enter S1: 18 (and hit the Enter key)

Enter S2: 18

Enter S3: 18

Enter S4: 18

Enter Part ID: 3

Click Mesh It

Click Accept

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Part trimming...


(select /workshop11/ptrim/C2500D-V4f_single.k)

Enter m 140 on the command line


Deactivate CNRB, Mass, and Disc


Go to Curve Circle


Click the . button next to Origin Point X

Select Node (in the Create Position interface)

Pick a node in the middle of the truck bed

Click Done (in the Create Position interface)

Enter Radius: 400

Click Apply
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Part trimming (continued)...

Go to Element Tools Part Trim

Select Parts

Pick the truck bed in graphics window

Select Curves

Pick the circle in the graphics window

Click Z

Click Trim

Click Accept

Go to Geometry Tool Manage


Select Delete in the Model Management interface


Select Delete

Activate Prop in the General Selection interface

Pick an element in the middle of the trimmed area

Click Delete

Click Accept
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Mesh morphing...


(select /workshop11/morph/8lines.iges)


(select /workshop11/morph/tube.k)


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Mesh morphing (continued)...

Go to Element Tools Morph

Select Morphing Type: 8 Line Cons

Select Source

Select SLine1

Pick lines 1,2,3,4 in that order
(you must select the same end of each line)

Select Target

Select TLine1

Pick lines 5,6,7,8 in that order
(order must be consistent with source lines)

Activate Select Nodes To Be Morphed


Click Map

Click Close
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Spotweld generation...


(select /workshop11/swgen/rail.k)


Go to Mesh Spotweld Generation

Click Open
(select /workshop11/swgen/rail.spot)

Enter Search Radius: 1.0

Click Mat. Properties

Enter RO: 7.8e-6

Enter E: 210.0

Enter SIGY: 0.35

Enter ET: 0.3

Click Create

Click Accept
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Mesh smoothing...


(select /workshop11/ptrim/C2500D-V4f_single.k)

Enter m 146 on the command line


Deactivate CNRB, Mass, and Disc

Click the Mesh and Auto Center (AutCen) render
buttons

Go to Element Tools Smooth

Select Select Elements

Activate Prop in the General Selection interface

Pick an element in the middle of PID 146 in the
graphics window

Click Smooth several times

Click Accept
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Find and delete unreferenced entities...


(select /workshop8/belted/belted.k)



Click the Unreferenced Node (UnRef) render button

Go to Application Model Checking

Click Model Clean
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Geometry
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Geometry Terms
LS-PrePost 3.0 uses a new geometry engine

Open CASCADE Technology (http://www.opencascade.org)
Terminology
Vertex: a point in 3D space

Edge: a curve bounded by two vertices
Closed Edge: an edge with only one vertex
Wire: a curve constructed from multiple edges
Face: a surface bounded by one or more wires
Infinite face: a face with no bounding wires
Shell: one or more faces with shared edges
Solid: one or more shells with no open faces
Compound Solid: one or more combined solids
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Geometry General Selection

Pick
Select a single entity
Filters are provided because geometry objects often
Area
Select using a rectangular window
overlap (ex: Edges and Wires). Data types can be
Poly
Select using an irregular polygon
turned on/off using the filters so that the desired
Sel1
Pick 1 entity (only 1 will be in buffer)
selection can be made
Sphe
Select entities within a sphere
Box
Select entities within a box
Row 1: Clear All Filter, Select All Filters
Prox
Select entities within proximity to a part
Row 2: Reference Axis, Plane, Point, Coordinate
Circ
Select entities within a circle
Row 3: Node, Vertex, Edge, Wire, Face, Solid/Shell
Frin
Select entities within a fringe plot range
Row 4: Line, Circle, Plane, Cylinder/Cone Surface
Plan
Select entities within a plane
ID
Manually key-in entity IDs
In
Select entities inside Area/Poly
Out
Select entities outside Area/Poly
Add
Add entities to a selection set
Rm
Remove entities to a selection set
Adjacent Select adjacent entities

Attach Select attached entities
Clear
Clear selection
Save
Save selection to buffer
Load
Load selection from buffer
Deselect Undo last selection

Whole Select all entities in model
Visible Select all visible entities
Reverse Reverse selection
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Ref. Geometry Axis

Purpose: create a reference axis using one of the
following methods...

Parameters create axis with a point and a direction

Line create axis with a line or an edge
Two Planes Intersect create axis from the intersection of two
planes
Axis of Cylinder/Cone/Revol create axis from the axis of a
cylinder, cone, or revolute object
Tangent with Curve create axis that is tangent to a curve at a
point on a curve
Point to Plane create axis that passes through a point and is
normal to a plane
Point to Surface create axis that passes through a point on a
surface and is normal to the surface
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Ref. Geometry Plane

Purpose: create a reference plane using one of the

Parameters create plane with a point and a normal

Through Line/Point create plane through a point and normal
to the selected line
Parallel with Point/Plane create plane through a point
parallel to a plane or face
Rotate with Point/Line create plane through an
edge/axis/line at an angle to a plane or face
Offset Plane create plane by offsetting another plane
Normal to Curve create plane through a point and
perpendicular to an edge or a curve
Tangent with Surface create plane that is tangent to a nonplanar surface
3 Points create plane containing 3 points
284
Ref. Geometry Coordinate System

Purpose: create a reference coordinate system using
one of the following methods...

Parameters create coordinate system by defining an origin

point, a Z direction, and an X direction
Origin/Direction create coordinate System by picking an
origin point, an axis as Z-direction, and an axis as X-direction
Point/Curve - create a coordinate system by selecting a point
on a curve/surface. The point is projected to the curve/surface
and then used as the origin. The normal of the projected
position is used as the Z-direction, and a local coordinate
system is created automatically.
285
Ref. Geometry Point

Purpose: create a reference point using one of the

Parameters create point by entering the X, Y, Z coordinates

referenced to an optional coordinate system
Circle/Ellipse Center create point at the center of a circle
Shape Center create point at the gravity center of a shape
Curve/Curve Inter create point at the intersection of two
entities (edges or reference axis)
Curve/Surface Inter create point at the intersection of a
curve and a surface
Point to Curve/Surface create point that is directly projected
to an edge or surface
3 Point Arc Center create point at the center of a circle that
passes through 3 points
Sample Curve create points that are on a curve
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Curve Point
Purpose: create a point using one of the following
methods...

Parameters create point by entering X, Y, Z coordinates (or

click a position on a plane when Sketch on Plane is active)
Project to Curve create point by projecting a point onto a
curve
Project to Surface create point by projecting a point onto a
surface
287
Curve Line
Purpose: create a line using one of the following
methods...

Parameters create line by entering X, Y, Z coordinates of 2

end points
Point/Point create line segments by picking points. If more
than 2 points are selected and Closed is active, a closed loop
will be created.
Point/Axis create line by picking a point and defining a
Length along an axis. A negative length will reverse the
direction.
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Curve Circle
Purpose: create a circle using one of the following
methods...

Parameters create circle by entering a center point, a normal

direction, and a radius
Point/Axis create circle by selecting a center point and a
normal axis
Coordinate create circle by selecting a coordinate system
3 points create circle by selecting 3 points
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Curve Circular Arc

Purpose: create a circular arc using one of the following
methods...

Parameters create circular arc by entering a center point, a

normal direction, a start direction, a radius, and start and end
angles
Point/Axis create circular arc by selecting a center point and
a normal axis
Coordinate create circular arc by selecting a coordinate
system
3 point create circular arc by selecting 3 points
290
Curve Ellipse
Purpose: create an ellipse using one of the following
methods...

Parameters create ellipse by entering a center point, a

normal direction, a start direction, and major and minor radii
Point/Axis create ellipse by selection a center point and a
normal axis
Coordinate create ellipse by selecting a coordinate system
291
Curve Elliptical Arc

Purpose: create an elliptical arc using one of the

Parameters create elliptical arc by entering a center point, a

normal direction, a start direction, major and minor radii, and
start and end angles
Point/Axis create elliptical arc by selecting a center point and
a normal axis
Coordinate create elliptical arc by selecting a coordinate
system
292
Curve Spline
Purpose: create a b-spline using one of the following
methods...

Interpolation Points create b-spline by interpolating selected

points. If more than 2 points are selected and Closed is
active, a closed loop will be created.
Curve on Surface create b-spline by interpolating selected
points on a surface
Sketch on Mesh create b-spline by interpolating selected
nodes
Curve from Mesh create b-spline by selecting nodes
Shell Intersection create b-spline at the intersection of 2 FE
shell parts
Snap Edge End snap the end points of unconnected b-splines
together
293
Curve Helix
Purpose: create a helix using one of the following
methods...

Distance and Loop create helix by entering distance between

loops and number of loops. A circle or arc must also be
selected.
Height and Loop create helix by entering total height and
number of loops
Height and Distance create helix by entering total height and
distance between loops
294
Curve Wire (Composite Curve)

Purpose: create a wire using one of the following
methods...

Edge list create wire by connecting edges together

Bounds of shell create wire by using the boundary of a shell
295
Curve Break
Purpose: break a curve into multiple sub curves using
one of the following methods...

Auto Break split curve automatically by defining a feature

angle
Manual Break split curve by picking positions on the curve
Batch Break split multiple curves on faces by defining a
feature angle
296
Curve Merge
Purpose: merge neighboring curves into a single curve.
If the Multiple method is used, curves do not need
to be selected in order. The curves will be sorted
automatically according to neighbor distance.
297
Curve Bridge
Purpose: bridge curves together according to the
module length of the tangent directions
298
Curve Smooth
Purpose: smooth a noisy curve by entering an
appropriate tolerance. A new curve can be created if
Copy is active.
299
Curve MidCurve
Purpose: create a new curve between 2 existing curves.
The location of the new curves can be defined as a
percentage from the first curve. A mid point can also
be created using this interface.
300
Surface Plane
Purpose: create a planar surface using one of the

Coordinate System create surface plane by selecting a

coordinate system and entering the starting and ending X,Y
location (in the local coordinate system)
3 Point create surface by selecting 3 points (the size can be
adjusted using a Scale factor)
Fit Plane create plane by fitting through selected points
301
Surface Cylinder
Purpose: create a cylindrical surface using one of the

Parameter create cylinder by selecting a coordinate system,

entering a radius, and entering start and end angles
Bottom/Top Center create cylinder by selecting points at the
bottom center and top center
302
Surface Cone
Purpose: create a conical surface using one of the
Parameter create cone by selecting a coordinate system,

entering a semi angle of apex, entering a bottom radius,
entering start and end angles, and entering the bottom and top
height (from the origin of the coordinate system)
Bottom/Top Center create cone by selecting points at the
303
Surface Sphere
Purpose: create a spherical surface using one of the
Parameter create sphere by selecting a coordinate system

and entering the radius, the start and end U angles, and the
start and end V angles
Center Point create sphere by selecting a center point and a
point on the sphere (or by entering a radius)
304
Surface Torus
Purpose: create a toroidal surface by selecting a local
coordinate system (default is global) and entering
the following parameters...

Path radius
Profile radius
U start and end angles
V start and end angles
305
Surface Fill Plane

Purpose: create a surface by connecting edges or
points to fill a plane...

By Edges edges will be used for the boundary of the surface

By Points straight lines will be created between points
306
Surface Extrude
Purpose: create a surface by extruding an edge or a
wire using the following steps...

Pick edge/wire as the profile

Pick another edge or axis as the direction
Enter start and end distances
307
Surface Revolve
Purpose: create a surface by revolving an edge or a


Pick an axis of revolution
Enter start and end angles
308
Surface Sweep
Purpose: create a surface by sweeping an edge or a


Pick a curve that defines the sweep path
309
Surface Loft
Purpose: create a lofted surface. A loft is a face or shell
passing through a set of sections in a given
sequence. Usually, sections are edges or wires, but
the first and the last sections may be vertices
(punctual sections).
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Surface N-Side
Purpose: create a surface from a set of (N) bounding
edges. Constraints can be applied as follows...

Continuity 0 the surface must pass by 3D representation of

the edge
Continuity 1 the surface must pass by 3D representation of
the edge, and it must respect tangency with the first face of
the edge
Auto Close automatically connect each neighboring edge
Smooth Curve smooth boundary curves
311
Surface Patch Surface

Purpose: create a surface from a region bounded by
contiguous b-spline curves. The algorithm accepts 2,
3, or 4 bounding curves. A range of filling styles (flat,
middle, and round) are available.
312
Surface Bridge
Purpose: create a surface by bridging faces using the
following steps...

Select an edge from one face

Select an edge from another face
313
Surface Combine
Purpose: create a surface by combining neighboring
faces or shells using the following steps...

Select faces or shells

Define number of U, V control points
Define degrees, max tolerance, and smoothness
Select final surface type (Natural or Trimmed)
Activate "Replace Raw Faces" to remove original faces
Activate "Preview" to preview result
314
Surface Fit Surface

Purpose: create a fitted surface based on an FE mesh,
nodes, or curves
315
Surface Mid Surface

Purpose: create a mid surface from a solid or from top
and bottom surfaces

By Surfaces manually create a mid surface from two surfaces

By Solid automatically create all mid surfaces from a solid
object
316
Solid Box
Purpose: create a solid box using one of the following
methods...

Parameters create box by selecting a coordinate system

(default is global) and entering min and max X, Y, Z coordinates
2 Points create box by selecting 2 points located at opposing
corners
317
Solid Cylinder
Purpose: create a solid cylinder using one of the

Parameters create cylinder by selecting a coordinate system

(default is global) and entering a radius, height, and angle
Bottom/Top Center create cylinder by selecting points at the
318
Solid Cone
Purpose: create a solid cone using one of the following
methods...
Parameters create cone by selecting a coordinate system

(default is global) and entering bottom and top radii, height,
and angle
Bottom/Top center create cone by selecting points at the
319
Solid Sphere
Purpose: create a solid sphere using one of the
Parameters create sphere by selecting a coordinate system

(default is global) and entering a radius, U start and end angles,
and V start and end angles
Center Point create sphere by selecting a center point and a
point on the sphere (or by entering a radius)
320
Solid Torus
Purpose: create a solid torus by selecting a local

Path radius
Profile radius
U start and end angles
V start and end angles
321
Solid Extrude
Purpose: create a solid object by extruding surfaces in a
specified direction. The direction can be a reference
axis, a line, or an edge.
322
Solid Revolve
Purpose: create a solid object by revolving a group of
faces about an axis
323
Solid Sweep
Purpose: create a solid object by sweeping a surface
along a curve
324
Solid Loft
Purpose: create a solid object by lofting through a set
of closed sections in a given sequence. Usually,
sections are edges, wires, or faces, but the first and
the last sections may be vertices (punctual sections).
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Solid Fillet
Purpose: creates rounded internal or external faces on
shell or solid shapes. Fillets can be applied to all
edges of a face, selected sets of faces, selected
edges, or edge loops. Equal Radius or Various
Radius can be used. If Whole Shape is active, the
entire solid will be filleted.
326
Solid Chamfer
Purpose: create beveled edges using one of the

Angle-Distance create chamfer by defining distance and an

angle
Distance-Distance create chamfer by defining a pair of
distances
327
Solid Draft
Purpose: create tapered faces using a specified angle.
One application is to make a molded part easier to
remove from a mold. A draft can be inserted in an
existing part, or a draft can be applied while
extruding a feature. Drafts can be applied to solid or
surface objects.
328
Solid Thicken
Purpose: create a solid object by thickening one or
more adjacent shell or solid surfaces using the
following steps...

Select a solid object

Select faces that will be removed for thickening
329
Solid Wedge
Purpose: create a solid wedge by selecting a local

Length
Width
Height
Min and Max coordinates
330
Solid Boolean
Purpose: combine, subtract, or find the common space
occupied by two solid objects
331
GeoTool Delete Face

Purpose: delete independent or dependent faces from
a shell or solid

Delete simple deletion of faces

Delete and Repair delete dependent faces from shell/solid
and try to extend neighboring faces (and trim with each other)
Delete and Fill - delete dependent faces from shell/solid and fill
gaps with N-Side surfaces
332
GeoTool Extend Curve

Purpose: extend a curve by selecting an edge or a
vertex
Stop Condition:
Distance extend curve by a distance
Up to Face extend curve to a face
Up to Vertex extend curve to a vertex
Extension Type:
Linear extend curve tangent to the original curve
Same Curve extend curve using existing curvature
Extend on Face extend curve on the face (if the curve is
located on a face)
333
GeoTool Extend Surface

Purpose: extend a surface by selection a face or an
edge
Stop Condition:
Distance extend surface by a distance
Up to Face extend surface to a face
Up to Vertex extend surface to a vertex
Extension Type:
Linear extend surface tangent to the original face
Same Surface extend surface using existing curvature
334
GeoTool Intersection
Purpose: create entities at the intersection of two
geometry data sets using one of the following
methods...

Standard create intersections of data in set 1 with set 2

Mutual create intersections within a single set of data
Note: a vertex will be created when a curve intersects
another curve or a surface. A curve will be created when a
surface intersect another surface.
335
GeoTool Offset
Purpose: create geometry offsets using one of the

Face/Shell select a face or shell, enter an offset distance, and

activate the Round Corner option
Plane Edge/Wire select planar edge/wire and enter an offset
distance. The resulting edge/wire will be in the same plane.
Edge on Face select edges from a face and enter an offset
distance. The resulting edge will locate on the same surface.
336
GeoTool Project
Purpose: project vertices, edges, and wires onto a face
or shell
Normal Projection first select a destination face/shell. Then

select a vertex/edge/wire. Finally, select a line or an axis as the
projection direction. If a direction is omitted, LS-PrePost will
test to see if the destination object is planar. If yes, the normal
of the destination object will be used. If no, LS-PrePost will test
to see if the source object is planar.
337
GeoTool Replace Face

Purpose: replace a face using the following steps...

Create a new surface using N-Side surface

Select surfaces to be replaced with the new surface
338
GeoTool Stitch
Purpose: stitch independent faces into a shell

Try to Make Solid convert the shell to a solid if it forms an

enclosed volume
All Faces select all faces from the current model
Dis Tol set distance tolerance to control the stitching
Non-manifold Mode stitch faces that come together in a tconfiguration
Group by Part stitch faces that belong to the same part
339
GeoTool Trim
Purpose: use edges or faces to trim other edges or
faces

Standard define a trim tool and select entities to be trimmed.

Activate Raw Trim Tool to extend the tool if it does not reach
the entities to be trimmed
Mutual trim multiples faces using the faces themselves
Cut solid trim a solid object
Split face split a face by picking 2 face edge points
340
GeoTool Transform
Purpose: perform standard 3D transformations

Translate translate geometry objects in a specified direction

Rotate rotate geometry objects about an axis
Scale scale geometry objects about a reference point
Mirror reflect geometry objects about a reference
point/axis/plane
Transform transform geometry objects from one coordinate
system to another
Copy create new geometry entities while performing
transformations
341
GeoTool Copy
Purpose: copy geometry entities

To Current Assembly new geometry entities will be created in

the current assembly
To New Assembly new geometry entities will be created in a
new assembly
To Specify Assembly new geometry entities will be create in a
specified assembly
Move to Specify Assembly geometry entities will be moved
from one assembly to another
342
GeoTool Manage
Purpose: manage geometric entities

(un)Blank blank or unblank independent entities

Delete delete independent entities (you can't delete a face
from a shell or an edge from an face)
(un)BlkAll blank or unblank the whole model
Export export entities in IGES or STEP format
SplitShell split all shells and solids into independent faces
Glo/Loc Glo lists only independent objects, Loc lists all
To 2.x convert points/curves/surfaces to version 2.4 data
structure
Undo undo last (un)Blank or Delete operation
ClearModel remove all geometry objects and reference
geometry from current model
343
GeoTool Heal Face

Purpose: fix problems related to faces

Find and remove duplicated faces

Find and remove small faces/edges
344
GeoTool Heal Edge

Purpose: fix problems related to edges

Toggle stitch neighboring faces by selecting a seed edge

Untoggle unstitch neighboring faces
Replace replace a raw edge with another edge
Suppress under development (not currently used)
Small Edges find small edges
Break under development (not currently used)
345
GeoTool Heal Vertex

Purpose: fix problems related to vertices

Add insert a vertex into an edge (break the edge into two sub
edges at the new vertex)
Move move a vertex on a edge to a specified position (the
new position should not be far away)
Remove search and remove redundant vertices according to
a specified break angle
346
GeoTool Heal Hole

Purpose: find and remove holes

Inner Hole find and remove holes that are entirely within a
single surface
Outer Hole find and remove holes that are located on
multiple surfaces or on the outer boundary of a surface
Inner Hole
Outer hole
347
GeoTool Simplify Untrim Surface

Purpose: untrim surfaces

All Trim Edges select wire from a face or faces to recover the
raw surface
Inner Trim Edge Only select wire from a face or faces to
remove all the inner edges (all holes) on the face
Manual Selection Edges select edge from a face to remove
the selected edges by connecting or extending two neighboring
edges on the face
348
GeoTool Simplify Fillet Surf. Remove

Purpose: remove filleted edges from a solid surface

Find search for filleted surfaces

Apply remove fillets by extending neighbor faces and
trimming them
349
GeoTool Simplify Fillet Edge Remove

Purpose: remove filleted edges from a shell surface

Find search for filleted surfaces

Apply remove fillets by extending neighbor faces and
trimming them
350
GeoTool Simplify Edge Reshape

Purpose: reshape surface boundaries based on edge
tangents at two selected points
351
GeoTool Measure
Purpose: measure the distance between two points,
the radius and angle of a circular arc, the normal of a
plane, whether two circles are co-centered, whether
two lines are parallel, etc... You can also show or
hide the ID of any geometry object.

If Vertices/Edges/Faces/Shapes are active, the label of each

corresponding entity will be shown
If a geometry object is selected, its information will be listed
If two geometry objects are selected, the relationship between
the objects will be evaluated
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Create Bottle Geometry
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Create construction vertices...


Go to Curve Point


Enter XYZ: 25,0,0

Click Apply

Enter XYZ: 25,7.5,0

Click Apply

Enter XYZ: 0,15,0

Click Apply

Enter XYZ: -25,7.5,0

Click Apply

Enter XYZ: -25,0,0

Click Apply

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Create profile edges...

Go to Curve Line

Select Method: Point/Point

Click the Selection List box

Pick vertices 1 and 2

Click Apply

Pick vertices 4 and 5

Click Apply

Go to Curve Circular Arc

Select Method: 3 Points


Pick vertices 2, 3, and 4 (in that order)

Click Apply
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Create a reference axis for reflection...

Go to Reference Geometry Axis

Select Method: Two Points


Pick vertices 1 and 5 (in that order)

Click Apply
Reflect the profile edges...

Go to Geometry Tools Transform

Select Transform Type: Reflect

Click in the Source Entity box

Pick all 3 edges

Select By Axis

Select Dir: Sel. Axis

Click in the Point/Axis/Plane box

Pick the reference axis

Activate Copy

Click Apply
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Create a surface from the profile edges...

Go to Surface Fill Plane

Select Method: By Edges



Click Apply
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Create a solid (the Body) by extruding the profile surface...

Go to Solid Extrude

Click the Face List box

Pick the surface

Enter End Distance: 70

Click Apply

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Round the edges of the Body...

Go to Solid Fillet

Click the Shape List box

Pick any face of the solid

Select Equal Radius

Enter Radius: 2.5

Activate Whole Shape

Click Apply
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Create a reference coordinate system...

Go to Reference Geometry Point

Select Method: Barycenter


Pick the top face (farthest from extruded edges)

Click Apply

Go to Reference Geometry Axis

Select Method: Point to Plane


Pick the top face and the reference point

Click Apply

Go to Reference Geometry Coordinate System

Select Method: Origin/Direction

Click the Origin box

Pick the reference point

Click the Z Dir box

Pick the reference axis

Click Apply
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Create a solid cylinder (the Neck)...

Go to Solid Cylinder


Click the Coordinate Sys box

Pick the coordinate system

Enter Radius: 7.5

Enter End Height: 7

Enter End Angle: 360

Click Apply
Combine the Body and Neck (to form a Bottle)...

Go to Solid Boolean

Select Method: Union

Click the Solid Shapes box

Pick the Body

Pick the Neck

Click Apply
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Hollow out the Bottle...

Go to Solid Thicken

Click the Solid Shape box

Pick the Bottle

Click the Remove Faces List box

Pick the top surface of the Neck

Enter Thickness: 0.6

Click Apply
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Create some circles (to create Threads on Neck)...

Go to Curve Circle

Select Method: Coordinate



Enter Radius: 7.9

Click Apply



Enter Radius: 7.2

Click Apply

Click the Wireframe Geometry (WirGeo)
render button
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Create helices from the circles...

Go to Curve Helix

Select Method: Height and Loop

Click the Circle/Arc List box

Pick one of the circles

Enter Height: 7

Enter Loop Number: 3

Click Apply

Click the Circle/Arc List box

Pick the other circle

Click Apply
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Loft the helices and extrude the surface...

Go to Surface Loft

Click the Profile Shapes box

Pick both helices

Click Apply

Go to Solid Extrude

Click the Face List box

Pick the lofted surface

Click the Direction List box

Pick the axis normal to the top Neck face
(in the reference coordinate system)

Enter End Distance: 0.4

Click Apply
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Remove redundant shapes...

Go to Geometry Tools Management

In the Entity List box, select all items except the two
solid entities

Click Delete


Click the Shaded Geometry With Edges (EdgGeo)
render button
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Configuration File
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Configuration
Configuration files
Lsppconf record general configuration parameters, user the
pull down menu Setting->Configuration Settings to set
parameters
Lspplasttouch record last session windows size, dialog
location, file path, etc.
Configuire_Toolbar.cfg record toolbar configurations
.lspp_recent record recently used files and their locations
Configuration file location

Windows c:\users\uname\AppData\Roaming\LSTC\LS-PrePost
Linux - $HOME/LSTC/LS-Prepost
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Introduction to LS-PrePost 3.

July 30, 2012

Command File and Macros

Extra Pre-Processing Exercises

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LS-PrePost is an advanced pre and post-processor

Full support of LS-DYNA keyword files

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Latest Release Version:

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Input (partial list)

Output (partial list)

FEM: LS-DYNA Keyword, Nastran, STL

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Mouse and Keyboard

Dynamic Model Operation

Mouse over controls for status bar help comments

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File management & preferences

Access to pre and post-processing tools

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Input (left) / Output (right)

Model rendering controls

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Transition Tips (version 2.4 to 3.X)

Function Key: F11

Menu: View > Toolbar > Text & Icon

Menu: Help > Old to New

Menu: Help > Document

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LS-DYNA Binary Plot d3plot, interface file, or d3thdt

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View Model Info Launch model information interface

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Reference Geometry Access tools for creating and editing

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Element and Mesh Access mesh creation tools (Shape

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Current Subsystem ID Set current subsystem ID

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Document View LS-PrePost documentation

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Toggle Title, Legend, Min-Max, Time Stamp, Triad,

ShfCtr Toggle Off/Shift/Ctrl (for one-handed rotate/pan/zoom)

Background Color, Mesh Color, and Performance Stats on/off

Clear all picked or highlighted information