Creating Solid Properties

A solid property is a physical property assigned to a 3D part. A solid property references a material assigned to this 3D part. A solid property is associative to the geometry this property points at.

To know more about this property, see Solid Property in the Finite Element Reference Guide.

 

This task shows you how to add solid physical properties to a modified product, on the condition a mesh part was previously created.

 

Open the sample41.CATAnalysis document.

 

1. Insert a new part called sample03.CATPart in the product.
For this, right-click on the Product feature in the specification tree and select the Components -> Existing Component option from the displayed contextual menu. You will then select the desired part from the displayed File Selection dialog box.

2. Add a mesh part to the CATAnalysis document.
For this, click the Tetrahedron icon and then select the newly inserted part component that now appears in the document.

The OCTREE Tetrahedron Mesh.3 : Part1.1 feature now appears in the specification tree and the green OCTREE symbol is displayed on the part.

3. Assign a solid property to the CATAnalysis document.
For this, click the Solid Property icon .

The Solid Property dialog box appears.

4. Select the part to be applied a Solid property. in this particular case, select the part to which you just added a mesh.

The Solid Property dialog box now appears as shown here:

5. Click OK in the Solid Property dialog box.

The solid property is created.

The specification tree is updated: the Solid Property.2 feature is displayed.

 

You can manually add and delete Solid properties.

 

 

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