Methods of Simplifying Your Model
You can use a variety of techniques to simplify your model, including:
• suppressing features that are not germane to the analysis. You can make this process easier if you use these techniques:
◦ Create the simulation model using a family table instance of the Creo Parametric model that suppresses the features not critical to the analysis.
◦ Place features that you want to suppress or resume for a particular analysis on a
layer. You can then use the commands on the
Layers dialog box to control which features the analysis includes. Access the
Layers dialog box by selecting the
Show >
Layer Tree command on the Model Tree, or by clicking
on the
Creo Parametric toolbar.
• using simplified representations of your model when appropriate. Simplified representations give you a greater degree of modeling freedom while preserving your original model.
• modeling thin features with beams and shells rather than as solids. This simplifies the model from the solver's perspective, greatly reducing model size, disk usage, RAM requirements, and analysis times.
• aligning edges and surfaces that are nearly aligned in the part or assembly
• using cut features to remove portions of the model that are not pertinent to the analysis
• using cut features to reduce the model to its symmetric section for models that exhibit both geometric symmetry and modeling symmetry (symmetric loads and constraints)