User Interface Location: Click Ansys Simulation > Refine Model .

Release: Creo Parametric 7.0.2.0

Creo Ansys Simulation supports defining mass, spring, shell, and beam idealizations for structural and modal studies to help you define your FEA models efficiently and effectively.

Use Mass Idealization to represent a concentrated mass without a Creo component.

Spring idealization enables you to model the stiffness in a connection between two references in your model. Springs can be modeled as 1D or 3D springs. One end of a spring can be grounded which means that the solver applies a fixed constraint to that end of the spring. The longitudinal or torsional stiffness properties, and spring preloads are defined as spring behavior and can be reused by multiple springs.

You can create a beam by specifying the shape and position of the beam cross-section, and the location and orientation of the beam with respect to the axis where the beam load is applied. The degrees of freedom at the beam ends are defined independently as beam releases and are then assigned to a beam.

Shell idealizations allow you to model a thin layer of a defined thickness for a part. If the part is relatively thin compared to its length and width, use a shell to simplify the model and speed up computation.