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Beam Contribution
Use the Include contributions from beams area of the Quantity tab to select the beam contributions you want to use for the result window. This area does not appear on the dialog box unless there are beams in the model and they were part of the design study or analysis. In FEM mode, you can see this area only when you are loading results from an MSC/NASTRAN .xdb file. However, in this case, Include contributions from beams area is inactive—showing you which contributions Creo Simulate will include in the result window, but not allowing you to select contributions.
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The discussion below pertains to all quantities that allow specific measurement of beam behavior except for Strain Energy.
The options in the Include contributions from beams area determine the values that the software uses to plot along the beam curve in the result display. All of the check boxes are selected by default. If you clear all three, the result window does not display any beams.
If you select beam bending, beam tensile, beam torsional stress, or beam total from the Component drop-down list, the check boxes in the Include contributions from beams area become unavailable. In FEM mode, since your selection is limited to beam total, the check boxes always remain unaccessible.
For quantities that have beams, except for strain energy, the selections in the Include contributions from beams area include:
Bending—Include bending for beams in the result display. In FEM mode, this box is always checked.
Tensile—Include tension for beams in the result display. In FEM mode, this box is always checked.
Torsional—Include torsion for beams in the result display. In FEM mode, this box remains unchecked.
There is a menu below the check boxes with these options:
Maximum—Use the maximum value to evaluate the beams in your model.
Minimum—Use the minimum value to evaluate the beams in your model.
Maximum Absolute — Use the signed value that has the maximum absolute value to evaluate the beams in your model. If the absolute values of the maximum value and minimum value are equal, Creo Simulate uses the maximum value.
Recovery Point—Use one of the locations at which Creo Simulate reports stresses for the beams in your model.