Supplemental Online Documents for Simulate
In addition to its
online help, there are a variety of online documents to help increase the ease, confidence, and success with which you use the software. These supplemental online documents are longer than the help screens.
Following is a list of supplemental online documents, grouped into sets to meet possible needs that arise in your use of the product.
• Using Creo Simulate
◦ Updates—This is a link to the hardware support page that gives details of the hardware compatibility, supported platforms, and supported finite element solvers.
◦ Bibliography—Lists references to books and articles on topics relevant to
Creo Simulate.
◦ Designing Process Guide Templates—Describes the format and construction for Process Guide templates. Includes a complete description of all objects you can include in the template.
• Creo Simulate Files
◦ Database Considerations—Discusses the database, file interactions, file management commands you can use during sessions, and some guidelines for using
Creo Simulate with
Windchill.
◦ FEM Neutral Format File—Provides details on the FEM neutral format files used to transfer FEM model information to FEA solvers and
Creo Simulate.
• Creo Simulate Background
◦ Shell Property Equations—Describes how the mechanical properties of shells are represented mathematically in
Creo Simulate.
◦ Verification Guide—Presents a series of problems based on finite element models for which analytic solutions are known, and compares
Creo Simulate results to the textbook results.