WB-Mech 120 WS 09.1

Parameter Management
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WS9.1: Parameter Management
Workshop 9.1 – Goals
• Goal:
– Use the Workbench Parameter Manager (available from the
Project page) to setup multiple scenarios and solve all at one
time.
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. . . Workshop 9.1 – Project Schematic
• Open the Project page.
• From the Units menu verify:
– Project units are set to “Metric
Metric (kg, mm, s, C, mA, mV).
– “Display Values in Project Units” is checked (on).
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Workshop 9.1 – Project Schematic
1. From the Toolbox double click
“Static Structural” to create a new
system.
1.
2. RMB the geometry cell and

“Import
Import Geometry
Geometry” and browse to
2.
“Lever.x_t”.
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Workshop 9.1 - Preprocessing
3. Double click the “Model” cell to open the

Mechanical application.
3.
4. Set the working unit system:

• “Units > Metric (mm, kg, N, s, mV, mA)”.
4.
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Workshop 9.1 - Environment
5. Apply constraints to the model (highlight
“Static Structural” branch (A5): a.
a. Select the surface of the large hole.
b. RMB > Insert > Cylindrical Support.
c. In the detail window change the “Tangential”
constraint to “Free”.
d. Highlight the bottom face of the vertical cylinder

d cylinder.
e. RMB > Insert > Fixed Support.
b.
e.
d.
c.
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. . . Workshop 9.1 - Environment
6. Apply Loads to the model:
a. Select the surface of the smaller hole shown below.
b. RMB > Insert > Bearing Load.
c. In the Details of “Bearing
Bearing Load”,
Load , switch to the
component method.
d. Enter a magnitude of 5000 N in the Y direction.
c.
e. Toggle the ‘P’ next to “Y Component” to flag the load
as parametric. d.
a.
b.
e.
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Workshop 9.1 – Boundary Conditions
• Highlight the “Static Structural (A5)” branch to review loads and
constraints.
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Workshop 9.1 – Solution Setup
7. Insert Results (highlight
Solution branch (A6):
a.
a. RMB > Insert > Stress >
Equivalent (von Mises).
b. RMB > Insert > Deformation

> Total.
T t l b.
8. In each result detail, flag the

“Maximum” result as a
parameter by toggling the
“P” on.
8.
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Workshop 9.1 – Material Parameters
9. Return to the Project Schematic and launch
the Engineering Data application:
a. Double click the “Engineering Data” cell. a.
10. In Engineering Data click on the parameter

check box beside the material property to
make them parametric:
a. Young’s Modulus.
b. Density.
Note: if the Properties

window is not a.
displayed, go to the
“View” menu and b.
toggle on “Properties”
Properties .
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Workshop 9.1 – Parameter Management
11. Access the Parameter Set: a.
a. Return to Project.
b. Double click “Parameter Set”
• As seen below parameter management
incorporates a number of windows. We’ll
look at each separately
b.
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. . . Workshop 9.1 – Parameter Management
• The “Outline” window
contains a list of all
parameters (input and
output) defined in a project.
project
If charts have been saved
they are seen here too.
• The “Properties” window

will contain the details for
the item highlighted in the
outline
tli above.
b Here
H
parameter “P3” has been
chosen.
• Note, depending on the

order you chose parameters
your numbers (P1, P2, etc.)
may differ from what is
shown.
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. . . Workshop 9.1 – Parameter Management
• The “Table of Design Points” contains a complete list of all parametric
scenarios that have been defined. In figure A only the original parameter
values have been defined while figure B shows several design points have
been defined
defined.
Figure A.
Figure B.
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. . . Workshop 9.1 - Parameters
12. Enter values for the bearing load, density and Young’s modulus
as shown below.
12.
13. “Update All Design Points” will instruct Mechanical to execute a

solve for each scenario in the Design Point table.
13.
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• Once the update process begins a message will appear as shown
here. In fact the Mechanical application window will close during
the update process. This is normal.
• When the updates are complete the table will show calculated
values for all output parameters.
parameters
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14. Create a chart showing total
deformation variation for each
design point:
a. Highlight parameter “P2” in the
Outline.
b. Double click the “Design Points a.

Vs P2” choice in the Toolbox.
b.
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15. Create a chart showing all parameters in parallel:
a. Double click “Parameters Parallel Chart (all)”. a.
Top and bottom

values on the
chart indicate
the range
relative to each
parameter
Each
E h color
l coded
d d liline on th
the plot
l t represents
t one off th
the d
design
i points.
i t IIndividual
di id l
parameters are displayed along the bottom of the chart.
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2. RMB the geometry cell and

3. Double click the “Model” cell to open the

4. Set the working unit system:

d. Highlight the bottom face of the vertical cylinder

b. RMB > Insert > Deformation

8. In each result detail, flag the

10. In Engineering Data click on the parameter

Note: if the Properties

• The “Properties” window

• Note, depending on the

13. “Update All Design Points” will instruct Mechanical to execute a

b. Double click the “Design Points a.

Top and bottom

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