Components collect and organize points, lines, surfaces, solids, elements and
connectors. Components are intended to be organizational containers for the geometry and FE
idealization of a physical part which makes up a product.
Components can be organized into one or more assemblies, therefore, components are not
mutually exclusive to an assembly. It is not recommended to organize components into
multiple assemblies if it can be avoided. The components which are not organized into an
assembly can be observed by changing the entity view in the Model Browser to Assembly View.
Components can be assigned properties and materials. Component property and material
assignments are solver interface dependent. In general, when a component is assigned a
property or material, that property or material assignment is applied to all elements
organized within that component. The method of assigning properties and materials at the
component level is therefore referred to as indirect property and material assignment.
Direct property and material assignment is performed directly on the elements themselves.
Direct property and material assignments always take precedence over indirect property and
material assignments.
ANSYS Cards
| Card |
Description |
| *HM_COMP |
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EXODUS Cards
| Card |
Description |
| Beam |
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| ConMass |
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| ContactTie |
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| ElementBlocks |
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| Shell |
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| Solid |
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| Spring |
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| Truss |
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LS-DYNA Cards
| Card |
Description |
| *PART |
Defines parts for part adaptivity. |
| *PART_COMPOSITE |
Provides a simplified method of defining a composite material model for shell
elements that eliminates the need for user defined integration rules and part IDs
for each composite layer. |
| *PART_COMPOSITE_CONTACT |
Allows part based contact parameters to be used with the automatic contact
types a3, 4, a5, a10, 13, 15 and 26. |
| *PART_COMPOSITE_TSHELL |
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| *PART_COMPOSITE_LONG |
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| *PART_CONTACT |
Allows part-based contact parameters to be used with the automatic contact
types a3, a5, a10, a13, 15 and 26 |
| *PART_CONTACT_PRINT |
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| *PART_INERTIA |
Allows the inertial properties and initial conditions to be defined rather
than calculated from the finite element mesh. |
| *PART_INERTIA_CONTACT |
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| *PART_INERTIA_CONTACT_PRINT |
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| *PART_INERTIA_PRINT |
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| *PART_MOVE |
Translate a part by an incremental displacement in either a local or a global
coordinate system. |
| *PART_PRINT |
Allows user control over whether output data is written into the ASCII files MATSUM and
RBDOUT. |
| *PART_REPOSITION |
Applies to deformable materials and is used to reposition deformable
materials attached to rigid dummy components whose motion is controlled by either
CAL3D or MADYMO. |
| *PART_REPOSITION_CONTACT |
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| *PART_REPOSITION_CONTACT_PRINT |
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| *PART_REPOSITION_PRINT |
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PAM-CRASH Cards
| Card |
Description |
| PART / |
Part_3D |
| PART / |
Part_2D |
| PART / |
Part_1D |
| PART / |
Part_LINK |
Permas Cards
| Card |
Description |
| $ELPROP |
Assignment of geometrical data and material to elements. |
Radioss Cards
| Card |
Description |
| /PART |
Defines a part, which combines material and property
information. Optionally, the interface gap can be specified. Note: Block Format
Keyword
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