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Superelements with Simcenter Samcef

In Pre/Post, you can perform superelement reductions on FE components.

Follow these steps to create, use and recover Simcenter Samcef superelements.

  1. You create one or several superelements. For more details, see Creating a Simcenter Samcef superelement for Pre/Post system models.

  2. In an assembly FEM, you use these superelements. For more details, see Using a Simcenter Samcef superelement.

  3. Optionally, you recover the results inside each created superelements. For more details, see Recovering results inside a Simcenter Samcef superelement.

For more information, see the superelements and general guidelines pages in the Simcenter Samcef solver documentation.

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Solution dialog box (Simcenter Samcef Superelement Recovery)

Solution dialog box (Simcenter Samcef Superelement Creation Analysis)

FE Model Component Representation dialog box (Simcenter Samcef)

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