Specialist durability workflow

The following steps summarize the specialist durability analysis.

Step	Summary	Help topics
1.	Create one or more load events.	Define how forces, stresses, strains and optional load histories act on the assembly. Optionally, combine multiple events in a duty cycle load event.	Specialist durability load events
2.	(Optional) Load durability simulation objects from your own library.	Reuse durability simulation objects that you have stored in one or more user-defined or custom libraries.	Creating durability analysis templates and simulation objects
3.	(Optional) Create your own analysis template.	Customize the durability simulation objects in a user-defined analysis template.	Creating durability analysis templates and simulation objects
4.	Create the specialist durability solution process.	Create the solution process by specifying:An analysis template and its associated durability simulation objectsA single load eventOne or more materials	Creating and solving a specialist durability solution process
5.	(Optional) Create a local definition.	Define different analysis templates, simulation objects, and materials for specific locations of your model using local definitions.Note: Local Definitions are required to define seam and spot welds.	Creating a specialist durability local definitionDurability weld objects
6.	Solve the specialist durability solution process.	Solve the active specialist durability solution process.	Creating and solving a specialist durability solution process
7.	Generate a summary report and visualize the results.	Generate a summary of the key results and visualize the results as a 3D contour plot using the specialist durability plots scenario.	Creating a result tableSpecialist Durability Plots scenarioSpecialist durability result types
8.	(Optional) Create a new local definition.	Add a new local definition to an existing solution process to analyze a new location or to assess life of an existing component, using a different material or analysis template.	Creating a specialist durability local definition
9.	(Optional) Create and evaluate a function definition.	Create a function definition to generate results for selected nodes, elements, or strain gages on your model.	Creating and evaluating a function definitionCreating a specialist durability strain gage
10.	View the function definition results.	Visualize the specialist durability function definition results as function plots using the specialist durability function definition scenario.	Specialist Durability Function Definition scenario
11.	(Optional) Re-Solve the specialist durability solution process.	Re-solve the specialist durability solution process.	Creating and solving a specialist durability solution process

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