Post-processing system models

	This video demonstrates how to load results for superelement data blocks, overlay superelement results on the residual post view, and apply consistent deformations and contours to the system model.

When you load the results of a system run, the Solution node in the Post Processing Navigator expands to display:

• The residual results.

• One superelement data block for each superelement.

Superelement data blocks are listed by their Nastran superelement ID (SEID). You can preview the superelement ID in the FE Model Component Representation dialog box for selected superelement components.

The Post Processing Navigator. (1) The system model. (2) The system run solution. (3) The residual results subcase. (4) Superelement data blocks.

When you first load the system run results, the superelement data blocks are not loaded. To view superelement results along with the residual, load the data blocks, and then use Plot with Loaded Superelements to create a superelement post view in the same viewport as your residual. When you use this command, the software:

• Creates a master post view of selected results for the residual.

• Identifies the equivalent result in each loaded superelement data block, and overlays the results in the same viewport.

• Sets the post view to Absolute deformation with a scale factor of 1.0.

• Scales the color bar using Combined Viewport Displayed, which specifies minimum and maximum values based on all results displayed in the current viewport.

Viewing the superelement map

In addition the results in the .op2 file that you can view and post-process, Simcenter Nastran outputs a superelement map (SEMAP) in the .f06 file. The superelement map lists information about superelement processing order, downstream connections, and the superelement tree. This information can be useful when documenting and troubleshooting system models that contain multiple, nested superelements.

For more information, see The Superelement MAP – SEMAP in the Simcenter Nastran Superelement User’s Guide.

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