Common Validation Procedure / Reassigning Geometry

The described procedure below works on condition that you don’t want to change the mesh of the Validation Model (e. g. not adding Mesh Controls like Sizing, or using Virtual Topology to adjust the geometry) or if you want to change the geometry or the mesh, and no errors occur during remeshing.

  1. The Validation System is a Copy of the initial Analysis System. Mesh Controls have been deleted to make the solid meshing possible. Forces, boundary conditions and other options, too, have to be reassigned again, due to the changed Geometry. Go through the items of the Tree Outline and reselect the corresponding Faces etc.

    If there are Contacts with Type unlike Bonded in your Model, they won’t be copied properly into the Validation System, since Mechanical creates new (Bonded) Contacts automatically. Therefore, the Contact Definitions have been saved when you have clicked Validation > Run.

  2. To reload the saved Contact Definitions, select Connections in the Tree Outline of the Validation System:

  3. Click Validation > Import Contacts to restore the intial contact definitions.

    This step deletes the existing Contacts in the current Validation Analysis and creates new ones based on your initial settings. Importing contacts might take a few seconds and is finished as soon as you can see the new names in the Tree Outline.

  4. After importing, you have to unsupress the Contacts and reassign the Geometry (Source and Target faces).

  5. As soon as the Geometry is reassigned, the Validation Model can be solved: Right-click Solution > Solve.

    Note: If you have several Analysis Systems, you have to import contacts and reassign the Geometry for each analysis, since they are not shared.