1. Courtaboeuf, October 7th 2003
New features
SAMCEF Field
version 4
Claire HAMMER
Courtaboeuf, October 7th 2003

2. FRAMEWORK Data Tree management improvement Directory creation Move by:
Move to
Mouse drag and drop
FRAMEWORK
Data Tree management improvement
Directory creation
Sort within the directory

3. FRAMEWORK User preference management Choice of the default unit
SAMCEF Field - June 2001
FRAMEWORK
New unit introduction
Order of appearance
User preference management
Choice of the default unit
Exemple de nouvelle unité introduite pour les aires: hectare (ha)
SAMTECH s.a. - Edouard LETE

4. FRAMEWORK Improvement of face selection with a table
SAMCEF Field - June 2001
FRAMEWORK
Improvement of face selection with a table
Lors de la sélection de faces, si plusieurs entités sont sélectionnables alors un + apparaît a coté du curseur et il suffit de cliquer sur MB2 pour voir apparaître les différentes faces.
SAMTECH s.a. - Edouard LETE

5. MODELER
Direct CATIA V4 and CATIA V5 interface (option)

6. MODELER Analysis tools for the geometry Tolerance visualization
SAMCEF Field - June 2001
MODELER
Analysis tools for the geometry
Tolerance visualization
Invalid geometrical entities visualization
Non analytical geometrical entities visualization
Small and thin faces visualization
Shape validity : faces mal orientée,
Small faces: faces dont l’air est inférieurs à 5 mm2
Thin faces: faces dont le rapport longueur sur largeur et grand
SAMTECH s.a. - Edouard LETE

7. MODELER Tools Line division by one point
Angle calculation between 2 edges or 3 points
Display of relative distances (DX, DY,DZ)

8. MODELER
SAMCEF Field - June 2001
Highligthing of the nootebook variables in the 3D viewer and the data tree
Quand on sélectionne une ligne dans le note book la variable est surlignée en blanc sur la géométrie et dans l’arbre des données l’objet affecté apparaît en bleu
SAMTECH s.a. - Edouard LETE

9. MODELER
Scaling fonctionnality

10. MODELER Improvement of the shading Texture aspect
SAMCEF Field - June 2001
Improvement of the shading
Texture aspect
Pour l’ombrage des contours on peut avoir les contours visibles ou non (sur l’image ils sont non visibles)
SAMTECH s.a. - Edouard LETE

11. SUPER ELEMENTS Creation
Choice of the analysis type : Creation Super Element
Retained nodes selection in the Analysis Data
Convertion in bacon file with .CSUP command
Launch of ASEF or DYNAM
Back up of a sfield file specific for super element creation:
Geometry
Retained nodes + gravity center node
References to the calculation files (.sdb, .u18, ...)

12. SUPER ELEMENTS Utilisation
Coexistence of the super with classic geometry
Analysis data can be applied on geometrical entities or retained nodes
Importation of one or several super elements
Utilisation
Choice of the analysis type : Linear Static, Implicit Non Linear, ...
Placement of the super elements and copy of the model
Automatic numerotation of nodes and elements for super elements
Automatic creation of the.USUP command (files management)
Post treatment

13. SUPER ELEMENTS Recovery
Automatic creation of a Sfield recovery file from the utilisation session
Opening of a new session with analysis type : Super Element Recovery
Conversion in bacon file with.RSUP
Launch of the calculation
Post treatment

14. ANALYSIS DATA BEHAVIOR Composite thick shell
SAMCEF Field - June 2001
BEHAVIOR
Composite thick shell
One element in the thickness
Impossibilité de mettre des laminés différents les uns sur les autres
One laminate by element
The face of spreading must be the same than the extrusion mesh face
SAMTECH s.a. - Edouard LETE

15. ANALYSIS DATA BEHAVIOR Beam profils Profiles library (from BACON)
Profile visualization in the 3D viewer
Post treatment :
Maximum stress visualization

16. ANALYSIS DATA CONSTRAINT ASSEMBLY Addition of a new local axe
Spherical joint
Screw
Flexible slider
Slider along a line
Rigid-flexible contact (.MDS)
Distance sensor along a curve

17. ANALYSIS DATA
SAMCEF Field - June 2001
For all the dialog box edition possibilities for support or data
Auparavant on pouvait déjà éditer les données, la nouveauté c’est pour les données !!
SAMTECH s.a. - Edouard LETE

18. MESH Mesh importation from PATRAN, ANSYS,IDEAS
Nodes and elements numerotation by object

19. MESH Mesh extrusion or revolution from 1D or 2D mesh
SAMCEF Field - June 2001
MESH
Mesh extrusion or revolution from 1D or 2D mesh
Il n’y pas de lien entre le maillage et la géométrie quand on travaille par cette méthode
SAMTECH s.a. - Edouard LETE

20. MESH
Mesh projection from one face to a similar one

21. SAMCEF Field - June 2001
MESH
Mesh by extrusion, translation or projection on « prismatic » solids
Solid among which 2 opposite faces have the same number of edges
2 bases can contain holes
Available for the geometries imported or created in SAMCEF Field
SAMTECH s.a. - Edouard LETE

22. MESH Examples of meshed geometries SAMCEF Field - June 2001
SAMTECH s.a. - Edouard LETE

23. SAMCEF Field - June 2001
MESH
SAMTECH s.a. - Edouard LETE

24. MESH Improvement of mesh visualization (shading color)
SAMCEF Field - June 2001
MESH
Improvement of mesh visualization (shading color)
SAMTECH s.a. - Edouard LETE

25. SOLVER Bacon file Epilogue One attribute by mesh object
Abbreviation creation for selection composed of one node or one point
Epilogue
Back up of note book parameters in the bacon file

26. RESULT Performance improvement for results loading
SAMRES modification
New file format *.fieldresults
Treatment of the results available in SAMCEF

27. RESULT
Display
Reaction and displacement visualization as vector

28. RESULT Stress Display of cross of constraints Tensor listing Traction
Compression

29. RESULT
Display of the result as scalar/node/element

30. RESULT MECANO and DYNAM Display of rigid modes MECANO
SAMCEF Field - June 2001
RESULT
MECANO and DYNAM
Display of rigid modes
Rigid Modes
Eigenvalues
MECANO
Display of the codes 900* (from .VIF)
SAMTECH s.a. - Edouard LETE

31. RESULT
SAMCEF Field - June 2001
In the 3D viewer display of the location of node and element selected in the table
Listing
Back up to Excel format
SAMTECH s.a. - Edouard LETE

32. RESULT Picture capture Improvement of picture quality
SAMCEF Field - June 2001
RESULT
Picture capture
Improvement of picture quality
Change of the background color
User choice for the picture size
SAMTECH s.a. - Edouard LETE