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Table of Contents
AMPView ............................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Welcome ................................................................................................................................................................................ 1
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................ 1
File Menu ............................................................................................................................................................................... 3
The File Menu ........................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Analyze Model ....................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Read AMPSol Result ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
System Storage Files............................................................................................................................................................. 4
Selection Menu ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5
The Selection Menu ............................................................................................................................................................... 5
Selection Geometric FE Select .............................................................................................................................................. 5
Selection FE Select................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Selection Geometry Entity ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
Geometric Entities conversion to FE geometry ..................................................................................................................... 8
Analytical Geometry............................................................................................................................................................... 8
Geomtry Line ......................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Geometry Plane ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Selection Filter ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10
The Model Menu .................................................................................................................................................................. 10
The Model Menu .................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Model/System Menu ............................................................................................................................................................ 10
The Model/System/Controls Menu....................................................................................................................................... 10
The Model/System/Solution Iteration Control ...................................................................................................................... 14
The Model/System/Inertia Effects ........................................................................................................................................ 16
The Model/System/Reference Frame Controls ................................................................................................................... 17
The Model/System/Adaptive Controls ................................................................................................................................. 19
The Model/System/Unit Scaling Controls ............................................................................................................................ 21
Time/Step Dependent Data Control..................................................................................................................................... 22
Model/Define Menu.............................................................................................................................................................. 23
The Model Define Properties Menu ..................................................................................................................................... 23
The Model Define Element Behavior - Stress Menu............................................................................................................ 25
The Model Define Element Behavior - Thermal/FLow Menu ............................................................................................... 28
The Model Define Element Behavior - Electro/Magneto Menu............................................................................................ 30
Anisotropic/Orthotropic Material Definition .......................................................................................................................... 31
Creep Material Data and Controls Menu ............................................................................................................................. 33
Piezoelectrical Material Data ............................................................................................................................................... 35
Nonlinear Property Multiplier................................................................................................................................................ 35
Beam/Rod Section Properties Menu.................................................................................................................................... 36
User Defined Constutive Material Model ............................................................................................................................. 38
User Defined Initial Stress and Strain.................................................................................................................................. 39
User Defined Plasticity Material ........................................................................................................................................... 39
Material model and data ...................................................................................................................................................... 40
Model/Conditions Menu ....................................................................................................................................................... 40
The Boundary Condition Menu ............................................................................................................................................ 40
The Model Condition Menu.................................................................................................................................................. 41
The Model Condition Geometry Menu ................................................................................................................................. 42
The Model Condition Time Menu......................................................................................................................................... 44
The Model Condition Type Menu......................................................................................................................................... 46
Additional Arc-Length Controls ............................................................................................................................................ 49
Nodal Local Coordinate System Controls ............................................................................................................................ 50
Basic nodal DOF choices..................................................................................................................................................... 52
The Model Condition Values Menu...................................................................................................................................... 52
The Model/Condition Thermal Convective/Radiative Page ................................................................................................. 55
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