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CFX-4.3 V4.3.1H
Lecture 3
Overview & Basic Concepts
of CFX-Build
CFX-Build
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Objectives
? build/import geometry
? create multi-block structures
? create patches
? mesh the geometry
? create a CFX-4 geo file.
By the end of the Build sessions,you will know
how to:
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CFX-Build Interface
? Based on MSC/Patran with similar
user interface
CAD import capabilities
geometry creation
surface meshing.
? CFX-Build is used to create the CFX-4 geometry
file (m01.geo) for the solver.
? May be started by
running within the environment (cfx4)
running from a command window (runbuild4).
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CFX-4.3 V4.3.1H
File Names
BUILD
CAD Data
Session File:
cfxbuild4.ses.*
list of commands
from last
session
Journal File:
name.db.jou
contains all
session files
Database file
name.db
Geo file:
m01.geo -
CFX-4
input
Iges,Patran neutral
ProE,Catia,Euclid
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Introductory Training (Dec 1999)
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Top Menu Window
? top bar affects global environment.
? diamonds apply to specific portions of model.
? unavailable selections are shown in lighter typeface
(ghosted).
? tool bar icons.
? history window.
? command line input.
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Top Menu Bar Icons
? Refresh Graphics - refreshes the screen.
? Default Window Layering - raises the main CFX-Build4 form to top level.
? Reset Graphics - resets viewer to default.
? Interrupt Button - stops the current operation.
? Status Indicator (heartbeat)
green,input possible
blue,operation running and interruptible
red,operation running and uninterruptible.
? Undo Button - undo previous command (only last step is stored in
memory).
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Tool Bar Icons
? provide quick access to frequently used
functions.
? over 30 icons which control the display
environment.
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? Entity
? Multiple Picking
(shift click)
? Rectangle
(click & drag)
? Polygonal
? Deselect
? Cycle Picking
? Model
Manipulation
Ctrl
?Shift
Cursor Picking
?Shift
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Help
? available from the
Top Menu Bar.
? available on-line
using F1 function
key.
? on-line help is
controlled via a
navigator and is
context sensitive.
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CFX-Build Forms
? invoked by selecting diamonds
from Top Menu.
? form is based on
Action/Object/Method.
? options to be selected and
fields to be defined.
? execute a command by
completing the form and
pressing Apply.
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Form Syntax
? frames used to group related
sections (defined by frame title).
? Auto execute toggle is only
applied to the items in the frame
below it.
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Form Syntax
? toggle buttons affect options
on the form.
? Select Databoxes are used
to enter data
type data into databox
select data from viewer using
mouse.
? Apply button executes the
command.
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Form Syntax
? diamond shaped radio buttons
are mutually exclusive.
?,…” denotes that another form
will be opened upon selection.
? pressing the,Enter” key while
the mouse is in the form is
similar to the ?apply? button.
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Databox Filter
? another select menu appears
after clicking in the databox.
? acts as a filter through which
certain entities are selected.
? the filter type is selected
using the mouse.