Blank page is used define the thermal material for blank. If there are multiple blanks, the user may define different material for different blanks. The blank geometry will be defined on the main interface of Blank. If the blank geometry is not defined, it shows No defined blank geometry on the page. The blank material interface is illustrated in Figure 8.3.112.
Figure 8.3.112 Thermal analysis dialog box
MODE
Common thermal material: If there are multiple blanks, use the same material for all of them.
Individual thermal material: If there are multiple blanks, the user may defined different materials for different blanks. Select blank from the list box after this option is selected.
THERMAL MATERIAL
In coupled thermal analysis, besides defining structural material for
blank, the user also needs to define thermal materials and one thermal material
for tool.
New: Click this button to select a thermal
material model from the list. After the material is selected, the Thermal
Material dialog box, illustrated in Figure 8.3.114 is displayed.
Figure 8.3.113 Thermal material list
Figure 8.3.114 Thermal material dialog box
EDIT: Edit the defined material parameters.
IMPORT: Allows the user to read in a
material from the files with a suffix of “.mat”.
EXPORT: Allows the user to save any defined material in files with an extension of “.mat”.