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casting.stl
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QuikCAST gives a description of the encountered problem when analysing the CAD files
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Input Extrusion Distance (Piston Chamber lenght)
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Select Facets located on the top of the tube ( SHIFT + left button)
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In order to detect/assign volume materials select Domain Manager Option from the Model Menu
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Activate the Create Contact surface option
New Surface Domains have been automatically created because the Create Contact surface option has been activated
4 Volume domains have been detected that need to be renamed and assigned with material properties.
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Click View Volume to display the Volume_001
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Select Volume_001 (left click)
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Click Rename
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Input Volume Domain Name
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Activate Standard DB
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Click Material
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Select AlSi9Cu3 Material from the material list
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Change Volume Priority order with the arrows ( Priority order should be defined according to the Filling order)
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Click Remove to delete the surface domains created during the import and during the automatic fixing sequence
Select 3D Grid/Mesh Generation option from the Model menu to generate the Grid
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Input Mininum Size to fix global grid cell size (unit is meter)
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Select PositiveZ direction and check Gravity Direction ( displayed in green) in the model window
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Select Input Data Check from the Process Menu and a window with all available boundary conditions will appear on the left This window is used to manage all Boundary Conditions (BC) that will be applied to the model
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Select Initial Fluid BC (left click) to set up the initial fluid rate for the filling Click on Add... (right click) to open the panel definition
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Input 40% and select Initial
Click OK
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Select Piston and Chamber Volumes in the Volume list (left click)
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Select Piston BC (left click) to set up the Sand Core Blowing pressure
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Select Velocity Calculator Option to automatically calculate the transition from phase 1 to phase 2.i Input Direction, Max Displacement and Velocity for phase 1 and 2
Click OK
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Select Implicit Mold BC ( left click) to set up the Virtual Mold Material
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Click OK
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Select Die Coating BC ( left click) to set up the Virtual Mold Material
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Click OK
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Select by Percent (%) and input a value in the Graphics field. ( This will determine the number of states generated during the calculation
Click Close
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Enter Filling and Solidification Stop Criterias ( Time and/or Percentage of Filling/Solidification)
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Click RUN to start the calculation This will open automatically the Monitor Calculation Window
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Post-Processing (Visual-CAST)
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Post-Processing (Visual-CAST)
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Click Open
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Select Volumes to load
Click OK
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Select THERMAL in Categories and Temperature in Results to display the temperature results during filling
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If your calculation is still running, click Update to update the last calculated results
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