Creating an FE Model

An FE Model brings together all of the necessary elements for the part to be analyzed, whether in simulation, optimization, or further analysis. It is built up of FE Components and FE Connectors.

Each component contains an FE Mesh and Attributes, while connectors are made up of Tie Constraints, Structural Bonded Contacts, or Thermal Bonded Contacts that allow the analysis of multiple FE Components. An FE Model does not need a connector if only one FE Mesh exists. If it has multiple FE Components, there will always be one less connector than the total number of FE Components. Later, we will also walk through creating an FE Model from scratch.