Creating Temperature Field

Creating Temperature Field means applying a temperature constant or not (data mapping) to a part.

Temperature Field can be applied to the following types of Supports:

Mechanical Feature	Geometrical Feature				Analysis Feature
Mechanical Feature	Point or Vertex	Curve or Edge	Surface or Face	Body (Solid or Surface)	Analysis Feature

Open the sample34.CATAnalysis.

This task shows you how to load a body with a given temperature.

1. Select the Temperature Field icon

The Temperature Field dialog box appears which lets you define the Name, Support and reference Temperature you wish to define.

You can re-use data (Data Mapping) that are external from this version (experimental data or data coming from in-house codes or procedures). For more details, see Creating Pressures (only available if you installed the ELFINI Structural Analysis product).

2. Select the part or surface (body) you wish to be applied a temperature.

The Temperature Field dialog box is updated:

A T symbol now appears on the selected part or surface.

You can activate the Data mapping option and use the results coming from a thermal solver.

3. Click OK in the Temperature Field dialog box.

The Specification tree is also updated: both the Environment.1 and the Temperature Field.1 features appear:

At any time you can double-click the Environment feature and define an Initial temperature.

Double-clicking on the Loads set, you will display the Loads dialog box that lets you choose whether you wish to apply self-balancing to the load. Example of use: if this option is used with iso-static specifications, it will allow you to simulate free-body loading. If you make the option active, the center of inertia results null.