MENU BAR

Menus are selected by mouse pick and contain a wide variety of eta/DYNAFORM functions. Descriptions for these functions are located in their respective sections.

FILE MANAGER                      Imports and exports data from eta/DYNAFORM.

PART CONTROL                     Organizes Parts (or layers).

PREPROCESS                       Contains the menu of preprocessing functions, lines/points, elements, nodes, check functions, boundary conditions.

DFE DIE FACE ENGINEERING         Provides tools to build an addendum and binder.

BSE BLANK SIZE ESTIMATOR         Includes a one-step scheme based unfold function and blank development functions.

QuickSetup                             The QuickSetup menu provides a streamlined, easy way to set up certain standard stamping simulations.

TOOLS                                   Creates, defines, and modifies tooling definitions.

OPTION MENU                       Contains various options to control the mesh and file window style.

UTILITIES                                Includes several supplemental functions for identifying entities.

VIEW OPTIONS                      Adjusts the display of the items and view angle on the screen.

ANALYSIS                             Defines the control parameters, outputs the DYNA input deck, and submits jobs.

PostProcess                          Starts eta/POST for post-processing analysis results and automatically closes DYNAFORM51.

HELP                                    Displays the version level and contact information for eta/DYNAFORM support and Online Help (F1)