MENU BAR

Figure 1.1

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. See Figure 1.1.

 

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 ENGINEERING includes a modified one-step-based unfolding function, blank development functions, and a blank nesting function.

 

QUIKSETUP                 The QUIKSETUP menu provides a streamlined process for setting up 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 DYNAFORM.

 

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