MENU BAR
Figure 1.1 eta/DYNAFORM menu
As illustrated in Figure 1.1, eta/DYNAFORM menus are selected by mouse pick and contain a wide variety of functions. Descriptions for these functions are located in their respective sections.
FILE MANAGER |
Import/exports data to/from eta/DYNAFORM |
PART CONTROL |
Organizes Parts (or layers) |
PREPROCESS |
Contains the menu of preprocessing functions such as lines/points, elements, nodes, check functions, boundary conditions |
DFE |
DIE FACE ENGINEERING provides tools to quickly derive a suite of die which includes addendum and binder |
BSE |
BLANK SIZE ENGINEERING includes a modified one-step-based unfolding function, blank development and nesting function |
SETUP |
The SETUP menu provides a streamlined process for setting up standard and advanced stamping simulations |
TOOLS |
Provides functions to create, define, and modify tooling and blank definitions. |
OPTION MENU |
Contains various options to control the mesh criteria, file window style, material library and language setup |
UTILITIES |
Includes several supplemental functions for identifying entities, measurement and load curve generation |
VIEW OPTIONS |
Controls the display of the items and view angle on the screen |
ANALYSIS |
Defines the control parameters, outputs the DYNA input deck, and submitting job |
POSTPROCESS |
Initiates eta/POST for post-processing analysis results |
HELP |
Displays the version level and contact information for eta/DYNAFORM support and Online Help (F1) |
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