Cross Section

Creator

CSC features:

CSC Main view – 3D

environment

CSC – Import procedures

Import FE (Ls-Dyna *.k and

*.key file format)

Import RADIOSS file

Import *.stl file format

Create Cross Sections from FE

Parts

New Cross Section in CCC

The company Impact Design Europe is glad to inform

you about the development of CROSS SECTION

CREATOR

CROSS SECTION CREATOR (CSC) provides a user

friendly 3D environment which enables import of a FE

mesh model and fast and easy extraction of cross

sections. Such newly created cross sections can be

saved and that optimized and calculated in the Crash

Cad Calculate software.

Cross Section Creator which enriches the

functionalities and capabilities of Crash Cad Calculate

(CCC), provides the possibility of fast and easy

extraction of Cross Sections from a mesh model and

consequently closes the optimization and design loop.

We will very much appreciate all of your comments

and suggestions, which can be sent to our e-mail

address: support@impactdesign.pl. We will try to

meet your expectations in the future versions of CSC

software.

Best Regards,

Agata Abramowicz Sokoll

Cross Section Creator – Main View

In the Cross Section Creator (CSC) main view you will see:

1) 3D main view

2) Main toolbar

3) 3D view toolbar

4) Solution Explorer window - includes folders and list of each and every object of the

currently opened Solution

5) Properties window - properties of the currently selected object

6) Output window - additional information about the current status of any selected

tool.

CSC – Import Procedures

In Cross Section Creator (CSC) you will find several import possibilities.

All import features are easily accessible through the Main Toolbar.

CSC provides the possibility to import mesh models in the following file format: .rad, .k;

.key; .stl)

Import FE (Ls-Dyna *.k file)

CSC gives the possibility to import data from FE parts model saved in *.k or *.key file

format.

All imported elements

can be easily found in

the Solution Explorer

Window, in the

Imported Objects folder.

They will be also

displayed in the 3D view

window.

Note that along with the

geometry, all

information about the

Material of the FE

elements as well shell

thickness data will be

automatically imported

into CSC.

Moreover the import tool creates simultaneously Material basing on FE data.

The Material Properties such as Material Constants, Stress – Strain - Characteristics and

the Strain – Rate Effects parameters are visible in material definition.

Import from RADIOSS

CSC provides the possibility of easy import of FE Parts from RADIOSS file.

All imported elements can be easily found in the Solution Explorer Window, in the

Imported Objects folder. They will be also displayed in the 3D view window.

Note that along with the geometry, information about the Material of the FE elements as

well shell thickness data will be automatically imported into CSC.

Import *.stl file

Additionally Cross Section Creator enables import of mesh models saved in *.stl file

format.

Imported mesh model will be now visible in the main 3D view.

It will be also automatically added to the “Imported Objects” branch of the Solution

Explorer three.

Please note that in case of a *.stl file import, import of materials is not available.

Moreover, information about shell thickness will be also inaccessible.

Create Cross Section from FE Part

CSC provides a special Create Cross Section from FE Part tool dedicated to enable the

user to build even complex cross section geometry from previously imported mesh

models for further calculations and edition in the CCC software.

With the usage of Create Cross Sections from FE Part tool extraction of cross section is

possible after a 3-click procedure.

The User has the possibility to easily work on number of cross sections extracted from

most crucial parts of the analyzed structure.

After selecting the Create Cross Section

from FE Part tool select one part as a

Master FE part.

Select two FE nodes in order to define the

reference axis. The cross section through

the FE parts is made following selection of

one of the FE elements. The selected (gray)

FE element marks position of the cutting

plane perpendicular to the reference axis on

the FE part.

The Thin Walled Cross Section created

automatically by the Create Cross Section

from FE Part tool represents the “best fit”

to the expected final shape of the cross

section.

In the Solution explorer three you will be

able to find automatically created Points,

Plates and Segments of the newly created

Cross Section.

New Cross Section in CCC

Cross Section Creator which enriches the functionalities and capabilities of Crash Cad

Calculate (CCC), provides the possibility of fast and easy extraction of Cross Sections

from a mesh model and consequently closes the optimization and design loop.

CSC offers a user friendly 3D environment which allows import of a FE model and

creation of Cross Sections after a simple, 3-click operation. Such cross sections can be

than transferred into the Crash Cad Calculate 2D environment, where further calculations

and optimization routines can be done.

Edition, modifications, optimization and calculations of Cross Sections created from z

mesh model are available after opening a CSC file in the CCC software

Cross section geometry created automatically by CSC is already divided into Points,

Plates and Segments, which can be found in the Solution Explorer window.

However in case of more complex Cross Sections the user interaction is necessary to

complete the Cross Section according to the Macro Element discretization requirements.