Mechanical Wizards

You can use ACT to create target product wizards for Mechanical. The supplied extension WizardDemos contains a project wizard, multiple target product wizards, and a mixed wizard.

This section describes the target product wizard for Mechanical. Named SimpleAnalysis, this wizard performs a simple analysis on the bridge built by either the DesignModeler or SpaceClaim wizard CreateBridge. These wizards are described in the ACT customization guides for DesignModeler and SpaceClaim.

The following topics describe the wizard SimpleAnalysis:

Note: You use the Extension Manager to install and load extensions and the Wizards launcher to start a target product wizard.

Tip: Included in the supplied package ACT Wizard Templates is the extension Template-MechanicalWizard. It contains a target product wizard for Mechanical that creates the mesh for the geometry, adds boundary conditions, and then solves and displays a result. For download information, see Extension and Template Examples.