Structural analysis settings allow customization of various options during the static structural solution. By default for a DED simulation, Large Deflection is turned on (under Solver Controls). Consider turning on Line Search (under Nonlinear Controls) if you have convergence issues.

We recommend you think about using options to reduce the amount of data stored on the results file. You should suppress the calculation of stresses and strains if you are only interested in distortion, as these data will easily increase the size of the results file and it may become unmanageable.

Procedural Steps

Click Analysis Settings under Static Structural and, in Details, review the available options. As with the thermal analysis, many analysis settings in the structural analysis are program controlled.

Review the Output Controls and suppress items not of interest. Turn off calculations of Stress and Strain by changing those options from Yes to No. (Hint: Simply double-clicking in the Yes box changes it to No.)