15.1.2. Thermal Entity Creation

Figure 15.3: Thermal entities from ribbon menu

Thermal entities from ribbon menu

Figure 15.4: Steps to create a thermal entity

StepOperation
1st stepSelect Thermal on the ribbon menu as shown in the figure above.
2nd stepSelect one of the thermal entities as shown in the figure above.
3rd stepFollow the prescribed creation steps for each force entity as shown in the table below.

As shown in the table above, you can create a thermal entity through several steps. The creation steps for each thermal entity are shown in the table below. If you require more information about each step, refer to the creation page for each thermal entity.

Figure 15.5: Creation methods for Thermal entities

TypeCreation method
Temperature Body(Nodeset, Patchset, Faceset) > Properties
Heat Flow Nodeset(Patchset, Faceset) > Properties
Heat Flux Patchset(Faceset) Properties
Heat Generation Body > Properties
Convection Patchset(Faceset) > Properties
Thermal Contact FTF3D Contact(General Contact) > Properties