Lost FoamCasting

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Project Perspective

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Project Perspective – Creating a project / version

A new project is created by selecting a process mode and alloy type

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Project Perspective – “right mouse button” functions

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Geometry Perspective – Geometry Import

Separate and Export CAD file into formats supported by MAGMA5

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Geometry Perspective – Geometry Separation before Import

Separate and Export CAD file into formats supported by MAGMA5

CAD name Material assign

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Geometry Perspective – Material Selection

Select material and click on to add it to the “material list”.

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Geometry Perspective – Material Assignment

Select volume and drag & drop it on the respective material or drag & drop the material on the respective volume.

Each material ID can be named individually. Double-click: Material ID becomes editable.

Each volume can be named individually. Double-click: Material ID becomes editable.

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Geometry Perspective – Inlet

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Geometry Perspective – Temperature Measuring Points

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Geometry Perspective – Temperature Measuring Points

Location of temperature measuring points in cast.

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Geometry Perspective – Vents

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Mesh Perspective

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Mesh Perspective – Number of Elements

Option A:Mesh generation based on the number of elements

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Mesh Perspective – Minimal Wall Thickness

Option B:Enter the minimal wall thickness.

The software tries to automatically generate walls with 2-3 mesh elements.

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Mesh Perspective – Single Parameter Set

Option C:Single Parameter Set

Generate a mesh for the entire geometry based on parameters that can be defined here.

(MS4.4: wall thickness) sets the minimal step size to browse the geometry in the first step of the mesh generation process.

This is the number of subdivisions into which an area, that is found after the first mesh generation step, is to be subdivided.

Defines the smallest allowed thickness of the thinnest mesh layer.

Specifies the maximum size ratio neighboring elements are allowed to have.

Specifies the maximum aspect ratio all elements are allowed to have.

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Mesh Perspective – Multiple Parameter Sets

Option D:Different parameter sets for different areas / materials

Use the “right mouse button” or the “drag & drop” method to add a material to a parameter set.

Use to create another parameter set.

Use to delete a parameter set.

Use to rename a parameter set.

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Mesh Perspective – Mesh Quality

Mesh Quality Check

The result “Mesh Quality” shows where and how many elements have not been ideally meshed.

Many elements that are positioned diagonally across from each other (edge-edge, yellow) can lead to inaccuracies in the simulation.

A single layer of elements inside the part can be critical.

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Definition Perspective – Casting Process

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Definition Perspective – Material Definitions

Open the different definition areas with a double-click or with the right mouse button.

Double-click on an input window to open the database.

Double-click or OK selects a material.

Double-click on a parameter to edit it.

See: File / Open Database

Double-click selected dataset to view / edit

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Definition Perspective – Material Definitions

Right mouse click on the column header and select “column dialog” to show additional parameters.

For HTC

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Definition Perspective – HTC Definitions

All typical material matches are predefined by MAGMASOFT via the “Automatic HTC Template” function. These can be edited individually. You can also create your own template, which you can use for your future projects.

See: File / Open Automatic HTC Template Definition

Precise error description

This symbol shows that something isn't right here. The simulation can still be started.

This symbol shows that something is missing or incorrect. The simulation cannot be started.

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Definition Perspective – Casting Process Definition

For each process step you can open a dialog with a double click in the navigator, header or in the process diagram.

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Definition Perspective – Pouring Time or Pressure Curve

Select pouring using Pouring Time orPressure Curve

Input the value here

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Definition Perspective – Solidification & Cooling Definition

Define when to stop Solidification simulation.Select either Temperature of selected material or Time only

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Definition Perspective – Solidification & Cooling Definition

Define when to Shake Out from Sand after cooling simulation

You can define the point in time

Alternatively you can use the temperature of a material or a temperature at a thermocouple as a reference for the Shake Out event.

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Definition Perspective – Result Definitions

Some additional results can be ordered.

These results can also be defined for a result sequence.(5%, 10%, 15% ...)

Create or remove additional conditions using the right mouse button. (see next page)

Double-click to edit conditions.(see next page)

Typical results are automatically ordered for the different process steps.

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Definition Perspective – Result Definitions, Store the Result

Defining a result sequence within the same interval.

Creating a list of results for any points in percentage or time.

Defining temperature conditions for which results will be calculated / stored on disc.

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Definition Perspective – Result Definitions

In Result Preparation, you can determine for which results you want to create a Cache result.

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Definition Perspective – Simulation Settings

Additional functions can be switched on/off in “Simulation Settings.Some are also automatically activated by the program when certain functions have been defined in the corresponding dialogs.

Attention!The “prepare results” function can only be switched on/off in “Simulation Settings”!

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Simulation Control Perspective

Controlling and influencing a running simulation

Switch to see the online information during a simulation run.

Switch to the online curves during a simulation run.

Halt the display of online information.

Only show error messages of the online information.

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Result Perspective

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Result Perspective – Selecting Results

Step 3:Select the result from the list and double-click on it or drag & drop it into the result window.

Step 2:Double-click or use the + symbol to open the result tree.

Step 1:In the “Materials” tab select all materials for which you want to display results.

Step 4:

Use to move to the next entry

or to move to the previous entry in the list.

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Result Perspective – Editing Results, Define Colour Scales

Right mouse button functions in the result window

You can make / edit various settings for the different result types. All settings can also be selected by icons in the menu bar.

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Result Perspective – Editing Results in Xray mode

Right mouse button functions in the result window

You can make / edit various settings for the different result types. All settings can also be selected by icons in the menu bar.

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Result Perspective – View / Results Settings

Saves all settings of the current view.

Saves all settings of the current result.

Name of the view

Comments / notes of the view

Select parameters to be saved.

Name of the result settings

Comment / note of the result setting

Select parameters to be saved.

Allows to use the saved parameters again when selecting this result type in the future.

View Settings

Result Settings

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Result Perspective – Load Settings

You can select individual settings to be used for the new display of results.

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Result Perspective – Animation Definition

Uses the current settings.

Imports saved settings.

Saves the current view or result setting.

Toggles sequence mode.- Automatic loading of selected results

Toggles animation mode.- rotates the geometry step-wise- cuts through the geometry step-wise

Saves all settings (see “playlist”).

Switch directly to the “Create Images” dialog (see next slide).

Refreshes the results that have been newly created in the result tree.- You can select single results.- You can select the result folder (= entire sequence).

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Result Perspective – Playlist / Create Images

Opens the playlist.

Rightmouseclick opens submenu.

Starts / activates the selected animation.

Edit existing animation parameters.

Doubleclick starts / activates animation.

Delete, copy, paste animation settings.

Switches directly to the “Create Images” dialog.

Where to save an image sequence / movie

Name of the sequence

Image type or AVI (create movie)

Select resolution

Frame rate of the movie

When several animations are selected in the playlist, you can automatically show them by selecting “Create Images”.

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General Information – Perspectives

A right mouse click on the icons of the project perspectives opens this dialog.

Resets all perspectives to their default settings.(If dialogs have been accidentally closed with X, they will appear again!)

Closes the selected perspective

Closes all perspectives - The memory allocated to the perspectives is

released again.- If a simulation is still running and the simulation

perspective is opened again, the running log file will be read again.

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General Information – Support Request

Contains all log files to identify a problem.

Contains everything to reproduce a project (no results).

Result:ZIP file with date and time