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Thermal Workshop ExampleTo better illustrate the usage and capabilities of Thermal Workshop, an example is presented of the analysis of a bracket on a baseplate. Knowledge of basic Thermal Desktop® operation is assumed. The example is extremely simplistic; Thermal Workshop is capable of handling full system-level models. Nonetheless, this example will serve to highlight the main features. This example shows how a finite element meshed CAD part is integrated with an existing Thermal Desktop thermal model, which in this case happens to consist mostly of finite difference objects. It demonstrates how parts of the thermal model can be most appropriately represented. Geometrically complex parts requiring critical accuracy can be accommodated with finite elements. Simpler parts of the model are represented by finite difference surfaces. Like Thermal Desktop, Thermal Workshop allows any combination of finite element, finite difference, and arbitrary network modeling methods. The CAD part is fully associated with the thermal model. When changes to the CAD model occur, either by the designer, or by the thermal engineer driving CAD parameters, the thermal model is updated within Thermal Desktop by executing the process schematic. A new finite element mesh is automatically imported into Thermal Desktop, but more importantly, how that part is connected to the rest of the thermal model is preserved. Boundary conditions, heat loads, and connections to the rest of the thermal model are automatically reapplied to the updated finite element meshed part. To continue viewing the example click on a section below:
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