Currently the thermal analysis options are limited to 1D steady state analysis of thick section composites and 1D transient analysis of composite cylinder structures.

Example analyses include a standard epoxy cure cycle, a standard cycle for high temperature  processing of PEEK and BMI based composites and the transient heating example for a thick walled cylinder.

To create an analysis of simply right click the analysis or thermal sub tree and select New:Thermal: and then select the analysis you wish to create. The top right input section will then allow you to fill out the process or operating temperature input conditions.

Right Click Functions

New: Thermal Creates a new thermal analysis.

Rename: renames the selected analysis

Duplicate Analysis: Duplicates the selected analysis or analyses. If the analysis menu tree is right clicked, all analyses are duplicated. All duplicated analyses are renamed with a "copy" prefix to identify them as a copy of an existing analysis and not confuse the user with another analysis. This also applied to a thermal, moisture or structural subtree.

Delete Analysis: Deletes the selected analysis

Load: Splits the window into two sections and opens a dialog box. Open a previously saved file and the data from that fill will be loaded into the top section. The user can then select any or all items and load them into the current environment.

Save Selected: Saves the selected item to a spreadsheet file. The created file is tab delimited and can be opened in notepad or Microsoft  Excel. If the file is saved with a *.xls extension then the file will be loaded into Microsoft Excel by default.