The strength assessment performed by the software LIMIT® incorporates a static and fatigue module to evaluate your structure. Base material as well as weld analysis can be accomplished using the commercial finite element code CATIA (Dassault Systèmes®).
Required import files for LIMIT
To allow a fatigue assessment of your structure using Catia, you have to have the .dat to access the finite element model and the .bat with all relevant result data.
Import of geometry
- Import of geometry via text files in Nastran style:
*CATIA_FILE
CATIA_Nodes_Elements.dat
- Using LIMIT-GUI / JobManager
Following elements can be analyzed
Solids (stress gradients are only calculated for C3D):
- Tetrahedron with 20 Nodes
For detailed information please refer to the Catia interface document (.pdf) or contact our LIMIT® support.
