Opening a project

In this task, you will create a project and import a model with a prepared mesh.

  1. From the Appliction menu, click (Close > Project) to close any project you may have open.
  2. Click Import, Get Started tab (Get Started tab > Launch panel > Import).
  3. Navigate to the Tutorial folder, typically C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Simulation Moldflow Insight 20xx\tutorial.
  4. In the Files of Type drop-down list, select Study Files *.sdy .
  5. Click on the file tutorial_3_task_1.sdy and click Open.

    The Import-Create Project dialog appears.

  6. Enter Tutorial 3 for the Project name in the Import dialog and click OK.
  7. You will see from the Study Tasks pane that the model in this task is represented by a Dual Domain mesh.
  8. Select Orbit, View tab (View tab > Navigate panel > Orbit) and rotate the model to examine its geometry and features.
  9. If necessary, resize the model using the Zoom, View tab (View tab > Navigate panel > Zoom) tool.

In the next task, you will check the quality of the mesh by creating the Mesh Statistics report.

Click the Next topic link below to move on to the next task of the tutorial.