This help topic specifies the results generated for analyses that include
Fill,
Fill+Pack, or
Standalone Pack analysis sequences.
These results are generated for material with or without fiber or filler content.
Before running an analysis, you should pay close attention to the edge length of the mesh around high curvature areas on your model, and make sure they are not too coarse. It is recommended you mesh with a smaller edge length allowing the mesh to approximate the corners correctly.
Text based results
The following table lists the text results that are created for each these analyses.
Graphical results
The following table lists the graphical results that are created and indicates whether each result is supported by the following analysis technologies:
For more information about a result, including how to interpret the display, click on the result name.
Note: Thermoplastics overmolding analyses produce two sets of
Fill analysis results, one for the first component and another for the overmolded component.
Attention: For 3D compression molding analyses, the mesh is deformed inside the solver. The nodes/elements are moved up to the initial press position, and then move down as the press moves down. Those plots which are output several times during analysis, such as Pressure, Polymer fill region etc., are shown on the current (deformed) mesh position, and this is indicated in the relevant result description. For the rest of the plots, however, where data are output only once, the results are shown on the initial mesh at nodes in their pre-analysis position. Since the data may have been calculated when the node was at a quite different location, interpretation of the plots is subject to details of how the mesh is moved and smoothed. It is important that you understand this when interpreting the results.
Result
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Available for analysis type
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% Shot weight
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Air traps
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Air traps, including air vents
1
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Average velocity
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Bulk temperature
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Bulk temperature (elemental)
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Bulk temperature (nodal)
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Bulk temperature at end of fill
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Cavity weight
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Clamp force: XY Plot
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Clamp force centroid
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Density
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Displacements, core
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Displacements, final shift
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Extension rate (3D)
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Fill time
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Flow front speed at center result_
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Flow front temperature, mold-cavity
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Flow rate, beams
2
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Time to reach ejection temperature
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Frozen layer fraction
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Frozen layer fraction at end of fill
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Frozen pressure
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Hold pressure
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Grow from
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In-cavity residual stress in first principal direction
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In-cavity residual stress in second principal direction
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Orientation at core
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Orientation at skin
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Orientation at bottom skin
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Orientation at top skin
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Polymer fill region (3D)
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Pressure
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Pressure at end of fill
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Pressure at injection location: XY Plot
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Pressure at V/P switch-over
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Re-melt zone, overmolded components (3D Overmolding)
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Re-melt zone, part insert (3D)
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Real thickness, cavity
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Ram position result
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Ram speed, recommended: XY Plot
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Shear rate
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Shear rate (3D)
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Shear rate, bulk
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Shear rate, maximum (3D)
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Shear stress at wall
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Shear stress at wall (overmolding)
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Sink marks, index
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Sink marks, depth
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Sink marks estimate
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Temperature
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Temperature (3D)
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Temperature at flow front
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Throughput
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Time to reach ejection temperature
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Unfilled cavity
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Velocity
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Velocity (3D)
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Viscosity
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Vent region pressure
1
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Volumetric shrinkage
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Average volumetric shrinkage
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Volumetric shrinkage at ejection
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Weld lines
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Weld and meld lines
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Weld surface formation (3D) result
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Weld surface movement (3D) result
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1
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This result is available only when the option to Perform venting analysis is selected in the solver parameters.
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2
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The Flow rate, beams result will appear in any Fill analysis where 1-dimensional elements are modeled.
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