Assign aluminum to a fan bracket, transformer, heat sink, and capacitors in an electronics enclosure model.
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To prepare for running an electronics enclosure simulation in Autodesk CFD, you must specify the physical characteristics of the model.
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This includes assigning materials to model parts.
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In this example, aluminum is assigned to a fan bracket, transformer, heat sink, and capacitors.
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To start, press CTRL and middle-click the Air part to hide it.
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Left-click to select the heat sink.
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Then, on the ribbon, in the Setup tab, Materials panel, click Edit.
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The Materials quick edit dialog opens, where you can select the material type.
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For this example, under Property settings, click the Type value to expand the drop-down, and select Solid.
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Next, expand the Name drop-down and select Aluminum.
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Click Apply.
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To verify that the aluminum material is properly assigned, in the Design Study Bar, confirm the material assignment for the Aluminum part.
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Then, in the graphics window, ensure that the color of the heat sink now matches the Aluminum color in the legend.
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With this material assigned, you are ready to move on to the next step of preparing your model for a CFD simulation.
00:03
To prepare for running an electronics enclosure simulation in Autodesk CFD, you must specify the physical characteristics of the model.
00:12
This includes assigning materials to model parts.
00:16
In this example, aluminum is assigned to a fan bracket, transformer, heat sink, and capacitors.
00:23
To start, press CTRL and middle-click the Air part to hide it.
00:27
Left-click to select the heat sink.
00:30
Then, on the ribbon, in the Setup tab, Materials panel, click Edit.
00:36
The Materials quick edit dialog opens, where you can select the material type.
00:41
For this example, under Property settings, click the Type value to expand the drop-down, and select Solid.
00:48
Next, expand the Name drop-down and select Aluminum.
00:52
Click Apply.
00:54
To verify that the aluminum material is properly assigned, in the Design Study Bar, confirm the material assignment for the Aluminum part.
01:03
Then, in the graphics window, ensure that the color of the heat sink now matches the Aluminum color in the legend.
01:10
With this material assigned, you are ready to move on to the next step of preparing your model for a CFD simulation.
