Create E-Lines
Use Create E-Lines tool to create evaluation lines at component interfaces.
- Define interfaces to be evaluated which has Lines as mandatory input, unless you create an E-line with the Elem2Elem option.
- Turn off the component(s) that are not applicable for the E-line creation and/or deselect them while choosing the appropriate component(s) for creation. Make the display selection ready before entering the workflow.
The E-line creation workflow is designed to facilitate rapid E-line creation both for advanced users as well as part time analysts. There are two ways to create E-lines:
- Fast Create (Part time Analyst)
- Use to create many E-Lines at a time to get quick and approximate overview of squeak and rattle risk zones.
- Manual Create (Advanced)
- Use to manually create one E-Line at a time and control the setup to ensure the accuracy in analysis results.
- Evaluation Points will not be created at the locations where a projection is not found due to a small search tolerance.
- The Search Tolerance and Spacing are the two options which decide how and where the E-lines will be created.
Fast Create
Manual Create
Create E-Lines Options
- E-Line Property
- Spacing
- Defines the spacing between the E-point placements along the created E-lines.
- Search Distance
- Defines the tolerance or search distance between interface components.
- Gap Direction
- Realization Projection direction.
- Normal to Main: Z direction will be perpendicular or Normal to Main component.
- In Plane to Main: Z direction will be In Plane to Main component.
- Gap Assignment Method
- Defines which method to use to assign Gap and Tolerance values to E-lines. The assigned gap and tolerance values can be reviewed in E-line Review Table.
- Material Property
- Contact Types
- Defined Contact type based on Young's Modulus value.