Course length
5 days

Price
€ 1975,- per course, per student

Overview
This course is designed for new users who want to test, validate, and optimize product
designs with the Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire Mechanica module. Mechanica enables you to
simulate structural and thermal loads on product designs. In this course, you will complete
comprehensive, hands-on lab exercises that simulate realistic analysis and design
optimization activities. You will also learn about advanced topics such as dynamic analyses,
combined mechanical and thermal analyses, and Fatigue Studies. A module on Mechanica
Best Practices is also included to help users avoid some of the more common problems that
new users encounter. After completing the course, you will be able to run engineering
analyses and optimizations on your product design models. At the end of each module, you
will find a set of review questions to reinforce critical topics from that module.Your instructor
will discuss these with the class. At the end of the course, you will find a course assessment
in Pro/FICIENCY intended to evaluate your understanding of the course as a whole. After
completing the course you will be well prepared to complete Pro/MECHANICA analyses on
product design projects in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire.
 

Prerequisites
Three months of Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire experience

Audience
This course is intended for design engineers and mechanical designers. People in related
roles will also benefit from taking this course.

Topics

• Learning the basic Pro/MECHANICA Analysis Process
• Theory and Mechanica Model Topics
• Exploring Results
• Materials and Material Properties
• Understanding and Using Pro/MECHANICA idealizations
• Understanding and Using Structural Loads
• Understanding and Using Structural Constraints
• Running Structural Analyses
• Running Thermal Analyses
• Convergence
• Analyzing Assemblies with Pro/MECHANICA
• Completing Design and Sensitivity Studies
• Running Optimization Studies
• Advanced Topics
• Analysis Best Practices
• Analysis Projects