SCMS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

VIDYA NAGAR, KARUKUTTY, ERNAKULAM - 683576

(Accredited by NAAC, Approved by AICTE New Delhi, Affiliated to APJ Abdul Kalam
Technological University)

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CONTINUOUS EVALUATION OF EXPERIMENTS

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 INTRODUCTION TO CREO PARAMETRIC

Creo is a feature-based parametric modeling tool. This technique enables the designer
to incorporate his original design intent into the construction of the model.

The word parametric means the geometric definitions of the design, such as
dimensions, can be varied at any time in the design process. Parametric modeling is
accomplished by identifying and creating the key features of the design with the aid of
computer software. The design variables, described in the sketches and features, can be
used to quickly modify/update the design.

TERMS AND DEFINITION IN PRO/E

ENTITYING – An element of selection geometry is called an entity. The entity can be an arc,
line, point, conic and so on.

DIMENSION – It is the measurement of one or more entities.

CONSTRAINS - Constrains are local operations that are preferred on the selected geometry
to make it more accurate in defining the position and size with respect to the other
geometry.

PARAMETER – It is defined as the numeric value or any definition that defines a feature.

RELATION – A relation is an equation that relates two entities.

WEAK DIMENSIONS AND WEAK CONSTRAINS – These are temporary dimensions or

constrains that appear in grey color. They are removed from the sketch without any
confirmation from the user.

STRONG DIMENSIONS AND CONSTRAINS – They are neither removed automatically nor
applied automatically. All the dimensions added manually to the sketch are strong
dimensions.

TOOL BARS IN PRO/ENGINEER

1. File tool bar

2. Datum display tool bar
3. Model display tool bar
4. View tool bar
5. Help tool bar

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SKETCH TOOLS

POINTS – Points are mainly used for dimensioning the vertices that are missing due to
fillets.

LINE – There are different tools which are used for drawing a line by:

1) Creating 2-point line button

2) Creating lines tangent to two entities button
3) Drawing center line using create two points center line button.

RECTANGLE – It is for executing rectangles.

CIRCLE – For drawing a circle, there are four buttons and one button to draw ellipse in the
sketch tool.

ARC – To draw an arc, there are five tool buttons in the sketch tool bar.

DIMENSIONING TOOL – The dimension button is used for normal dimension of the sketch.

TRIM – When creating a design, there are a number of places where we used to remove the
unwanted and extended entities.

MIRROR – Mirror sketched entities button is used to mirror sketched geometries about a
center line.

FILLET – In the sketcher environment, we can create two types of fillets. It is used to join
two entities.

SPLINES – Splines are the curved entities that are passing through an infinite number of
intermediate points. Generally, splines are used to define the outer surface of node. Splines
find applications in automobile and aerospace body designing.

TOOLS USED IN PART MODE

CREATING A PROTRUSION

Protrusion is defined as the process of adding material defined by the sketched section.
There are different options in the insert menu.

1. Extrude tool.
2. Blend tool
3. Revolve tool.
4. Variable selection tool
5. Style tool

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EXTRUDE TOOL

The extrude tool button in the base feature tool bar adds material defined by the sketch
drawn on a sketcher plane. The materials are added in the direction of feature creation. The
option and the tool buttons in the extrude dashboard are used to sketch and specify
creation attributes related to the model. Properties tabs extrude, create a section, or
redefine the existing section button, extrude as solid button, extrude as surface button,
change depth of extrude, remove material and close button.

REVOLVE TOOLS

The revolve tool allows to revolve the sketch section through the specified angle about a
Centre line.

DATUM TOOLS

DATUM PLANE TOOL - Datum planes are used to sketch planes, references for placing hole
and for assembly, for mirroring features, creating a cross section as well as for orientation
of references.

DATUM AXIS TOOL – It acts as a reference for feature creation used in creating datum
plane along with constraint combinations used in placing features. Co axial used to create
radial patterns.

HOLE TOOLS – By using hole tool, we can create three types of holes. There are straight
hole, sketched hole, and standard hole.

ROUND TOOL – The round tool creates a fillet or smooth rounded transition with either a
circular or conic profile between the adjacent surfaces.

RIB TOOL – To create a rib, a sketching plane is selected and geometry for the rib feature is
drawn.

ADVANCED MODELLING TOOLS

SWEEP – Sweep tool extrudes a section along a defined path.

BLEND – It is used to join two or more sections, the transitional faces and their edges so as
to form a continuous feature.

SHELL TOOL – The shell tool sweeps out the material from the mode and the same time
remove the selected aces, leaving behind a thin model with a specified wall thickness.

HELICAL SWEEP – It is used to create a helically swept feature. This defines trajectory,
shape and size of the helix, a pitch value and cross section to create a helical feature.

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ASSEMBLY CONSTRAINTS – Create a component in assembly mode. Add components in
assembly button is used to add parts that are needed to the assembly.

PLACEMENT CONSTRAINTS – Pro/E assumes the constraints and applies them according
to the type of entity selected.

MATE – Mate placement allows making two selected planes datum planes or faces with
respect to each other.

ALIGN – This constraint is used to assemble two components by making the selected faces
or planes coplanar so that the aligned faces of planes are facing in the same direction.

INSERT – It is used to assemble the revolved components.

EXPLODE TOOL – If assembly consists of enormous number of components, some

components are visible and some not visible. The exploded views are a state in which all
components are removed from either actual location so that they are visible. The exploded
state can be created by choosing view > Explode > Edit position > from menu bar.

STARTING CREO 1.0

Choosing the Part module

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Select Template

SELECTING DATUM PLANE

Plane

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 SOLID FEATURES- EXTRUDE, REVOLVE, SWEEP

Determine the Base Solid Feature

Feature option dashboard

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 Extrude base.

SET THESKETCHING PLANE

Setting a Datum Plane

DETERMINE THE PLANE/VIEW

Sketch View

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SKETCHER

Sketch tools

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GEOMETRIC SYMBOLS

Constraints

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APPLY DIMENSIONS

Dimensions given for the first time

MODIFY DIMENSIONS

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 Make quick modifications

SETTING REFERENCES

References used to locate a sketch on a particular face of a Part (See next page)

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References are used to set the edge/surface to locate a rectangular sketch

Finish Sketch!

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SKETCHER FEATURES

Sketcher is a tool for creating two-dimensional figures. These can be either stand-alone
features (Sketched Curves) or as embedded elements that define the cross-sectional shape
of some solid features. The aspects of these figures that must be defined are location, shape,
and size, roughly in that order. The sketching plane where we will create the 2D sketch is
defined or selected first. Then, within Sketcher the location is further specified by selecting
references to existing geometry. You will find the usual drawing tools for lines, arcs, circles,
and so on, to create the shape. Finally, you can specify dimensions and/or alignments to
control the size of the sketch and its relation to existing geometry.

PART/ SOLID MODELING FEATURES

In part modeling we use commands like holes, rounds, shells, these are features that are
created directly on existing solid geometry. They generally always either add (rib) or
remove (hole) material from the solid. Some (round, chamfer, draft) can do either.
Examples are placing a hole on an existing surface, or creating a round on an existing edge
of a part. The third group of buttons, Editing, is used for editing and modifying existing
features.

Here we use the Extrude command to create two types of shaped features (a protrusion
and a cut). The Hole, Round, and Chamfer commands are used to create three engineering
features.

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 1. SKETCH - I
Aim:

To create the 2D model as per the given dimensions in PTC Creo.

Procedure:

1. Open Creo Parametric→ Select ‘New’→ Set Type to Sketch.

2. Use the sketch tools for lines, arcs, circles, and so on, to create the shape.

Result:
The part is sketched to dimension in PTC Creo.

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 2. SKETCH - II
Aim:

To create the 2D model as per the given dimensions in PTC Creo.

Procedure:

1. Open Creo Parametric→ Select ‘New’→ Set Type to Sketch.

2. Draw two concentric circles of diameter 8mm and 10mm.
3. Create a vertical centerline through the center of the circle.
4. Draw a horizontal line of length 12mm, symmetric to the centerline and at a
distance 7 mm below the center of the circles.
5. Draw two vertical lines of length 3mm from the endpoints of the line.
6. Draw tangents to the outer cirlce from these lines.
7. Delete the unwanted lines segments.

Result:
The part is sketched to dimension in PTC Creo.

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 3. SKETCH - III
Aim:

To create the 2D model as per the given dimensions in PTC Creo.

Procedure:

1. Open Creo Parametric→ Select ‘New’→ Set Type to Sketch.

2. Create two mutually perpendicular lines each 50 mm long.
3. Offset these lines by 20 mm.
4. Close the open ends by arcs of radius 10mm.
5. Create two circles of diameter 14 mm concentric to the arcs.

Result:
The part is sketched to dimension in PTC Creo.

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 4. SKETCH - IV
Aim:

To create the 2D model as per the given dimensions in PTC Creo.

Procedure:

1. Open Creo Parametric→ Select ‘New’→ Set Type to Sketch.

2. Draw two concentric circles of diameter 120mm and 180mm respectively at the
center of the sketch window.
3. Draw two concentric cirlces of diameter 55mm and 120 mm, 200mm right to the
previously created circles.
4. Use ‘line tangent’ option to create common tangents to the outer circles.

Result:
The part is sketched to dimension in PTC Creo.

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 5. SKETCH - V
Aim:

To create the 2D model as per the given dimensions in PTC Creo.

Procedure:

1. Open Creo Parametric→ Select ‘New’→ Set Type to Sketch.

2. Use the sketch tools for lines, arcs, circles, and so on, to create the shape.

Result:
The part is sketched to dimension in PTC Creo.

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 6. SKETCH - VI
Aim:

To create the 2D model as per the given dimensions in PTC Creo.

Procedure:

1. Open Creo Parametric→ Select ‘New’→ Set Type to Sketch.

2. Use sketch tools for lines, arcs, circles, and so on, to create the shape.

Result:
The part is sketched to dimension in PTC Creo.

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 7. PART - I

Aim:

To create the 3D model as per the given dimensions and generate the orthographic view in
PTC Creo.

Procedure:

1. Open Creo Parametric→ Select ‘New’→ Set Type to Part.

2. Uncheck ‘Use default template’.
3. Select ‘mmns_part_solid’ in the option list.
4. Select the front plane and click on ‘sketch’.
5. Sketch the flat front face.
6. Exit the sketch window and extrude the sketch symmetrically to 60mm.
7. Select the top face of the extruded part and click on ‘sketch’.

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 8. Create two concentric circles of diameter 22mm and 32mm at a distance 48mm
from the extreme right edge.
9. Exit the sketch window.
10. Extrude the sketch with side 1=40mm and side 2=20mm.
11. Select the top face of the ‘extrude 1’ click on ‘sketch’
12. ‘Project’ the extreme right edge.
13. ‘Project’ the outer edge (circle) of ‘Extrude 2’.
14. Extend tangents to the outer circle from the end pints of the projected edge.
15. Remove unwanted line segments.
16. Exit the sketch window and extrude the sketch to 60mm.
17. Save the Part Drawing.
18. Open Creo Parametric→ Select ‘New’→ Set Type to Drawing.
19. Develop the engineering drawings of the part.

Result:
The part is modeled to dimension and the required drawings were developed in PTC Creo.

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 8. PART - II

Aim:

To create the 3D model as per the given dimensions and generate the orthographic view in
PTC Creo.

Procedure:

1. Open Creo Parametric→ Select ‘New’→ Set Type to Part.

2. Uncheck ‘Use default template’.
3. Select ‘mmns_part_solid’ in the option list.
4. Select the front plane and click on ‘sketch’.
5. Sketch the flat front face.
6. Exit the sketch window and extrude the sketch symmetrically to 72mm.
7. Select the front face of ‘Extrude 1’.
8. Sketch a rectangle 72mm X 6mm at the bottom left corner.
9. Exit the sketch window and extrude the sketch with ‘Remove Material’ to 50mm.

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 10. Select the top face of the ‘Extrude 1’ and click on ‘Sketch’.
11. Draw a circle of diameter 24mm from the extreme right edge.
12. Draw two horizontal tangents to the circle from the right edge.
13. Remove the unwanted line segments.
14. Exit the sketch window and extrude the sketch with ‘Remove Material’ to 25mm.
15. Select ‘Hole’ option from the ‘Engineering’ tab and place a hole of diameter 24mm on
the right vertical face of ‘Extrude 1’.
16. Select the left vertical face of the ‘Extrude 1’ and click on ‘Sketch’.
17. Draw a circle of radius 30mm.
18. Exit the sketch window and extrude it with ‘Remove Material’ to 12mm.
19. Save the Part Drawing.
20. Open Creo Parametric→ Select ‘New’→ Set Type to Drawing.
21. Develop the engineering drawings of the part.

Result:
The part is modeled to dimension and the required drawings were developed in PTC Creo.

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 9. ASSEMBLY - I (FLANGED COUPLING)
Aim:

To create a 3D assembly as per dimensions in PTC Creo 1.0.

Procedure:
1. Shaft:
a. Sketch a circle with specified diameter.
b. Perform extrusion on the sketch using an assumed length.
c. Make the keyway on the shaft using extrude tool with remove material
option.

2. Flange (Male & Female):

a. Sketch the profile of the flange.
b. Perform revolve operation on sketched profile about an axis.
c. Make the keyway on the inner surface of the flange using extrude tool with
remove material option.

3. Hexagonal Bolt:
a. Use palette to obtain the hexagon.
b. Extrude the hexagon to form head of the bolt.
c. Create the shank.
d. Make external thread on the shaft using helical sweep tool.

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 4. Nut:
a. Use palette to obtain the hexagon.
b. Extrude the hexagon to required thickness.
c. Make a hole in the hexagonal block.
d. Create an internal thread using helical sweep tool to form the Nut.

5. Key:
a. Sketch cross-section of the key.
b. Extrude the cross-section to required length.

6. Assembly:
a. Go to assembly module.
b. Insert individual parts.
c. Use proper constraints to assemble the components.

7. Creating the Engineering Drawing:

a. Go to drawing module.
b. Add the created assembly.
c. Create orthographic (first angle) projections of the assembly.

Result:

The part is modeled to dimension and then assembled. The required drawings were
developed in PTC Creo.

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 10. ASSEMBLY - III (SCREW JACK)
Aim: To create an assembly and engineering drawing of the universal joint given below as per
dimensions.

Procedure:

1. Body:
a. Revolve the profile of screw jack body profile as per the dimension provided.

2. Cup:
a. Revolve the profile provided for the cup.
b. Extrude the profile of semicircle and remove material.
c. Pattern the extrude in respective to the axis for the number of four in 900.

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 3. Screw Spindle:
a. Revolve the profile of screw spindle profile as per the dimension provided.
b. Create a through hole using hole option in ISO Format.

4. CSK Screw
a. Revolve the profile for the screw and create a slot on the top side of the
plane.

5. Assembly:
a. Go to assembly module.
b. Insert individual parts.
c. Use proper constraints to assemble the components.

6. Creating the Engineering Drawing:

a. Go to the drawing module.
b. Add the created assembly.
c. Create orthographic (first angle) projections of the assembly.

Result:

The part is modeled to dimension and then assembled. The required drawings were
developed in PTC Creo.

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 11. ANALYSIS - I
Analysis 1

Aim: To perform a static structural analysis using PTC Creo to determine the stress distribution
and deformation of a cantilever beam made of Fe40 steel with a 20mm square cross-section and
length 200mm with a concentrated load of 100N at the free end.

Procedure:

1. Launch PTC Creo 2.0 and create geometry.

2. Define Material Properties: Assign the appropriate material properties to the beam. In this
case, the material is Fe40. Use the tool “Material Assignment” for importing material
data.
3. Apply Load: Apply the load of 100N on the top horizontal edge of the end face. Use the
Force/Moment tool from load tab.
4. Apply gravity: Apply the acceleration due to gravity into the analysis. Use the gravity
tool under loads tab.
5. Apply constraints: Apply the fixed boundary conditions to the end face of the beam.
6. Analysis Setup: Configure the analysis settings. Specify that this is a static analysis and
select the appropriate solver options. Set convergence criteria, such as maximum
iterations and tolerance values, to control the accuracy and convergence of the analysis.
7. Run the Analysis: Run the static structural analysis. The software will solve the equations
and calculate the stress distribution and deformation of the cantilever beam under the
applied load.
8. Analyze Results: Once the analysis is complete, review the results. PTC Creo Simulate
provides various visualization tools to analyze the stress distribution and deformation of
the beam. Examine stress plots, deformation animations, and numerical values at specific
locations of interest.
9. Interpret Results: Interpret the results to understand the behavior of the cantilever beam
under the applied load. Look for areas of high stress concentration, excessive

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 deformation, or potential failure points. Compare the results against design requirements
and safety factors to assess the structural integrity of the beam.
Result:

A static structural analysis was done using PTC Creo and the stress distribution and deformation
of a cantilever beam was obtained.

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 12. ANALYSIS - II
Aim: To perform a static structural analysis using PTC Creo on the machine arm given in figure.
The machine arm is made of Fe40 and acted up on by a concentrated load of 100N at the free
end.

Procedure:

1. Launch PTC Creo 2.0 and create geometry.

2. Define Material Properties: Assign the appropriate material properties to the beam. In this
case, the material is Fe40. Use the tool “Material Assignment” for importing material
data.
3. Apply Load: Apply the load of 100N on the inner face of the hole provided at the free
end in downward direction. Use the Force/Moment tool from load tab.
4. Apply gravity: Apply the acceleration due to gravity into the analysis. Use the gravity
tool under loads tab.
5. Apply constraints: Apply the fixed boundary conditions to the inner surfaces of the holes
on the base plate.
6. Analysis Setup: Configure the analysis settings. Specify that this is a static analysis and
select the appropriate solver options. Set convergence criteria, such as maximum
iterations and tolerance values, to control the accuracy and convergence of the analysis.
7. Run the Analysis: Run the static structural analysis. The software will solve the equations
and calculate the stress distribution and deformation of the cantilever beam under the
applied load.
8. Analyze Results: Once the analysis is complete, review the results. PTC Creo Simulate
provides various visualization tools to analyze the stress distribution and deformation of
the beam. Examine stress plots, deformation animations, and numerical values at specific
locations of interest.
9. Interpret Results: Interpret the results to understand the behavior of the machine arm
under the applied load. Look for areas of high stress concentration, excessive

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 deformation, or potential failure points. Compare the results against design requirements
and safety factors to assess the structural integrity of the beam.
Result:

A static structural analysis on the machine arm using PTC Creo was done.

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 13. ANALYSIS - III
Aim: To perform modal analysis using PTC Creo Simulate on a circular shaft with a diameter of
20mm and a length of 200mm. Find the first four natural frequencies and their mode shapes.
Assume the material to be Fe 40 Steel.

1. Create the Geometry: Start by creating the 3D geometry of the circular shaft. In the
modeling environment, create a cylinder with a diameter of 20mm and a length of
200mm for the shaft.
2. Define Material Properties: Assign the appropriate material properties to the shaft.
3. Apply Gravity Load: Consider the effect of gravity on the shaft by applying a gravity
load. Specify the magnitude and direction of the gravity load based on the orientation of
the shaft.
4. Analysis Setup: Configure the analysis settings for modal analysis. Specify that this is a
modal analysis and select the appropriate solver options. Set the desired number of modes
to extract, in this case, four natural frequencies and their mode shapes.
5. Run the Analysis: Run the modal analysis. The software will solve the eigenvalue
problem to calculate the natural frequencies and corresponding mode shapes of the shaft.
6. Analyze Results: Once the analysis is complete, review the results. PTC Creo Simulate
provides visualization tools to analyze the natural frequencies and mode shapes.
7. Extract Natural Frequencies and Mode Shapes: Extract the first four natural frequencies
and their mode shapes from the results. Note the frequencies and observe the
corresponding mode shapes, which represent the vibration patterns of the shaft at those
frequencies.
8. Interpret Results: Analyze the extracted natural frequencies and mode shapes to gain
insights into the behavior of the shaft. Identify the dominant modes and their frequencies.
Evaluate if any modes fall within critical frequency ranges that could lead to resonance or
structural issues.
Result:

Modal analysis on a circular shaft was done using PTC Creo Simulate.

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 14. ANALYSIS - IV
Aim: To perform a steady state thermal analysis on PTC Creo on the Aluminium alloy block
shown in figure. The heat generation on the bottom surface is 500𝑊𝑊/𝑚𝑚2 . Assume convective
heat transfer coefficient for all vertical walls as 50𝑊𝑊/𝑚𝑚2 𝐾𝐾 and the same for horizontal surface
as 25𝑊𝑊/𝑚𝑚2 𝐾𝐾. Assume an ambient temperature of 300 𝐶𝐶.

1. Create the Geometry: Create the 3D geometry of the aluminum alloy block as shown in
the figure. Ensure that the dimensions and proportions of the block are accurately
represented.
2. Define Material Properties: Assign the appropriate material properties to the aluminum
alloy block.
3. Apply Boundary Conditions: Define the boundary conditions for the thermal analysis.
Apply a heat generation boundary condition of 500W/m^2 on the bottom surface of the
block. Apply convective boundary conditions to the vertical walls and the horizontal
surface with heat transfer coefficients of 50W/m^2 K and 25W/m^2 K, respectively.
These boundary conditions simulate heat transfer to the surroundings.
4. Analysis Setup: Configure the analysis settings for steady-state thermal analysis. Specify
that this is a thermal analysis and select the appropriate solver options. Set convergence
criteria, such as maximum iterations and temperature tolerance values, to control the
accuracy and convergence of the analysis.
5. Run the Analysis: Run the steady-state thermal analysis. The software will solve the heat
transfer equations to calculate the temperature distribution within the aluminum alloy
block.

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6. Analyze Results: Once the analysis is complete, review the results. PTC Creo Simulate
provides visualization tools to analyze the temperature distribution within the block.
Examine temperature plots and numerical values at specific locations of interest.
7. Validate Heat Transfer: Validate the heat transfer within the block by comparing the
temperature distribution against expected thermal behavior. Look for areas of high or low
temperatures, temperature gradients, or potential heat flow paths that may require design
modifications or additional heat dissipation mechanisms.
8. Interpret Results: Interpret the results to understand the steady-state thermal behavior of
the aluminum alloy block. Assess if the temperature distribution is within acceptable
limits for the intended application. Identify potential hotspots or regions that may require
thermal management solutions, such as additional cooling or insulation.
Results:

Steady state thermal analysis on PTC Creo on the Aluminium alloy block was done.

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