Assign steel material to a valve model

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To prepare for running a valve model 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, steel is assigned to a valve body and a poppet in a valve model.

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To start, left-click the valve body to select it.

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Then, to access the poppet, one at a time, press CTRL while middle clicking the valve body and the flow volume to hide them.

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Left-click the poppet to select it.

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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 Steel.

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Click Apply.

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To verify that the steel material is properly assigned, in the Design Study Bar, confirm the material assignment for the two Steel parts.

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Then, in the graphics window, be sure that the color of the valve body and the poppet now matches the Steel color in the legend.

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Note that to check the coloring of the poppet, you must first hide the valve body and the flow volume.

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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.