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Assign a silicon material to chips, capacitors, and a transformer 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.
00:12
This includes assigning materials to model parts, such as assigning a material of silicon to chips, capacitors, and a transformer.
00:21
To start, press CTRL and middle click the Air part to hide it.
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Left-click to select the seven computer chips, located on the same PCB.
00:30
Note that you need to hide the heat sink to select the larger chip.
00:34
Next, select the two capacitors and the transformer.
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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 Silicon.
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Click Apply.
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Autodesk CFD also has a compact thermal material that uses a two-resistor model
01:09
to simulate the thermal performance of integrated circuits.
01:12
However, silicon is used here for simplicity.
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To verify that the silicon material is properly assigned, in the Design Study Bar, confirm the material assignment for the Silicon parts.
01:25
Then, in the graphics window, ensure that the color of the seven computer chips, two transistors,
01:31
and one transformer now matches the Silicon color in the legend.
01:36
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, such as assigning a material of silicon to chips, capacitors, and a transformer.
00:21
To start, press CTRL and middle click the Air part to hide it.
00:25
Left-click to select the seven computer chips, located on the same PCB.
00:30
Note that you need to hide the heat sink to select the larger chip.
00:34
Next, select the two capacitors and the transformer.
00:38
Then, on the ribbon, in the Setup tab, Materials panel, click Edit.
00:44
The Materials quick edit dialog opens, where you can select the material type.
00:49
For this example, under Property settings, click the Type value to expand the drop-down, and select Solid.
00:57
Next, expand the Name drop-down and select Silicon.
01:01
Click Apply.
01:03
Autodesk CFD also has a compact thermal material that uses a two-resistor model
01:09
to simulate the thermal performance of integrated circuits.
01:12
However, silicon is used here for simplicity.
01:16
To verify that the silicon material is properly assigned, in the Design Study Bar, confirm the material assignment for the Silicon parts.
01:25
Then, in the graphics window, ensure that the color of the seven computer chips, two transistors,
01:31
and one transformer now matches the Silicon color in the legend.
01:36
With this material assigned, you are ready to move on to the next step of preparing your model for a CFD simulation.