Setting up units in nCode when importing d3plot

- July 20, 2024 at 10:04 pm
  
  javat33489
  Subscriber
  
  Hi all.
  I imported a d3plot file into nCode to perform a fatigue analysis.
  Do I need to set units in the settings, such as those that were used when calculating in LS-Dyna?
  In LS-Dyna I used the units: GPa, mm, ms. But in the encode settings I can't set the milliseconds. Why?
- July 22, 2024 at 5:13 pm
  
  Chris Quan
  Ansys Employee
  
  Yes, it is true that the majority of ANSYS programs are using seconds as time unit. The system of units should be consistent between nCode and LS-DYNA.
  What are the variables from LS-DYNA you are interested in your nCode analysis?
  If it is stress only, you may still use seconds in your nCode analysis, as long as its stress unit is the same as the one from LS-DYNA.
  - July 22, 2024 at 9:12 pm
    
    javat33489
    Subscriber
    
    Thanks for your reply Sir.
    In drilling tool analysis I am interested in stress and temperature and then fatigue.
    Yes Sir, in LS-Dyna I use GPA and in nCode I also set GPA.
  - July 22, 2024 at 9:20 pm
    
    javat33489
    Subscriber
    
    Sir. Could you answer a few more questions about ncode?
    When calculating in LS-Dyna, the drill drilled through a concrete die 10 mm thick. I received a d3plot file and performed a fatigue analysis in nCode and I got fatigue when drilling 10 mm concrete. Now I want to get tired after drilling 1000 mm of concrete. How to scale the result in nCode and make an analysis at 1000 mm?