Hello everyone,
I have set up a model in PrePoMax which simulates heating, cooling and waiting steps applied to a component (total 11 steps). I want to evaluate the heat gain in the component through the repeat cycles of these 11 steps. At the moment I have duplicated the steps multiple times. Is there a way I can configure the model to repeat all steps a given number of times (say 10 cycles)?
Thank you in advance
This was requested here: New step type - Repeat
Abaqus recently (in version 2025) got such a feature called *STEP CYCLING. So it could be a request for CalculiX as well: https://github.com/Dhondtguido/CalculiX/issues
But currently, you could use amplitudes for custom time variation of loads/BCs.
Thank you for your prompt reply and support! I will evaluate using amplitudes as a solution.
Kind regards,
Sam
In PrePoMax this could be easily added. Before exporting the model to the .inp file, all steps would be duplicated multiple times. But I am wondering if this approach is better than the approach using amplitudes?