A generic QuickPart describes any component that does not correlate to one of the predetermined QuickPart categories.
A 
Generic QuickPart can be of solid, gas, or liquid material
and allows for the specification of a heat source. The color of the generic
QuickPart as it appears in the Graphics window depends on its
material—brown for solids and pale blue for gases and liquids.
The
Electronics Cooling Toolset supports the following simple shape templates:
If none of the built-in generics are suitable, you can define a
Custom generic whose geometry is based on a
Construction Geometry that you specify.
If you have IDF files that contain board and its components' layout definitions, you can import the files (see
Import IFD file action). The
Electronics Cooling Toolset automatically creates a PCB QuickPart for the board and Generic QuickParts for the components.
Generic—Properties
The following properties are common to all types of generics:
| Name
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Specifies the name of the generic under which it is stored in the tree.
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| Geometry
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- Local Origin
- Specifies the position of the generic's local coordinate system. See X_or, Y_or, Z_or in the
Graphics window. It is used for placing the generic in the simulation domain. The following options are available:
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- Bottom Center: Center of the Zmin face.
- Bottom Center of Range Box (IDF import only): Center of the bottom face of the bounding box.
- Bottom Corner 1 (block generic only): Xmin/Ymin/Zmin corner of the block.
- Bottom Corner 2 (block generic only): Xmin/Ymax/Zmin corner of the block.
- Center: Center of the geometry.
- Center of Range Box (IDF import only): Center of the box that bounds the imported geometry.
- Custom: This value appears when you set the local origin interactively within the Graphics window, see
Placing Object Interactively.
- IDF Default Reference (IDF import only): As specified in the IDF file.
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| Placement
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See
Placement properties.
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| Physics
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- Heat Source
- Specifies the total heat that the modeled component generates.
- Material
- Specifies the material of the modeled component. The following options are available:
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- Solid: Allows you to
choose a material from the Solid Sim Materials
that you define in the Setup panel.
If
the Thermal Conductivity property of the
respective material uses the Anisotropic method,
you set the components of the Thermal
Conductivity tensor using the
principal tensor method. See Principal Tensor. The
XX Component, YY
Component, and ZZ
Component are defined with respect to
the axis of the QuickPart's local coordinate
system. See X_or, Y_or, Z_or in the Graphics window.
- Gas: Sets the Default Gas material.
- Liquid: Sets the Default Liquid Material.
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The following geometry properties characterize the various types of generics:
Block—Specific Properties
| Geometry
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- X,
Y,
Z
- Specify the dimensions in x-, y-, and z-direction, in the generic's local coordinate system. See X_or, Y_or, Z_or in the
Graphics window.
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Cylinder—Specific Properties
| Geometry
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- Radius
- Specifies the radius of the cylinder.
- Height
- Specifies the extent of the cylinder from bottom to top.
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Custom—Specific Properties
| Geometry
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- Selected Construction Geometry
- Specifies the
Construction Geometry that describes the geometry of the generic. If you select multiple Construction Geometries when creating a Custom generic, the
Electronics Cooling Toolset automatically creates multiple generics that own the same physics properties.
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IDF Import—Specific Properties
| Geometry
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- Height
- Specifies the thickness
of the imported component.
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