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Overview

Preprocessing is often the bottleneck in simulation workflows. Getting geometry clean, mesh quality acceptable, and boundary conditions correct can take hours — and a single missed setting can invalidate the entire run. Argus accelerates every stage of preprocessing. It understands your model, applies settings intelligently, and flags issues before you hit Solve. For teams working from published test methods or internal simulation standards, Argus can replicate those setups consistently across every new model.

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What Argus can help with

  • Geometry cleanup — Identify and fix small faces, slivers, gaps, and non-manifold edges that prevent meshing.
  • Material assignment — Apply materials from your library by name or specification, across single bodies or entire assemblies.
  • Contacts and connections — Define bonded, frictional, or no-separation contacts; set up joints, springs, and beams.
  • Mesh — Apply global and local sizing, add refinement zones, sweep-mesh structured regions, and verify mesh quality metrics.
  • Boundary conditions — Apply loads (force, pressure, thermal, fluid) and constraints (fixed support, displacement, symmetry) by describing them in engineering terms.
  • Named selections — Create and manage named selections for scoping BCs, mesh controls, and results.

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Example prompts

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Paper-to-simulation example

One of the most powerful uses of Argus in CAE is converting a published test method or design standard into a ready-to-run simulation — without manually translating every setup step. Scenario: Your team needs to validate a bracket against load cases defined in an internal test protocol (PDF). Normally this means reading the document, cross-referencing it with the CAD geometry, and manually entering every setting. With Argus:
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Describe the test

Share the key parameters from the protocol with Argus in a single prompt:
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Review and adjust

Argus sets up the full model and provides a setup summary. Review it and refine:
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Run and report

Once a setup is correct, Argus can reproduce it on a new geometry in minutes. This is especially valuable for recurring validation studies or teams running the same protocol on multiple design variants.

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Tips for preprocessing prompts

  • State the analysis type first — “Static structural”, “transient thermal”, “steady-state CFD” — it sets the context for all subsequent settings decisions.
  • Use engineering language for loads — “500N force”, “1 MPa pressure”, “fixed support” — Argus translates these into solver-specific inputs.
  • Chain your setup steps — List them in a numbered sequence so Argus confirms each one before moving to the next.
  • Request a setup summary before running — Argus will list all applied materials, contacts, mesh settings, and BCs for you to review before committing to the solve.