CIVA tips
CIVA is a powerful and easy to use tool, but discovering all of its numerous possibilities may take you some time. That is why we offer you here all the CIVA Tips we published in our Newsletters, to help you master it faster!
Internal and external counterbore slopes around a parametric weld in CIVA UT
May 2025
It is now possible in CIVA UT to parametrically define counterbore / skidding slopes on internal and external walls around...
Noise addition in post-processing
November 2024
CIVA allows for the addition of background noise to simulated results by using a simple post-processing operation. This type of...
Temperature gradient in the wedge
September 2024
It is possible in CIVA to take a temperature variation in the wedge into account. This variation of temperature is...
Link parameters during parametric studies
July 2024
In the frame of development, expertise or qualification processes in NDT, parametric studies will be necessary to study the impact...
Flexible wedge
May 2024
CIVA provides the capability to model ultrasonic probes equipped with flexible wedges. This technology is based on a flexible membrane...
Import of 3D CAD files into CIVA RT/CT: Volume loading order
March 2024
3D CAD parts can be loaded into CIVA RT/CT. When volumes are nested within each other, care must be taken...
Complex components in CIVA SHM
January 2024
The SHM module of CIVA 2023 enables the simulation of the monitoring by Guided Waves of more complex specimen shapes...
Define tilted flaws in Civa ET
November 2023
In CIVA ET Inspection Simulation (3D) module, there are some limitations on the flaw orientation when using canonical geometries (plates,...
UT pre-processing in parametric study
September 2023
The “Computation options” tab of the “Variation” panel in the model of a parametric study includes a list of pre-processing...
SuperBatch
July 2023
The Batch Manager has evolved since CIVA 2023. However, the final objective remains the same: to launch a series of...