Use this procedure when you want to prepare a compressed package of simulation project files, for purposes such as sending a project to a colleague or product support engineer. Several choices are involved in this process:
- Export solver input files, including thermal and mechanical input files (if available) to support running a new simulation
- Export project files, with two further choices:
- Setup only, including geometry, PRM file, TIVUS file, and input files for running a new simulation
- Setup, mesh, and results, which include the complete project, so that running a new simulation is not required
Note: Files in a project can include features of a specific version of
Simulation Utility or the related solver that may not respond as expected in a different version of the product. For best results, import the files into the same product version in which they were created.
To export files
- On the Simulation menu, select Export, and then either Solver Input Files or Project.
- If you selected Project, select whether to include only the Setup files, or Setup, mesh, and results.
The size of the file package before compression is shown in the dialog.
- Note the proposed path to the saved file package, and optionally browse to a different destination by clicking the folder button on the right.
- Click Export.
The ZIP archive is prepared. When finished, the destination folder opens on your desktop.