Sample files for use with the examples are available from the Downloads page.
Expand the downloaded ZIP archive into a convenient directory from which to run Local Simulation inside the numbered directories.
This is an example of moving adaptive refinement and coarsening within a layer. Only thermal analysis can be performed with moving adaptivity. No element activation can currently be performed with this option.
A moving heat source of 150 W and 600 mm/s is applied on the top surface of a 4 mm x 4 mm x 12.7 mm substrate made of Inconel 718. A surface convection of 10.d-6 W/((mm2)°C) is applied on the top surface, and the all other faces are insulated. The *ADPM card is used to control the acceptable temperature gradients across an element for coarsening. Increasing this number can result in artificial energy being added into the system. The mesh and laser path are automatically generated using Local Simulation.