Settings dialog
To access this dialog from within an open study, click 
(Simulation workspace > Setup tab > Manage panel > Settings).
At the top of the dialog, you see the Study Type that is currently selected. You can change the study type using the drop-down arrow. In the left panel are different tab options that you click on to select them. By default, the General tab is selected. In the right panel are the options you can set in the open tab.
Note: The options that appear in this dialog depend on the study type that you select, and update automatically as you change study type.
General tab
| Dialog widget | Study Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Name | All | Enter a descriptive name to enable you to distinguish this study from other ones you create. For example, include differences that you're trying to compare between studies. |
| Number of Steps | - Nonlinear static stress, - Quasi-static event simulation |
Allows you to enter the number of steps so the solver can calculate an initial time step size. |
| Default Stress-free Temperature | Thermal Stress | State the temperature at which the part was made to be free of stress. |
| Shape Optimization iteration tolerance | Shape Optimization | Specifies the amount that the shape is allowed to change between iterations. |
| Remove Rigid Body Modes | - Static Stress, - Nonlinear static stress, - Thermal stress, - Shape Optimization |
Automatically eliminates rigid-body (also called free-body) motion during the solution. It eliminates the motion by applying a global acceleration to the model. |
| Global Initial Temperature | Thermal | Sets the initial iterating temperature of all of the parts in the model. Since the solver is steady state this temperature just picks the starting point but does not effect the end result. Choosing a guessed average temperature for the model may improve solve time. |
| Accuracy | Electronics cooling | Used to set a balance between speed and accuracy of the solution. |
| Number of Modes | - Modal Frequencies, - Structural Buckling |
Changes the number of modes or frequencies that are simulated. For Modal Frequencies, the default is 8. For Structural Buckling, technically a mode can be run for each degree of freedom. However, the default of 3 is typically sufficient. |
| Frequency Range [Hz] | Modal Frequencies | Allows you to input the range that the frequencies are in. |
| Compute Preloaded Modes | Modal Frequecies | Allows the defined loads to be accounted for by the solver. |
| Total Event Duration | Dynamic event simulation | The duration of the analysis step. |
| Number of Result Intervals | Dynamic event simulation | The number of intermediate results that are saved during the analysis, and are available for viewing. |
| Number of Result Intervals per Step | Quasi-static event simulation | The number of intermediate results that are saved for each step and are available for viewing. |
Mesh tab
| Dialog widget | Study Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mesh tab | All except Electronics Cooling | The settings and their usage that are available in the Mesh tab are described in this Meshes section. |
Adaptive Mesh Refinement tab
| Dialog widget | Study Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Adaptive Mesh Refinement tab | -Modal Frequencies, - Static Stress, - Thermal, - Thermal Stress |
The settings and their usage that are available in the Adaptive Mesh Refinement tab are described in this Adaptive Mesh Refinement section. |
Damping tab
| Dialog widget | Study Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Damping tab | Dynamic event simulation | The Damping tab is only available for dynamic Event Simulation analyses. - Rayleigh Damping: Changes the damping from being Modal. - Mass Proportional, ALPHA: Mass Factor. - Stiffness Proportional, BETA: Stiffness Factor. |
Results Output tab
| Dialog widget | Study Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Result Output tab | Event simulation | The Result Output tab is only available for Event Simulation analyses. Checking the checkboxes makes the result variables available after solving the analysis. |