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Applies to 2025.0 Update and later

 
 

*DCTL: perform *DCTR control in a line-shaped region

Optimize for the localized maximum temperature in a line-shaped region instead of a global maximum

*DCTL

r1, r2

  • r1: distance (mm)
  • r2: depth multiplier (unitless)

Instead of optimizing for the global maximum temperature, as with *DCTR alone, adding the *DCTL card in conjunction with *DCTR optimizes for the localized maximum temperature in a line-shaped region within a distance r1 of the next heat source line offset by a depth of r2 times the next heat source's radius.

*DCTL has no effect by itself and must be combined with *DCTR.

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