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AutoFEM Analysis Copying Studies | |
The system allows the user to copy a study to quickly create a new study which will inherit all or some properties of the original study. User can change the type of finite element study of the copy and, therefore, save a lot of time on defining boundary conditions and etc. For example, the user can solve static analysis study, then copy it, change its type on "buckling" and solve again with the same boundary conditions.
The command is available from the contextual menu on the study in the tree of studies.
The following dialogue box appears after initiating the command:
The user can manually assign a name of the copy if the option " Name of the duplicate study" is activated. Otherwise the new study automatically obtains standard name with a next sequential number.
There are two available modes to copy the finite element mesh of the original study.
Create a new independent copy of the finite element mesh (default mode). It this case, each study (original and its copy) will have an independent finite element mesh. The user can recreate or edit mesh in the copy of original study to get other calculation results. This mode is often used to carry out several calculations with the different mesh size to confirm the convergence of finite element solution to stable value.
Use common finite element mesh for original study and its copy. In this case, the original study and its copy have a common (single) finite element mesh. Changing parameters of the mesh influences on both studies simultaneously and immediately. This mode is useful for combined calculations, for instance, when the results of thermal study must be transferred to static study and finite element meshes must coincide. To destroy the link between meshes, delete the mesh in desirable study and anew create it.
If the original study has already been solved, the user is able to set the mode of copying all results of the original studies into its copy. This mode is useful, for example, when we want to recalculate stresses of the solved static study and compare them with the original result.