Property description documents
Property description is a kind of QuickField document containing material properties, field sources and boundary conditions for specific problem or group of problems. The document consists of labels divided into three groups:
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block labels describe material properties and loads for subregions of the model;
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edge labels assign specific boundary conditions to your model's boundaries;
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vertex labels describe singular sources or constraints applied to points of your model.
Property description documents are specific to types of analysis. Each document occupies separate QuickField window and is stored in a separate disk file. File extensions are also specific to disciplines:
Kind of analysis |
File extension |
DC and transient magnetics |
.dms |
AC magnetics |
.dhe |
Electrostatics |
.des |
DC Conduction |
.dcf |
AC Conduction |
.dec |
Transient electric |
.dtv |
Steady-state and transient heat transfer |
.dht |
Stress analysis |
.dsa |
Normally, you edit these properties in Problem Editor view, but you can open separate window for property description, if, for example, you want to enter data to the material library.
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To create a new property description, click New in the File menu and then select appropriate type of document in the list that appears.
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To open existing document, click Open in the File menu, or use drag and drop features of Windows, or, while working with problem description, double-click the name of associated property description file.
Related Topics
Editing material properties