HFSS15: Modeler Options: Operation Tab

These options are set on the Operation tab of the Modeler Options dialog box.

1. By default, the modeler deletes tool objects when performing tasks such as Uniting, Subtracting, or Intersecting objects. You may specify that the modeler makes a copy (clone) of the tool object before the operation, keeping the object for subsequent operations. To specify when to clone tool objects, select or clear the following check boxes in the Clone section:

• Clone tool objects before uniting

• Clone tool objects before subtracting

• Clone tool options before intersecting

• Clone tool objects before imprinting

• Clone tool objects before projecting

2. In the Coordinate System section, select or clear the Automatically switch to face coordinate system check box.

By default, the modeler operates within the user selected coordinate system. If this option is enabled, you can select a face and when a new object creation is started, the modeler first creates a face coordinate system consistent with the selected face and the new object is created within the face coordinate system. With this selection, unchecked, you must manually create a Face Coordinate System before creating an object related to it.

3. In the Polyline section, select or clear the Automatically cover closed polylines check box.

By default, surface objects created with the Polyline command will be created with a cover so that they become sheet objects. You can choose to leave the polyline as an uncovered object to perform further operations prior to creating a sheet object

• If checked, closed polylines become sheet objects, and are listed as such in the History tree.

• If not checked, closed polylines are listed under lines in the History tree.

4. For the Model Edit section, select or clear Delete invalid objects created during split operation.

• If checked, the modeler deletes invalid objects created during split operation.

• If not checked, invalid objects can be created. Validation issues warnings.

In the Model Edit section, select or clear Automatically imprint wrapped sheets.

5. For the Select last command on object select option:

• If checked, the history tree is expanded after operations on object properties, even if the tree is collapsed for the item.

• If not checked, when you select an object in 3D view, only the object selected, and current tree collapse/expand state is preserved

6. For the Expand history tree on object select option:

• If checked, selecting an object automatically opens the history tree.

• If not checked, the history tree does not open on object selection. This can be useful for speeding the display of multiple object selections, or complex objects.

7. UDM/UDP computation for Optimetrics Analysis

Options are:

• Engine computes the geometry

• Desktop computes the geometry

Geometry computation with CAD Integration (dynamic links) and geometry sharing in ANSYS Workbench is always by Desktop.