Setting Icepak Options

To set Icepak options:

  1. Click Tools>Options>General Options to display the Options dialog box. Select the Icepak entry in the hierarchical window, and press the + sign to show the choices under Icepak.
  2. Under General options, select or clear the following check boxes:

When this is checked, the global region, which represents the computational domain, is automatically created when an Icepak design is inserted into a project. The region's padding can be edited in the Properties window.

Checking this saves disk space.

Checking this uses more disk space.

When this is checked, inactive objects defined in the Classic Icepak project are imported and placed in a separate design named with the suffix "_inactive."

  1. Under Thermal, select or clear the following check boxes and settings:

When this is checked, the creation of boundaries and native 3D components uses a Wizard to guide you through the process. When this is not checked, the creation of boundaries and native 3D components displays a dialog with tabs for different kinds of information.

When this is checked, you can duplicate a boundary or excitation when its geometry is pasted or duplicated. See Duplicating Boundaries and Excitations with Geometry.

When this is checked, boundaries on geometries are displayed. Unchecking this turns off boundary visualization, and speeds up the display for complex models.

  1. Under Solution Type, you can set the default solution type options when you initially insert a project.
    • Temperature and Flow: for solving the energy equation for the temperature distribution together with the flow equations.
    • Temperature Only: for solving the energy equation for the temperature distribution only.
    • Flow Only: for solving the problem for flow only.