Editing Boundaries, Excitations and Other Assignments
This topic describes the features available for verifying boundaries, excitations, contacts, or initial temperatures after they have been assigned, renaming them or changing other properties. It also covers changing the scope of the assignment (that is, the faces or objects to which a boundary, excitation, contact, or initial temperature is assigned).
To Rename or Change Properties of a Boundary, Excitation, Contact, or Initial Temperature
You can change the Name or other properties using one of the following four methods:
- Select the boundary, excitation, contact, or initial temperature in the Project Manager to display its properties in the docked Properties window. Then, type a new Name or other property in the Value column and press Enter.
- Double-click the boundary, excitation, contact, or initial temperature in the Project Manager or right-click it and choose Properties from the shortcut menu. Then, change the Name or other properties in the dialog box that appears and click OK.
- For renaming only: Click the boundary, excitation, contact, or initial temperature in the Project Manager to select it. Then, press F2, type the new name, and press Enter.
- For renaming only: Right-click the boundary, excitation, contact, or initial temperature in the Project Manager and choose Rename from the shortcut menu. Then, type the new name and press Enter.
To Verify or Change the Scope of a Boundary, Excitation, Contact, or Initial Temperature
To verify or change the assignment faces or objects, use the following commands. These commands are available from the shortcut menu that appears when you right-click a boundary, excitation, contact, or initial temperature in the Project Manager:
- Select Assignment: Selects the currently assigned faces or objects (for verification purposes or in preparation for another operation).
- Reassign: Replaces the previously specified assignment faces or objects with the currently selected entities.
- Add to Assignment: Adds the currently selected faces or objects to the previous assignment set, expanding the scope of the assignment.
- Remove from Assignment: Removes the currently selected faces or objects from the previous assignment set, reducing the scope of the assignment.
In certain cases, faces or objects may both be applicable to a boundary or excitation. For example, you can apply thermal convection boundaries or thermal heat flux excitations to faces and objects. In the latter case, the boundary or excitation is applied to all faces of the selected objects.
The Remove from Assignment command is only applicable when the selected entities are of the same type as the original assignment. For example, if you apply a thermal convection boundary to an object, you cannot remove any faces from the assignment to exclude them. In this case, you would have to select all desired convection faces and use the Reassign command.