Project

Includes all objects in the Mechanical application and represents the highest level in the object tree. Only one Project can exist per Mechanical session.

Note: In the Outline, this object displays with an asterisk (*) until you save the database/project.

Object Properties

The Details Pane for this object includes the following properties.

Category	Properties/Options/Descriptions
Title Page: You can enter the following information that will appear on the title page of the report.	Author Subject Prepared for
Information: The Mechanical application provides the following information that will appear on the title page of the report.	First Saved Last Saved Product Version
Project data Management	Save Project Before Solution: Saves the entire project immediately before solving (after any required meshing). If the project had never been previously saved, you can now select a location to save a new file. Save Project After Solution: When solving locally, this property enables you to save the project immediately after solving but before postprocessing. If the project had never been previously saved, nothing will be saved. This feature is not supported for background solutions. Note: The default values can be specified in Tools > Options under the Miscellaneous section. The Save Options defaults are applicable only to new projects. These settings will not be changed for existing projects. These properties are not supported if you are using the Workbench System Coupling component system in combination with your Mechanical analysis.

Category

Properties/Options/Descriptions

Title Page: You can enter the following information that will appear on the title page of the report.

Author

Subject

Prepared for

Information: The Mechanical application provides the following information that will appear on the title page of the report.

First Saved

Last Saved

Product Version

Project data Management

Save Project Before Solution: Saves the entire project immediately before solving (after any required meshing). If the project had never been previously saved, you can now select a location to save a new file.

Save Project After Solution: When solving locally, this property enables you to save the project immediately after solving but before postprocessing. If the project had never been previously saved, nothing will be saved. This feature is not supported for background solutions.

Note:

The default values can be specified in Tools > Options under the Miscellaneous section.
The Save Options defaults are applicable only to new projects. These settings will not be changed for existing projects.
These properties are not supported if you are using the Workbench System Coupling component system in combination with your Mechanical analysis.

Tree Dependencies

Valid Parent Tree Objects: None. This object is the highest level in the tree.
Valid Child Tree Objects: Comment and Model.

Insertion Methods

Automatically included in all Mechanical systems.

Right-click Options

In addition to common right-click options, relevant right-click options for this object include:

Solve
Clear Generated Data
Open Project Files Directory: Open the file manager and display the project directory.

API Reference

See the Project section of the ACT API Reference Guide for specific scripting information.