Initial Temperature

Defines an initial temperature or an initial temperature distribution for use in a Steady-State Thermal or Transient Thermal analysis.

Initial Temperature Object for Steady-State Thermal

Initial Temperature Object for Transient Thermal

Object Properties

The Details pane for this for this object includes the following properties.

Category	Properties/Options/Descriptions
Definition	Initial Temperature: For a Steady-State Thermal analysis, this property is read-only and is set to Uniform Temperature. For a Transient Thermal analysis, the options include Uniform Temperature (default) or Non-Uniform Temperature. Initial Temperature Value: Displays when you set the Initial Temperature property to Uniform Temperature. The default value is 22° C (or 71.6° F). Initial Temperature Environment: You use this property to specify the upstream thermal analysis you wish to link to current analysis. The application uses the temperature result from the selected thermal analysis in current analysis as the initial temperature. Time: Displays when you set the Initial Temperature property to Non-Uniform Temperature. Enter the time from the selected thermal analysis that you want to use as the starting point to begin your current thermal analysis. The default value is End Time.

Valid Parent Tree Objects: Steady-State Thermal or Transient Thermal analysis environment.
Valid Child Tree Objects: Comment, Figure, and Image.

Appears by default for a steady-state thermal analysis or a transient thermal analysis.

Relevant right-click options for this object are in the common right-click options list.

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

See the following sections for more information: