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Includes a right-click menu with visualization and other options. Output Window - Displays the results of the diagnostics and lists entities with problems.
#TERM FOR AN ITEM A WIZARD USED TO FOCUS MAGIC SERIES#
Diagnostic Button - Clicking on this button will run a series of tests on the model.Most of theses panels contain some or all of the following features. These panels each focus on a specific diagnostic such as invalid topology, small features, blend surfaces, overlapping surfaces, or meshability. The most useful type of ITEM panel is the diagnostic panel. These panels provide useful information for the diagnostics used in other panels. This panel is used to define quality metrics for your model. Another set-up page is the Define Metrics page under the Validate Mesh task. The most prominent set-up panel is the Set-up FEA Model page which is used to define mesh budget, element type, and element size. The Define Boundary Conditions page is an example of this type of panel.ĭefine Boundary Conditions Panel Set-up PanelsĪ set-up panel is used to provide input or set-up options for your model. Clicking on a link from one of these panels will NOT open a new panel, but will open the corresponding control panel. It gives a list of different geometry import/creation options and you just select one of the alternatives.Ī few of the ITEM task panels will provide links to existing control panel topics. The Import Geometry Page shown below is such an example. In other cases, the list of tasks is a presents a list of choices, from which you will only select one option.
As you return to this panel, you may need to run the diagnostics again, and possibly even revisit previous task pages. Each of the tasks with a warning flag should be completed. The Prepare Geometry panel is an example of this case. In that case, you will be returned to the task page after selecting done on each sub-panel where you can select the next task. Sometimes the tasks are designed to be completed in sequential or iterative fashion.
Some ITEM panels provide a list of tasks that link to other ITEM panels. Task panels that link to other ITEM panels However, it does help to be generally familiar with the main types of panels. The item panels are designed to be self-explanatory, with plenty of documentation on each page, and access to more help if needed. But in most cases, clicking the "Done" button works like a "Back" button. There is no "Back" button on the ITEM interface. To proceed through the ITEM panels you must either click on a task or click on the "Done" button at the bottom of each page. This document can be accessed from any of the ITEM panels. The second link opens the main ITEM documentation which describes each process in the ITEM mesh generation process in detail. This page is only accessible from the main task page.
#TERM FOR AN ITEM A WIZARD USED TO FOCUS MAGIC HOW TO#
The first link will open this document which describes the general ITEM process and how to use the panels. There are two help links at the bottom of the main task page. For example, if you are on the mesh generation page, and you click on the prepare geometry section, it will take you to the last page you visited in the prepare geometry section.
For your convenience, if you do click on one of the task buttons from a different panel, it will take you to the last visited panel in that section. Many meshing tasks require an iterative approach to the mesh generation process. To get to the main task page, click on the Task icon on the sidebar during any step in the process. It is acceptable to jump to different tasks during the process, although beginning users may just want to follow the steps in order. The icons in the sidebar are available from any of the ITEM panels. The main item tasks are shown both in the text window, and also along the sidebar. To access this page, click on the "wizard hat" icon from the Power Tools window. But ITEM is also flexible enough to accomodate advanced users who want to use a more iterative approach, or who just want to use ITEM for a specific tool or panel. ITEM was designed to provide a step-by-step set of tools to help new users generate a mesh with very little previous knowledge of the CUBIT program. The Immersive Topology Environment for Meshing (ITEM) is a wizard-like environment that guides the user through the mesh generation process from geometry definition to export. Documentation How to Use the ITEM Wizard The ITEM Workflow