Physics Toolbar

Once physics interfaces are added to the model, the ribbon toolbar (Windows) and the contextual toolbar (Mac and Linux) contains many of the common features and actions required to add physics interfaces and features to the Model Builder.


	For interfaces available in 0D, see 0D Component Toolbar.


	For step-by-step instructions and general documentation descriptions, this is the Physics toolbar.

Table 2-10: the Physics Toolbar
Button or Menu	Name	Description or Options	Link to more Information
Physics
—	Various - the physics interface name	Any physics interfaces added to the selected Component are listed. Click to go to the node in the Model Builder and open the Settings window. See Physics Interface Guide.	The Physics Interfaces
	Add Physics	Open the Add Physics window to add physics interfaces to the current component.	The Add Physics Window
Geometric Entity
	Domains	See Table 3-3 for a list of all the icons by space dimension. Available physics features for the physics interface are listed. To add subnodes, however, you need to right-click the parent node. For example, to add a Destination Selection subnode, right-click Periodic Condition.	About Geometric Entities About Selecting Geometric Entities
	Boundaries
	Pairs
	Edges
	Points
	Global
Contextual
—	Attributes	Subnodes that can be added to a main (parent) node. 0D, 1D, 2D, and 3D	For example, Destination Selection (a subnode to Periodic Condition) or Damping (a subnode to Linear Elastic Material). When available, Harmonic Perturbation is added from this menu as an exclusive node. See Harmonic Perturbation — Exclusive and Contributing Nodes
	Load Group	After adding a Load Group to the Global Definitions branch you can activate it in one or more load cases.	Using Load Cases
	Constraint Group	After adding a Constraint Group to the Global Definitions branch you can activate it in one or more load cases.	Using Load Cases
	Harmonic Perturbation	Click this to add Harmonic Perturbation as a contributing node.	Harmonic Perturbation — Exclusive and Contributing Nodes
Multiphysics
	Multiphysics	This menu has available any coupled physics interface features that are likely to be used for a particular set of physics interfaces added to the Model Builder.	Multiphysics Modeling Approaches and The Multiphysics Node