Study Toolbar

The ribbon toolbar (Windows) and the contextual toolbar (macOS and Linux) contains many of the common features and actions required to work with studies and solvers.


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

Table 2-12: the Study Toolbar
Button or Menu	Name	Options Description or Options	Link to more Information
Study
	Compute1	Compute the selected study.	Computing a Solution
	Select Study1	See a list of all available studies in Table 20-2.	Study and Study Step Types
	Add Study1	Open the Add Study window to add a study to the current model component.	The Add Study Window
	Continue	Continue the computation of a solver sequence from the last computed feature.	The Progress Window
	Update Solution	Update the solution using the current values of parameters and user-defined variables.	Updating a Solution
	Get Initial Value	Generate a solution using the initial values of the dependent variables (without solving for the dependent variables).	Computing the Initial Values
Solver
	Show Default Solver	Display the nodes in the solver sequences that are created by default.	Show Default Solver
Study Step
	Study Steps	See lists of all available study types and study steps in Table 20-2 and Table 20-3.	The Add Study Window and The Relationship Between Study Steps and Solver Configurations
	Parametric Sweep	Choose Parametric Sweep or Optimization, for example.	Study Extension Steps and Advanced Study Extension Steps
	Function Sweep	Run a function sweep, switching between different user-defined functions.	Function Sweep
	Material Sweep	Run a material sweep, switching between different materials.	Material Sweep
	Combine Solutions	Combine solutions using concatenation or summation, or by removing solutions.	Combine Solutions
	Study Reference	Add a study step that refers to another study.	Study Reference
	Optimization	Perform an optimization study. This is available with the addition of the Optimization Module.	See the Optimization Module User’s Guide.
	Parameter Estimation	Perform a parameter estimation study. This is available with the addition of the Optimization Module.	See the Optimization Module User’s Guide.
Operations
	Create Solution Copy	Make a copy of a solution.	Solution Operation Nodes and Solvers
Evaluate
	Statistics	Display statistics for the study, including the number of degrees of freedom (DOFs).	The Statistics Page
Clear
	Clear Solutions	Clear the solutions in the current solver sequence.	Clearing Sequences and Deleting Sequences or Nodes
	Clear All Solutions	Clear all solutions.	Clearing Sequences and Deleting Sequences or Nodes
1 For cross-platform users, this option is available from a different toolbar or menu. See Cross Platform (macOS and Linux) Toolbars and Menus.