Features with Solver Settings

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Table 6-2 is an overview of the available features for solver settings.

Table 6-2: Solver Setting Features
Feature	Settings Handled
Adaption	Adaptation subfeature (created by the study step)
Advanced	Advanced general settings
AutoRemesh	Automatically remesh deformed geometries
ControlField	Control fields (a set of control variables)
ControlState	Set of global control variables
Field	Fields (a set of dependent variables)
FullyCoupled	Fully coupled nonlinear solution approach
LowerLimit	Lower limits.
LumpedStep	Lumped steps.
Parametric	Parameter stepping
Previous Solution	Previous solution solvers
Segregated	Segregated nonlinear solution approach
SegregatedStep	Segregated steps
Sensitivity	Sensitivity analysis
StatAcceleration	Stationary acceleration
StopCondition	Stop conditions
TimeAdaption	Time-dependent adaptive mesh refinement
See Linear for the following:
Direct	Direct linear system solvers
DirectPreconditioner	Direct linear system solvers as preconditioners
DomainDecomposition	Domain decomposition solver (Schwarz)
DomainDecompositionSchur	Domain decomposition solver (Schur)
HierarchicalLU	Hierarchical LU linear system preconditioner (for BEM)
IncompleteLU	Incomplete factorization preconditioners
Iterative	Iterative linear system solvers
Jacobi	Jacobi linear system preconditioners
KrylovPreconditioner	Krylov linear system preconditioners
SchurKrylovPreconditioner	Krylov linear system preconditioners for a Schur solver
Multigrid	Multigrid linear system preconditioners
SCGS	SCGS linear system preconditioners
SOR	SOR linear system preconditioners
SORGauge	SOR Gauge linear system preconditioners
SORLine	SOR Line linear system preconditioners
SORVector	SOR Vector linear system preconditioners
SchurLocal	Localized Schur solver
SchurSpLocal	Sparse localized Schur solver
State	Sets of global dependent variables
Vanka	Vanka linear system preconditioners