Definitions Toolbar
The Definitions ribbon toolbar (Windows) and the Definitions contextual toolbar (macOS and Linux) contain many of the common features and actions required to work with features found under the Definitions node in the Model Builder.
For step-by-step instructions and general documentation descriptions, this is the Definitions toolbar.
Table 2-7: the Definitions Toolbar
Button or Menu
Name
Description or Options
Link to more Information
Variables
Local Variables
Add a Variables node under Definitions.
Global Definitions, Geometry, Mesh, and Materials, Predefined and Built-In Variables
Variable Utilities
Add a variable utility such as a matrix variable under Definitions.
Variable Utilities
Functions
Analytic
Add an Analytic function node to define an analytic function.
Analytic
Interpolation
Add an Interpolation function node to define an interpolation function.
Interpolation
Piecewise
Add a Piecewise function node to define a piecewise function.
Piecewise
More Functions
All available Functions (except Analytic, Interpolation, and Piecewise).
Functions
Selections
Explicit
Add an Explicit node under Definitions.
Creating Named Selections and Explicit
Complement
Add a Complement node under Definitions.
Union, Intersection, Difference, and Complement
Adjacent
Add an Adjacent node under Definitions.
Adjacent
Ball/Disk
Add a Ball (3D) or Disk node under Definitions.
Ball, Disk
Box
Add a Box node under Definitions.
Box
Cylinder
Add a Cylinder node under Definitions.
Cylinder
Union
Add a Union node under Definitions.
Union, Intersection, Difference, and Complement
Intersection
Add an Intersection node under Definitions.
Difference
Add a Difference node under Definitions.
Colors
Add, reset, or remove colors for selections.
Selection Colors
Probes
Update Probes
Update all probes.
Probes
Probes
Select an option from the list to add a node under Definitions Table 5-18.
Physics Variables
Mass Properties
Add a Mass Properties node to the current model component.
Mass Properties
Mass Contributions
Add a Mass Contributions node to the current model component (under More Physics Variables).
Mass Contributions
Participation Factors
Add a Participation Factors node to the current model component (under More Physics Variables).
Participation Factors
Response Spectrum
Add a Response Spectrum node to the current model component (under More Physics Variables).
Response Spectrum
Coupling
Nonlocal Couplings
Select an option from the list to add a node under Definitions.
Nonlocal Couplings and Coupling Operators
Pairs
Select an option from the list to add a node under Definitions.
About Identity and Contact Pairs
Coordinate Systems
Coordinate Systems1
Select an option from the list to add a node under Definitions Table 5-17.
Coordinate Systems
Perfectly Matched Layer1
Add a Perfectly Matched Layers node under Definitions.
Perfectly Matched Layer
Infinite Element Domain1
Add an Infinite Element Domain node under Definitions.
Infinite Element Domain
Absorbing Layer1
Add an Absorbing Layer node under Definitions.
Absorbing Layer
Deformed Mesh
 
 
Moving Mesh
Add moving mesh nodes under Definitions.
Moving Mesh Features
Deformed Geometry
Add deformed geometry nodes under Definitions.
Deformed Geometry Features
Optimization
Optimization
Add optimization nodes.
See the documentation for the Optimization Module.
View
View1
Add a View node to the current Component to control the view and lighting in the Graphics window. 3D and 2D.
View (1D and 2D), View (3D), Axis (2D and 2D Axisymmetric) and Axis (1D and 1D Axisymmetric)
1 For cross-platform users (macOS and Linux), the combination of buttons that display is dependent on the toolbar setting. For example, some buttons may not be visible if the Tools>Toolbar Display Mode is set to Normal and the Tools>Toolbar Button Label is set to Show Icon and Text. It also depends on whether you are using a Widescreen or Regular Screen Layout.