Physics Toolbar

Once physics interfaces are added to the model, the ribbon toolbar (Windows) and the contextual toolbar (macOS 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 2-12: 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
	Add Multiphysics	Open the Add Multiphysics window to add applicable multiphysics couplings to the current component.	The Add Multiphysics Window
	Insert Physics from Model	Open the Insert Physics dialog box to insert physics interfaces in the current model component from another model file.	Adding and Inserting Physics Interfaces
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.
	Harmonic Perturbation	Click this to add Harmonic Perturbation as a contributing node.	Harmonic Perturbation — Exclusive and Contributing Nodes
Multiphysics
	Multiphysics Couplings	This menu contains any physics features that provide multiphysics couplings likely to be used for the set of physics interfaces added to the Model Builder.	Multiphysics Modeling Workflow and The Multiphysics Branch

Table 2-12: the Physics Toolbar

Button or Menu

Name

Description or Options

Link to more Information

Physics