Extra Dimension Link

Use an to include all items defined within an extra dimension defined in the , for example, under the branch (

) as if they were part of the feature containing the link.

To add an , first add a Component, then right-click and add it from the context menu’s submenu.

In the list, choose where to look for a certain property. Available options are:

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. Lets you choose among the extra dimension nodes defined under . Choose the extra dimension node from the list. Click the button (

) to display a quick menu where you can select a source to add in to the list and use it as the current reference. A dialog box will appear and ask for confirmation if there is already a reference exist in the list. Click the button

to move to the referenced node in the list.

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. Lets you choose among the extra dimensions listed in an imported builder file under the External Resources branch. Choose the file from the list. The list contains all extra dimension nodes found in the selected file.

When the source extra dimensions has parameters declared, these are shown in the table. The value in the column changes the parameter value for this particular instance of the link. Other links to the same source extra dimensions can use a different expression. If the source extra dimensions uses a loop parameter, the table appears. Enter the name of the dependent variable in the column.

Choose an option from the list for the attachment selection to use for the linked extra dimension: (the default), , , , , or .

For any choice, except , choose the : (the default), , , , , , , , or .

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For , select an option from the list: , , , , or .

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For or , select an option from the list: , , or .

For, choose the : (the default), , , or . Then define the , and for Difference the . Select options from the list as defined above.

For, choose an option from the list and select options from the list as defined above.

For, choose the : (the default), , , or . Then define the , and, for , the . Select options from the list as defined above. Instead of writing the feature ID of the physics feature to use in the selection, you can also write a path of IDs. The first ID is then the physics ID followed by one or several feature IDs. Regular expressions are accepted to match the IDs against a pattern. If the current entity is a coupling feature, the path syntax also accepts a coupling type instead of the physics ID. The coupling type must be preceded with the multiphysics prefix (mph.) and uses the coupling feature’s selected physics of this coupling type. Here are some examples:

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\w+/FeatureB/Feature[A-C]: Looks for the selections under FeatureB with IDs that start with Feature and end with any of the letters A, B, or C. The interface ID can be any nonempty sequence of word characters.

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mph.TypeA/Feature[A-C]: Looks for selections of features under the interface of coupling type TypeA in a coupling feature. The features must have IDs that start with Feature and end with any of the letters A, B, or C.

It is possible to write the path syntax with a leading slash (/), which will always treat the path as an absolute path starting with the physics interface type or a coupling type. This can be used if you want to use the selection of the physics interface, and then you can type, for example: /typeA, which gets the selection of interface with the given type, whereas /mph.couplingTypeA gets the selection of the interface representing the given coupling type.