Use the Component node () to collect nodes that define something specific that are needed in several places, or to group nodes together to avoid long lists of nodes under a feature or property.

To add a Component:

To add a wide variety of features, right-click the Component node or click the buttons on the Component, Model, or Physics Interface toolbars. The available features are described throughout this chapter.

The Settings window has a section to specify parameters.

For information about the Dependencies window’s information about dependencies, see Dependencies.

Specify parameters by filling in the columns Name, Description, and Default expression. Select the Read only check box to prevent Component Links from altering the expression entered in the Default expression field. This is useful when a complicated parameter expression is needed by the component, but the expression is not something that the Component Link should change. Otherwise, a parameter expression can be changed for each component link that uses this component.

From the Loop list, select None (the default), Parameter, or Selection.

Select Parameter to activate looping over the elements of a dependent variable. Enter the Name, Description, and Default expression in the corresponding columns of the table.

Select Selection to activate looping over the selections that was defined by the Component Link. Enter a name for the selection in the Name field.