In the Feature Component node () you can collect nodes that define something specific that you need in several places, or to group nodes together to avoid long lists of nodes under a feature. You can define or link to the following feature and components from this node:

To add a Feature Component:

To add a variety of features (see above), right-click the Feature Component node or click the buttons on the Home 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 if you do not want to make it possible to alter the content in the Default expression column by links. This can be useful when more complicated parameter expressions are needed by the component, but they are not something that the link should change. Otherwise, a parameter expression can be changed for each component link that uses this component.