Interaction of thermal studies with static, nonlinear, or transient thermal studies accommodates dissimilar meshes. After obtaining the temperature distribution from a thermal analysis with certain mesh properties, you can import the temperature data to a static, nonlinear, or transient thermal study with different mesh properties.
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| Coarse mesh for thermal study
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Finer mesh for static study |
The figures show a finer mesh used for a static study that imports the initial temperature results from a thermal study with coarse mesh.