Drag and Drop Functionality
Once you have defined a study, you can use drag and drop to help you
define subsequent studies quickly and efficiently. Drag and drop are similar
to copy and paste. In the Simulation study tree, select the items you
want to copy and drag them to the desired Simulation study tab.
Drag and Drop Rules
You can drag and drop (or copy and paste) materials,
loads, fixtures, connections, mesh control, and results. You can drag
and drop folders (including all items inside), a single item, or a group
of items.
To avoid invalid input, you can drop items and
folders to valid destinations only. While dragging an item, a group of
items or folder, only the valid destinations in the Simulation study tree
will highlight. For example you can drag and drop material folders and
items from any study to any other study, but you cannot drag and drop
External Loads or Fixtures folders or items from a thermal study to a
structural study (static, frequency, or buckling) or vice versa.
NOTES
Although temperatures are valid for both thermal
and structural, the program will not let you drag and drop temperatures
from a thermal study to a structural study or vice versa.
You can only drag and drop result folders and
items from one study to another study of the same type. For example, when
you drag a Stress Plot icon from a static study and move it over the Simulation
study tabs, only static studies will allow dropping. This table
summarizes these rules.