Viewing the Contents of an Object's Children ............................................................................ 60
Using System Coupling's Graphical User Interface (GUI) ......................................................................... 60
Starting the System Coupling GUI ................................................................................................... 61
Starting the GUI from the Start Menu ........................................................................................ 61
Starting the GUI from the Command Line .................................................................................. 61
System Coupling GUI Components ................................................................................................. 62
System Coupling GUI Messages and Icons ....................................................................................... 67
System Coupling GUI Menus ........................................................................................................... 70
Menu-Bar Menus ...................................................................................................................... 70
Context Menus ......................................................................................................................... 73
Using the System Coupling Command-Line Interface (CLI) ..................................................................... 75
Starting the System Coupling CLI .................................................................................................... 75
Getting Help in the System Coupling CLI ......................................................................................... 76
Preparing for a Coupled Analysis ........................................................................................................... 77
Setting Up a Coupled Analysis Directory Structure ........................................................................... 78
Completing Participant Setups ........................................................................................................ 79
Additional Participant Setup Considerations .................................................................................... 80
Generating Participant Files ............................................................................................................ 81
Creating a Coupled Analysis .................................................................................................................. 81
Adding the Participants .................................................................................................................. 82
Adding a Coupling Interface ........................................................................................................... 83
Adding a Data Transfer .................................................................................................................... 86
Setting Geometry Transformations for Models with Different Orientations ....................................... 88
Modifying Coupled Analysis Settings .................................................................................................... 89
Changing Data Model Settings ........................................................................................................ 89
Frequently Edited Data Model Settings ..................................................................................... 89
Coupling Control ................................................................................................................ 90
Coupling Participant ........................................................................................................... 93
Solution Control ................................................................................................................. 98
Coupling Interface ............................................................................................................ 100
Output Control ................................................................................................................. 101
Changing Data Model Setting Values ....................................................................................... 103
Enabling Expert Settings ............................................................................................................... 104
Requesting Debug Output ............................................................................................................ 104
Running a Coupled Analysis ................................................................................................................ 105
Starting the Solution ..................................................................................................................... 105
Monitoring Solution Progress ........................................................................................................ 106
Common Coupled Analysis Tasks ......................................................................................................... 107
Saving a Coupled Analysis ............................................................................................................. 107
Working with Coupled Analysis Snapshots ................................................................................... 108
Creation of Snapshots ............................................................................................................. 108
Saving a Snapshot .................................................................................................................. 109
Printing a List of Available Snapshots ...................................................................................... 109
Opening a Snapshot ............................................................................................................... 110
Deleting a Snapshot ............................................................................................................... 110
Opening a New Working Directory from the GUI ............................................................................ 111
Reconnecting the GUI to a Running Coupled Solution ................................................................... 111
Prerequisites ........................................................................................................................... 111
Disconnecting from the Running Solution ............................................................................... 112
Reconnecting to the Running Solution .................................................................................... 113
Stopping a Coupled Analysis ......................................................................................................... 114
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System Coupling User's Guide
