Create Global Goals

Allows you to specify global goals for your project.

Procedure

  1. Open the Global Goals  dialog:

    • On the ribbon, click Flow Simulation > Insert > Goals > Global Goals.

    • On the toolbars, click Global Goals on the Flow Simulation Features toolbar.

    • In the menu, select Tools > Flow Simulation > Insert > Global Goals.

    • In the Flow Simulation Analysis tree, right-click the Goals item and select Insert Global Goals.

  2. Under Parameters, select parameters of interest in the Parameter table.

    • For non-integral parameters (e.g. “Static Pressure”, or “Total Pressure”, etc.) you can also select which parameter values, namely, minimum (Min), average (Av), maximum (Max) or bulk average (Bulk av.) will be used as global goals.

      All values are calculated over the entire Computational Domain.

    • For the components of vector parameters (‘Force X’, ‘Force Y’, ‘Force Z’, etc.), select the Coordinate System  in which these goals are calculated.

      By default, the Global Coordinate System is selected.

      You can replace the Global Coordinate System by selecting your coordinate system in the flyout FeatureManager design tree. To create a coordinate system, click Insert > Reference Geometry > Coordinate System.

    Select the Use for Conv. (Use for Convergence Control) check box if you want the goal’s convergence to be included as a condition of finishing the calculation. If you clear this check box, the goal’s convergence is used for information only so the calculation may be stopped before the goal is converged. See “Finishing the Calculation” for details.

  3. In the Name Template box you can specify a template for names of goals that will be created for selected parameters.

    The default template is an abbreviated name of goal’s type (“GG” for Global Goals) followed by <Parameter> and <Number>, where <Parameter> is the goal parameter and <Number> is a sequential number of the goal. When goals are created, <Parameter> is replaced by the goal parameter’s name (e.g. “Av Static Pressure”) and <Number> is replaced by a sequential number of the goal (for example, if the goal named “GG Av Static Pressure 1” already exists, the new goal will be named “GG Av Static Pressure 2” and so on). You can combine these standard elements in any order and add any appropriate characters to the template.

    To add a new standard element to the template, click the Parameter  or Number  button.

  4. Click OK .

    -or-

    Click Keep Visible  before clicking OK  to keep the dialog open and define more global goals.

Results

The new Global Goal items (GG) appear in the Flow Simulation Analysis tree.

To edit the definition of a Global Goal, in the Flow Simulation Analysis tree, double-click the Global Goal item, or right-click the item and select Edit Definition.

Parent Topic: Global Goals