- Unabridged Solution menus list all solution options, regardless of whether it is recommended, or
even possible, for you to use them in the current analysis. (If it is not possible for you to use an option
in the current analysis, the option is listed but is grayed out.) - Abridged Solution menus are simpler. They list only those options that apply to the type of analysis
that you are performing. For example, if you are performing a static analysis, the Modal Cyclic Sym
option does not appear on the abridged Solution menu. Only those options that are valid and/or
recommended for the current analysis type appear.
If you are performing a structural analysis, the abridged Solution menu appears by default when you
enter the solution processor (Main Menu> Solution).
If your analysis is either static or full transient, you can use the options on the menu to complete the
solution phase of your analysis. However, if you select a different analysis type, the default abridged
Solution menu that you see above is replaced by a different Solution menu. The new menu is appro-
priate for the analysis type you select.
All variants of the abridged Solution menu contain an Unabridged Menu option.This option is always
available for you to select in case you prefer using the unabridged menu.
If you perform one analysis and then start a new analysis within the same session, the program (by
default) presents you with the same type of Solution menu that you used for the first analysis. For ex-
ample, if you choose to use the unabridged Solution menu to perform a static analysis and then select
a new buckling analysis, the unabridged Solution menu that is appropriate for buckling analyses appears.
You can toggle between the unabridged and abridged Solution menus at any time during the solution
phase of the analysis by selecting the appropriate menu option (Main Menu> Solution> Unabridged
Menu or Main Menu> Solution> Abridged Menu).
5.4.2. Using the Solution Controls Dialog Box
If you are performing a structural static or full transient analysis, you can use a streamlined solution
interface (called the Solution Controls dialog box) for setting many of your analysis options. The Solution
Controls dialog box consists of five tabbed “pages,” each of which contains a set of related solution
controls. The dialog box is useful for specifying the settings for each load step of a multiple load step
analysis.
As long as you are performing a structural static or full transient analysis, your Solution menu contains
the Sol'n Control option.When you click the Sol'n Control menu item, the Solution Controls dialog
box appears. This dialog box provides you with a single interface for setting analysis and load step
options. See Figure 5.1: Solution Controls Dialog Box (p. 122) for an illustration.
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