Theory
A template is a set of starting settings for a type of application: which physics are solved, the gas and its state, the frequency range and the result options, and for each boundary type (inlet, outlet, wall, perforated wall) the boundary condition it starts from. It contains no geometry: after choosing it you open the CAD file, and the settings apply to that model. Patch names come with the CAD, so boundary settings are given per type; every boundary starts from its type's settings and can then be edited on its own.
Nothing in the program depends on which template made a project: the steps, checks and results follow the settings alone, and a project set up by hand with the same values behaves the same. The template's name is kept in the case file for information.
The application templates are starting points, not data from a publication: their temperatures, pressures, blade counts and speed ranges are typical values to be replaced by those of your machine. The ventilated-metamaterial template models one cell with rigid side walls: the acoustics has no periodic or symmetry boundary, so it is the cell in a rigid duct, which equals the periodic array for the plane wave only. Roadmap templates are listed (greyed) only with View > Show roadmap templates.
Save as template stores the open project's settings, without the CAD, in the program's data folder of this computer, and lists it under My templates. The interior point of the mesh is left out (it belongs to the model); for each boundary type the settings of its first boundary (in name order) become the type's settings.
Default and rule
- Default
- Blank project
- Rule
Blank project.
- Source
The program's own settings; every preset value is the default of its field or a typical value for the application.
Valid range the listed templates
Settings only
A template never brings geometry or results, and nothing solves when it is chosen.