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Local Temperatures and Local and Global Energy Norms
Creo Simulate uses global norms in addition to temperatures and local energy norms to calculate convergence. The global energy norm is the sum of the energy norms of all elements in the model.
The global energy norm error measure is a single scalar value that is proportional to the square root of the estimated error in the global energy norm.
Creo Simulate checks convergence for the global energy norm by extrapolating the global norm of three successive calculations. As a result, global norm convergence considers the rate of convergence. This option provides high accuracy, but can also mean greater computation time.
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