Output Steps for Thermal Analyses
Use this area on the Output tab to specify a time range, master steps, and the results that you want Creo Simulate to report at selected steps. Output steps serve two purposes:
• to save output data
• to force the time integrator to notice important events, such as times when a heat load jumps suddenly in a transient analysis
If you retain the default option, Automatic Steps within Range, Creo Simulate selects appropriate steps at which to report results. You can specify a time range by entering a minimum and a maximum time. You can select Automatic for the maximum time steps to be automatically selected.
If you select User-defined Output Steps, the following items are visible:
• Number of Master Steps—Specifies the number of master steps at which you want Creo Simulate to report results. Creo Simulate displays the steps in a table with numbered rows. You can specify up to 999 master steps. In general, computation time increases with the number of steps.
• Full results—Allows you to select the steps at which you want to save full temperature and flux results.
• Temp load—Allows you to select the steps at which you want to save data to import as an MEC/T load or temperature field into Structure.
• User-defined Steps—Specifies values for spacing the time steps.
• Space Equally—Evenly spaces the steps. This button is available only if you click the User-defined Steps button.
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—Saves full results and temperature load data for all the steps.
—Saves full results and temperature load data for all the steps.• 
—Does not save full results and temperature load data for any of the steps.
—Does not save full results and temperature load data for any of the steps.Return to Output Options for Thermal Analyses