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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">FEM options</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Use the FEM Options dialog box to set up basic options for exporting an FE Model from PCB.xchange.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">See <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('pcb/xu_write_fe_model.html');return(false);"> Writing an FE Model for Thermal Analysis</a> for more information.
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      <p class="para_topic">To modify the FEM options, choose <b class="uiTerm">Thermal Analisys</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">FEM Options</b>.
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Write Boundary Conditions To</b> specifies whether you want to export only thermal boundary conditions or both thermal and flow boundary conditions. If you select None, only the mesh is created, with no boundary conditions. 
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            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Analysis Part Name</b> is where you specify the name of the FE model that PCB.xchange creates when you export the FE Model. The FE model is exported to a Universal file (.unv) format. 
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            <p class="para_item">The  <b class="uiTerm">Mesh</b> option specifies whether both board and components are meshed, or just the board.
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