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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Analysis Options</b> dialog box lets you define the various parameters and options that are available during the <b class="uiTerm">MetaForm Analysis</b>. The cue message for this dialog box is: <b class="uiTerm">Specify Analysis Options</b>.
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      <div class="title_division">Displacement results</div>
      <p class="para_division">Choose one or more of <b class="uiTerm">Plastic</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Springback</b>, and <b class="uiTerm">Overcrown</b>. You may specify that each result be placed on a different layer.
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      <p class="para_division">The <b class="uiTerm">Plastic</b> displacements are defined as the preliminary results of the forming analysis from the initial to final region boundary.
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      <p class="para_division">The <b class="uiTerm">Springback</b> displacements are defined by the results of the optional linear elastic analysis that may be performed to determine the elastic springback of the region.
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      <p class="para_division"><b class="uiTerm">Overcrown</b> displacements are also optional and are applied as a direct opposite loading condition of the elastic&ndash;springback analysis. This option approximates the overcrown shape that would be required of a forming or stamping die to produce the plastic results in a final state.
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      <p class="para_division">Each of these result options have control to define the desired layer for output. &nbsp;An option is also available to display the region mesh that is used for the desired analysis. For the <b class="uiTerm">Plastic</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Springback</b>, and <b class="uiTerm">Overcrown</b> options, the corresponding <b class="uiTerm">Layer Integer</b> box will not be sensitive if you do not select the option.
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      <div class="title_division">Display region mesh</div>
      <p class="para_division">This option enables display of the finite element mesh as the analysis proceeds.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Hole removal options</div>
      <p class="para_division">The second set of options define whether interior cutouts can be evaluated using a soft&ndash;spring value for the <b class="uiTerm">Modulus of Elasticity</b>. This option is useful when a region boundary contains numerous holes that would otherwise cause too many elements to be generated around their boundaries. When selected, the meshing algorithms will attempt to ignore these interior holes and mesh the region boundary as if they did not exist. The analysis will then apply the assigned minimum modulus value to each node of an element that resides in the domain of each hole in the region boundary. The default value for this minimum modulus will be 10 psi. If you do not select the <b class="uiTerm">Use Minimum Modulus</b> check box, the <b class="uiTerm">Minimum Modulus String</b> check box will not be sensitive.
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      <div class="title_division">Remove holes</div>
      <p class="para_division">If this option is enabled, the meshing process will attempt to traverse a mesh across the boundary edges of holes and cutouts in the region boundary. The value specified for Minimum Modulus will be used for element definitions that span a hole or cutout.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Minimum modulus</div>
      <p class="para_division">Defines a small modulus value to be used when a mesh traverses the boundary of a hole or cutout.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Meshing tolerance</div>
      <p class="para_division">These tolerances are used in generating the finite element mesh on the region boundary. The user&ndash;defined tolerances include, <b class="uiTerm">Chordal</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Angular</b>, and <b class="uiTerm">Linear</b> tolerances.
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      <div class="title_division">Associative output</div>
      <p class="para_division">If this option is enabled, the analysis will update whenever the model becomes out of date. If the option is off, the analysis results will not be associative.</p>
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