Calculation Editor dialog box

Description
Method	Displays the method for the calculation that you are editing.
Show method documentation	Opens a help topic that contains technical information on the method.
Show method diagram	Available when an illustrated description of the method exists.Opens a help topic that contains an illustrated description of the method.
Name	Sets the name for the calculation you are editing.
Show Description	Opens a box where you can enter a description for the calculations that you are creating. This description appears in the Simulation Navigator.To hide the description box, click Hide description .
Sources and Annotation
Sources table	Displays the sources from which you can select. A source is one or more geometric or FE entities. To add a source, click Add a new source . To select a source, select a row. To deselect all the geometric or FE entities from a source, on the Selection tab, in the Action group, choose Deselect All . To deselect a geometric or FE entity from a source, select a row and click Delete selected source . To add new geometric or FE entities to an existing source, select the entities in the graphics window and click Confirm source edit .
Delete selected source	Deletes the source that is selected in the Sources table.
Add a new source	Lets you create a new source.
Type	Appears when you click Add a new source .Specifies the type of geometric or FE entities to select.Additional options appear when you select groups or mesh collectors.
Name	Appears when you click Add a new source .Sets the name that appears in the Sources table.
Select Object	Appears when you click Add a new source or you select an existing source.Lets you select the geometric or FE entities for a source.
Stacked Smart Selector Methods	Appears when you click Add a new source or you select an existing source.Opens the Smart Selector Methods dialog box where you can specify a progression of smart selection filters.For more information, see Smart Selector Methods dialog box.
Abort source edit	Appears when you click Add a new source or you select an existing source.Available when you create or edit a source.Terminates the source creation or edit.
Reset	Appears when you click Add a new source or you select an existing source.Available when you edit a source.Resets the source to the original selection.
Confirm source edit	Appears when you click Add a new source or you select an existing source.Adds the current selection of geometric or FE entities to the Sources table.
Annotation
Create/Edit the annotation for current calculation	Opens the Calculation Annotation dialog box.
Clear/Edit the annotation for current calculation	Available when an annotation exists for the calculation.Deletes the annotation for the calculation.
Inputs
The options that appear on this tab depend on the method of the calculation that you are editing. For technical information on these options, click Show method documentation .Use the boxes that appear on the Description tab to describe the values that you enter on the Inputs tab. To make a box editable, select the corresponding check box .
Load Case Set	Specifies the load case set for the calculation you are editing.
Create a Load Case Set	Opens the Load Case Set Editor dialog box.
Input box options	You can define the parameter with a constant value, expression, or field. You can:Type a constant value directly in the box.Type an expression directly in the box. As you begin to type the expression, tooltips provide hints about valid parameter names. If you type an invalid or incomplete expression, the icon appears next to the box.Click and select from these options:Measure opens a dialog box from which you can measure a physical dimension.Property Extractor opens the Property Extractor dialog box, where you can extract a length or thickness.Laminate Property opens the Laminate Parameter Property dialog box, where you can select laminate properties.Beam Section Property opens the Beam Section Property dialog box, where you can select a section property.Material Property opens the Material Property dialog box, where you can select a material property.Expression opens the Expressions dialog box, where you can select an existing expression or create a new one.For more information about expressions, see Expressions.Function opens the Insert Function dialog box, where you can use the catalog of functions to define an expression.Extended Text opens the Extended Text Entry dialog box, where you can edit expressions.Select Existing Field opens the Fields dialog box, where you can select an existing field.New Field opens the Formula Field or Table Field dialog box, where you can create a formula or table field.
Edit Laminate Extraction	Appears when Composite Plate Buckling Flat Compressive, Composite Plate Buckling Flat Longitudinal Shear Combined, Composite Plate Buckling Flat Shear, or a custom method that has laminate inputs is selected as the method.Opens the Laminate Extraction dialog box where you select the physical property or elements that define the laminate stacking for the composite.
Edit Load Extraction	Opens the Load Extraction dialog box where you select the nodes or elements from which to retrieve results, the type of result to retrieve, how to filter and aggregate the results, and so on that the software uses to obtain the working stress, force, or displacement.
Edit Manual Input	Opens the Manual Input dialog box where you can directly enter a value for the software to use as the working stress, force, or displacement.
Edit Nodal Force Report	Opens the Nodal Force Report Extraction dialog box where you select the nodal force report from which to retrieve results, the type of result to retrieve, how to filter the results, and so on that the software uses to obtain the working load.

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