Time Step dialog box (Nastran)

Name and Description
Name	Defines the time step's name.
Label	Specifies a unique numerical identifier for the time step.
Description	Enter a brief description for the time step or click to open a text editor where you can enter a longer description.
Time Step Interval
Number of Time Steps	Ni field in the TSTEP bulk data entry.Defines the number of time step intervals at which the software generates a solution.
Time Increment	DTi field in the TSTEP bulk data entry.Specifies the increment between time steps.
Skip Factor for Output	NOi field in the TSTEP bulk data entry.Specifies the interval at which the software saves results for output. For example, if you specify a value of 5, the software saves the results from every fifth time step.

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Time Step dialog box (Nastran), Simcenter 3D 2021.1 Series

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