Freezing polygon geometry from updates

Because polygon geometry is fully associated to part geometry in the idealized part file, any changes to the master part or idealized part geometry are immediately reflected in the polygon geometry when the modified part is loaded. When this happens, you may lose any manual abstractions or repairs to the polygon geometry, and the mesh is flagged as Update Pending.

• To prevent changes to the part data from modifying your polygon geometry, in the Simulation Navigator, right-click the FEM node and choose Freeze Model Updates. The FEM’s status is changed to Frozen From Updates, and any changes to the master part or idealized part will not propagate to the polygon geometry.

• To subsequently incorporate changes to the part geometry in your FE model, in the Simulation Navigator, right-click the FEM node and choose Unfreeze Model Updates. The polygon geometry immediately updates, and the FEM’s status changes to Update Pending.

For more information about FEM file associativity, see FEM file.

For more information about idealized part file assembly relations to the master part, see Idealized part file and Associative copy techniques for CAE workflows.

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