Flatten the Airbag

Use the Flatten tool to flatten the airbag.

Before performing a given fold, it may be better to flatten the airbag, like a real operator would do with a real airbag.

  1. From the Airbag ribbon, click the Flatten tool.
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  2. On the guide bar, click .
    • Folds Directory: The location where the results of the run are written.
  3. On the guide bar, click Components.
  4. Select the airbag components.
  5. Set advanced selections as necessary by clicking on the guide bar.
  6. On the guide bar, click Export to generate the pre-simulation deck.
  7. At the end of the pre-simulation run, click the satellite icon to load the new positions from the resulting .h3d file.