Property Assignment
Properties define various physical and mathematical characteristics of parts such as sheet metal, extruded, and simplified representations of parts. The assignment and unassignment of properties have a specific set of rules based on the solver interface being used.
Solver interfaces allowing for the indirect (components) and direct (elements)
assignment:
- OptiStruct
- Nastran
- Abaqus
- EXODUS
Note: If a property is directly assigned to an element, that property takes
priority over any indirect property assigned to the component that the element
may be contained within.
Solver interfaces allowing for only indirect (component) assignment:
- LS-DYNA
- Radioss
- ANSYS
- Permas
- Feko
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From the Model ribbon, Properties tool group, click the
Assign Properties tool.
Figure 1. 
- Optional:
On the guide bar, click
to enable selection filtering.
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Assign or unassign properties.
Option Description Assign - Select a property to assign using the first selector.
- Using the second selector, select the components or elements to be assigned the property.
- Click one of the following:
– Assign the property and
remain in the tool
– Assign the property and
exit the tool
– Exit the tool without
assigning
Both selectors need to be populated to for the assign action buttons to be active.
Unassign - Using the second selector, select components or elements that have a property assigned to them.
- Click one of the following:
– Unassign the property and
remain in the tool- – Unassign the property and
exit the tool
- – Exit the tool without
unassigning
Only the second selector can be populated to perform an unassignment.