21 - 5.2   Group Zones by Time Step Dialog

The Group Zones by Time Step dialog allows you to enter a sequence of solution time levels into the Unsteady Flow dialog more easily than manually entering each time level.

• Starting Zone - Enter the first zone of your solution data that you wish to be included in the grouping operation.

• Ending Zone - Enter the final zone of your solution data that you wish to be included in the grouping operation.

• # Zones per Level - Enter how many zones represent each solution time level.

• Starting Time - Enter the solution time which will be assigned to the first zone or group of zones identified in this operation.

• Time Step - Enter the time step of your solution. The solution time of each time level will be calculated by adding this time step to the previous time level's solution time.

• Add to List - Toggle-on to add all time levels identified by this operation to any time levels which already exist. If the time calculated for any of the new levels already exists in the list, this will generate an error.

• Replace List - Toggle-onto replace any time levels in the list with the time levels identified in this operation.

21 - 5.3   Parsing Zone Names for Solution Time

If the names of your solution zones contain the solution time they represent, you may automatically enter all time levels by parsing the zone names for these times. Zones of the same solution time will be grouped together. The times must be preceded in the zone name by some identifiable text, such as "Time=." Enter this text (without quotes) in the text field, then select Parse.