17. Export simulation results

The identification tag for this tutorial is PDS-AAN.

17.1. Tutorial overview

This tutorial covers:

• Exporting results into a new project

17.2. Exporting results

After a simulation is completed or stopped, the final state of all DObjects in the simulation is saved within the results folder. A new project can be created that begins with the final state (position and velocity for all 6 degrees of freedom) of all DObjects in the previously executed simulation.

Note

• Exporting simulations gives the user the ability to start a simulation in a steady state configuration. The system can be settled to a steady state in an initial simulation and then exported to a new simulation. This will eliminate any transient effects in the exported simulation that take time to settle.

• Open a previously completed simulation in PST. If a previous tutorial has not been completed, input files can be downloaded here.
• Click the Export button in the top “Project” ribbon.
• A new project window will appear. To the right of “Working folder”, click Browse and navigate to the desired working folder.
• Fill in a project name, a project identifier (optional), and a description (optional).
• Click OK.

A new folder will be created in the working directory named with the project name. The folder will contain the exported simulation files.