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Analysis sets

Analysis Sets are groups of individual analyses that may be conveniently setup in the user interface. Analysis Sets may contain as many analyses as you wish.

Analysis Sets may be added in your model either by clicking the New Analysis Set button in the upper controls bar, or by right-clicking the folder named Analysis Sets in the Model Browser and further selecting the New Analysis Set item in the pop-up menu.

A primary function of this arrangement is to allow the user to create several analyses which differ from one another only by the wave used. The set of analyses may be created either from several single wave objects or from a wave set.

Note

Once the analyses included in the analysis set are generated, each individual analysis may still be modified by the user (selection of Model Components, calculation parameters, predefined results may all be updated).

The definition of analysis sets is performed from a dialogue which includes the following items:

  • Name: This sets the name of the Analysis Set.

Note

The name of the Analysis Set will be used as prefix for all individual analyses included in the analysis set, in case the Analysis Set is based on common model components (see the General topic for details on Analysis Set types).

  • General: This tab defines the type of Analysis Set that is to be created, i.e. either based on common or distinct structural model components. This further allows selecting series of environmental conditions to be considered along with common structural model components.

  • List of components: This tab is used to select the model components that will be included each individual analysis in the Analysis Set.

  • Edit calculation parameters: The calculation parameters may be defined once for all the analyses. But, afterwards each individual analysis may still be modified by the user.

  • Edit pre-defined results: The results may be defined once for all the analyses. However, afterwards each individual analysis may still be modified by the user.

  • Script files: The script files frame includes an Edit button to edit Python script files. These scripts can be used to modify and adapt the content of LOG files associated with any individual analyses while they are being generated by the user interface through Analysis Sets. The Check button allows reporting syntax errors linked with the content of the scripts. The Help button opens the help system to get details on available Python commands.

  • OK button: After you have finished setting and selecting the parameters to define the Analysis Set, click the 'OK' button to actually generate the analysis set in the Model browser. All the individual analyses are gathered in the Analysis Set subfolder.

  • Cancel button: Clicking this button dismisses the form.

  • Check button: Clicking this buttons allows checking that all model components are linked together as required. As an example, in case a Line is connected to a Floater and the Line is included in the Analysis Set, you then must include the Floater in the Analysis Set. A warning message display, reporting the status of links between model components and missing components when needed.

Warning

The content of every individual analyses that are included in an Analyses Set is automatically reset to its default content as you generate the whole set of LOG and DSS files associated with the Analyses Set. This means that the list of components of every single analyses will be set identical to the list of components defined within the Analyses Set and that all Calculation Parameters (including convergence parameters) of every single analyses will be set identical to the Calculation Parameters defined within the Analyses Set. Individual analyses included in the Analysis Set are indeed automatically re-generated when creating the whole set of LOG and DSS files.