TopCASTOR
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Application: TopCASTOR
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See also: temperature
Icon access: 
Menu access: Mechanical analysis | Thermal boundary conditions | Reference temperature
Description:
Allows an ambient temperature to be applied as an overall boundary condition, as with thermal analysis data.
General principle:
Enter the intensity of the temperature in a unit that is compatible with degrees Celsius (°C).
Set the symbol for this load somewhere on the screen.
Set the load's annotation text or click on 
.
Specific point(s):
The reference temperature is shown as a small thermometer with a
cube-shaped base in the middle of which the value of the temperature
is displayed.
There can only be a single reference temperature boundary condition
per document.
The reference temperature is put in the "BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
SET" at the time it is created, and can be edited at any time in
the symbolic tree 
.
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