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It maintains a unidirectional connection, therefore, if they are modified in Discovery, these changes are propagated in Mechanical.<\/p>\n<p>Please refer to the video below to understand how you can use this feature,<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"vidyard_iframe\" title=\"Discovery Smart Update Associativity Transfer (Transfer to Mechanical)\" src=\"\/\/play.vidyard.com\/fzd97kd2onhywHw9QJDAk7.html?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Please refer to the KM regarding Transferring the Discovery simulation to Mechanical (without maintaining the unidirectional connection), mentioned in the video here: <a href=\"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/discovery-transfer-to-mechanical\/\">Discovery: Transfer to Mechanical<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-182049","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-analyses","topic-tag-analysis-transfer","topic-tag-associativity-transfer","topic-tag-boundary-condition-synchronization","topic-tag-boundary-conditions","topic-tag-connection","topic-tag-discovery-model","topic-tag-discovery-simulation","topic-tag-dscodat-file","topic-tag-knowledge-article","topic-tag-linking-models","topic-tag-physics-transfer","topic-tag-smart-update","topic-tag-smart-update-associativity-transfer","topic-tag-transfer-to-mechanical","topic-tag-unidirectional-connection","topic-tag-workbench-mechanical","filter-by-application-ansys-discovery","filter-by-application-discovery","filter-by-application-discovery-explore","filter-by-application-discovery-refine","filter-by-application-mechanical","filter-by-application-workbench-mechanical"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An interesting new feature has been introduced in the 2024R1 release, where you can do a Smart Update Associativity Transfer. 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