.. _auto_product_definitions:

*DEFINE A PRODUCT AND ITS SPECIFICATIONS*
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Defines a product and its full geometric/structural specifications for downstream material characterization or CAE workflows. Supports uniaxial tensile specimens (with standard coupon types such as E8, A50, A80, ISO-Type3 and key dimensions) and automotive rail assemblies (with node, section, and part ID mappings). Use this worker at the start of a pipeline to lock in product type and associated parameters before extraction or calibration steps.

When to use
-----------

Classification: **process**.

Tagged: ``coupon``, ``dimensions``, ``geometry``, ``keyvalue``, ``mat_specimen``, ``process``, ``product_definition``, ``rail``.

Inputs
------

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   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Default
     - Required
     - Description
   * - Choose Product Type
     - product_type
     - scalar
     - uniaxial
     - 
     - Dropdown selector for the top-level product category; choose 'uniaxial' for tensile coupon workflows or 'rail' for automotive rail assemblies — defaults to 'uniaxial' and drives which detail block is active downstream.
   * - Uniaxial Specimen
     - uniaxial_specimen
     - keyvalue
     - *(complex)*
     - 
     - Key-value block defining all uniaxial coupon parameters: specimen standard (E8/A50/A80/ISO-Type3), node labels (N1, N2), section force label, extensometer length (mm, default 50.0), specimen width (mm, default 12.4), and specimen thickness (mm, default 1.0) — leave at defaults for a standard E8 dog-bone coupon.
   * - Automotive Rail
     - automotive_rail
     - keyvalue
     - *(complex)*
     - 
     - Key-value block defining the automotive rail assembly identifiers: comma-separated node IDs, section IDs, and part IDs used to locate and extract responses from LS-DYNA results — populate these to match the keyword deck entity names.
   * - Automotive Sedan
     - automotive_sedan
     - keyvalue
     - *(complex)*
     - 
     - 

Outputs
-------

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   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Description
   * - product_definitions_output_1
     - product_definitions_output_1
     - keyvalue
     - Key-value record consolidating the resolved product type and its full specification parameters (dimensions, IDs, labels) for consumption by downstream extraction, characterization, or calibration workers.

Disciplines
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- cae.preprocessing.scenario
- engineering.material.characterization
- engineering.material.specimen

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