Introduction

Field transfer may be required in different contexts and can be performed using different approaches.

1. Transfer within a simulation

   Purpose	Description	Reference
   Apply external parameter fields	Transfers external parameter values to use during the computation	***parameter **from_results_with_transfer
   Transfer material initial state	Transfers initial values of material integrated variables at the start of a finite element computation	***initialize_with_transfer
   Automatic remeshing	Field transfer used with ***auto_remesh to remesh without stopping the simulation. Useful for crack propagation or adaptive meshes	***auto_remesh

2. Transfer independently of a simulation

   Implementation	Description
   ****transfer_fields	Transfers fields from one mesh to another only
   ****fe_transfer	Transfers fields and optionally corrects transferred integrated variables for compatibility with GRAD values (e.g., strain tensor \(\ten\varepsilon\) in small-strain mechanics). May require launching a finite element problem with material model, mesh, and finite element formulation details.