Dummy Positioning Tool Start Macro

Once the template is loaded, you will be asked to create a process instance or open an existing process instance. After this step, you could see a task tree defining the process of dummy positioning in Engineering Solutions. You can then traverse through these tasks and position the dummy. Once the dummy is positioned, this position can be saved as a transformation file and can be later applied to the dummy to bring it into this final position without user interaction. The following tasks are listed in the process tree for dummy positioning.

Task Name

Action

Configure Process:

Select either Interactive positioning or Automatic positioning. Depending on the selection, the process tree will change.

Interactive Positioning:

LoadDummy

You are asked for the PAM-CRASH 2G dummy and the positioner file. When the PAM-CRASH 2G dummy is loaded in Engineering Solutions, the pampostohm tool is automatically started and the dummy is prepared for positioning. System collectors, systems, and assemblies are created and nodes are associated with the systems.

LoadNoDummyFiles

Imports other parts of the model, which may be required in order to position the dummy correctly.

SelectJoints

Opens the Dummy panel and displays a list of joints in the model, and allows you to select a joint for viewing the load curves associated with that joint. You can select which curves (x,y,z) should be shown, the updatePlot utility shows the current position of the joint on the load curve by drawing a vertical line. The deletePlot utility deletes the plots created by this tool. If you exit this task without deleting plots, you would need to do that in the delete panel afterwards.

Note:

Only the plots will be deleted, none of the load curves will be deleted from the database.

CreateTransformation

Once finished with the positioning of the dummy, you can save this information into a transformation file.

CreateDocumentation

This enables you to update the model documentation as well as create HTML documentation of the process. You can also select an image to be embedded in the HTML file. A browser can also be selected to display the HTML file. An h3d file is also embedded into the HTML documentation.

ExportFiles

You can save the model as a HyperMesh database as well as in PAM-CRASH 2G format. While exporting in PAM-CRASH 2G format, you have the choice of specifying whether you want to delete the additional entities created by the dummy positioning tool.

Automatic Positioning:

LoadOnlyDummy

Same as LoadDummy.

ExecuteTransformation

You can select a transformation file, which will be executed automatically to position the dummy.

Documentation

Same as CreateDocumentation.

ExportDummy

Same as ExportFiles.

The same transformation file could be applied to different dummies, provided the tree structure remains same.