View Manager

Saves and restores different views of the model.

Dummy Positioning Tool

Start …

Starts Process Manager and loads the Pamcrash2G_DummyPos template in preparation for dummy positioning.

DummyPosPanel

Opens the Dummy Positioning panel in and selects incremental positioning.

Update Jt Angles

The initial rotation angles of JOINTs, needed for the dummy positioning, are updated with the relative rotation between the parent and the child system.

This must be done before the dummy is exported.

General tools

Substructure Tool …

Creates and modifies substructures.

RBODY Manager

Displays information about rigid bodies in the model.

Part Info

Displays statistics of a selected part.

Organize Xlinks

Organize LINK-type elements among components.

MASS Manager

Displays information about masses in the model.

Apply Initial Metric

Apply an initial metric to the model.

Prepare Model

By ID

Auto-colors the components. It reorders the components by ID, and displays only the components of the model. This macro is normally used after the FE input of a model.

By Name

Auto-colors the components. It reorders the components by name, and displays only the components of the model. This macro is normally used after the FE input of a model.

Resolve include

Resolve…

Resolves the include files with the INCLU / card recursively.  You must give the original file name and the target file name.

Edit…

Allows you to edit the target file from the Resolve macro.

Show ID ranges

Select Ent…

Displays various options. Make your selections and click OK.  The editor displays the output file that contains the desired information in the format specified in the user interface.

All

Displays the result file containing information related to all the entities of the model.

Dis

Displays information related to the entities currently displayed on the screen. Only the result file is displayed.

Input Fields in the User Interface

Protocol file

Show

Displays the user message box.

Clear

Clears the user message box.

Hmx file

Show

Displays the recent .hmx file for the imported FE input model.

Delete…

Deletes the recent .hmx file for the imported FE input model.

Help file

Define

Define macro lets you define a help file and the required application to open it. This configuration is saved and used by the Show macro to display the help file.

Show

Displays the help file using the configuration created with the Define macro, described above.

Model document

Edit

Opens the Model Documentation card in an editor. You can edit the information and this will be exported while outputting the model.

Overwrite

Overwrites the Model Documentation card from the Imported Documentation card.

Append

Appends the information from Imported Documentation card to the Model Documentation card.

GES …

Helps you manage sets in the model. This macro appears on all Utility sub-menus.

Component Table

Displays components and their associated attributes in an interactive table. This macro appears on all Utility sub-menus.