MotionView User's Guide

Outputs Panel

Outputs Panel

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Outputs Panel

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The Outputs panel allows you to define what information is to be placed in the output file when a simulation is run.  Output types include displacements, velocities, accelerations, forces, and quantities computed according to user-defined expressions.

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Outputs panel -  Properties tab

Six types of outputs can be selected from the output option menu: Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration, Force, Expressions, and User-Defined.

hmtoggle_plus1To add an output:
1.From the Project Browser, select the system to which the output is to be added.
2.Right-click on a system folder or an output folder in the Project Browser and select Add > General MDL Entity > Output from the context menu.

OR

-Right-click on an output folder in the Project Browser and select Add Output from the context menu.

OR

-Right-click the Output button entityOutputs-24 on the General MDL toolbar.

The Add Output dialog is displayed.

3.The parent system name is displayed in the System field.
4.Enter a label in the Label: field if you want to use a different label than the default.
5.Enter a variable name in the Variable: field if you want to use a different variable name than the default.
6.Under Type:, select Single or Pair.
7.Enter any notes in the Note: text box.
8.Click Apply.
9.Click OK.

The output is added to the list.