Right-click commands for the pre-test solution process

Pre-Test node commands

The following commands appear when you right-click the pre-test node in the Simulation Navigator.

Icon	Command name	Description
	Edit	Opens the Pre-Test dialog box to let you modify the correlation options.
	Clone	Clones the pre-test solution process.
	Delete	Deletes the pre-test solution process.
	Information	Opens the Information window that lists general information about the pre-test solution process, the normal modes, the sensor selection configurations, and the active sensor set.
	Identify High Displacement DOFs	Opens the High Displacement DOFs dialog box that lets you identify the DOFs with the highest modal displacements over all the target modes for a set of nodes.
	Create Maximum Spread Node Group	Opens the Create Maximum Spread Node Group dialog box that lets you create a group of spatially distributed nodes to define more easily degree-of-freedom (DOF) sets for sensor and exciter candidates.
	Create Test Analysis Solution	Creates a new test analysis solution, which combines mode shapes from an existing normal modes solution with a wireframe.
	Make Active	Appears when the pre-test solution process is not active.Activates the pre-test solution process.
	Make Inactive	Appears when the pre-test solution process is active.Deactivates the pre-test solution process.

Solution Results node commands

The following commands appear when you right-click the Solution Results node under the pre-test node in the Simulation Navigator.

Icon	Command name	Description
	Open	Opens the Post Processing Navigator and loads the results of the selected solution.
	Solve Solution	Activates the work solution and opens the Solve dialog box for the solution.
	Reload	Reloads the results of the selected solution if the solution is modified and the results are pending.
	Ignore Changes	Ignores changes to the solutions. Use this command when you know that the modification to the solution did not modify the results.
	Make Active	Appears when the solution is not active.Activates the solution.

Normal Modes commands

The following commands appear when you right-click the Normal Modes [#] node in the Simulation Navigator.

Icon	Command name	Description
	Correlate	Opens the Correlate dialog box that lets you evaluate and export the Auto-MAC matrix using all components of the mode shapes.
	Information	Opens the Information window that lists general information about the normal modes.

Candidate DOF, Required/Initial DOF, and Sensor DOF nodes commands

The following commands appear when you right-click the Candidate DOF [#] and Required/Initial DOF [#] nodes under the Sensor Selection node and the Sensor DOF [#] and Candidate DOF [#] nodes under the Exciter Selection node in the Simulation Navigator.

Icon	Command name	Description
	Edit	Opens the Select DOFs dialog box that lets you modify the candidate, required, and sensor DOF sets.
	Clear	Deselects all DOF in the DOF set.
	Correlate	Opens the Correlate dialog box that lets you evaluate and export the Auto-MAC matrix using only the mode shape components that correspond to the respective DOF set.
	Initialize from	Opens the Initialize DOF Selection dialog box that lets you copy the DOF from the selection or configuration entity to the selected required/initial DOF, the candidate DOF, or a sensor DOF.
	Information	Opens the Information window that lists all DOFs from the specific DOF set.

Configurations node commands

The following commands appear when you right-click the Configurations [#] nodes in the Simulation Navigator.

Icon	Command name	Description
	New	Appears for the Configurations [#] node under the Sensor Selection node.Opens the Sensor Selection Configuration dialog box that lets you select the number of uniaxial and triaxial sensors.
	New	Appears for the Configurations [#] node under the Exciter Selection node.Opens the Exciter Selection Configuration dialog box that lets you select the settings for the exciter selection algorithm.
	Solve All	Solves all sensor configurations or all exciter configurations.
	Information	Opens the Information window that lists general information about all sensor selection configurations or all exciter selection configurations.

Min-MAC and MODMAC nodes commands

The following commands appear when you right-click the Min-MAC or MODMAC node in the Simulation Navigator.

Icon	Command name	Description
	Edit	Opens the Sensor Selection Configuration dialog box that lets you select the number of uniaxial and triaxial sensors.
	Clone	Clones the sensor selection configuration.
	Delete	Deletes the selected configuration.
	Solve	Solves the selected configuration for the best placement of the uniaxial and triaxial sensors minimizing the off-diagonal values of the MAC or MODMAC matrix.
	Correlate	Opens the Correlate dialog box that lets you evaluate and export the MAC or MODMAC evolution results using only the components at the configuration's active sensor DOFs.
	Generate Matching DOF Set	Generates a DOF Set that matches the sensors' degrees-of-freedom of the selected configuration.
	Export to Excel Spreadsheet	Exports the sensor selection configuration and results to an Excel spreadsheet.
	Export to CSV File	Exports the sensor selection configuration and results to a CSV file.
	Information	Opens the Information window that lists general information about the configuration, the node number for the placement of the uniaxial and triaxial sensors, the active DOFs and their direction, and the extraction order for that sensor.
	Make Active	Appears when the configuration is not active.Activates the selected configuration.

NMIF and DPR nodes commands

The following commands appear when you right-click the NMIF or DPR node in the Simulation Navigator.

Icon	Command name	Description
	Edit	Opens the Exciter Selection Configuration dialog box that lets you define settings for the exciter selection algorithm.
	Clone	Clones the exciter selection configuration.
	Delete	Deletes the selected configuration.
	Solve	Solves the selected NMIF configuration for the best placement of the least number of exciters that excite all the sensors.
	Select Exciters	Appears when the DPR method is used.Solves the selected DPR configuration. After a successful solve, it opens the Select Exciters dialog box that lets you display the DPR matrix and manually select the exciters.
	Generate Matching DOF Set	Generates a DOF set that matches the selected configuration's exciters degrees-of-freedom.
	Information	Opens the Information window that lists the exciter selection configuration information and the exciter set details information. See Exciter set information for more information.
	Make Active	Appears when the configuration is not active.Activates the selected configuration.

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Pre-test solution process commands

Pre-test solution process nodes in the Simulation Navigator

Correlation Details View subpanel (pre-test solution process)

Correlation commands

Correlation nodes in the Simulation Navigator

Right-click commands for the correlation solution process

Correlation Details View subpanel (correlation solution process)

Model update commands

Model update nodes in the Simulation Navigator

Right-click commands for model update nodes

Correlation Detail View subpanel (model update and model update set solution processes)

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