Sensors

Sensors are created when you import structural or acoustic test solutions.

In a structural test solution, each test node is a sensor with up to 3 translational degrees of freedom (DOFs): X Axis or DOF1, Y Axis or DOF2, and Z Axis or DOF3. In an acoustic test solution, each test node is a sensor with one scalar pressure DOF.

Three sensors showing the directions of the three translational DOFs

Note:

Because the software does not currently support rotational DOFs for correlation, all rotational DOFs are hidden.

Pressure sensor sphere display

Managing sensors

You can perform the following actions on sensors in a correlation solution process:

• Clone the initially-imported test sensors and sensor sets to modify their DOFs. You cannot modify the initial test sensor set.

• Activate and deactivate DOFs for a specified sensor in the cloned sensor set.

• Specify a positive or negative direction for structural DOFs for a specified sensor in the cloned sensor set.

• Activate the desired sensor set for the correlation solution.

• Create a matching DOF set so that you can use it elsewhere in your Simulation.

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