Connecting viewports

When you display scenarios in multiple viewports, you can synchronize probes and common selection variables (such as nodes, subcases, panels, and so on) between viewports using the Connect Viewport right-click command. When the viewports are connected, the changes that you make in the plot of one viewport are reflected in the other viewport plots depending on the type of plot and data. For example, you can connect viewports that contain XY plots from both the XY Function Navigator and post-processing scenarios by using the help lines in Probing mode.

You can include or exclude a viewport to synchronize. After you select the viewports to synchronize, you cannot change the viewports that are synchronized. When you want to stop synchronizing the viewports you must turn off the Viewport Connect command for each viewport

You can synchronize viewports that contain any combination of post-processing scenarios and XY plots plotted from the XY Function Navigator.

Synchronizing with an order probe

This example shows synchronizing an order probe between a color map that is created from the Function Plots scenario with an XY plot that is created from the Waterfall to Order-Cut scenario.

In this example, the two viewports that show pressure results are synchronized. Dragging the order probe on the color map updates the XY plot accordingly.

Synchronizing a color bar, an XY plot, and a 3D post view

This example shows synchronizing a color bar, an XY plot, and a 3D post view by clicking the bars on the color bar plot. The plots in the other synchronized viewports update accordingly.

Note:

For a color bar plot, this type of viewport synchronization is available only when the color bar is plotted from the Function Plots scenario using waterfall data.

In this example, the three viewports that show pressure results are synchronized. If you click the 1993.85 rpm color bar, the XY plot and the 3D post view update to show the pressure results at 1993.85 rpm. Similarly, if you click the 1099.42 rpm color bar, the XY plot and the 3D post view update to show the pressure results at 1099.42 rpm.

Synchronizing a probe between an XY plot, a color bar, and a 3D post view

In this example, the three viewports that show pressure results are synchronized. When you drag the probe on the XY plot, the probe automatically moves on the color bar plot, and the 3D post view is updated to the iteration that corresponds to the location of the probe.

Synchronizing a bar chart and an XY plot

This example shows synchronizing a bar chart and an XY plot by clicking the bars on the bar chart plot. The plot in the other synchronized viewport updates accordingly.

Note:

This type of viewport synchronization is available only when both the bar chart and the XY plot are plotted from the Panel Contribution scenario.

In this example, the two viewports that show pressure results are synchronized. If you click the bar that corresponds to the PAN P467 panel, the XY plot updates to show the pressure results for the PAN P467 panel. Similarly, if you click the bar that corresponds to the PAN_WIND panel, the XY plot updates to show the pressure results for the PAN_WIND panel.

Synchronizing a bar chart and an XY plot by changing common input parameters

This example shows synchronizing a bar chart and an XY plot by changing common input parameters from the Selection and Parameters nodes of the Scenario Based Data-Visualization Navigator.

In this example, the common parameter, RPM, is synchronized between the two viewports that show pressure results plotted from the Function Plots scenario. When you change the RPM value for one of the scenarios and plot it, the scenario in the other viewport updates accordingly.

Synchronizing scenarios with named nodes

When you display scenarios in multiple viewports, you can synchronize the scenarios based on the name of a node even if the named node has different node IDs in each scenario.

For example, two viewports are connected and each displays a response function scenario with a node named B but with different node IDs: node ID 2 in one scenario and node ID 6 in the other. When you plot node B in the top viewport, the software updates the plot in the lower viewport with node B as well, even though it has a different node ID, as shown in the figure.

If a node does not share the same name in both scenarios, the Connect Viewport command updates the viewports based on the node ID. For example, two scenarios each contain a node ID of 100, but in the first scenario, the node is named Top and in the second, it is named Bottom. If you display a plot of Top in the first viewport, the Connect Viewport command displays a plot of Bottom in the second viewport.

Where do I find it?

Application	Pre/Post
Prerequisites	A Simulation, FEM, or assembly FEM file as the work part and displayed partPlots from post-processing scenarios or graphs from other sources displayed in multiple viewports
Scenario Based Data-Visualization Navigator	Right-click a viewports node→Connect Viewport

How do I

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