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Create data sources from data in the Simulation Navigator
Select the data directly from the Simulation Navigator
- In the Simulation Navigator, right-click a node that can be used as a data source for post-processing scenarios, such as results, load recipes, mode sets, frequency response function sets, acoustic transfer vector set nodes, and so on, and choose Post-Processing Scenario. The data source appears under the Data Sources node in the Scenario Based Data-Visualization Navigator.
Select the data using the Scenario Based Data-Visualization Navigator
In the Scenario Based Data-Visualization Navigator, right-click the Data Source node, and choose New Data Source from Navigator.
In the Simulation Navigator, choose the node that contains the data source, and click OK.
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