After applying some physics conditions to your model, a list of physics based predefined or
custom monitors is available for you to use in
your simulation.
To create a monitor:
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Select a location on the geometry where you would like to apply a monitor. Depending on
the defined physics, current stage, and variable to monitor, the location may be a point,
line, 2D flat surface, or plane within the geometry, or faces, bodies or edges of the
geometry.
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From the Monitors menu in the ribbon of the
Simulation tab, choose a monitor from the list or select
Custom to define your own.
Note: If you select a predefined monitor without specifying the location first, the
monitor will be applied to the entire body. To change the location of a monitor,
double-click the Monitors small spherical marker in your geometry, then Shift+click to
select its new location.
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If you are creating a custom monitor, select a variable from the list in the
Monitors HUD. Optionally, include any
additional details to monitor, such as Minimum or Maximum values, and in some cases
additional components, such as X, Y, Z directions. Click the green check mark to
accept the custom monitor you created.
Charts will appear for any of the monitors you create.
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Solve your simulation and view the calculated numerical results of each monitor by
clicking the Monitors list
in the top
right corner of the graphics window. Learn more about
what you can do with monitors in this list.
Note: In a modal analysis, when modeling natural frequencies, the monitored frequency mode
is applied to all bodies.
To compare differences in results between two locations, follow these steps.
