Adding a Characteristic Mode Configuration
Define and add a characteristic mode configuration to the model.
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Add a characteristic mode configuration using one of the following
workflows:
- On the Request tab, in the
Configurations group, click the
Characteristic modes icon.
- In the configuration list click the
. From the right-click context menu, select Characteristic modes.
Figure 1. The Request characteristic modes analysis dialog.
- On the Request tab, in the
Configurations group, click the
- In the Number of modes to calculate field, enter the maximum number of modes to calculate.
- Select the Compute modal excitation coefficients (when sources are present) check box to (in addition to the characteristic modes) calculate the modal excitation coefficients given a source.
- Click the Create to add the request and to close the dialog.