Probes

Surface Probes

  1. From the Model Browser, multi-select all parts within the Main > Body_Exterior assembly. Press I on your keyboard to isolate the selected parts.
  2. From the Setup ribbon, click the Output Tool.
  3. From the secondary tool set, click the Surface Probes Tool.
    Figure 1.
    The Surface Probes micro-dialog opens.
  4. From the viewer window, rubber-band select all the displayed parts.
    The Probes dialog opens.
  5. From the Probes dialog, set the Start iteration value to 2519.
  6. On the upper left corner of the viewer window, a list of surface probes sets will show. Right-click on the set that was just created (there should only be one) and click on Probes table.
    The Probes Table opens.
  7. Press the open icon on the Probes Table, navigate to the Surface_Probes.csv file provided, and click Open.
    The probes are imported to the selected set.
  8. Close the Probes Table.
  9. Close the Surface Probes Tool by pressing on the green checkmark button on the Surface Probes micro-dialog.
  10. From the Model Viewer > Outputs > Surface Probes, rename the newly created Surface Probe set to Surface_Probes and hide it.
  11. From the Model Viewer, isolate the Main assembly to show the full vehicle model.

Volume Probes

  1. From the Setup ribbon, click the Output Tool.
  2. From the secondary tool set, click the Volume Probes Tool.
    Figure 2.
    The Volume Probes micro-dialog opens.
  3. From the viewer window, click on any point in space.
    A volume probe is created and the Probes Dialog opens.
  4. From the Probes dialog, set the Start iteration value to 2519.
  5. On the upper left corner of the viewer window a list of volume probes sets will show. Right-click on the set that was just created (there should only be one) and click on Probes table.
    The Probes Table opens.
  6. Press the open icon on the Probes Table, navigate to the Volume_Probes.csv file provided, and click Open.
    The probes are imported to the selected set.
  7. Delete the first row in the Probes Table as this was the one created by randomly clicking in space.
  8. Close the Probes Table.
  9. Close the Volume Probes Tool by pressing on the green checkmark button on the Volume Probes micro-dialog.
  10. From the Model Viewer > Outputs > Volume Probes, rename the newly created Volume Probe to Volume_Probes and hide it.