Probe

The Probe option helps to query and display CAE result values for specific nodes or elements as labels in the VCollab viewer.

There are several kinds of Probes:

• Current Result - Derived :

  Displays value of current derived result at probed ID. Shortcut:enable Probe and click on the model.

• Current Result - Full :

  Displays base components of selected result. Shortcut:enable Probe and hit Alt + click on the model. X,Y,Z components for vector results like velocity or displacement.

  

  Translational and Rotational x,y,z for six degrees of freedom result.

  

  xx, yy, zz, xy, yz, xz components for tensor results like Stress in a matrix form.

  

• All Results - Table :

  Displays all result values of the probed ID.

• All Instances - Table :

  Displays all instance values of current result for the probed ID. Shortcut - enable Probe and hit Ctrl + left click.

• All Instances - XYPlot :

  Displays XYPlot curve which describes instances vs CAE result values.

  Shortcut - enable Probe and hit Shift + left click.

• Tracer: Displays path of a node traced in transient animation.

Steps to probe CAE results

• Click CAE | Probe , which enables mouse mode to probe, Or

  Go to Probe icon in the toolbar and click the down arrow next to the probe icon.

  A list of probe types is shown.

  

• Select a Probe type.

• Click on a node to probe its current CAE result.

• Notice that the CAE value with nodal number is displayed as a label in the viewer.

• Click Probe Settings and open the Label Settings dialog box.

  

• Select the required tab and apply the settings to particular portions of the probe label.

  Current Result - Derived

  

  Current Result - Full

  

  All Results - Table

  

  All Instances-Table

  

  All Instances - XYPlot

  

  Tracer

  

Probe Table Details

The probe table details are split into three regions.

1. Header : This corresponds to the table header. It contains node or element ID. In case of merging more than one model, this header contains more than one ID and each ID refers to one column in the value region.

2. Row Header: The row header holds the model name for the column data. It is useful when comparing multiple models.

3. Column Header: The column header lists all the result names. It contains only abbreviations of results. For e.g., D is for displacement. Users can refer to the abbreviation table if necessary.

4. Value Region: These cells hold the values corresponding to column and row header.

   

Probe Label Context Menu

To open the context menu, double click on a label.

The various options available under the Probe label context menu are explained below.

Edit Font	Change the font and its attributes.
Display	Show/hide the selected label headers and label legends.
Modify	Modify or edit the table except existing result values. It is visible for Model header, Result header and Value cells. It is not applicable for ID header and Part header cells.
Mark Min & Max	Highlight the table if value is maximum or minimum among the available tables.
Focus Node	Focus the nodal vertex region based on levels.
Hide Label	Hide the selected label.
Delete Label	Delete the selected label.
Show All Labels	Shows all labels independent of attached position visibility
Hide All Labels	Hide all labels.
Delete All Labels	Delete all existing labels.
Delete All Hidden Labels	Delete all hidden labels.
Invert Show Labels	Invert the labels’ visibility.
Fit Labels	Fit all labels inside the viewer.
Autofit Labels	Fit all labels inside the viewer during scene rotation, zoom and pan.
Arrange Labels	Arrange all labels and tables in multiple rows according to their attached positions in the model.
Auto Arrange Labels	Arrange all labels automatically whenever the user modifies the label or table dimensions
Set As Default	Sets the probe table format settings and probe type as default In case of viewpoint, these settings will be overridden by viewpoint label settings. (i.e., viewpoint label format will be set as default)

Display Submenu

ID	Show or hide table header.
Part	Show or hide part name header
Row Header	Show or hide row header.
Column Header	Show or hide column header.
Rank	Show or hide Rank cell.
Ascending Rank	Rank will be displayed in ascending or descending order.
Abbreviations	Show or hide result abbreviations table.
Transpose	Transpose the table matrix.
Highlight	Highlight the picked label.

Modify Submenu

The Modify submenu is different depending on the type of the label cell double clicked. If the clicked cell is a value cell, then Field Value… and Precision… appear. Header Name… appears for model and result header cells.

Value Cell

Model/Result Header Cell

Field Value	Edit values and update it to multiple cells across all viewpoints.
Precision	Change precision and formats.
Add Row	Add a new row at the end.
Insert Row	Insert a new row at the mouse cursor position.
Add Column	Add a new column at the end.
Insert Column	Insert a new column at the mouse cursor position.
Delete Row	Delete the specified row.
Delete Column	Delete the specified column.
Header Name	Edit the header display name.
Delete Row Current	Delete current cell row (based on the cursor position).
Delete Column Current	Delete the current column.

Focus Node Submenu

Double click on a label cell to open the context menu. Click on focus node option

Focus Node helps to zoom in the nodal vertex region in four levels for better visualization:

• Level 0 focuses on the element associated with the nodal vertex.

• Level 1 focuses on the nodal vertex with 1/10th of part bounding radius.

• Level 2 focuses on the nodal vertex with 1/4th of part bounding radius.

• Level 3 focuses on the nodal vertex with part bounding radius.

Steps to scale Geometry or Parts before Probing

• Click Edit | Product Explorer, which displays the product tree.

• Click the group node, not leaf node.

• Right click on the node to open the context menu.

• Select Transform option.

• Check the Scale option.

• Enter the scale factors for each coordinate axis. The model is scaled and is ready for probing.

Steps to Edit and format Table

• Double click on the table header cells to open the context menu

• Click Modify | Header Name to change the header or result name.

  

• Check Update Viewpoints option to update all viewpoint tables.

• Enter a name and click OK to update the table.

• Right click on a value cell and select Edit Font to open the Edit Font Dialog panel.

  

  Apply to Tables	Set either current table or all tables
  Apply to Fields	Set all fields or current field or current column.
  Font	Change the font
  Font Size	Change the font size.
  Text Color	Change text color
  Background Color	Enable/disable background and select a color.
  Align	Align the label text into left, right or center horizontally.
  Scientific & Precision	Allows user to modify the numberic format
  Update All ViewPoints	Apply and update the modifications to viewpoints too.
  Update Merged Models	Update all merged model probe labels. This option will be visibile only in merged models case.

• Make necessary changes and click OK.

• Double Click on the value cell to open the context menu and edit the value.

• Click ‘Modify | Field Value…’ option which opens the Edit Table Value panel. This is only applicable for user added cells.

  

• Edit the value and update the modified value to all update viewpoints if needed

• Select All Tables and All Fields options to apply the modifications to all viewpoints.

• The modified value can be applied to all fields or the column selected or current cell or field.

• Click OK to apply all modifications.