Defining Sensors

You define sensors to use them as constraints in a Design Study. The Design Study runs the corresponding initial simulation study and updates the sensors' values. Next, you define a sensor in the Design Study to track the value of the von Mises stress.

  1. On the Table View tab of the hanger study tab, in the Constraints section, select Add Sensor.
  2. In the PropertyManager, for Sensor Type tracktype.png, select Simulation Data.
  3. Under Data Quantity, for Results tracktype.png, select Stress.
  4. For component , select VON: von Mises Stress.
  5. Under Properties, for Units , select N/mm^2 (MPa).
  6. For Criterion opt_result_type.png, select Model Max and click PM_OK.gif.
  7. In the FeatureManager design tree, under Sensors , rename the sensor as vonMises.
    Review the other pre-defined sensors in the folder.
    • The <Ready> - Design Scenario sensor is a Workflow Sensitive Simulation data sensor. In addition to locations with global extreme quantities, results are available at the four vertices below defined as a Workflow Sensitive sensor.

    • Sensors Stress1 through Stress 4 track the maximum values of the stress components.