Adding 2D Views of Section Probes to a Scenario

When you create a section probe, it becomes part of the work area when you are in the Probes tab or when the section probe is part of the active scenario. However, you can specify that you want a 2D view of the section. The scenario can consist of the 3D or 2D view or both.

Before you begin:

  • Create a section probe
  • Create a scenario containing activities and the section probe.

  1. Right-click the section probe thumbnail, and select Add to Scenario (2D Mode).
    • The Secondary Viewer of the Section appears.

      The 2D viewer inherits its background from the work area ambience settings. If you do not have an ambience set, the background setting from Me > Preferences > General > Display > Visualization is used.

    • The section probe thumbnail shows that a 2D view of the section has been added to the scenario.

  2. Simulate the scenario.
    The animated movement of the parts as prescribed by the simulation is visible both in the work area and in the 2D section viewer. The image above, for example, shows what the 2D section looked like at the beginning of the simulation. The image below shows what it looks like at the end.

    You can modify the scenario or its constituent activities with the window open.

    Note: As with the 3D view of the probe, the 2D view remains available as long as it is part of the current scenario. Unlike the 3D section probe view, the 2D view can be minimized because it is in a discrete window. If you close the Secondary Viewer of the Section panel while the section probe is still part of the current scenario, the window temporarily disappears. However, any changes to the probe, activities in the scenario, or to the definition of the scenario itself trigger the window to appear. If you want the window to remain dormant while it is part of the current scenario, minimize it; do not close it.
  3. Right-click the section probe and click the 3D view, so that you can concentrate on the 2D view only.
  4. If you want to follow the movement of the probe on an existing track, in the panel, click Excitations , right-click a track thumbnail, and select Associate Section Probes.
  5. Simulate the scenario again.

If you save the content in your manufacturing scenario, the state of the probe in the scenario in which it is referenced can persist from one 3D Simulation session to another.