Data Block (BLK) Window

A Data Block (BLK) file contains one or more time or frequency domain measurements. A measurement is a block of sampled time or frequency data.

• Each measurement in a Data Block has a unique measurement number (M#).

• All of the measurements in a Data Block have the same time or frequency axis values.

Time-based or frequency-based ODS's, mode shapes, acoustic shapes, or engineering data shapes are interactively displayed on the structure model in a connected Structure window, using measurement values at the cursor position in a Data Block window.

Adding a Data Block to a Project

There are several ways to add a Data Block to a Project All work in ME'scope is done with data contained in a Project file. A Project file can contain one or more Structure, Data Block, Shape Table, Acquisition, Program, Report, or Added files. Only one Project file can be open at a time. All of the names of the data files in the currently open Project are displayed in the top (or left) pane of the Project Flyout panel.;

1. Execute File | Import | Data Block, and import measurements from a third party data file.

2. Double click on a Data Block (BLK) file in the (right or lower) pane of the Project Fly-out Panel.

3. Right click on a Data Block (BLK) file in the (right or lower) pane of the Project Fly-out Pane, and select Open from the menu.

There are several ways to create a new Data Block in a Project;

1. Execute File | New | Data Block in the ME'scope window, and create a Data Block with synthesized time domain M#s in it.

2. Use an Acquisition window to acquire measurements from a third party acquisition front end, and save them into a Data Block.  

Data Block Window Showing Four M#s in Row-Column Format.