Tools | Animate Using | Sources (Shape Table)

Animates shape data from a Shape A Shape consists of two or more measured or calculated values at Poitn & directions on a structure or acoustic surface. Specific types of shapes are an Operating Deflection Shape (ODS), mode shape, acoustic shape, and Engineering Data Shape (EDS). Shape components can be Translational, Rotational, or Scalar. For correct shape animation, all shape components must have correct magnitude & phase values relative to one another. Table by Source name.  During shape animation,

• Source names are entered into the Acoustic Source column in the DOFs spreadsheet.

• Shape data for all M# M# is an abbreviation for Measurement Number. Each measurement function in a Data Block or Acquisition window has a unique M#. Also, each shape component in a Shape Table window has a unique M#. Each M# in the connected Animation Source must be Assigned to a DOF of the structure model in order to display shapes from the Source in animation. Each un-measured DOF on the model is animated by creating an M# Interpolation using nearby Measured and Fixed DOFs.s having the same source name is replaced with the sum of the data for those M#s.

Summing data from the same Source shows the relative strength of shapes from multiple acoustic Sources during shape animation.

NOTE:  Shape data for M#s with no Source name is not summed together.