Export a Tabular Summary

  1. From the FlexTools menu in MotionView, select Load Export.
    The Load Export utility is displayed.
  2. Open the metadata file:
    1. From the Load Export utility, click Open and select a metadata file from the file browser.
    2. A collapsed tree is displayed in the Body Selection panel.
      Note: The metadata file should have the same file base name as the ADAMS request file. Both files should be in the same directory.
  3. Select the body/bodies:
    1. Click on the tree in the Body Selection panel to select the body/bodies.
    2. To select or deselect multiple bodies, hold down the CTRL key while selecting items from the list.
    3. The selected items are highlighted once selected.
    Note: For the Nastran input deck export, only one body may be selected.
  4. Select forces:
    1. For each body selected in the Body Selection panel, all the forces acting on that body, together with the body label itself, are displayed in a tree in the Force Selection panel.
    2. By default, all forces of a selected body are highlighted. To select or deselect multiple bodies, hold down the CTRL key while selecting items from the list.
  5. Time step selection
    1. Select the necessary time steps. See the Time Step Selection topic for more information.
  6. Once the time step input is validated, the Tabular Summary radio button in the Export panel is activated. To export the tabular summary, click Export and enter the output file name in the file browser provided.
  7. Click Save.