| 1. | From the Menu Bar, select Data History > Accelerometer > Create. |
or
If the Data History panel is open, select Accelerometer > Create from the pull-down menu.
| 2. | Enter a name in the Accelerometer field and validate with Ok. |
| 3. | Click  and pick one node in the graphic window. |
or
Set a node ID in the Node Id field and click Ok.
| 4. | A skew frame can be defined as: |
| • | If the Global toggle is yellow (selected), the accelerometer will be in the global skew frame. |
| • | Click Moving Local to define a moving local skew frame for the accelerometer. |
| • | Click Fixed Local to define a fixed local skew frame for the imposed displacement. |
| 5. | Enter a name in the Local Reference Axis Name field and click Ok. |
| • | Click  to select a pre-defined Fixed Local axis. In the Local Axis file window, select a local axis, click Ok to validate, and then in the graphic window, pick one node to see the local axis. |
or
| • | Fill in the XY Plan Definition fields to define the XY plane. |
| 6. | Click See and in the graphic window, pick a node to display the local axis. |
| 7. | Click Save to save the local axis, or click Delete to cancel it. |
| 8. | Set a cut-off frequency in the Cut off frequency field. |
| 9. | Click Save to save the time history nodes; or |
Click Cancel to cancel the time history node creation.
| 10. | Click Close to close the menu. |
