Enhanced Frontend Simulator
The frontend simulator has been enhanced to allow simulating data for any number of channels. The simulated data can come from a Time History ADF or can be generated as random or sine data. If the ADF is used, the number of records in the ADF will be repeated or truncated to match the requested number of channels to simulate. If source channels are enabled, the first input channels will simulate source output being “ON” or “OFF”. Disabled source output will simulate noise by showing the simulated data at a very small amplitude.
Additional Enhancements
– Exporting Dataset 55 (mode shapes) to Universal file will now compare the mode shape frequency and damping values between the Parameter Table and the Shape ADF record headers. A warning is given if there is a mismatch but a prompt gives the option to ignore these mismatches and continue the export.
– The Interactive Real Time Displays will now report feedback for Closed Loop Control. The feedback is shown for each of the monitor channels chosen for the sources being controlled.
Bug Fixes
– The Dataset 55 (mode shapes) import was zeroing the modal mass in the Shape ADF record headers. This would then give errors or invalid results for other operations such as creating the Parameter Table from a Shape ADF. The modal mass is now preserved during the Dataset 55 read.
– For VXI throughput, starting additional throughput sessions would occassionally give an error about a bad frame number. This has been fixed.
– Advanced Modal Wizard was crashing if a non-English month name was used in the date attribute of a Function ADF record. One source of this problem was the import of Dataset 58 (Functions) that contained dates created by a non-English locale. The fix changes the unrecognized month name to “Jan” to allow processing to continue.
– Advanced Modal Wizard and Interactive Slice were reading incorrect function values for certain locales. The problem was caused by the locale assuming the reverse usage of the comma and period in the floating point values (12,3456 vs. 12.3456). This problem had been fixed.
– The problem has been fixed where Advanced Modal Wizard and Interactive Slice would crash for the 64-bit version of Windows XP.
– Fixed a crash for several of the export and import file types when using the 64-bit version of Windows XP.
– Corrected issues with the Interactive 3D displays for the Shape Browser when using Windows 7. The triad labels, node numbers and component name would have characters “shifted” by one position. For example, the “XYZ” labels on the triad would be displayed as “WXY”.