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Creating and Running an Experiment

Overview

In this chapter, you’ll create an experiment and run through a number of trials that you set up in the experiment.
The sections in this tutorial are:

Creating the Experiment

Here you will create your experiment.
To create your experiment:
1. Start Adams Insight from the ASCII Conduit by selecting the Adams Insight tool.
Your experiment will automatically open in Adams Insight. Note the inclusion factors and responses.
2. Select the desired investigation strategy:
■In the treeview, expand Design, and then select Specification.
■In the Design Specification form, select Full Factorial as the DOE Design Type.
3. Generate the workspace.
You should now have a workspace with 8 trials.
4. Modify AnaPostfix under Simulation Properties to be __bungy.
5. From the Simulation menu, point to Build, and then select All to write the ASC Multi-Event Regulator (ASC-MER) file.
The *_mer.py file is generated in the current directory. This Python script file works with the ASC system file, and can be used to build, run, and postprocess the ASC systems defined in the _mer.py file. You can run it from the command line using the Adams Python commands, or from the ASC system editor using the toolbar buttons diff, run one, and run all.
Note:  
For more information on the options available with the _mer.py file, execute one of the following commands:
♦On Windows: adams2024_1 python j_asc_exp_mer.py -h
♦On Linux: adams2024_1 -c python j_asc_exp_mer.py -h exit
6. At the prompt, select Yes to process the ASC system file j_asc.xml.
7. Click OK.
8. From the File menu, select Exit, being sure to save your experiment.

Running Your Experiment

Here you will run the ASC Multi-Event Regulator (_mer.py) file, test the configuration and run trials.
To run the ASC Multi-Event Regulator file:
1. Open a command window and change to the ain_examples/asc working directory.
Notes:  
To get help, enter one of the following:
■On Windows: adams2024_1 python j_asc_exp_mer.py -h
■On Linux: adams2024_1 -c python j_asc_exp_mer.py -h exit
2. To test the configuration and only run the first trial, enter one of the following commands:
■On Windows: adams2024_1 python j_asc_exp_mer.py
■On Linux: adams2024_1 -c python j_asc_exp_mer.py exit
The results of this operation are placed in a subdirectory with the default prefix of tst.
3. To run all trials, enter one of the following:
■On Windows: adams2024_1 python j_asc_exp_mer.py -t
■On Linux: adams2024_1 -c python j_asc_exp_mer.py -t exit
To check that the results files were created, change to the tst_dir subdirectory and view its contents.
Note:  
You can also use the toolbar icons to run the trials.

Importing and Reviewing the Results

Here you will import the results into Adams Insight and then review them.
To import and review the results:
1. Start Adams Insight from the ASCII Conduit by selecting the Adams Insight tool.
2. In the treeview, select asc under the Simulation leaf.
3. From the File menu, point to Simulation, and then select Load All.
Adams Insight displays the Work Space.
4. Fit the results.
5. Export the model to an .htm file.
6. Review the model in a Web browser.