Starting Adams Insight
There are two ways to start Adams Insight:
Start Adams Insight and open an existing experiment
If you've already created an experiment, you can open Adams Insight directly.
To start Adams Insight:
1. Do one of the following:
■On Linux, type the command to start the Adams Toolbar at the command prompt, and then press Enter. Select the Adams Insight tool.
■On Windows, from the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Adams 2024.1, and then select Adams Insight.
The Adams Insight main window appears.
2. Open your existing experiment.
Start Adams View, run a simulation, and then export the results to Adams Insight
This section will explain how to start Adams View, create a modeling database, run a simulation, and export the results to Adams Insight.
To start Adams View:
■Do one of the following:
■On Linux, type the command to start the Adams Toolbar at the command prompt, and then press Enter. Select the Adams View tool.
■On Windows, from the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Adams 2024.1, and then select Adams View.
The Adams View main window appears.
To create a modeling database:
1. In the Welcome dialog box, select Import a file.
If the Start in text box doesn’t show the path to your working directory, select the Browse button. Use the Select File dialog box to navigate to your working directory, and then select OK.
2. Select OK in the Welcome dialog box.
The File Import dialog box appears.
3. In the File to Read text box, enter the name of your command file, or right-click and select Browse. You can then use the Select File dialog box to open the file.
4. Select OK.
Adams View imports the file, and then displays the model.
To simulate the model:
1. From the Main toolbox, select the Simulate tool. The options for running a simulation appear in the Main toolbox.
2. Specify the simulation options, as needed.
3. Select the Start tool, and wait for the simulation to finish.
Adams View runs the simulation.
To start Adams Insight from Adams View:
1. From the Simulate menu in Adams View, point to Adams Insight, and then select Export.
The Adams Insight Export dialog box appears.
2. In the Experiment text box, enter a name for your experiment or use the default.
3. In the Model text field, enter the name of your model, or use the default.
You can also browse for the model name in the Database Navigator. Right-click in the text box, point to Model, and then select Browse. Select the model in the Database Navigator, and then select OK.
4. In the Simulation Script text box, enter the name of your simulation script or use the default.
You can also browse for the script name in the Database Navigator. Right-click in the text box, point to Simulation_Script, and then select Browse. Select the model in the Database Navigator, and then select OK.
Note: | You can also display the Database Navigator by double-clicking in the Model or Simulation Script text box. |
5. Optionally, enter the name of an existing experiment in the Reuse Experiment text box.
You can also browse for the experiment in the Database Navigator. Right-click in the text box, point to Experiment, and then select Browse. Select the model in the Database Navigator, and then select OK.
If you enter an experiment to reuse, Adams Insight reuses as many components of the old experiment as possible in the new experiment.
More about the Reuse Tool.
Note: | The new experiment cannot have the same name as the old experiment. Adams View will rewrite the new experiment file, erasing any old information in the file. To reuse an old experiment, use a different name for the new experiment. |
6. Select OK.
Adams View writes your model information to an experiment file and launches Adams Insight. The experiment file will have the same name as the experiment, and will be written in the current Adams View working directory.
If you reused an old experiment and Adams Insight is able to use it to create a work space for the new experiment, Adams Insight immediately adds the work space to the new experiment file and returns to Adams View. Adams View will then run the experiment.
If you did not reuse an old experiment, or if Adams Insight is unable to automatically create a work space using the old experiment, the
Adams Insight main window appears.
On Windows, Adams View opens a command prompt window to launch Adams Insight. This window stays open until you exit Adams Insight and return to Adams View. Do not manually close the command prompt window.
Opening Recently Used Files
Adams Insight remembers the most recently used experiments in your system. You can use this feature to open an active experiment without having to remember its specific directory path and filename.
To open a recently used experiment:
■From the File menu, point to Recent Files, and then select the experiment you want to open.
Adams Insight opens the experiment.
Setting Preferences
You can set preferences that will be used for all Adams Insight experiments. You can define properties for design, fit, optimization, and thresholds.
To set preferences:
1. From the Edit, menu select Preferences.
2. Complete the dialog box as described in
Preferences.
3. Select OK.
Setting the Working Directory
By default, Adams Insight saves all files in the directory from which you ran Adams Insight. You can change the working directory.
To change the working directory for the current session:
1. From the File menu, select Select Directory.
2. Select the directory in which Adams Insight should save files.
3. Select OK.