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Object Measure

Design Exploration tab → Measures container

(Classic) Select object → Build → Measure → Object → Create/Modify

Creates a measure on an object in your model, including Point Measures. Its title changes depending on the type of object. For example, its title is Joint Measure if you are creating a measure on a joint.

In general, all objects in your model have some pre-defined measurable characteristics. For example, you can capture and investigate the power consumption of a motion, or measure a part’s center-of-mass velocity along the global x-axis, taking time derivatives in the ground reference frame. The default coordinate system is the ground coordinate system, but you can use any marker as the coordinate system.

Note:

You cannot modify a point measure from the Build menu as noted above. Instead, right-click in the Strip chart of the point measure and select Modify Measure. You can also clear the select list and, from the Edit menu, select Modify.

Learn more about:

■Object Characteristics You Can Measure

■Point Characteristics you can measure

■About Simulation Output

For the option:	Do the following:
Measure Name	Enter the name for the measure.
Characteristic	Select the object characteristic to measure.
Component	Select the component on which to report. You can select x, y, z, or magnitude (Mag).
Cartesian/Cylindrical/Spherical	Set to the desired coordinate system (Cartesian, spherical, or cylindrical).
From/At area	If it is appropriate, select a reference point indicating where the force will be measured or from where the kinematic quantities will be measured. Note: The From/At selection does not apply to point measures because all forces are measured at the selected marker point and all kinematic quantities are measured from the global origin to the selected marker point.
Orientation	Select to help you keep track of the orientations of your local part coordinate systems as you define them. See Orientation Measure dialog box help.
Represent coordinates in	Enter the marker on which the vector quantity is projected. The default is the global coordinate system.
Create Strip Chart	Select to display a Strip chart of the measure.
	Select to set the attributes of the measure. Only available when you are modifying a measure. See Measure Attributes dialog box help.