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To Create Body Measures
1. Click Measures. The Measure Results dialog box opens.
2. Click . The Measure Definition dialog box opens.
3. Type a descriptive name for your measure, or accept the default name.
4. Select Body under Type and use to select a body.
5. Select one of the options from the Property list
:
Orientation
Angular velocity
Angular acceleration
Mass
Weight
Center of mass
Centroidal inertia
The units for the property are displayed under Type.
6. If necessary, select a component to measure and a frame of reference to express the measure.
7. If you selected Orientation, Angular velocity, Angular acceleration, or Centroidal inertia, select an evaluation method from the list:
Each time step
Maximum
Minimum
Average
Integral
Root mean square
At time
8. If you select At time, enter a real-number value greater than zero in the Time entry box.
9. Graph the measure.
10. Click OK.