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6. Change results to only show stress on selected surfaces.

• Edit the Selected Definition  (Edit > Result Window)
• Select the tab called Display Location
• Change All to Surfaces
• Select the

• Select some surfaces that you would like to isolate (the following image is a guideline, but you can select any surfaces that you wish to.  Use CTRL key to select multiple surfaces.

• Click OK or MMB
• Select OK and Show button
• Now you are left with the surfaces you selected

This was possible in previous versions, but now you are able to select surfaces directly from the Pro/Engineer model instead of the Mechanica mesh model.

7. Explode state during results.

Edit the Selected Definition  (Edit > Result Window)
Select the tab called Display Location
Change Surfaces to All
Select OK and Show button
• Select View > Explode
• Change it back to unexploded by repeating the last step

8. Create an AVI file.

• Edit the Selected Definition  (Edit > Result Window)
• Select the tab called Display Options
• Put a check mark in the Animate box and increase the frames to 12
• Select OK and Show button 

• Select File > Export > Movie
• Click on the Open  icon.
• Change the type to AVI and enter a filename (caliper1)
• Then click Save button
• Change the Output Settings to NTSC CDROM
• Lastly, click Export button to create the movie in the working directory that you navigated to after clicking on the open icon.

• View the movie by navigating to the save folder in Windows Explorer.

9. File > Exit Results > NO and close out of dialog boxes

10. Window > Close .

You have completed the Simulation Tutorial.