Responses Dialog

The Responses dialog is opened from the Dialog menu, or from the context menu on the Responses listbox in the Setup, Shapes and Verify modules. In the Setup module, the Responses dialog is used for selecting the responses sieve used in polyreference processing for poles, modal participation factors, and solver mode shapes. In the Shapes module, the Responses dialog is used for selecting the responses sieve used in refit residues processing. In the Verify module, the Responses dialog has reduced functionality, as it is not used for sieving but only for selecting the responses for plotting FRF.

 

The responses of the FRF dataset are listed in the table by their Index (i.e., row in the FRF matrix) Response Coordinate, ID Line 1, and Data Type. Clicking on a column header sorts the table by that attribute. The rows of the table can be selected with the mouse. The Invert button inverts the current selection of rows. Clicking in the table and pressing Ctrl+A selects all rows. The Disable button disables the selected responses, and the Enable button enables the selected responses. The disabled responses are displayed as gray text in the table and the enabled responses as black text. The Apply button will apply the current sieve of enabled and disabled responses. The Cancel button will close the dialog without applying the sieve. The OK button will apply the current sieve and close the dialog. The Plot button will plot the selected responses in the Verify module if the Plot Function is FRF.

The responses in the table can be filtered by several attributes: Index (row in the FRF matrix, sorted by node number and direction), Response Coordinate (node number and direction), Response Node, Response Direction, ID Line 1 (text description), Data Type or Coordinate Trace. For Index and Response Node, enter a numeric value in the edit box. The MATLAB array notation (e.g., 1:100) is supported, with an exception that the increment notation (e.g., 1:2:100) is not supported for Response Node. For Response Coordinate and ID Line1, enter a text string in the edit box. The asterisk ('*') wildcard character is supported. For Response Direction, Data Type, and Coordinate Traces, select from the popup list menu.

To filter the responses: (1) select the type of table rows on which to filter (i.e., 'All', 'Selected', 'Enabled', or 'Disabled'); (2) select the filter attribute; (3) enter or select the value for the attribute; and (4) push the Filter button. Those responses meeting the filter criteria are selected, and then those responses can be enabled or disabled. The filter can operate on 'All' table rows or on the table rows that are 'Selected' (highlighted), 'Enabled' (enabled responses), or 'Disabled' (disabled responses).

The Coordinate Traces available for the Responses dialog filter are those that were loaded into AFPoly from a Universal file or from the MATLAB workspace. New coordinate traces can also be created from the current responses sieve (i.e., those responses that are enabled) with the CTrace button. An input dialog is presented to enter the name of the created coordinate trace. The created coordinate trace is appended to any existing coordinate traces. The coordinate traces can be saved to a Universal file or the MATLAB workspace from the File menu.