Tips and Tricks for Using ncode

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1 2013 ncode User Group Meeting - April 30, 2013 Tips and Tricks for Using ncode Kurt Munson HBM ncode Products

2 Where is That One Glyph? Click on the glyph palette. Type the first letter of the glyph you re looking for. Glyph is automatically highlighted. Hit letter key again to cycle through all glyphs that start with that letter. 2

3 Glyph Tool Tips All glyphs have descriptions given as tool tips. Hover the cursor over a glyph to see a description of what this glyph does.

4 Glyph Palette Search The glyph palette includes search capability to find glyphs based on keywords like rosette or vibration. The glyph description is searched for this keyword not just the name of the glyph.

5 Customizing the Glyph Palette Create your own glyph palette with your own collections of glyphs.

6 Saving Glyphs Any glyph can be saved to any glyph palette. This enables user-configured glyphs like My PSD to be saved for easy re-use. Create your own glyphs and reuse or share! Save your own glyph!

7 Adding and Connecting New Glyphs Drag new glyph directly onto pad to get glyph and the connected pipe. Watch for the yellow light to indicate that a connection can be made. 7

8 Inserting Glyphs Drag and drop from the glyph palette, or. Right click Insert Glyph 8

9 Connecting Glyphs Right click on a pad and select Connect. A list of possible connections is shown. This makes it easier to connect glyphs that are far apart. 9

10 Pad Tooltips Mouse over a glyph s pad to learn about its content. 10

11 Rename Glyphs Rename glyphs as a reminder of their purpose. 11

12 User-defined Information on Glyphs Describe a glyph in your own words. Right click and select Info., then enter a description. View this information by clicking on the Info button. 12

13 Keyboard Shortcuts CTRL + A : select all glyphs CTRL + C: copy CTRL + X: cut CTRL + V: paste CTRL + Z: undo CTRL + R: run process CTRL + N: new process CTRL + O: open process CTRL + S: save process 13

14 Additional Windows Property Editor: allows quick access to glyph properties Diagnostics: reports run time messages 14

15 Matrix View of Available Data Matrix view turns the Available Data window into a table of channels (in rows) and tests (in columns) Select channels and drag in to work on that data 15

16 ncode Viewer Plot with ncode Viewer

17 Preferences for Displays Save the configuration of displays as your preferred set-up. Define how you want the display to look and then save it with right mouse option Save configuration. Includes separate configurations in XYDisplay for time series, histogram, and multi-column data.

18 ncode Viewer: Launch from Windows Explorer Double click on data file to launch ncode Viewer All channels in this file

19 Double Click on a Data File to View Other file types can be associated with ncode Viewer using FileAssociation.exe.

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21 Double Click on.flo to Open ncode and the Process 2012 ncode Products User Group Meeting - Novi, MI USA 21

22 Process Save Options Save Process saves all the glyphs, pipes, and properties. The process is saved as a.flo file. The process is a template for processing more data in the future. Save Process With Data also saves the results that flow through the process. The process is saved as a.fdb file. The process includes the current data filenames. Package Process and Data saves the process and all data files into a portable package. The process and data are saved as a.zip file. Makes it easy to share with a colleague. 22

23 Adding to the Available Data Window To open files in multiple folders: Select Open Data Files, then Recurse sub-folders 23

24 Channel Details Quick statistics report: Right click on a test or channel and select Details. Export as CSV or Copy to other applications look for this on other glyphs too. 24

25 Save Available Data Window Content Save to Test List File makes it easy to repopulate the Available Data Window next time. 25

26 Saving Files in an Input Glyph Use SaveTestList to keep track of input files. This input glyph will now remember which input files it contains. The process will now contain input files when reopened. 26

27 Select Sections to Analyze Mark sections in the TimeSeriesInput glyph using CTRL + left click Only highlighted data is passed downstream Can have multiple sections, which are concatenated together Sections can be moved with orange drag handles 27

28 Combining Multiple Tests Concatenate multiple tests into a single test using TimeSeriesInput s CombineAllTests = True 28

29 Collate Results in Metadata Display Create a collated table of statistical results for all tests. 29

30 Refresh Button on MetadataDisplay Update displayed metadata without rerunning the process. Good debugging tool when a process won t run as expected. 30

31 Using Metadata in Glyph Properties Metadata can be used as glyph properties. Available metadata are shown by picklist. Example: Arithmetic glyph can remove the mean from each channel by using #Mean#. Channel references are not needed, but can be used. #Mean# = mean of every channel separately #Chan1.Mean# = mean of channel 1 Metadata set name (for example, Attributes) is not needed: #Attributes.Mean# is the same as #Mean# Metadata are case INSENSITIVE. 31

32 Using Metadata in the Test Splitter TestSplitter glyph can use metadata to find channels Example: any channel with units containing strain 32

33 Collating Data for Display Select Collate Data to keep all displayed results if working with multiple separate tests. 3 tests Results from all 3 tests Pick which results are displayed with the Channel Selection dialog

34 Disabling Data Flow Individual pipes can be disabled to control data flow. Example: Don t write out new time series until viewing before and after displays. Highlighted pipe indicates that it s been disabled. 34

35 Viewing the Workspace Workspace zoom slider Full screen button (or use F9) 35

36 Help on Property All glyph properties are help-enabled. Right click and select Help on property to learn more. 36

37 ncode Worked Examples GlyphWorks includes 24 worked examples. DesignLife includes 21 worked examples. Each worked example includes sample data and step-by-step instructions.

38 Fatigue Theory Guides The ncode install theory guides for both GlyphWorks and DesignLife. Look under Manuals Contents. 38

39 ncode Training 39

40 Tech Support ncode technical support

41 Questions?

42 Thank you! Kurt Munson Engineering Manager HBM-nCode Support: (248) measure and predict with confidence