Point Probe Annotation
The visual point probe annotation allows you to annotate the location of a point probe in the scene with the value of a field function. It provides a point probe derived part with a persistent representation in the scene.
One point probe annotation can accommodate multiple point probe derived parts. This setup can be helpful if you need to change the settings of all the probes frequently. For example, you can apply the same field function selection to multiple point probes by changing the Function property of their shared annotation.
- If you know the preferred location, do either of the following:
- In the Vis toolbar, click
(Create Derived Part), select Create Labeled Point
Probe, and click into the scene. - Hover with the pointer over that location in the scene and press the comma (",") key.
These actions also create a corresponding point probe derived part.
For this technique to work, you must choose a location on a boundary or a plane section.
Adding the annotation to the scene does not also assign the corresponding derived part to a scene displayer. You must take this step manually, as well as assigning a field function..
- In the Vis toolbar, click
- To create and assign the point probe annotation manually:
- Right-click and select .
- Add the annotation to the scene. See Adding Annotations To Scenes.
- If needed, create a point probe derived part. See Defining Derived Parts General Workflow.
- In the Parts property of the annotation, select one or more point probe derived parts.
To set up the new point probe annotation, select its node under and do the following:
- To assign a field function to the point probe annotation, select it in the Function property.
- Check the representation in the Representation property.
- If you want to display the name of the point probe in the annotation, activate the Show Part Name property.