What is the method to use a Proximity Sensor in Motionview?

Brian Murray
Brian Murray Altair Community Member
edited September 2022 in Community Q&A

I've been unable to find a way to apply a Proximity Sensor in Motionview. Are there any examples of using this functionality? Is this only available in Inspire?

Sensor: Proximity Model Element The Sensor_Proximity element defines a sensor between two bodies which monitors their minimum separation. The sensor tracks the state of interference of the two bodies, the minimum distance between them, and the coordinates of a pair of closest points. These quantities can be accessed using the PROXIMITY function for use in defining expressions or for plotting.

Thanks

Best Answer

  • Praful
    Praful
    Altair Employee
    edited September 2022 Answer ✓

    Hi Brian - Sorry, I did not realize you were using the new interface, where this feature is not rightly supported in the Live run version.

    You may use the Offline mode.

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    Regards

    Praful

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  • Praful
    Praful
    Altair Employee
    edited September 2022

    Hello Brian - A UI for Proximity sensor is not currently available in MotionView. It can be added like an unsupported statement by using a Template.

    Attached is a very simple example model.

    Regards

    Praful

     

  • Brian Murray
    Brian Murray Altair Community Member
    edited September 2022

    Praful,

    Thanks for the quick answer. Unfortunaly this produces an error in v2022.1.  Any ideas on getting around this error?

     

     

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  • Praful
    Praful
    Altair Employee
    edited September 2022 Answer ✓

    Hi Brian - Sorry, I did not realize you were using the new interface, where this feature is not rightly supported in the Live run version.

    You may use the Offline mode.

    image

    Regards

    Praful

  • Brian Murray
    Brian Murray Altair Community Member
    edited September 2022

    Hi Brian - Sorry, I did not realize you were using the new interface, where this feature is not rightly supported in the Live run version.

    You may use the Offline mode.

    image

    Regards

    Praful

    That works.  Thanks Praful!