Simulation Player

Access:

Ribbon: Environments tab Begin panel Dynamic Simulation. The Simulation Player floats above the UI and can be easily repositioned.

Returns you to construction mode , where you can modify your model.

Rewinds the simulation .

Stops the simulation.

Plays or replays the simulation.

Deactivates screen refresh during a simulation.

Moves to the end of the simulation.

Plays the simulation in a loop until you click Stop.

Final time

Sets the time for the simulation to run.

By default, this value is 1.000 s.

Images

Displays the number of images to save during the simulation.

By default, this value is 100 images when the Final time is at its default of 1.000 s. The maximum is 500,000 images.

Note: When you change the value of Final time, the software automatically changes the value in the Images field so that it stays the same proportion to the new Final time.

Image

Controls the frame display step.

For example, if this value is 1, every frame displays. If this value is 5, every fifth frame displays.

Available only when simulation mode is active, but a simulation is not running.

By default, this value is 1 image.

Simulation time slider

Displays the progress of the simulation.

  • Simulation time

Displays the elapsed time when a simulation is running.

  • Percent of realized simulation

Displays the percent of the simulation that is complete.

  • Real time of computation

Displays real-time elapsing during the simulation.

You cannot edit this field.

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