Cursor Tips and Triks

Simcenter Testlab: Cursor Tips and Tricks
PJS
Siemens Phenom
09-25-2016 08:51 PM
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New to Simcenter Testlab (formerly called LMS Test.Lab)? Here are some cursor tips and
tricks to get you started!
Adding a Cursor Readout to a Display
To add a cursor to an existing display, right click in the display while holding down the Control
key (Picture 1) and select “Add Single Cursor -> X”. Right clicking without the control key
requires clicking on the white background area of the graph, which is not always easy to do if
there is a lot of data in the plot.

Picture 1: While holding down CTRL-key, right click in display and choose “Add Single Cursor
-> X” to add display to cursor.
A cursor should appear in the display. Click and drag on the cursor to move it from left to right.
To see both the X and Y cursor values, select a curve by clicking on it, and a flag will be shown
at the intersection of the data and the cursor showing the Y value. Small black squares appear on
the data curve to indicate it is selected. Clicking on the curve again (after it was previously
selected) will deselect it.

Picture 2: Click on data to see cursor readout at intersection of data and cursor
Another method to show cursor X and Y values is to add a cursor legend to the display. Right
click in the display (while holding down Control-Key) and choose “Cursor Legend -> Auto” to
add a cursor legend to the display (Picture 3).

Picture 3: Right click in display and choose “Cursor Legend -> Auto”.
A cursor legend is added to the display. Values for all curves will be shown in the legend. The
legend can be moved by clicking and dragging on the top line of the legend.
Values can be exported to Excel by right clicking on the legend and choosing “Copy Values”.
The values can then be pasted into Excel.
Cursor Properties
Right click on the cursor and select “Properties” to change (Picture 4):
 Cursor linestyle and color

 Number of decimals used in cursor readout
 Tooltip style
 Add a label to the cursor
Picture 4: Right click on cursor and select “Properties”
Moving the Cursor
Aside from clicking and dragging the cursor, it can be moved in several different ways.
For example, double click on the cursor and type in the desired position of the cursor. It will
move to this position (Picture 5).

Picture 5: Double click directly on cursor to type in desired cursor position manually.
One can also use the right and left arrow keys on the keyboard to move the cursor.
Picture 6: Right and left arrow keys control last selected cursor
If there is more than one Single X Cursor, the arrow keys move the cursor that was last selected.
The last selected cursor has extra arrow symbols at the top to denote this (Picture 6).
Moving to Maximum
The cursor can be moved to the maximum value of the data.
If there are multiple curves in the display, first select the curve to move to the maximum. Do
this by clicking on the curve once to select it. Small black squares will appear on the curve to
indicate that it is selected.
Picture 7: To move cursor to maximum of data, click on desired curve, then right click on cursor
and choose “Move to Global Maximum”
Then right click on the cursor and select “Move to Global Maximum” as shown in Picture 7. If
the menu is insensitive, a curve in the display was probably not selected.

Snap to Data Values
When the cursor is being moved, it will float between data point and read interpolated data
values between actual data points (Picture 8).
Picture 8: Cursor reads interpolated value between actual data points.
If one desires that the cursor only read actual data values, right click on the cursor and choose
“Snap to data points” as shown in Picture 9.

Picture 9: Right click on cursor and choose “Snap to Data Values” to make cursor only display
actual data points.
Because two different curves in a display may have different increments, it is necessary to select
the curve for the Snap function. This is done by clicking on the curve once. Small black squares
appear on the curve to indicate it is selected.
Conclusion
Questions? Email peter.schaldenbrand@siemens.com or contact Siemens PLM GTAC support.
Simcenter Testlab Display tips:
 Simcenter Testlab: Display Layouts

 Simcenter Testlab: Curve Linestyles
 Simcenter Testlab: Cursor Tips and Tricks
 Simcenter Testlab: Coupled Cursors and Coupled Limits
 Simcenter Testlab: Interactive order cursor!
 Simcenter Testlab: The "Double X cursor"
 Simcenter Testlab: Harmonic Cursors
 Simcenter Testlab: XY Graph
 Simcenter Testlab: Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts
 Simcenter Testlab Active Picture
 Simcenter Testlab Active Picture Plug-in Download
 Simcenter Testlab: Import/Export to Excel
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Simcenter Testlab: Cursor Tips and Tricks

Adding a Cursor Readout to a Display

 Cursor linestyle and color

Moving the Cursor

The cursor can be moved to the maximum value of the data.

Picture 8: Cursor reads interpolated value between actual data points.

Questions? Email peter.schaldenbrand@siemens.com or contact Siemens PLM GTAC support.

Simcenter Testlab Display tips:

 Simcenter Testlab: Display Layouts

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