8 Replies Latest reply on Oct 24, 2013 12:01 PM by Jared Conway

Probe Result Summary Value e+00?

Doug Rawlings Oct 21, 2013 8:26 AM

Hi,

I don't really know how to explain this problem but here goes. I'm currently using SolidWorks 2012 Simulation and have been running various FEAs. When I'm interested in the result on a specific area I use the Probe tool.

However I can't see the results, well not a significant part of them. I can't see the figure for the exponential! I can see it's 1.6365x10? but not the power the 10 is raised to.

There should be a screen capture attached here:

Basically I need to change the width of the column that the numerical result is in. I've tried clicking on the column seperator, double-clicking, click and drag, right click, etc. and nothing seems to work.

The only way I can get the numbers I want out is to save the CSV file, open that with Excel and use Excel formulae to five me max, min, average, etc.. So I know (now) that for the above example the maximum was 4.8414E+07. That's quite a lot more than 4.8414e+00!!

What am I doing wrong?

Any help would be appreciated,

Regards,

Re: Probe Result Summary Value e+00?

Irfan Zardadkhan Oct 21, 2013 9:19 AM (in response to Doug Rawlings)

Hi Doug,
The problem is that the cell width is smaller than value so you cannot see all of the text. If you go to the header cell, you should be able to resize the column width. At that point you should be able to see the entire value.
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  Doug Rawlings Oct 21, 2013 9:53 AM (in response to Irfan Zardadkhan)
  
  Hello Irfan,
  
  I can't work out how to change the cell width though. Nothing responds when I click on the cells or the bit above the cell (where it says 'Value').
  
  How do you change it?
  
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  Doug Rawlings Oct 21, 2013 9:58 AM (in response to Irfan Zardadkhan)
  
  I can change the cell width for the 'Results' table, above the summary, by clicking and dragging on the seperator between the columns.
  
  But it's the 'Summary' table I want to change, and I can't. For the 'Results' table when I hold the pointer over the seperator the pointer symbol changes to a vertical line with an arrow pointing left and an arrow pointing right. But I don't get that symbol on the 'Summary' table.
  
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    Jared Conway Oct 21, 2013 2:18 PM (in response to Doug Rawlings)
    
    version/sp?
    
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      Doug Rawlings Oct 22, 2013 6:34 AM (in response to Jared Conway)
      
      Sorry, hadn't included the version details but here they are:
      
      SolidWorks Premium 2012 x64 Edition SP2.0
      (Simulation Professional)
      
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        Jared Conway Oct 22, 2013 12:21 PM (in response to Doug Rawlings)
        
        i checked both 2013 and 2014 and you can drag the size of that column in the summary so may have been a limitation in 2012. unfortuantely don't have a copy of 2012 right now.
        
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        Doug Rawlings Oct 24, 2013 9:24 AM (in response to Jared Conway)
        
        I had been hoping that there was a setting somewhere or that I was trying the wrong technique to adjust the column width but it sounds like I am trying the right way.
        
        Oh well. It's not a major problem since I know the problem is there and I can get the answer by saving the csv file.
        
        Thanks for everyone's help.
        
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        Jared Conway Oct 24, 2013 12:01 PM (in response to Doug Rawlings)
        
        just found a 2012 installation, it didn't work there either so it looks like it was a 2012 limitation. export is the way to go.
        
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