MTS Fatigue Analyzer - Manual (Page 78)

7.3.2.0 Array Variables
Array variables store multiple values of the same data type. You can use array variables in several types of
activities:
• Cycle with Data Acquisition activity
• Custom Waveform with Data Acquisition activity
• Data Acquisition activity
• Fatigue data analysis
• Fracture data analysis
• Point-by-Point calculations
• Variables that store changing uncalculated values that are not part of a data acquisition activity
• Variables that store recurring calculations
View values
In the Fatigue Analyzer and Fracture Analyzer applications, you can view the values in charts or tables:
• Cycle Marker chart
• Cycle Time chart
• Hysteresis chart
• Array-Variable chart
• Array-Variable table
• Variable table
• Fixed-Column Boundary table
With the Reporter Add-In for Excel, you can include the image of the charts that show array variable values.
You can also use the Reporter Add-In for Excel to display charts and tables of array data.
Create new array variables
You can create new array variables in several areas of the application.
In the Multipurpose Elite application, perform one of the following procedures to create new array variables:
• Click Add New Variable in the Variable Editor window.
• Click the Counter box drop-down menu in the Data Acquisition activity properties window, and click
<new variable> to create a block variable array.
• Click in the Properties panel of a Cycle with Data Acquisition or Custom Waveform with Data
Acquisition activity to open the Data Acquisition window.
In the Fatigue Analyzer and the Fracture Analyzer applications, perform one of the following procedures to
create new array variables:
• Click Add New Variable in the Variable Editor.
• Click the drop-down menu of the Variables box in the Variable-to-Signal Mapping panel of the Data
Acquisition Editor and click <new variable>.
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7.0 Variable Analysis