MTS TW Elite - Manual (Page 118)

About this Chapter
If you are familiar with MTS TestWorks 4 software, this section will help you make the transition to TW
Elite. It provides a side-by-side comparison of the concepts, terminology, and functionality of both
applications.
Basic Concepts
TestWorks 4 and MTS TestSuite TW Basic Concepts
MTS TestSuite TW TestWorks 4
You choose a template to test a collection of physical
specimens. You choose a method to test a collection of
physical specimens referred to as a sample.
To open a template, you typically select New Test
From Template on the File menu. When you do this, To open a method, you typically select Open
Method from the Method menu. When you do
you create a container file called a test that is used
to collect data and contains a copy of the template. this, you create a container file called a sample
that is used to collect data and contains a copy
of the method.
Each time you run the template on a physical
specimen, the application creates a test run. Each time you run the method on a physical
specimen, the application creates a specimen.
The test run is a data set that populates the test.
When you run the template against all of the physical
specimens in the collection, the test is complete. The specimen is a data set that populates the
sample. When you run the method against all of
the physical specimens in the sample, the sample
is complete.
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