Runtime Inspector

Use the Runtime Inspector to monitor the runtime parameters of selected Mechatronics Concept Designer objects in your simulation, and manage simulation recordings. You can select the parameters you want to monitor from the Physics Navigator before or during the simulation. If you want to view runtime parameters in a graph, you can select which to display. To support downstream workflows, you can export runtime parameter data to spreadsheets after the simulation.

You can use Mechatronics Concept Designer preferences to optimize the display of runtime parameters, such as by:

• Controlling the refresh rate of runtime parameters.
• Setting the number of decimal places displayed for runtime parameters.

Inspector tab

You can monitor the runtime parameters of the physics objects selected in the Physics Navigator, such as the position and velocity of a hydraulic cylinder.

From the Inspector tab, you can do the following:

• Export graphical parameter data using the Export to Graph, Export, and Comment, by right-clicking in the background and turning on or off the display of a column heading.
• Hide or show a parameter by right-clicking it and turning on or off its display. You can also right-click a parent node to hide or show all of the parameters under it.
• Switch between decimal or binary display for a parameter by right-clicking it and choosing a display format.
• View and manually change signal values, such as the state of an array signal.

Graph tab

While a simulation is playing, you can view graphs of runtime parameter values that you selected on the Inspector tab. You can also enter the simulation's sampling rate to properly monitor runtime parameter values in the graph.

To set the scale of the graph's display in the Runtime Inspector, you can use the following Mechatronics Concept Designer preferences:

• Maximum Graph Zoom In Factor
• Minimum Graph Zoom Out Factor

Snapshot tab

You can select the simulation start times that you created using the Snap Shot command to jump between simulation restart positions from the 00:00 time stamp.

Simulation Record tab

You can record simulations that include parameter and signal data, and then review the data when you replay the recorded simulation.

Before you record the simulation, on the Inspector tab, in the Record column, select the check boxes of the parameters and signal values you want to record, and then record the simulation. You can record and save multiple simulations to the part file, and then replay specific simulation recordings from the Simulation Record tab. When you replay a simulation recording that contains parameter and signal data, you can view the recorded data in a graph that dynamically updates during replay.

Where do I find it?

Application	Mechatronics Concept Designer
Resource bar	Runtime Inspector

Related Tasks

• Export parameter values
• Fix unstable simulations