CST2013: Excitation Signal View

The Excitation Signal View enables the visualization of all excitation functions in the project. It allows the creation of a new excitation function either via user-input or via import from the signal library. The existing signals may be renamed, deleted or added to the signal library.

A default transient analysis uses a single signal as stimulating excitation. This signal is called the "Reference Signal" and is indicated by the icon, in contrast to the other existing signals represented by the icon. One "default" signal is always pre-defined as a Gaussian signal type and refers to the globally defined frequency range. The context menu allows the choice of one of the existing signals as reference. The port mode excitation selection option in the solver menu allows the simultaneous excitation of the selected ports, each stimulated by a different excitation signal with it's own phase or time shift and different amplitudes. When several signals are defined they can be associated with sources in the Excitations... subdialog of the time-domain solver dialogs.
Please note: Sources which are not explicitly connected to another excitation will automatically be associated with the active Reference signal on solver start. When the Reference signal changes, these automatic connections will change as well without the need of reentering the Exciations dialog.

Further settings for the excitation signals can be changed in the Properties Dialog Box and for the 1D plots in the 1D Plot Properties Dialog Box. The displayed excitation functions can manually be selected via the Curve Selection Dialog Box.

Modifying excitation signals

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