AM Calculator: Working with Probe Data

When you also have licenses either for the Diffusion Module (DICTRA) and/or the Precipitation Module (TC-PRISMA), for transient simulations you can additionally include probe data from the AM Calculator in the set up of the thermal profile for diffusion and precipitation calculations, respectively.

Workflow to Include Probe Data from Diffusion or Precipitation Simulations

You can use installed examples to visualize how the probes are set up for a Diffusion Calculator (see AM_05: Using AM Calculator Probe Data with the Diffusion Module (DICTRA)) and for the Precipitation Calculator (see AM_12: Using AM Calculator Probe Data with the Precipitation Module (TC-PRISMA)).

  1. Set up the probes on the AM Calculator. Probes are available for transient calculations only. See AM Calculator Conditions Settings. This must be done before you can use the probe data in the calculations connected to a Diffusion Calculator or Precipitation Calculator.
  2. If not already done, add a Diffusion Calculator or Precipitation Calculator as a successor to the AM Calculator.
  3. Set up your Diffusion or Precipitation Calculator as needed. Follow the basic settings details for the Thermal Profile section as described in Diffusion Calculator Thermal Profile and Precipitation Calculator Thermal Profile.
  4. Once the standard settings are completed, and as long as probes are set up, on the Configuration window, the section Probes is available. Until the AM Calculator is run, the list is empty. After the AM simulation is completed, the data is imported into the table you can choose how to Condense time-temperature data. These settings are described below.

Probes

The list of Probes is available as long as Probe Positions are set up on the AM Calculator and the AM Calculator is performed to generate the data, which is fed into the applicable Calculator (Diffusion or Precipitation). Select the probe you want to plot, for example as a Segregation Profile as shown in example AM_05.

Condense Time-Temperature Data

Use the Condense time-temperature data setting to adjust how many time-temperature points are included in the Thermal Profile displayed in the Visualizations window. For example, for a complex calculation you can choose a Medium or Large setting to save fewer time steps at this stage of design, which in turn can ensure that a complex diffusion or precipitation calculation is able to finish.

Choose None, Small, Medium, Large, or Custom.

  • None (the default) includes all points, i.e. no points are condensed together and all point data are included in the Thermal Profile preview. When using the Custom setting, this is equivalent to entering a value greater than 1 in the field.
  • Small condenses a minimum number of points, which means that a large number of time steps are used in the calculation and thus lots of time steps are shown.
  • Medium is when that a medium number of points are condensed together, which means that a medium number of time steps are used in the calculation.
  • Large is when a large number of points are condensed together, which means that there are few, or a small number of time steps used in the calculation.
  • When Custom is selected you can fine-tune the number of points to include. Enter a value between 0 and 1, where 0 maximizes condensing the points (the same as choosing Large), 1 minimizes condensing the points (the same as choosing Small), and 0.5 is a medium number of points being condensed (the same as choosing Medium). If you enter a value greater than 1, it is the same as choosing None, i.e. all data points are included. The larger the value, the more points are condenses, until only two points are shown.