You can export your simulation results to a text file so you can review the results in another format. For example, if you do not have Excel 97, you can still export your results and read them into your favorite spreadsheet tool.
To export results to a text file:
Right-click the Motion Model node and select Export to Text File or, from the Motion menu, point to Export Results, and then select To Text File.
The Export to Text File dialog box opens.
Complete the dialog box as follows:
Elements with Results: Select the element whose results you want to view. Hold down Ctrl or Shift to select multiple elements.
Result Characteristic: Select the type of result to export. Hold down Ctrl or Shift to select multiple elements.
Components: Select the result component. Hold down Ctrl or Shift to select multiple elements.
Select Add 1 Curve to add the plot to the queue of curves to be exported. You can repeat this process for all the result types you want to export.
All curves added are plotted on the same plot in Excel.
Selecting New Plot creates a new xy plot sheet in Excel. Any new curves are added to the new plot.
You can change the title of the plot by entering it in the Title text box.
If you want to add more curves to an existing queued plot, select the plot name in the last text box in the dialog box.
If you want to delete a queued curve or plot, select it and press Delete.
After all the curves and plots have been specified, select OK to create the plots in Excel.
COSMOSMotion automatically creates a text file that contains all of the results for each of the entities in your simulation. If you read the file into a spreadsheet, the text is space delimited.