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Introduction to sensors

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Introduction to sensors

- [Narrator] Now constraints is what you want from the part, whether we want it to have a mass under a certain value, or a volume under a certain value, that is something you want to go ahead and choose for design studying. Now if I go to the drop-down menu of the constraints, I can go ahead and add a sensor. So I can go ahead and click, and I get a menu for sensors. Now first, we have the sensor type, so we're currently in mass properties. If we're doing a simulation study, we can go ahead and pull simulation data, mass properties is more for the volume and the mass. We can choose to model a dimension, we can look at measurements, and if applicable, we can also take a look at cost data. So cost data, that can be interpreted with the part, and if it's smaller for instance, it might come in at a cheaper cost altogether, but for now, we're going to go ahead and use mass properties. Now under properties, we can choose the…

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