Essential skills videos

These essentials videos demonstrate basic workflows in GRANTA MI:Viewer.

Navigate databases and Profiles

How to select a Profile to see the databases, tables, and records you are interested in.

Length: 0:26

Browse the tree

How to explore the tables, folders, and records in a database in the Browse tree

Length: 0:31

Use subsets

How subsets can be used to look at different material classes and properties.

Length: 0:45

Navigate using links

How to use links to navigate between records in different tables.

Length: 0:43

Quick search

How to run a simple text search of all records in the Profile, and filter the results by data module and table.

Length: 0:22

Text queries

How to create more complex text queries.

Length: 0:35

Attribute search

How to query a database on specific properties

Length: 2:17

Record property search

Searching using record properties such as date created/modified, and created/modified by

Length: 0:45

Search functional data

How to search data in graphs using parameters such as temperature and time.

Length: 1:46

Profiles and search

How the selected Profile affects search results.

Length: 0:45

Reports from search results

How to run reports, including comparison and pass/fail reports, on your search results.

Length: 0:42

Create a record list

How to add records to the record list from the Browse tree, from links, from search results, and from the datasheet View menu.

Length: 1:20

Datasheets

Exploring the features available in record datasheets.

Length: 1:05

Datasheet graph tools

Exploring the tools available for working with graphs: crosshairs, copying graph images into presentations and reports, viewing the data points, saving the data to a spreadsheet, and interpolating data.

Length: 1:04

FEA export from a datasheet

How to export the data from a datasheet to a text file format for use in a CAE or CAD system.

Length: 0:40

FEA export from a record list

How to export a data from records in the Record List to a text file format for use in a CAE or CAD system.

Length: 0:45

Comparison Tables

How to create a side-by-side comparison of different properties in a set of records.

Length: 1:45

Comparison Charts

How to use a Comparison Chart report to plot curves from different Attributes, tables, or databases.

Length: 1:23

Comparison Charts with scatter points

How to plot X-Y scatter points and curves on a Comparison Chart.

Length: 2:02

X-Y Charts

How to create an X-Y chart from a record list.

Length: 1:23