### 2.1.13. Sensors

A Sensor provides the evaluation of global results like price, weight, or area. Results can be evaluated for specific parts, materials or plies.

Figure : Sensor Properties

The Sensor Properties dialog contains the following options:

- Name: Name of the Sensor.

- Sensor Type: Define the evaluation type.

  - Sensor by Area: Select one or several Element Sets or Oriented Selection Sets.

  - Sensor by Material: Select Fabric(s), Stackup(s) and/or Sublaminates. If a Fabric is selected, the plies in the Sublaminates are also considered in the evaluation; plies in a Stackup are not.

  - Sensor by Modeling Ply: Select one or more plies.

  - Sensor by Solid Model: Select one or more solid models. For a solid model sensor type, only weight and center of gravity are computed.

- Entities: Select the corresponding entities by clicking them in the tree.

- Measure: Display results of different quantities.

  - Weight: Mass of the selected entity.

  - Covered Area: Surface area of a selected Element Set, Oriented Selection Set, or tooling surface area that is covered by the composite lay-up of the selected Material or Modeling Ply.

  - Modeling Ply Area: Surface area of all Modeling Plies of the selected entity.

  - Production Ply Area: Surface area of all Production Plies of the selected entity.

  - Price: Price for the composite lay-up of the selected entity. The price per area is set under Material Data > Fabrics or Material Data > Stackups.

  - Center of Gravity: Center of gravity of the selected entity in the global coordinate system.

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