{"id":4955,"date":"2017-05-16T08:17:25","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T15:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Simcenter-Blog\/Setting-up-LMS-QSources-right-the-first-time\/ba-p\/409563"},"modified":"2026-03-26T06:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:06:00","slug":"setting-up-lms-qsources-right-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/setting-up-lms-qsources-right-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up LMS QSources right the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>I remember getting Legos for six straight birthdays when I was young.<\/P><br \/>\n<P>Back then; the fierce anticipation to finish my next miniature masterpiece was much greater than the patience I could foster to go through the actual building process (I was five).&nbsp;This caused me to skip vital steps prescribed by the manual, and eventually reaching dead ends, often several pages further.&nbsp;Backtracking my mistakes would obviously compromise the speed of the overall construction process significantly.<\/P><br \/>\n<P>Meanwhile, I\u2019ve learned that slowing down, getting things right the first time simply turns out faster and better (try assembling any piece of IKEA furniture if you\u2019re still not convinced).&nbsp;<\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN>Setting up LMS QSources for your acoustic measurement campaign follows the same basic logic.<\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P>LMS QSources have been around for a considerable while now, since the early nineties&nbsp;to be exact, and they are becoming more popular with each new release. 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