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The re-positioning of the title is only possible when the Titles form is up.
The colour of the title and the size can also be changed. Click on the `Title Color' to change the colour and click on the `font size' to change the font size.
Titles can be deleted as follows. Click on the title to be deleted on the viewport using the left mouse button. This will display the title on the `Target Title' box. Click on the `Delete' button and click on `Yes' in the new confirmation window. This should delete that title from the viewport.
To change an existing title click on the title as before. Then click on the button marked `Rename'. In the new form type in the new title and then click on `Apply'.
In the Results form set `Object' to `Deformation'. Choose the Displacement results and then draw the deformed mesh. Now change the `Object' to \Fringe' and request the fringe plot and this will be drawn on the deformed mesh.
Click on Display Attributes icon (3rd icon) in the Results form. In the new form look for Scale interpretation. Below this you will find 2 radio buttons marked Model Scale and True Scale. In the box below marked Scale factor enter a value of 0.1 which is the default. Click on the radio button marked Model Scale. Then click on the `Apply' button.
Also note that when you click on the `Fit View' icon it uses the undeformed mesh to fit the viewport ie it does not take into account the deformations. It does not use the deformed mesh to fit the view. Because of this in some cases part of the deformed will be outside of the viewport.
Fit View icon
Click on Display Attributes icon (3rd icon) in the Results form. In the new form click on Label Style.... In the form that pops up look for Label Format. It can have 3 choices : Exponential / Fixed / Integer. Chooese Exponential. Below that will be `Significant Figures' setting. Set the slider bar to the required value. Then click on `Apply'.
This can be checked as follows :
Click on Display Attributes icon (3rd icon) in the Results form. In the new form look for the button marked Show Max/Min Values and if it is set then this would confirm it.
Click on it to unset it and then click on the `Apply' button.
Alternatively choose Display from the pull-down menu and then choose Ranges....
Both methods displays the same form. In the form that pops look at the boxes marked Data Method and Thresholding.
Click on the label Create... and in the form displayed below enter a title for New Range Name example : range10 (if you require 10 bands). Then change the Number of sub-range to 10. Then click on OK.
In the original form click on the label Assign Target Range to Viewport. Click on the labels Calculate and Apply respectively.
This should display the fringe plot with the required number of fringe bands.
This is shown in the following form. The number of intervals has been selected to be 10.
In the Data Method section Semi-Auto option is chosen. Click on Fit Results. This will display the maximum and minimum values in boxes marked Start and End. You can edit the start and End values to set these to the required range and then click on Calculate and then finally on Apply.
In the Data Method section choose Semi-Auto (Delta) option. Then enter the Start and the delta values and click on Calculate and then finally on Apply.
Action : Create Tool : ContourLet us assume that we require a contour plot of von Mises stress. Click on the Results Selection... button and in the new form select Stress Components in the Results Selection box.
Then click on the button marked Result Options.... In the new form select the following option.
Tensor to Scalar Transform Method : von MisesClick on OK on both these forms and then click on the Apply button in the insight form.
To change the contour interval click on the Insight Control pull-down menu and choose the option Range Control.... Minimum and maximum values can be set in the new form. Also the number of contour levels can also be set.
Carry out all the post-processing with a particular mesh before making any changes to the mesh to run further analyses. Alternatively if possible it is better to use separate patran databases for different meshes and analyses.
This difference in stresses can be plotted as a fringe plot as follows :
In the Results form select the stress quantity for which you want to plot the maximum differences first (example : von Mises Stress). Then click on the 4th icon (Plot Options). In the new form, under the heading `Averaging Definition' change the Method to Difference.
Then click on Apply.
The regions where this maximum difference is high should be further refined.
Choose "marker" for `Object' "tensor" for `Method'. In the Results form select the stress quantity for which you want to display the numerical values first (example : von Mises Stress). Then click on the Apply button.
This should display the numerical values at all the nodes.
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