Boundary Condition Contour Plot dialog box

Use the Boundary Condition Contour Plot dialog box to display a contour plot of one or more loads or constraints.

Solution Boundary Conditions
Available boundary conditions list	Lists the available boundary conditions (loads, constraints, and simulation objects) that are currently active in the solution. When you double-click a boundary condition, it is added to the Selected Boundary Conditions list for the contour plot. The software uses this first boundary condition as the seed item to determine which additional boundary conditions are compatible to be plotted. To be compatible, boundary conditions be of the same type as the seed item. For example, if the seed item is a pressure, the additional boundary condition must be a pressure.Incompatible boundary conditions are listed in red.
Selected Boundary Conditions
Name	Lists the boundary conditions you add from the Selected Boundary Conditions list. The contour plot is generated for these boundary conditions.
Property	Specifies the component to plot, when you select a boundary condition that is made up of components. To change the component to plot, right-click the property in the appropriate row and select the new component from the list.For example, for a component Pressure load, select Px/Pr, Py/Pt, Pz/Pp, or Magnitude. For a Convection constraint, select Ambient Temperature or Convection Coefficient.
Plot Options
Overlap Options	Determines how the values of nodal boundary conditions are combined when multiple boundary conditions are distributed to the same FE entities (nodes, elements, element edges, or element faces). Add — Displays the sum of the values of the overlapping loads.Average — Displays the average of the values of the overlapping loads. Max — Displays the maximum value of the loads at the overlapping degrees of freedom.Min — Displays the minimum value of the loads at the overlapping degrees of freedom.Specify — Lets you specify the value to display.For example, in the following figures, two nodal temperature constraints (1) and (2) are overlapping on an edge. Min overlap option****Add overlap option
Value	Available when Overlap Options is set to Specify.Lets you enter the value and units of the overlapping loads to display.
Plot Type	Available when the selected boundary condition is defined with a field, such as a time-dependent load.Specifies whether the contour plot will be a Static Plot or an Animation.
Independent Variable	Available when Plot Type is set to Animation, and you have plotted multiple boundary conditions together that have different independent variables. Specifies the independent variable (such as Time, Frequency, or Temperature) that will define the range of the animation.
Start/Stop	Available when Plot Type is set to Animation.Specifies the range of the animation.The initial Start and Stop values (such as start/stop time or start/stop frequency), and Number of Frames values come from the active solution and step, if the software can infer that information; otherwise, the range defaults to [0; 1] with 100 frames. For example, in a Direct Transient Response solution, if you have 50 time steps in the subcase, the Stop time for the animation defaults to 50 and the Number of Frames defaults to 51. You can override the range of the animation by entering new values in the Start and Stop boxes.
Number of Frames	Available when Plot Type is set to Animation.Specifies the number of animation frames to include in the animation. The more frames you include, the smoother the animation.
	Let you pause, stop, and play the animation.
Evaluation Points
Evaluation TimeEvaluation FrequencyEvaluation Temperature	Specifies evaluation points for time, frequency, and temperature varying boundary condition.When a time, frequency, or temperature varying boundary condition is included in a solution that varies over a different independent domain than the boundary condition, the software evaluates the plotted boundary condition using the Evaluation Time, Evaluation Frequency, and Evaluation Temperature values that you define in the Boundary Condition Control Variables for the solution or active subcase. You can override these values and enter different evaluation points for the magnitude properties of the plotted boundary condition. If the property is unavailable and has a Solution Defined button, that property has an evaluation point defined in the solution, and that point is listed. To override the solution-defined property, click the Solution Defined and then choose User Defined . The property becomes active and you can enter a value.

Plot	Plots the selected boundary conditions.

How do I

Generate contour plots of boundary conditions

Learn more

Contour plots of boundary conditions

Quick links

Command reference

Pre/Post video examples

Bulk Entry Descriptions

Simcenter 3D tutorials

Browse Simcenter 3D help by product area

Boundary Condition Contour Plot dialog box, Simcenter 3D 2021.1 Series

© 2020 Siemens

window.mainLanguage="en_US"

window.delivId=""

window.projectId=""

MathJax.Hub.Config({ TeX: { extensions: ["autoload-all.js"] }, tex2jax: { displayMath: [ ] }, "SVG": { scale: 125 } });