Post Processing Preferences dialog box

General tab

General Option
Distance to Mesh Tolerance	Sets a tolerance for selecting points on a mesh surface when creating a result probe by selecting points (the Selection Type on the Result Probe dialog box is set to Points). If a selected point does not lie on a surface, the result probe uses the nearest point on the surface that is within the tolerance you specified for its calculations.

Post Processing Navigator tab

Text Option
Format	Specifies the notational system used to display results values. Choose from:AutomaticThe software chooses a numeric format based on the absolute difference between consecutive color bar levels. See Automatic numeric formatting criteria.Fixed PointDisplays results in decimal notation with a fixed number of decimal places you specify.ScientificDisplays results in scientific notation using a fixed number of decimal places you specify.
Decimal Places	Appears when Format is set to Fixed Point or Scientific.Specifies the number of decimal places for fixed point numerals and scientific notation. Choose a value from 0 to 9.

Identify tab

Text Option
Format	Specifies the notational system used to display results values. Choose from:AutomaticThe software chooses a numeric format based on the absolute difference between consecutive color bar levels. See Automatic numeric formatting criteria.Fixed PointDisplays results in decimal notation with a fixed number of decimal places you specify.ScientificDisplays results in scientific notation using a fixed number of decimal places you specify.
Decimal Places	Appears when Format is set to Fixed Point or Scientific.Specifies the number of decimal places for fixed point numerals and scientific notation. Choose a value from 0 to 9.

Annotation tab

Text Option
Format	Specifies the notational system used to display results values. Choose from:AutomaticThe software chooses a numeric format based on the absolute difference between consecutive color bar levels. See Automatic numeric formatting criteria.Fixed PointDisplays results in decimal notation with a fixed number of decimal places you specify.ScientificDisplays results in scientific notation using a fixed number of decimal places you specify.
Decimal Places	Appears when Format is set to Fixed Point or Scientific.Specifies the number of decimal places for fixed point numerals and scientific notation. Choose a value from 0 to 9.
Automatic Font Scaling	Applies a specified scale factor to the fonts that appear in the header text.When selected, drag the slider bar to apply a scale factor between .5 and 2.0.

Legend tab

Text Option
Format	Specifies the notational system used to display results values. Choose from:AutomaticThe software chooses a numeric format based on the absolute difference between consecutive color bar levels. See Automatic numeric formatting criteria.Fixed PointDisplays results in decimal notation with a fixed number of decimal places you specify.ScientificDisplays results in scientific notation using a fixed number of decimal places you specify.
Decimal Places	Appears when Format is set to Fixed Point or Scientific.Specifies the number of decimal places for fixed point numerals and scientific notation. Choose a value from 0 to 9.
Default Legend Position (For New Post View)	Specifies the placement of the first legend in a post view. All other legends are placed to the right of the first legend.
Multiple Legends for Postview Overlays	Specifies that multiple legends can be displayed when you overlay results in a post view.
Legend Header (For New Post View)	Specifies whether the legend header appears in a post view and its contents. NoneHides the header text.DefaultAutomatically generates the header text based on your solution.The software displays the current Simulation, solution, step or subcase, result and result component, and minimum and maximum, values, units, coordinate system, and deformation used.CustomizedLets you set the text to appear in the header based on predefined terms or your own text.
The following options appear when Legend Header (For New Post View) is set to Customized.
Header Tokens	Lists the predefined terms you can use in the header to automatically display information about the solution. For more information about what each header token displays, see Data sources supported for post-processing scenarios.
Add	Adds the header token selected in the Header Tokens list box to the Line Components list box.
Line Components	Lists the header tokens to be added to a header line.
Move Up /Move Down	Moves the selected header token in the Line Components list box up or down in the list to change its order of appearance in the header line.
Delete	Removes the selected header token in the Line Components list box from the list.
Clear Selection	Clears all header tokens in the Line Component list box.
Preview	Displays the header tokens listed in the Line Components list box in the order they will appear in the header line.
Create New Line	Available when header tokens appear in the Line Components list box. Adds a new line of text to the end of the legend header containing the header tokens listed in the Line Component list box.
Apply Line Edits	Appears when a line is selected in the line box and the Edit button is selected. Replaces the contents of a selected line with the header tokens listed in the Line Component list box.
Line 1 – Line n	Represents each line of text in the legend header.
Edit	Available when a line of text is selected in the line list box. Turns on editing mode for the selected line of text.
Move Up /Move Down	Moves the selected line of text in the line list box up or down in the list to change its order in the header.
Delete	Available when a line of text is selected in the line list box. Deletes the selected line of text from the header.

Graph tab

Graph Option
Auto save to AFU	Automatically saves a graph as an AFU file (the storage file for table functions) when you create the graph. The software saves the AFU file in the same location as the working part. For more information about AFU files, see Manage AFU files in the Functions and Graphing help.

Result tab

Cyclic Mode
Read One Mode in Orthogonal-Pair	Displays only one mode in an orthogonal pair of cyclic results in the Post Processing Navigator and other dialog boxes that show results. A result probe calculates its values accordingly and uses only one mode from the orthogonal pair.
Odb Result Preference
Import User Groups	Imports groups found in the Abaqus output database result file (odb) and displays the results based on the groups.

Viewport tab

Selection and Highlighting	Activates the ability to work interactively with post views. It lets you directly select post views in the graphics window, manipulate objects, such as annotations and legends, and access contextual right-click menus for annotations, legends, and the background. A border appears around the active post view and highlighting appears around post views as you select them. The border appears when more than one post view is displayed. Note: If you do not turn on the ability to work interactively with post views, you must select the Edit in Graphics command to manipulate objects, such as annotations.
Master Highlight Color	Specifies the color of the border around the master post view. To specify the color, click the color box to open the Color dialog box.
Other Highlight Color	Specifies the color of the highlighting that appears around post views as you select them. To specify the color, click the color box to open the Color dialog box.

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