Set up a marker plot

The following is a general procedure for setting up a marker plot using the Edit Post View command. You can also use the commands in the Post View and Display groups of the Results tab to set individual display options for marker plots.

Marker plots are available when you set the color display to contour plot.

Click Apply at any time during the following procedure to view your current settings.

1. In the Post Processing Navigator, right-click the post view node and choose Edit Post View.

2. On the Display tab, select the Color Display check box, and from the list, select either Cubes, Spheres, Arrows, or Tensors (available for stress or strain results).

3. If you set Color Display to Tensors, from the Type list, select the type of tensor component and then select the components to display.

4. (Optional) If you set Color Display to Arrows, set the components and results display:For spring-dashpot and beam resultants, from the Type list, select the type of component, either forces or moments. To display more than one component at once, from the Component Display group, select the components. To display the results value in the arrow marker plot, select the Display Numeric Value check box. For nodal force report results with sum resultants, to display the results at the centroid of the nodes that comprise the nodal force report, select the Display at Centroid check box. If the check box is not selected, the results are displayed at the reference point, if specified, or the origin.

5. To hide all marks below a specified threshold, select the Hide Marks Below check box and do the following:From the list that appears, select a percentage of the result or a results value.Type the percentage or the results value in model units in the box.

6. Specify the marker size. To specify the size scaled to a results value, set Size by to Result. Type the scale and set it as a percentage of the model size or an absolute size in model units.To set the same size for all markers, set Size by to Specified. Type the scale and set it as a percentage of the model size or an absolute size in model units.

7. Specify the marker color.To map the marker color to the result value according to the current color spectrum, set Color to Colorbar.To set all markers to the color you select from the color palette, set Color to Specified and select a color from the color palette that appears. To set all markers to the same color as the text color, set Color to TextColor.

8. (Optional) If you set Color Display to Arrows, set Style to the arrow style. To display the arrow markers as double-headed arrows, click the Double-sided check box.

9. (Optional) To turn off ambient lighting and display the contours without the effects of shadows, clear the Lighted check box.

10. (Optional) If you set Color Display to Tensors, set Style to the thickness of the line: one-dimensional (Line) or solid (Solid). From the list next to it, select the line style.

11. To control the display and appearance of element edges, set Edges to the appropriate option and click Color to set the color of the edges.For complete instructions, see Set the display of edges in post views.

12. (Optional) Complete the post view definition as desired:On the Deformation tab, specify deformation options as needed. For complete instructions, see Control the display of deformation.On the Legend tab, specify the results range, color spectrum, and color bar scale.For complete instructions, see Edit post view legends.

13. (Optional) To set the display size of spring or mass elements, in the Scale box, type the scale and set it as a percentage of the model or as a specified length in part length units.The software applies the display changes to all spring or mass elements in the model. For spring elements, the display size controls the following:For non-coincident node spring elements, the spring display size controls the length of the tooth of the spring (1). For coincident node spring elements, the spring display size also controls the length of the tooth of the spring (1) and the length of the spring (2) is proportional to the length of the tooth. For mass elements, the mass display size controls the length of the edge of the cube.

14. Click OK.

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