PAT312, Section 54, December 2006 S54-1 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation SECTION 54 RESULTS POSTPROCESSING

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PAT312, Section 54, December 2006 S54-3 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation READING RESULTS l Two methods for reading nodal results into a database l Standard MSC.Patran l Analysis: Read Result l Reads nodal results files one at a time l Custom results template now written and used by default l Utilities l Utilities / Thermal / Thermal Results Reader… l Read nodal results files individually or by wildcard l Produces a Global Variable, Time l Useful for transient animations l Starting in v2005, Thermal results reader in core Patran l Analysis, Thermal Tools, Thermal Results Reader

PAT312, Section 54, December 2006 S54-4 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation DISPLAYING RESULTS l Results post-processing in Patran, Results l Results l Quick Plot l Quick access to fringe plots l Other Tools l Manipulate results data and multiple output styles available

PAT312, Section 54, December 2006 S54-5 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation RESULTS POST-PROCESSING l Designed to accommodate various types of results l Objects (useful for Thermal) l Quick plot l Simplified contour l Fringe l Contour plot l Marker l All Node temperatures l Cursor l Selected Node temperatures l Also added to a list l Contour l Report l Text report

PAT312, Section 54, December 2006 S54-6 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation QUICKPLOT l Select Results l Select Results Case l Select Result l Including new flux plots l Fringe Attributes l Adjust appearance of fringe l Set Spectrum, range, etc. l Set significant digits l Appearance of titles l Element outlines

PAT312, Section 54, December 2006 S54-7 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation SCALAR MARKER PLOT l Set marker type and size

PAT312, Section 54, December 2006 S54-8 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation CURSOR PLOT l Optionally write to file

PAT312, Section 54, December 2006 S54-9 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation CONTOUR PLOT

PAT312, Section 54, December 2006 S54-10 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation TEXT RESULTS REPORT MSC.Patran Wed Jul 13 16:35:27 PDT Analysis Code: MSC.Patran T Load Case: TIME: D+00 SECONDS S.S. ITERATIONS: 49, Result Temperature, ( deg-C ) - Layer (NON-LAYERED) Entity: Node Scalar -Entity ID--Scalar Value

PAT312, Section 54, December 2006 S54-11 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation CREATING A RANGE l To create a new range, you can go to Display Attributes -Range - Define Range, or Pull down Display/Ranges... Step 1: Create a range Step 2: Select Data Method Step 3: Select Thresholding Step 4: Calculate Range (for auto methods) Step 5: Apply

PAT312, Section 54, December 2006 S54-12 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation CREATING A RANGE (Cont.) DATA METHOD l Auto l Contiguous subranges starting from and ending at user-supplied values (or Use Fit Results) l Delta l Contiguous sub-ranges starting from a value then incrementing (or decrementing) by a delta value l Cluster l Range based on bin size and number of sub- ranges l Manual l Discrete sub-ranges based on various methods to assign start and end values l Delta Log l Exponential range calculation l Thresholds, where available allow the user to specify the size of the upper and lower range intervals

PAT312, Section 54, December 2006 S54-13 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation