PAT312, Section 10, December 2006 S10-1 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation SECTION 10 DISPLAY

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PAT312, Section 10, December 2006 S10-3 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation DISPLAY l Display tools are used to organize and enhance the appearance of the model in viewports l Two types of display modes: l Entity mode targets entities by type (i.e. all curves are yellow, all quads are white) l Group mode targets by group (i.e. default group is wireframe, bracket group is shaded yellow) l Display type is global (affects all open viewports) l Only one type of display mode may be used at a time

PAT312, Section 10, December 2006 S10-4 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation ENTITY TYPE DISPLAY l Modify entity display properties l Model Render Style applies to all entities l Shade Color applies to all entities l Colors of each Entity Type are unique for each entity l Show or hide Entity Labels l Label Font Size applies to all entities

PAT312, Section 10, December 2006 S10-5 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation GROUP DISPLAY l Modify display properties by group l Select a set of groups l Render style l Shade Color l Labels on or off l Label size l Toolbar, Quickpicks l Unique for a given group

PAT312, Section 10, December 2006 S10-6 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation PLOT/ERASE l Unclutter graphics display by temporarily removing entities from the display l Actions affect only the display l Settings will not be saved when the database is closed l Erase is different from Delete Toolbar, Quick-pick Button for plot/erase

PAT312, Section 10, December 2006 S10-7 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation PLOT/ERASE EXAMPLE l Select Display – Plot/Erase l Click on Erase l Repaint the screen Hidden line plot when geometry and FEM overlap (Numerical conflict) Hidden line plot with the FEM displayed and the geometry erased (No conflict)

PAT312, Section 10, December 2006 S10-8 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation HIGHLIGHTING l Find any posted entity by entering its name and ID number (i.e. Element 32) … l Find entities associated to other entities using Tools/List/Create l Highlight color is modified under Preferences/Graphics l Dynamic highlighting can be turned on under Preference/Picking

PAT312, Section 10, December 2006 S10-9 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation GEOMETRIC ATTRIBUTES l Geometric properties may be altered to enhance display (i.e. display lines, chordal tolerance, parametric directions, entity colors and labels) l Toolbar, Quickpick buttons Display Lines Point Size Labels

PAT312, Section 10, December 2006 S10-10 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation GEOMETRIC SHRINK AND DISPLAY LINES

PAT312, Section 10, December 2006 S10-11 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation FINITE ELEMENT AND LBC/ELEMENT PROPERTY DISPLAY ATTRIBUTES l FEM l Element shrink l Free edges and faces l Node size l Colors and labels l Coordinate frames l LBC / Element Props. l LBC display toggles l Colors l Show on FEM only l Vector attributes l Beam Display l Pin DOFs l Spring DOFs l Coordinate frames

PAT312, Section 10, December 2006 S10-12 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation TITLES EXAMPLE l Type Title in Target Title listbox l Select Title Color and Font Size l Select Create l Move Title to desired position using cursor while form is open

PAT312, Section 10, December 2006 S10-13 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation SPECTRUMS l Color spectrum can be modified to improve understanding of results and other distributed quantities l Continuous tone fringe plots can be rendered and the interpolation between any two colors controlled (e.g. 2 = quadratic) l Modified color spectra can be created, named and saved for current and future use

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