Visualization Controls

To access the Visualization controls, click on the Display toolbar. There are nine different types of visualization controls:

Connectors

Connector size

Specify a size (in model units) to display connectors in the graphics area.

Color by

Select a Color by scheme (State, Layer, Style, or Component) to change how connectors are color-coded in the graphics area. You cannot change the colors of each individual item within a scheme, but you can change what items display. Select or clear the check boxes next to each item to turn them on and off in the scheme.

The Color by schemes and their corresponding color items include:

State: Realized, Unrealized, Failed, and Modified
Layer: < 2t, 2t, 3t, > 3t
Style: Apply mass, area, bolt, seam, spot
Component: Engineering Solutions colors the Connectors based on the color of the component axis they exist in.

State/Layer/Style

Engineering Solutions only displays the connectors that match the selected checkboxes in the graphics area. If you clear a checkbox, Engineering Solutions removes the connectors that match that criteria from the graphics area. You can use any combination of check boxes at a time.

Cylinder Bolts

Change the display of cylinder bolts in the graphics area using the following controls:

Cylinder transparency: Move the slider to change the level of transparency of cylinder bolts in the graphics area.
Display status: Toggle the Display status on and off to show or hide cylinder bolts in the graphics area.

CWELDS

Change the display of CWELD defined connectors in the graphics area by switching the CWELD visualization to on.

The graphical representation reflects the CWELD definition, and points directly from the connector to the referenced nodes, nodes of referenced elements, or referenced properties. The graphical representation is always shown in the appropriate CWELD component color.

Certain CWELD manipulations are not automatically synced. Editing the solver card or organizing the element into a new component requires you to reactivate the CWELD visualization.

Constraints

Constraint labels: Select this checkbox to display labels on constraint entities in the graphics area.
Relative constraint size: Specify how large, in model units, constraints are displayed relative to the model size.

Equations

Equation Handles: Select this checkbox to display the handles on equations in the graphics area.

Loads

Template labels (type): Select this checkbox to display template-specific labels on loads in the graphics area. If you clear this checkbox, Engineering Solutions will display general HM labels on loads.
Load labels: Select this checkbox to display the labels of load entities (forces, moments, pressures, accelerations, velocities, temperatures, fluxes) in the graphics area.
Change load vector (tip/tail) at application point: Select this checkbox to point the load vector away from the load application point (tail) when the tip of the load vector is attached to the load application point. If you clear this checkbox, Engineering Solutions points the load vector toward the load application point (tip) when the tail of the load vector is attached to the load application point.
Note: The direction of the vector does not change when you select this option.
Load size: Specify a size (in model units) to display load entities in the graphics area. Use the toggle to select relative size or Uniform to control the size of load entities. Select Relative size to displays loads relative to the model size (default 100), or select Uniform to apply a constant size.

Morphing

Handle Size

Specify a size (in model units) to display morphing handles in the graphics area.

Symmetry Size

Specify a size (in model units) to display morphing symmetries in the graphics area.

Colors

To change how morphing domains, faces, volumes and symmetries are color-coded in the graphics area, click the color boxes and select a new color from the color selector.

Morph volume edges, Edge points

Specify how many points each morph volume edge will use to represent curves in the graphics area. Use larger numbers for smoother curves and smaller numbers for faster rendering.

Morph volume faves

Use these options to choose how Engineering Solutions draws the flat faces of morph volumes in the graphics area:

Wireframe: Face has no color at all; only the morph volume edges and handles are drawn.
Transparent: (1, 2, or 3) means that the faces are drawn semi-opaque; higher numbers mean more opacity.
Opaque: Sets the morph volumes’ transparency to zero.

Systems

Relative system size: Specify how large, in model units, systems are displayed relative to the model size.

Topology

Show line directions: Select this checkbox to display graphics on line entities in the graphics area to indicate the direction of the line.
Edges/Shaded faces on solid: Control the color-coding of the respective entities in the graphics area, and the display of those entities that match the selected criteria. The changes you make to the color options will only apply when used within the relevant geometry shading and color modes.
Solid transparency: Move the slider to change the level of transparency of the solid entities in the graphics area when they are used within the relevant geometry shading and color modes. The higher the number, the more transparent the solid entities appear.
Mappable solids: Control the color-coding of mappable solids when used with the relevant geometry shading and color modes.

Vectors

Vector Handles: Select this checkbox to display handles on vector entities in the graphics area.
Vector labels: Select this checkbox to display labels on vector entities in the graphics area.
Vector size: Specify a size (in model units) to display vector entities in the graphics area. Use the toggle to select Vector size % or Uniform to control the size of vector entities. Select Vector size % to use a percentage of the actual length of the vector to determine the size, or select Uniform to apply a constant size.