The averaging options allow you to limit the averaging of results to only a group of elements that are considered to be
bound by same feature angle or face.
The Free Body Diagram (FBD) tool facilitates the extraction and post-processing of Grid Point Force (GPFORCE) results
and can be used create and edit Free Body Diagrams (FBD).
Stress linearization, a widely used procedure in the Oil and Gas and ship-building industries, is used to analyze stresses
in a structure, such as a pressure vessel.
A result manipulation library that enables user-defined data types to be added to a result, and transitions complex data
manipulation tasks from HyperView to a reusable, modifiable set of libraries that focus solely on result processing tasks.
The fatigue manager allows you to write stress and strain results from a finite element analysis to an external file that
can be used to set up a fatigue analysis.
The fatigue configuration file is a user-defined external ASCII-file through which the data groups from results of static/modal/transient analysis of different solvers can be read.
Use the Systems Review dialog to review the orientations of various element systems
(1D, 2D, or 3D), as well as material and ply systems.
Reviewing these systems enables you to assess the integrity of
model and understand the results in significance to the system of interest. Element systems
can be reviewed to check normal orientations, proper connectivity, or the beam orientations.
While most of these checks are performed in the pre-processing stage, this tool acts like a
verification aide in post-processing. The system plots can be overlaid with Vector and Tensor
plots to confirm that the results and their orientations are accurate. Various display options
are available which allow you to customize the appearance of the system plot.
From the
Results toolbar, click System
.
Note: You can also select Plot > System from the Results menu.
The various options available in the dialog allow you to control the display and
visualization of the systems in the modeling window.
Note: For
reviewing 1D Elemental, Ply, and Material systems, the Advanced Result Math template must be
selected in the Load Model panel when initially loading the model and result file. In
addition, a solver input deck is also required as the model file.