You can display applied or predefined displacements, forces, uniform loads, or wind and wave loads in a table. You can scroll the display windows vertically and/or horizontally to view all node points where data has been defined. To move through the defined displacement or force vectors 1 through 9, click Next >> and Previous <<. The color key assists you in locating the node points on the model when the model geometry is complex.
The displacements window shows user-specified values as well as free or fixed degrees of freedom (DOF). In this case, a DOF is free if a displacement value is not specified in any of the displacement load vectors. If a DOF has a specified displacement in at least one of the load vectors, then it is fixed in all other load vectors.
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Forces - Turns the display of forces and moments on and off. |
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Uniform Loads - Updates the model to show each uniform load in a different color. Use this option to see the uniform load variations throughout the system or to verify that changes have been made. A color key displays the uniform loads defined in the model. You can change the assigned colors to meet your needs. The uniform load parameters display in a table. Use the scroll bars to view all the data. Click Next >> and Previous << to move through the displacement or force vectors. Uniform Loads has three vectors defined. The Node column represents the start node number where the uniform loads vector was first defined. Because the data propagates throughout the model until changed or disabled, the model is colored accordingly. |
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Wind/Wave - Updates the model to show each wind or wave load in a different color. Use this option to see the variations throughout the system or to verify that changes have been made. A color key displays the wind or wave loads defined in the model. The wind and wave load parameters display in a table. Use the scroll bars to view all the data. Click Next >> and Previous << to move through the loads. All the elements with wind defined display in red. All the elements with wave data defined display in green. The legend grid shows the relevant data. |
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The legend window can be resized, docked, or removed from view.
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You can still zoom, pan, or rotate the model while in highlight mode. You can also use any of orthographic projections and single line or volume modes without affecting the model highlighted state.
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Clicking one of the highlight commands a second time cancels the coloring effect.
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If you print the model while it is in highlight mode, the color key legend displays in the upper left corner of the page. This is true even if the actual legend window has been dragged away from the view.
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You can display predefined displacements by pressing F3. You can display forces/moment vectors by pressing F5.
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Select Element
displays element data. When this command is active, hovering the cursor over a pipe
element displays the element's nodes, delta dimensions, and pipe size data. Clicking
an element highlights the element and updates the information on the dialog box. Click
in the empty space of the graphics view to remove highlighting. The dialog box still
contains the information from the last element that you selected.