Cloud Plots: Controlling the Attributes of CL Mode Plots
Cloud Plots: Controlling the attributes of CL mode plots
By default "Cloud" plots of element-derived data show the unaveraged
element value at the element centre. Selecting "Averaged at nodes"
causes element-derived data to be averaged at nodes and displayed at node
locations.
Note that:
- Averaging element data at nodes effectively gives low resolution contouring, meaning that any peak values at element centres may be "smeared out" giving lower over all maximum values.
- Nodes have no unique "parent" element, so data may get averaged across parts or dissimilar element types. The results shown will be the same as those obtained from WRITE and XY_DATA for element data at nodes. (Nodally-derived data is unaffected by this setting, and is always displayed at node locations.
may be:
- Fixed, the default being 2 units
- Proportional to data magnitude, autoscaled to the current contour range.
| Here is a simple cantilever of solid elements, loaded in bending, and plotted in CT mode. |
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| And here is the same model, this time as a Cloud plot with variable symbol size. |
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