Common Plotting Attributes
Common Plotting Attributes
LABEL VALUES Labelling values on diagram plotsThe right hand figure above also shows the effect of turning on the LABEL_VALUES switch: values at beam end points are shown. This option is only useful when there are relatively few beams on the display, with a lot of beams being labelled the screen will become a mass of numbers. (The option, using "dynamic" labelling of beams with the switch on, provides a more selective way of drawing element data values on the screen.)
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REVERSE_END_2 Sign convention used for beam plot displayThe convention when drawing bending moment diagrams is to plot the diagram on the tensile side of the element. However the mathematics would suggest otherwise: In the example used here (encastre beam, point load) the moments at the two ends of this beam are clockwise (+ve) and anti-clockwise (-ve) respectively, so at one end a +ve value must be drawn on the tensile side but at the other end a -ve value. Hence the need to reverse the sign of the "end 2" value for plotting purposes only. The author has never seen plots drawn without this reversal but, for completeness, the ability to produce them is provided with the switch: turn it off to see mathematically "pure" plots.
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IGNORE_BEAM_TYPE Ignore whether a beam is integrated or resultant when contouring integrated and resultant beam componentsWhen this switch is off D3PLOT will use information in the ZTF file to determine whether a beam element is integrated or resultant type and will only plot corresponding integrated or resultant beam components on the beam elements. If the switch is on (or there is no ZTF file) then when user selects an integrated or resultant beam component all beams will be contoured with the value in the corresponding extra data slot, which will show inapplicable values on some beams. See Notes on Beam Data for more information. |