How Labelling on Plots is Handled for Nodes and Elements

How labelling on plots is handled for nodes and elements

Static labels are handled via the Entity panel (as described in this section). "Dynamic" labels may be added using Quick-Pick (see "QUICK PICK" Options)The default label is a node or element number, but a variable amount of information can be generated to form a "label" which can run to multiple lines, as this example shows.

This figure shows an example of shells which have been labelled with:

MODEL Mnnn for M odel number <nnn> LABEL Snnn for S hell <nnn>. PART Pnnn for P art <nnn>.
D3PLOT attempts to group labels logically and to locate them so that they don't overlap, but if you try to add too much information you will end up with a total mess on the page.

The "attached" nodes in this figure have also been switched on: these are drawn as asterisks (*) at the relevant element vertices.