D3PLOT 22.1

"Options"

For each data component D3PLOT knows what entity types it is valid for and can be displayed on. By default a component is show on all the valid entity types but this can be changed using the Options... button.

If for example Scalar 1 is set to the component "Z Displacement" then by default it is contoured on the entity types shown opposite.

Any entity types that the component can not be contoured on are automatically greyed-out and can not be selected/de-selected.

Z Displacement - Default entity types

To exclude an entity type from being used by a data component deselect it from the list of selected types.

If for example the Z Displacement of the beam elements was to be excluded.

Z Displacement - Beams Excluded

If both Scalar 1 and Scalar 2 are valid for the same entity types then by default Scalar 2 would be displayed on all the entities.

The Options menu can be used to turn Scalar 2 off for some entity types so that on those entity types Scalar 1 is displayed.

Setting Scalar 2 to Z Displacement and using the Options menu to turn Scalar 2 off for Solids.

Setting Scalar 1 to Von-Mises Stress and using the Options menu to turn Scalar 1 on for Solids

Von Mises Stress on Solids + Y Displacement on Beams

As well as turning on and off data components the Options menu can be used to modify the plotting mode used for different entity types. By default all entity types are contoured using the default plotting mode so an SI plot will contour everything in SI mode and a CL plot will contour everything in CL mode.

If however you wanted to generate a LC (line contour) plot with the beams drawn in SI you can change the shell plotting mode to LC and this would override the default plotting mode and then generate an SI plot.

LC plot of Z Displacement "Scalar 1" + SI plot of Beam Axial Forces "Scalar 2"

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