REFERENCE STATE/MODEL

REFERENCE STATE/MODEL

Normally results at a given state are drawn and reported verbatim, subject to the various options above. However it is possible to subtract from the current data:

• The results at a different state in this model, showing the difference between two times.

• The results at the same, or a different, state in another model, showing the difference between models.

• If all active models have been envelope plotted the USE ENVELOPE button will become active and you will be able to do a relative plot of the envelope plots between models.

This operation is applied to all nodal and element data, and its application can be to any permutation of:

• The current graphical coordinates (ie the plotted shape)
• The current data values (ie contoured, written and time-history values)
• The current undeformed geometry plot.

By default the reference model is the current model, and the reference state is zero, and "reference plotting" for a window is turned off, meaning that no action is taken here.