Using User-Defined Data Components
Using user-defined data components
Once they have been created user-defined components become available for use in all contexts where "built-in" components may be used:
In data plotting
In this context, the category will become available from the relevant tabs in the Data menu.
For Scalar data plotting, each data type is listed separately. Scalar components can be selected directly, and the individual sub-components of the vector/tensor cases may be selected from popup sub-menus.
Selecting Nodal Vector sub-components
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Selecting Element tensor sub-components
Note: The von Mises calculation in this context assumes
stress, not strain.
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For Vector plots, any Nodal Vector user-defined components are added to the list
of components available for vector mode (arrow) plotting. In this context, the
vector component as a whole is selected, as all three terms are used to generate
the image.
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In WRITE and XY DATA panels
The sub-menus give access to the top level user-defined components, and below that popup menus give access to the vector and tensor sub-components, again exactly as above.
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In these two contexts the