Details of Errors Local to Elements and Parts
Details of Errors Local to Elements and Parts
The main , and commands display errors for the whole model, as shown before.
The particular example illustrated is very simple, so display clutter is not a problem, but in a more complex model it is easy to imagine how confusing a plot of contact penetrations can get.
To make it easier to see what is going wrong you can select, by any means, a node (separate nodes may be selected for each case.)
Element(s) at the node
Only the elements related to this node are displayed, and the plot is autoscaled to these.
This means:
- All elements to which the node is attached
- All elements into which this node penetrates
This is an plot of the example.
All other plotting parameters (#levels, Settings... parameters, etc) are kept as before.
Parts(s) at the node
The elements related to this node are detected, as above; and all the elements of their respective parts are displayed in the mode selected in the panel.
This is a plot of the example.
Because this model is so simple the whole model, which only contains two parts, is drawn. However in a complex model this display mode allows you to determine how two parts interfere.