Face Plot Item

Description

Model face information.

Attributes

Show

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Set which faces to show.

Show: Select from the choices: “Surface” to display surface faces only; “All” to display all faces, internal and external; and “Grouped” to display surfaces by face group assignment.

Color-By

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Specify how faces should be colored. Some options will require additional, dynamically-provided attributes in order to complete the selection; these are indicated with notations on the table.

Color-By: select from the following options.

Table 1: Selection Options for Color-By

Density

Model

Extraᵉ

Multiplier

Face Extraᵉ

Propertyᵖ

Face Groupsˢ

Stateᵗ

Fluid Density

Thermal Propertyᵖ

Fluid Propertyᵖ

Type

Groupˢ

Uniform

Key:

ᵉAn “Index” attribute follows

ᵖA “Property” attribute follows

ˢA “Slot” attribute follows

ᵗA “State By” attribute follows

Color-List

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Set properties of the line used for the item color-list. See the standard color-list control description for details.

Hide-Null

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Control display of faces of null zones.

Hide-Null: Specify (checked) that faces of null zones should not be displayed. The field contains a list of different zone types.

[item]: Hide (checked) null zone face of [item] type.

Hide-Null

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Control display of null zones within the plot.

Hide-Null: Specify (checked) that null zones should not be displayed. The field contains a list of different zone types.

[item]: Hide (checked) null zone of [item] type.

Highlighted Selected

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Show selected faces.

Highlighted Selected: Show and highlight selected (checked) faces, even if they would not otherwise be displayed.

Selected Only

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Show selected faces only.

Selected Only: Show selected (checked) faces only.

Map

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Map the item to new model coordinates. See the standard map control description for details.

Def-fac

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Set the deformation factor. See the standard def-fac control description for details.

Polygons

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Set properties of item facets. See the standard polygons control description for details.

Transparency

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Set the transparency of the plot item. See the standard transparency control description for details.

Legend

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Set item labeling in the plot legend. See the standard legend control description for details.

Beneath Title, the Face plot item also provides controls in Legend for Color-List, Count, Map, and Def-Fac.