Interface Plot Item

Description

Location, value, or label information for interfaces.

Attributes

Type Hide-Null Map Def-fac Transparency Legend

Type

Set which interfaces to show.

Type: Select from the choices: “Location” to display interface locations; “Contour” to display contour of values on the interface elements, or “Slip” to display locations of slip on interface elements.

The attribute following will follow from the selection made here. It allows selection of which available contour or slip state to display.

Table 1: Selection Options for Location/Contour/Slip

Location	Contour Byᴬ	Slip Byᴮ
Locationᴸ	Node Extraᵉ	Normal
	Normal Displacement	Shear
	Normal Stress
	Penetration
	Propertyᵖ
	Shear Displacement
	Shear Stress

Key:

ᴸA “Location” attribute contains options for “Color By”, “Solid”, “Color-List” and “Line”

ᵉAn “Index” attribute follows

ᵖA “Property” attribute follows

ᴬAll “ContourBy” options provide a “Polygons” and “Cut-Line” attribute

ᴮAll “SlipBy” options provide a “Polygons”, “Cut-Line”, “Color-List” and “Line” attribute

Hide-Null

Do not show null items in the plot. See the standard hide-null control description for details.

Map

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

Def-fac

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

Polygons

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

Transparency

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

Legend

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

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