Tensors (Zone) Plot Item

Description

Show zone tensor data for stress or strain. The first few attributes of this plot item are contingent on the first attribute (Type).

Attributes

Type Color-By Contour/Color-List Scale Line Max. Num Skip Map Def-Fac Transparency Legend

Type

Select which zone tensor to plot.

Type: select from: “Stress”, “Strain Rate”, “Strain Increment”.

Color-By

Select the scalar value to pull from the tensor for display. Additional attribute fields are supplied as needed; these are noted in the table below.

Table 1: Selection Options for Valueᴬ

Uniformⁿ	Max Shear	XY
Orderˡ	Determinant	XZ
Minimum	2nd Dev Invariant	YZ
Intermediate	XX	Total Measure
Maximum	YY	2nd Invariant
Pressure	ZZ

Key:

ᴬAll but “Uniform” and “Order” are supplied with a “Contour” attribute

ⁿNo additional attribute field is supplied

ˡA “Color-List” attribute is supplied

Color-List/Contour

The attribute appearing in this position is either a Color-List or a Contour, depending on the “Color By” selection. Refer to the standard color-list control description and the standard contour control description for details.

Scale

Scale the item. See the standard scale control description for details.

Line

Set properties of the line used for the item outline. See the standard line control description for details.

Max Num.

Set the maximum number of items to render.

Max Num.: set the number.

Skip

Specify that every nᵗʰ zone should be skipped when generating tensors to render.

Skip: set the skip value.

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.

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.