Zone Plot Item

Description

Show zone information by label or value. The first few attributes of this plot item are contingent on the first attribute (Color By).

Attributes

Color-By Label/Value Color-List/Contour Highlight Selected Selected Only Null Faces Hide-Null Map Def-Fac Polygons Transparency Legend

Color By

Set either a “label” or a “contour” to be colored on the plot item.

Label/Value

Specify which label or value (as determined by the previous setting) to display in the plot item. The options for both are shown on the following table. Some options will require additional, dynamically-provided attributes in order to complete the selection; these are indicated with notations on the table.

Table 1: Selection Options for Label/Value

Label	Valueᴸ	Value (cont.)
Density	Accelerationᶜ	Multiplier
Extraᵉ	Conditionᵐ	Pore Pressureʷ
Face Extraᵉ	Convergence	Propertyᵖᵐ
Face Groupsˢ	Densityᵐ	Saturation
Fluid Density	Displacementᶜ	Strain Incrementʸ
Fluid Property	Dynamic Timestep	Strain Rateʸ
Groupˢ	Effective Stressᶻ	Stressᶻ
Model	Extraᶠ	Strength-Stress Ratioᵐ
Multiplier	Fluid Biot Modulus	Target-Force Ratio
Propertyᵖ	Fluid Bulk Modulus	Temperature
Stateᵗ	Fluid Densityᵐ	Thermal Propertyᵖᵐ
Thermal Propertyᵖ	Fluid Propertyᵖᵐ	Unbalanced Forceᶜ
Type	Local Force Ratio	Velocityᶜ
Uniform

Key:

ᴸ*All* values provide a “Log” attribute

ᶜA “Component” attribute follows

ᵉAn “Extra” attribute follows

ᶠAn “Extra” and “Type” attribute follow

ᵐA “Method” attribute follows

ᵖA “Property” attribute follows

ˢA “Slot” attribute follows

ᵗA “State By” attribute follows

ʷA “Source” attribute follows

ʸA “Quantity” and “Method” attribute follow

ᶻA “Quantity”, “Stress”, and “Method” attribute follow

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.

Highlight Selected

Display highlighted items.

Highlight Selected: Indicate (checked) selected elements of the plot item within the plot.

Selected Only

Set which elements are shown.

Selected Only: Specify (checked) that only selected plot item elements should be rendered.

Null Faces

Show a face boundary between null and not-null zones.

Null Faces: Show only faces (checked) with nulled zones on the other side.

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 Water Table plot item also provides controls in Legend for Map, Hide-Null, Def-Face, Color-List, and Count.