Vectors (Structural Elements) Plot Item
Description
Show vector data for a selected structural element type.
Attributes
Structures
Specify which structural elements to show.
Structures: Select one of: “All”, “Beam”, “Cable”, “Geogrid”, “Liner”, “Pile”, or “Shell”.
Value
Select which vector value to display.
Applied Force | Coupling Moment |
Applied Moment | Displacement |
Coupling Angle Displacement | Unbalanced Force |
Coupling Displacement | Unbalanced Moment |
Coupling Force | Velocity |
Arrow Head
Control appearance of vector arrows.
Arrow Head: Include (checked) arrow head rendering on vectors.
Size: set the length and width of the arrow head, respectively.
Body: set the thickness of the arrow shaft.
Arrow Quality: set the number of “sides” to include in the arrow head (a sufficiently low number, e.g., “4”, will yield a “blockier” arrow head).
Quartics: use an alternative but faster (checked) rendering method for arrow heads than the default method. This may cause problems with some graphics cards.
By-Magnitude
Color vectors with the contour coloration or uniformly.
By-magnitude: Set (checked) coloring of vector arrows to match contour coloring (see Contour below). When unchecked, this attribute is followed by a Color attribute (see the standard color attribute desription for details) for assigning a uniform color to all vectors in the plot item.
Contour
Set the contour used to color the arrows. Refer to the standard contour control description for details.
Point
Set the size of the point used to indicate the vector’s point position. A Color attribute (see the standard color attribute description for details) is included when By-Magnitude is unchecked.
Point: set the size.
Point To Base
“Invert” the vector arrow so that the arrow head points at the point source of the vector.
Point to Base: set (checked) that the arrow head should point to the point source of the vector rather than emanate from it.
Scale
Scale the item. See the standard scale 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.
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 Vectors (Structural Elements) plot item also provides controls in Legend for Map, Def-Fac, Maximum, Scale, and Contour.
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