Results post processing

1.4 Capabilities and Limitations
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Introduction to Results Postprocessing
The Results application provides the capabilities for Creating, Modifying, Deleting, Posting,
Unposting and manipulating results visualization plots as well as viewing the finite element
model. In addition, results can be derived, combined, scaled, interpolated, extrapolated,
transformed, and averaged in a variety of ways, all controllable by the user.
Control is provided for manipulating the color/range assignment and other attributes for plot
tools, and for controlling and creating animations of static and transient results.
Results are selected from the database and assigned to plot tools using simple forms. Results
transformations are provided to derive scalars from vectors and tensors as well as to derive
vectors from tensors. This allows for a wide variety of visualization tools to be used with all of
the available results.
Results imaging routines are optimized for graphical speed but may vary depending on
hardware.
Please be aware of the following limitations or constraints:
When a Result Data quantity is deleted, it is deleted from all Results Cases that contain
the Results Data quantity.
Transient animations are not possible from the Quick Plot form. They must be created
under each specific plot type option (deformation, fringe, marker, etc.).
Multiple animations can be viewed simultaneously in a single viewport.
Only one spectrum and range can be associated to any one viewport at a time. If
multiple plots are posted to a viewport, the spectrum and corresponding range will
only be applicable to one of the posted plots. Values from other plots not corresponding
to the posted range will take on the posted range’s spectrum. Values outside the range
will appear as the highest or lowest range color. This may make some plots appear
monochrome. This is done to avoid confusion and misinterpretation of result data.
It is not recommended to calculate invariants (e.g., von Mises) from complex results
because the phase is not accounted for.
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