Results post processing

CHAPTER 2
Quick Plots
No modifications can be made directly in Quick Plot for other plot options such as coordinate
transformations as explained above. However you can change the Quick Plot default for two
commonly used parameters. These parameters are the Coordinate Transformation and the
Averaging Method. They are modified in the settings.pcl file. See The settings.pcl file (p. 41)
in the MSC.Patran Reference Manual, Part 1: Basic Functions.
For Coordinate Transformations use the setting
pref_env_set_string( “result_quick_transform”, “Default”)
Valid values are Default, Global, CID, ProjectedCID, None, Material, ElementIJK.
To change the default Averaging Method, use the setting
pref_env_set_string( “result_quick_avg_method”, “DeriveAverage”)
Valid values are DeriveAverage, AveragDerive, Difference, Sum.
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