Results post processing

1.2 How this Guide is Organized
The Guide is broken into the following chapters to provide a logical flow.
Introduction to Results
Postprocessing
CHAPTER 1
Introduction to Results Postprocessing
An overview of the Results application. It is important that first time
users read this thoroughly to fully understand how the Results
application works. Important definitions are defined to understand
how results data are stored in the database and how they are
manipulated by the Results application. An overview of the
operation of the Results application is also provided to give a basic
understanding of how to create and modify result plots and how to
post/unpost or delete existing plots and results data.
Quick Plots Eighty to ninety percent of all postprocessing needs are accessed
through the default Results application form. This chapter explains
the Results application default form and how to create quick fringe
plots of any scalar data and quick structural static deformation plots
and modal style animations and combinations thereof.
Deformation Plots Detailed explanations of how to create and modify deformation
plots as well as how to change display attributes, target entities and
other options.
Fringe Plots Detailed explanations of how to create and modify deformation
plots as well as how to change display attributes, target entities and
other options.
Contour Line Plots Detailed explanations of how to create and modify contour line plots
as well as how to change display attributes, target entities and other
options.
Marker Plots Detailed explanations of how to create and modify marker plots
(scalar, vector and tensor plots) as well as how to change display
attributes, target entities and other options.
Cursor Plots Detailed explanations of how to create and modify cursor plots as
well as how to change display attributes, target entities and other
options. Also instructions on how to create a report from the cursor
plot.
Graph (XY) Plots Detailed explanations of how to create and modify graph (XY) plots
(including beam data) as well as how to change display attributes,
target entities and other options.
Animation Detailed explanations of how to create and manipulate animations
of most plot types as well as how to change display attributes and
other options.
Reports Detailed explanations of how to create and display reports of results
data as well as how to change report formats and other options.
Create Results Detailed explanations of how to derive, combine and scale results
data as well as how to select target entities, define transformation,
derivations and other options.
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