RF-TIMBER Pro - Dlubal Software

5 Results Evaluation
5.3 Filter for Results
In addition to the RF-TIMBER Pro results tables which already allow for a particular selection
according to certain criteria because of their structure, you can use the filter options described
in the RFEM manual to evaluate the RF-TIMBER Pro design results graphically.
Generally, you can take advantage of already defined partial views (see RFEM manual, chapter
10.9, page 321) used to group objects appropriately.
Filtering designs
The ratios can be used easily as filter criteria in the RFEM workspace. To apply this filter
function, the panel must be displayed. If the panel is not active,
select Control Panel (Colour scale, Factors, Filter) on the View menu of RFEM
or use the toolbar button shown on the left.
The panel is described in the RFEM manual, chapter 4.4.6, page 77. The filter settings for
the results must be defined in the panel tab Color spectrum. As this tab is not available for
the two-colored results display, you have to set the display option Colored or Cross-sections
in the Display navigator.
Figure 5.7: Filtering design ratios with adjusted color spectrum
For example, if you use a colored results display, you can use the panel to determine that
only design ratios higher than 0.50 are displayed. Furthermore, the color spectrum can be
adjusted in such a way that a color range covers a design ratio of 0.05 as shown in the figure
above.
When you select the option Display Hidden Result Diagram (under Results → Members in
the Display navigator), you can even display all stress ratio diagrams that do not fulfill the
conditions. Those diagrams will be represented by dotted lines.
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