Model Display Type
When you select Model from the Display Type drop-down list, the options available on the Display Options tab become specific to model result window displays.
Use Model for these purposes:
• to display your original model with all loads, constraints, and other model entities
• to display your FEM model's geometry in its original form
• to display and animate your model's structural deformations. You can use Model this way in standard design studies only.
• to display the optimized shape of your model
• to display the linearized stresses of your model
• to display an undeformed model as a rendering of the analysis model
The
Display Options tab displays some or all of these items depending on the design study and quantity you choose and the selections you make on the tab:
• Shade Surfaces—Display your model as light-source shaded frames. If you do not select the check box, the animation appears as a series of wireframe images.
• Deformed—Display your model in its deformed state. Additionally, you can display an undeformed wireframe or transparent version of the model superimposed over the deformed model.
• Show Element Edges—Display the edges of the elements in your model when you display the results.
• Show Loads—Display the load icons in your model when you display the results.
• Show Constraints—Display the constraint icons in your model when you display the results.
• Show Bonding Elements—Display the bonding elements in your model when you display the results. You can select this check box when you select the Shade Surfaces check box.
• Animate—Animate the display of your results in the result window. You can select
Auto Start, buttons to repeat, reverse, or alternate, and the number of frames in the animation. This option is unavailable for fatigue or linearized stress results.