Reviewing the Results
You can review many combinations of quantities, locations, and display types for a design study. For a standard design study, you should typically start by defining result windows that contain the following combinations. If possible, always try to make a rough calculation by hand to get an order of magnitude validation of your results.
• Convergence Graph—To create a convergence graph for analyses that use multi-pass convergence, select
Graph as the display type,
Measure as the quantity, and
P-Pass as the location. You can define a graph of the value of any measure calculated for the analysis at each p-pass.
• Deformed Model—To create a deformed result display for static and modal analyses, select
Model as the display type,
Displacement as the quantity,
Magnitude as the component, and
All as the location. Select
Deformed from the
Common Settings section of the
Display Options tab. You can also overlay an undeformed or transparent version of the model and animate the displacement to verify that the model is deforming the way you expect it to. Change the scale factor to make the deformed shape look more reasonable, if necessary.
To examine the magnitude of the displacements, define another result window using a display type of
Fringe or
Vectors with the same quantity and location.
• Stress—To create a result display for static analyses that shows the distribution and magnitude of stresses, select
Fringe as the display type,
Max Principal,
von Mises, or
Beam Total as the
component, and
All as the location. You can determine whether the distribution and magnitude of stress look reasonable.
Locations where the stresses differ greatly across element boundaries are areas where altering the mesh can facilitate convergence.
• Temperature—To create a result display that shows temperature distribution for thermal analyses, select
Fringe as the display type,
Temperature as the quantity, and
All as the location. Then select
Contour from the
Common Settings section of the
Display Options tab. You can determine whether the temperature distribution looks reasonable.
• Flux—To create a flux distribution and magnitude result display for thermal analyses, select
Fringe or
Vectors as the display type,
Flux as the quantity,
Magnitude as the component, and
All as the location. You can determine whether the distribution and magnitude of flux look reasonable.