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Drawing setup for isolines

The Drawing setupdialogue is accessible from the property window of any function for display of results. Usually, it is the last item in the Property window.

$image\DrawingSetupButton.gif$

The three-dot button opens a separate dialogue with settings for a particular quantity and for a particular display style. The Drawing setup dialogue will look differently for the results on 1D members and 2D members, which is quite logical.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Moreover, the contents and layout of the Drawing setup dialogue for the results on 2D members will differ depending on some other settings such as:

type of averaging of results on 2D members (in centres of finite elements, averaged in nodes, non-averaged in nodes, averaged on macros),
drawing style (standard, section, resultant, trajectories),
type of result quantity.

The following text will try to summarize the settings that may be present in the Drawing setup dialogue when isolines (standard drawing style) or trajectories are used to display the results.

The Drawing setup dialogue for the drawing style set to section or resultant is identical to the Drawing setup dialogue for 1D members.

Drawing setup dialogue for the standard drawing style (isolines)

The dialogue is divided into four parts: Display, Minimum and maximum settings, Ground value, Local extremes. The items in individual parts may differ depending on the style selected in the Display part. The following text focuses on settings that are exclusive to the Drawing setup dialogue and are not available in the Isolines setup dialogue. The meaning of individual options that will not be explained below is shown in chapter Isolines setup.

Display

Display style	The list of options depends on the type of averaging of results on 2D members. Individual options are presented in chapter Isolines setup.
Display mesh	If ON, the finite element is drawn as well. This option is available for relevant display styles.
Lightning	If ON, the effect of a light is applied. This option is available for relevant display styles.
Number of isolines	Defines the number of isolines, i.e. the refinement of the "map" of the result. This option is available for relevant display styles.
Colour	Defines the colour used for the display. This option is available only if the display style is set to one colour.
Surfaces with isolines	The isolines may be drawn on a "transparent" slab, on a slab in "background" or on a slab of "rendered" colour. This option is useful if the slabs are in several levels and the view is so adjusted that one slab overlaps the other and hides a part of that slab from your view. Transparent $image\IsolinesTransparent.gif$ Background $image\IsolinesBackground.gif$ Rendered $image\IsolinesRendering.gif$
Palette values	The explanation of this parameter is given in a separate chapter Palette values for isobands/isolines (see below).

Advanced Display settings

The advanced settings may differ according to the selected display style.

Advanced settings for isobands

Number of isobands	Defines the "refineness" of the scale.
Style	Specifies the style. Filled The bands are fully in colour. Inserted isolines The bands are not filled with the adjusted colour, just intermediate isolines are drawn in each band (the final display is similar to "labelled isolines").
Isoband contour: Display	If ON, the band border is drawn as a olid line.
Isoband contour: Label	If ON, appropriate scale value is attached to each band.
Predefined palette colours	The use may select one of several predefined colour schemes. This is available only if option User-adjustable palette values is selected in the main Drawing setup dialogue.
Palette colours	It is possible to adjust a user-defined colour for each band. This is available only if option User-adjustable palette values is selected in the main Drawing setup dialogue.

Numerical values for individual isobands or isolines can be adjusted by the user. For more read chapter Palette values for isobands/isolines.

Advanced settings for labelled isolines

Number of isolines with description	Determines the number of drawn labelled isolines – see the examples below.
6 labelled isolines + 1 inserted	$image\isolinelabel6.gif$
3 labelled isolines + 1 inserted	$image\isolinelabel3.gif$
3 labelled isolines + 3 inserted	$image\isolinelabel33.gif$
Number of inserted isolines	Determines the number of drawn non-labelled isolines inserted between labelled ones – see the examples below.
Coloured isolines	If ON, isolines are in colour. If OFF, isolines are black&white.
Letters	If ON, letters are used instead of numerical values to describe individual isolines.

Minimum and maximum settings

It is possible to define the range of the scale. Normally, the program calculates the range on the basis of the result values. If required, however, the user may decide to change the top and bottom limit value of the scale.

User defined values

If ON, the user-input minimum and maximum values are used for the isolines palette.

If OFF, the automatically calculated minimum and maximum values are used.

Minimum

The (disabled) edit box on the left shows the automatically calculated minimum value.

The user may input the required minimum value to the edit on the right.

Maximum

ditto for the maximum value

Ground value

Use value Value	If ON, the user may specify a value (zero by default) that is marked in the diagram. Sometimes the zero value may be useful to see where in the structure a specific quantity passes from negative to positive values. Sometimes a specific non-zero value may quickly reveal a place where some quantity exceeds a certain limit. The picture for example clearly shows where the deformation exceeds 10 mm. $image\Isolines10mm.gif$
Draw isoline	This option accompanies the option above. If ON then a line marking the "border" is drawn.
Use +/- palette	If ON, not only the border (i.e. the ground value) is drawn but only two colours are used for the diagram – one for "up-to-the-ground-value" interval and the other one for the "above-the-ground-value" interval. (see the picture above and the pictures below)
+/- ON	$image\isolinesgroundano.gif$
+/- OFF	$image\isolinesgroundne.gif$

Local extremes

This option allows the user to mark places where the displayed quantity reaches its local extreme. It is possible to display only "minimum peaks" or only the "maximum peaks" or both. Various description options are available.

Extreme

None

No values are displayed.

Local minimum and maximum

Both minimum and maximum are displayed.

Local minimum

Only minimum is displayed.

Local maximum

Only maximum is displayed.

Style

Transparent description

$image\IsolDescriptionTransparent.gif$

Description

$image\IsolDescriptionDescription.gif$

Text with cross

$image\IsolDescriptionTextWithCross.gif$

Description colour

Selects the colour of the printed description.

Drawing setup dialogue for the trajectories drawing style

The dialogue is divided into three parts: Display, Minimum and maximum settings, Local extremes. The items in individual parts may differ depending on the style selected in the Display part.

The meaning of individual parameters is analogous to the meaning for the standard drawing style (isolines) – see above.

More information about some settings can be found in chapter Isolines setup.

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