2D displacement

The 2D displacement command serves for displaying displacements on selected 2D members.

Usage

  1. Calculate a FEM analysis of the model
  2. Go to Tree > Results > 2D members > 2D displacement
  3. Set properties of the command to specify mainly:
    • selection of 2D members where the results are evaluated
    • load type from which the results are derived
    • specific result value from the available list to be visualized
  4. Click on [Refresh] action button to display the results

Note: To get general overview about how to work with a Result service and its commands, see Results/Basics.

Properties

Category Property Description / Notes
Selection

Type of selection
All / Current / Advanced / Named Selection

Specifies on what members the results are displayed
See "Type of selection"

 
Filter

No / Material / WildCard / Layer / Thickness
Result case

Type of load
Load case / Combinations / Classes / Nonlinear Combinations/ Stability Combinations / Mass combinations

 Defines for what load the results are displayed.
See "Result case"
Extreme Location
In centres / In nodes no avg. / In nodes avg. / In nodes avg. on macro

Determines way how results - calculated in the nodes of individual finite elements - are further processed (averaged) to get smoother continuous distribution.
See Results/Theory/Smoothing_results

System
LCS mesh element / LCS - Member 2D

 Sets a coordination system which is used as referenced for displaying the results.
See Results/Theory/Local_axes_2d

Extreme

No / Mesh / Member / Global

 Defines for which extreme on 2D member the results are displayed.

Value

u_x / u_y / u_z / f_x / f_y /f_z / U_total

 		See table Values below.
Standard result
On/Off		 Display standard results on 2D members.
Results on sections
On/Off		 Display results on defined sections on 2D members.
Results on edges
On/Off		 Display results on the edges of selected 2D members.
Drawing Setup 2D   "Drawing setup 2D"
Errors, warnings and notes settings   "Errors, warnings and notes settings"

Values

Value Description Notes
ux

displacement in direction of local axis x

 
uy displacement in direction of local axis y
uz displacement in direction of local axis z
φx rotation around local axis x
φy rotation around local axis y
φz rotation around local axis z
utotal combination of all displacements and rotations above