Review analysis results

Review your study results using the following process. Follow the links to specific procedures and detailed information.

In the Simulation Results environment, a color contour map shows how the model reacts to the analysis parameters. The model name, material name, type of analysis, display format, and date and time the study was processed are also identified.

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You can change the plot type, control whether contours and deformation are shown in the graphics window, and play back an animation of the model reacting to the parameters of the analysis that you defined. You can also share the results by creating a report or a movie, or saving individual images.

1. The Simulation Results environment is displayed automatically after you successfully mesh and solve a finite element analysis study. But if you open a file containing a previously solved simulation study, results are not shown until you choose to display them.

   Display the Simulation Results environment.

2. Use the Home tab→Probe command to display node analysis data for the model area and depth that you want to review.

   For transient heat and harmonic response studies, you also can Graph nodal analysis results.

3. Plot results. In addition to the currently displayed plot, you can review other types of plots. The type of analysis determines the types of plots available, and the information they convey:

   • Displacement component plots

   • Stress component plots, including Factor of Safety plots

   • Constraint component plots

   • Strain component plots

   • Thermal plots: Temperature, Heat flux, Applied temperature

   • Structural frame plots: Beam reaction, Beam stress, Beam diagrams

4. Change the appearance of plots on the model by changing the following:

   • Contour styles

   • Primary, deformed, and undeformed display

5. Fine-tune the results.

   • Adjust the color bar.

   • Change the background color.

   • Modify text attributes: size, color, font.

   • Choose a different numeric value format.

   • Show minimum and maximum value markers.

   • Control the visibility of assembly features.

6. (Optional) Verify linear static stress results are at equilibrium by selecting the Home tab→Equilibrium Check command.

7. Share the simulation results:

   • Report simulation results.

   • Animate and save simulation results as a movie.

   • Save an image for documentation and review using the Home tab→Output Results group→Save As Image command. You can save individual result plots in any of these formats: .bmp, .jpg, or .tif.

8. (Optional) Save changes to the analysis results display settings so that they are always available.

9. On the ribbon, click Close Simulation Results.

   

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