Results Display Options

Overview of results displays available in SimSolid Cloud.

To plot a contour make sure the Plot tab is selected, then simply pick a result type and units. The following additional displays are available:
  • Show min/max – Displays the Max and Min labels on the model. The labels remain fixed during model rotation but may be selected and dragged to position them.
  • Show deformed shape – Shows the contour on an exaggerated deformed shape. Pick the Animate button or drag the slider to manually see the deformed model envelope.


Figure 1.

Deformation Options

Under the Deformation options section of the Plot tab, the following options are available:
  • Show edges – shows the edges of the undeformed shape.
  • True deformation – by default, the deformed shape is scaled so that you may more easily see them. Check this box if you want to turn this off.
  • Scale factor – this is the scale factor for the deformed shape. Drag to the right to increase, to the left to reduce.
  • Speed – this is the speed of the deformed shape animation. Drag to the right to speed it up and to the left to slow it down.

Legend Options

Under the Legend options section of the Plot tab, the following options are available:
  • Upper bound & Lowerbound – adjust to scale the legend.
  • Apply bounds – select to update the legend. This is result quantity dependent and is temporary. When a new quantity is selected or the result dialog is closed these values are reset.
  • Lock the Legend - Set upper and lower bounds in the legend and lock them. You can use this to retain the same bounds values when switching between load cases.
You can drag the legend to any screen position by using the mouse to drag the title bar.


Figure 2.

Fast Result Switching

While results are displayed you may quickly switch to any other analysis by simply picking their associative “Results” branch in the Project explorer. The same visualization styles, animation, max/min or pick info values are displayed. This may be in the same or different design studies. However, since geometry may be different in each design study, pick info values remain in the analysis of the same study only.

Customizing Numeric Formats

Under (Settings) > Units panel, you can set how numbers in the Results panel are displayed.
Figure 3.
The following formats are available:
  • Scientific – This uses scientific notation. An example is: 1.2345e+3
  • Engineering –This uses standard numbers. An example is: 0.1234. Be careful when using this format as very small numbers, such as displacements, may be rounded to all zeros.
  • Concise Mix – this attempts to use Engineering format but switch to Scientific when the scale is too small. This is usually the preferred method to use.