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It is also possible to create scatter plots, displaying one variable versus another.įigure 2: Graph showing total displacement in an element of uniaxial stretch problem Figure 2 shows the graph of the displacement magnitude at one selected element, versus time, in the same uniaxial stretch model. The graph can be viewed by clicking Post->New Graph from the menu. Multiple elements/surfaces/nodes can be selected by checking the Select connected button, or holding the Shift key and boxing the selection, or Shift clicking.
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An element, face, edge, or node can be selected after first pressing the Select elements button, Select faces button, Select edges button, and Select nodes button. Scalar plot variables can also be visualized in a graph. More information can be found in tutorial “ Performing Your First Analysis in FEBioStudio.” Figure 1: Visualizing displacement colormap in FEBioStudio and PostView.
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The evolution through the different times steps can be animated by pressing the Play button. An example is shown in Figure 1 for an elastic solid subjected to a uniaxial stretch, where the displacement magnitude is displayed. Different scalar plot variables can be visualized, such as the magnitude or components of the displacement and velocity vectors, or principal normal stresses. Once a plot variable has been selected, the colormap can be turned on by selecting the Toggle Colormap button. Once the plot file is loaded, plot variables may be visualized on the mesh using a colormap. More information can be found in tutorial “ Performing Your First Analysis in FEBioStudio.” Viewing Model Colormap and Animation The latter two choices may be preferred when computer memory is limited. The user can choose to load all states, load the last state, or list the specific states to load. Select File-> Open and select the desired xplt file (making sure that FEBio plot files or *.xplt is the desired file format). The results of an FEBio analysis are saved in a plot file, which includes the mesh data as well as the plot variables selected by the user in the model file.
#Visualizing contact results postview software#
Unless specified, the instructions presented below apply to both software environments. Both post-processors have very similar capabilities for visualizing and extracting results, as presented in this tutorial. Results of an FEBio analysis can be visualized either in FEBioStudio or PostView.