Free-Body Plot and Display

Define visualization options for the free-body plot.

FBD Plot: Resolve In
Selects the coordinate system to plot free-body displacements and rotations. Options vary depending on the solver.
FBD Plot: System
Available if a user-defined system has been selected.
Selects the coordinate system to plot free-body displacements and rotations.
FBD Plot: Tolerance
Displacements and rotations with an absolute value lower than the tolerance are not displayed.
FBD Plot: Translation
Defines what displacement component will display.
FBD Plot: Rotation
Defines what rotation component will display.
FBD Plot: Show values
Defines if free-body vector values will display.
FBD Plot: Summary table
Creates tables with free-body displacements and rotations for the selected sets and loadcases.


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FBD Plot: Load Creation
Creates an include file where free-body displacements and rotations are properly realized as loads (enforced displacements) for that model for selected sections and selected loadcases.
FBD Plot: Create Fields
Creates field entities with free-body displacements and rotations for the selected sets and selected loadcases.
Display: Size Scaling
Defines how free-body vectors will be scaled for visualization.
Display: Arrow Length (%)
Scales free-body vectors for visualization.
Display: Color
Change the color of each force or moment component.
Display: Vector Heads
Defines if the free-body vector points to the node or out of it.
Display: Vector Style
Change the style of free-body vectors.
Display: Numeric Format
Defines what free-body vector values will be displayed in fixed or scientific format.
Defines the amount of decimal places.