Figure 14.2: A Typical ANSYS Results Plot
14.3. Changing the Specifications for POST1 Results Displays
Besides reading about the features listed below, also see Getting Started with Graphics (p. 233) for
general graphics specifications that you can apply to any kind of display, including geometric results
displays.
14.3.1. Controlling Displaced Shape Displays
You can control displaced shape displays in two ways:
- By superimposing undisplaced and displaced shapes. A display of a structure's displaced shape will
often be more meaningful if you can compare the displaced configuration against the original con-
figuration. You can do this by using the KUND argument on the PLDISP command. - By multiplying displacements for distortion displays. In most small-deformation structural analyses, the
displaced shape is hard to distinguish from the undisplaced shape. The program automatically multi-
plies the displacements in your results display, so that their effect will be more readily apparent. You
can adjust this multiplication factor, using the /DSCALE command (Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> Style>
Displacement Scaling). The program interprets exactly zero values of this multiplier (DMULT = 0) as
the default setting, which causes the displacements to be scaled automatically to a readily discernible
value. Thus, to obtain "zero" displacements (that is, an undistorted display) you must set DMULT =
OFF.
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