Inside the Utilities menu, the options Id, Signal, Distance and Calculator have the same functionality as in preprocessing mode (see UTILITIES
). Other options in the Utilities menu are slightly different.
- Status: A window appears showing the general postprocess status: number of meshes, elements, etc.
status window
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- Nodes: A window appears showing information about selected nodes: coordinates, the current visualized result, and all other nodal results defined over the selected nodes.
list nodes window
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- Elements: A window appears showing information about selected elements: connectivity, the gauss points defined on the selected elements, the current visualized result, and all other results defined over the gauss points of the selected elements.
list elements windows
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All this information can be sent to the active report (see Report
) by using the
button.
- Collapse: Collapses nodes that are together in a set.
- Join: Joins several sets into one.
- Delete: Deletes meshes, sets and cuts.
- Texture: Adds textures to sets (see Textures
).
The Copy
tool introduces some changes:
When you select the Copy
tool, the Transformations window appears. This window allows you to repeat the visualization using translation, rotation and mirror transformations, so that GiD can draw a whole model when only a part of it was analyzed.
Transformations Window
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The types of transformation are:
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Translation:
This is defined by two points. Relative movements can be obtained by defining the first point as 0,0,0 and considering the second point as the translation vector (see Point definition
).
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Rotation:
It is necessary to enter two points in 3D or one point in 2D. In 3D, these two points define the rotation axis and its orientation. In 2D, the axis goes from the defined point towards z positive. Enter the angle of rotation in degrees. It can be positive or negative. In 3D, the direction is defined by the right hand rule. In 2D, it is counter-clockwise.
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Mirror:
This is defined by three points that cannot be in a line. These points form a plane that is the mirror plane. In 2D, the mirror line is defined by two points.
The other available options are:
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Copies:
By entering the number of repetitions, the operation selected is performed this number of times.
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View:
The transformation is only for viewing purposes. Show/Hide, Undo and Clear options are enabled.
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Create:
All the Post information (meshes & results) will be duplicated when performing the transformation. The options Show/Hide, Undo and Clear are disabled.
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Show/Hide Transform.:
Allows you to see either the original model or the one with the transformations active.
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Undo:
Deletes the last transformation performed. It can be used repeadly to clear all transformations.
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Clear:
Clears all the transformations in one go.
The DoIt
button tells the program to perform the transformation that has been selected.