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Postprocessing

Results obtained from the calculation process can be analysed in the postprocessing mode.

Two windows allow you to manage most of the visualization options:

Select & Display Style window allows the user to select, which elements of the mesh should be post-processed, and how the results will be represented.

View Results window allows the user to choose the result to be presented and the way this result will be displayed

The following commands are available in the View Results window:

Analysis: The results are grouped into steps corresponding to the different modules of Tdyn (RANSOL, HEATRANS, ADVECT and NAVAL).

Steps: You can select which analysis and step is the to be displayed.

View: You can select the type of visualization (Contour fill, Contour lines, Display vectors and Show min/max). To stop viewing a result, you must select No Result in this window.

Results: Defines the result to be visualized.

Figure 17 View results window commands

The following commands are available in the Select & Display Style window:

You can select Volumes, Surfaces and/or Cuts, switch them On and Off (result visualization) or Delete them, after confirmation.

The names of the meshes corresponds to the materials and boundaries defined.

 

Style: Defines how volumes, surfaces and cuts should be drawn.

Render: Defines the type of mesh visualization (Normal - no lighting, Flat - lighting with sharpen edges, Smooth - lighting with smoothed edges).

Culling: Defines whether the Front Faces, Back Faces, Front and Back Faces are culled, i.e. not drawn, or No Faces are culled. This option is useful to look into volume meshes.

Conditions: Conditions can also be drawn if they are present in the pre-processing part, not only geometry conditions but also mesh conditions.

Figure 18 Select & Display Style window commands

You can find detailed information on postprocessing options in the postprocess section of the on-line help (Help>Help).

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