PLLS

PLLS

PLLS, LabI, LabJ, Fact, KUND,ViewUP
Displays element table items as contoured areas along elements.

POST1: Element Table

LabI

Label of element table item (ETABLE) for node I magnitude.

LabJ

Label of element table item for node J magnitude.

Fact

Scale factor for display (defaults to 1). A negative scaling factor may be used to invert the display.

KUND

Undisplaced shape key:

0	—	Display selected items on undeformed shape.
1	—	Display selected items on deformed shape.

ViewUP

View Up key:

0	—	Ignore the view-up (/VUP) vector when calculating trapezoid orientation (default).
1	—	Use the view-up (/VUP) vector to calculate trapezoid orientation.

Notes

Displays selected items (such as shears and moments) as a contoured area (trapezoid) display along line elements and 2-D axisymmetric shell elements (such as shear and moment diagrams). Three sides of the trapezoid are formed by the element (one side) and lines at nodes I and J of length proportional to the item magnitude and displayed normal to the element and the viewing direction (the two parallel sides).

When ViewUP = 1, the trapezoid is oriented within the plane created by the element and the global Cartesian coordinate system reference orientation (/VUP or view up) vector. In this case, the program does not perform the calculation involving the element and view direction.

Portions of this command are not supported by PowerGraphics [/GRAPHICS,POWER].

Menu Paths

Main Menu>General Postproc>Plot Results>Contour Plot>Line Elem Res