CAE Settings

CAE settings found in the context menu have four different tabs to help users edit legend settings, find hotspots and modify settings for vector plot.

The four tabs found in CAE settings panel are:

• Legend Settings : Users can edit min and max of Legend values and to apply for current or all frames.

• Edit Legend: Users can modify the number of colors, precision values and display format.

• Hotspot Finder: Users can set up hotspot finder constraints.

• Vector Plot Settings: Users can modify settings for Vector Plot

Note: Vector Plot features are available from 2010 R1 Version on wards and requires license.

Contact sales@vcollab.com to upgrade these features.

Legend Settings

The various fields and options found under the Legend Settings tab are explained below

Min	Specify/Change the min value in the range.
Max	Specify/Change the max value in the range.
Filter Color	Applies the palette colors only for the values within the min max range. Out of bound values are applied with filter color
Filter Parts	If true, parts beyond result range will be hidden
All Instances	Applies the min/max changes to all instances.
Color Plot	Applies/Removes color plot. The Model will be shown in material color if this option is off.
Min&Max	Shows Min and Max value labels attached to corresponding nodes.
Update Color Plot on Show/Hide Parts	Updates color palette and its values while hiding / showing parts.
Legend Headers	Show / Hides Legend Headers, Model Name, Result Name and Instance Name.
Apply	Applies the modifications.

Steps to Change Legend Settings

• Select the CAE Settings option from the viewer context menu or click or

  Double click either on the viewer color palette or on the result color box in the viewer to open up this dialog.

• Select Legend Settings tab.

• Select the Min and Max option and change the range if necessary.

• Select Filter color option to differentiate user defined range.

• Select a filter color which is different from colors in the palette.

• Select Filter Parts to hide parts which are beyond user range.

• Select All Instances option to update the changes to all instances.

• Select Min & Max option to display min and max value of current result as labels.

• Select Color Plot option to apply or remove color plot on the model.

• Select Update Visible Parts Color Plot to update the color palette and contour when modifying part visibility.

Edit Legend

The various fields and options available in the Edit Legend tab are explained below

Palette	Choose the colors to be applied on the model.
Auto	Allows the application to compute text format precision and scientific values. Precision and scientific options are disabled when ‘Auto’ option is enabled.
Scientific	Displays the legend values in scientific format.
Precision	Select the decimal places for contour values
Font Size	Change the font size.
No Result Color	Select a color to denote no result data. Default color is grey.
Transparency	Allows user to invert the transparency and to clear the transparency.
Background	Enable and set background color.
Frame Info	Display/Hide frame information
Orientation	Choose the orientation of the legend - left, right, top or bottom of the view port.
Undeformed Mesh Mode	Change Undeformed Mesh Mode and its color.
Contour Lines	Select contour lines color.
Show	Show/Hide Legend palette.
Reverse	Reverse the legend values against the color palette.
Discrete	Switch to discrete fringe bands in color plot.
Update All Viewpoints	Update the changes to all available viewpoints.
Custom Range	Switch to customized range palette and color plot.
Apply	Apply the changes to the viewer.

Steps to edit legend using Edit Legend tab

• Select CAE Settings from the viewer context menu or click .

• Select Edit Legend tab.

• Select the number of colors from the Palette drop down

• Users can select predefined sets of color to view CAE results as viewed in native CAE software.

• Click any color in the palette to change.

• Check Scientific option to toggle display format between scientific and standard decimal mode. Default is Standard display format.

• Increase or decrease precision values for both scientific and standard display format.

• No Result color is grey by default. Users can change it too.

• Click the Frame Info option to toggle displaying frame information in the left bottom of the viewer.

• Select left or right or top or bottom under placement dropdown to place the legend.

Select Wire Frame to view Undeformed mesh in Wireframe mode or select ‘Transparent’ to view Undeformed mesh in transparent mode.

• Select User Color or Palette Color option for contour lines.

• Click Discrete to toggle between continuous or discrete color plot.

• Click the Apply button to apply the above changes.

Note:

Palette has predefined color sets for CAE files, which are supported by VMoveCAE as in native CAE software.

This helps users to view results of CAE files in VCollab Pro in the same way as viewed in the native software.

Double Clicking on the legend color palette (including No Result color box) inside the viewer opens up CAE Settings Dialog with Edit Legend tab.

What is a custom range and how to use it?

Legend palette values are divided evenly by *n* number of colors. Here length of any two consecutive ranges is constant and interpolated linearly.

Custom range allows users to define any length for any range but with certain limitations.

• Length of any range should be less than length of min and max.

• Users are not allowed to edit extreme values as is possible in Legend settings.

• The value as modified by the user should be between predecessor and successor values.

• If there are blanks in the palette values, it will be interpolated linearly by default.

Steps for Custom Range usage:

• Click Custom Range in the Edit Legend tab to enable.

  

• Click the browse button next to Custom Range to open the custom range dialog box

  

  Change any value out of extreme values.

  

• Click Apply.

• A warning message is displayed saying “Values should be in descending order”.

  

  Change some values and leave some blanks in the palette.

  

• Click Apply and notice that blanks are filled by interpolation.

  

• Click OK

• Click Apply.

• Notice the changes in the color plot of the model according to the new custom range palette.

  

Hotspot Finder Panel

The various fields and options available in the Hotspot finder panel are explained below

Find	Allows users to select a mechanism either Hotspots or Min/Max
Min	Set minimum of the range.
Max	Setmaximum of the range.
Top	Find top ‘n’ result values.
Bottom	Find bottom ‘n’ result values.
All Top	Includes all same top values and its IDs.
All Bottom	Includes all same bottom values and its IDs.
Zone Radius	Skip an area around already found hotspots.
Visible Surfaces	Consider visible labels only.
Probe Label Settings	Modify probe label settings.
Compare Options	This option is visible if at least one file is merged with existing one. It will open a dialog box with compare options.
Add Viewpoints	Generates viewpoints according to viewpoint options if enabled.
Export	Exports the viewpoints into either VPT file or Microsoft PPT file
View Point Options	Provides various options to include or exclude different type of viewpoints
Find Hotspots	Generates viewpoints for the model according to above information

Vector Plot

The various fields and options available int he Vector Plot tab are explained below.

Vector Plot	On/Off switch to plot vectors.
Derived Vector	Default derived vector for vector result is Translational and for tensor is Normals.
Deformation	Sets deformed nodal position as starting point of vector.
Detach Geometry	Displays vector plot of a part, even if the geometry is hidden.
Uniform Length	Enables Fixed length to all the vectors.User can enter the fixed value.
Auto Scale	Enables Auto Scale for vector plot
Scale Slider Control	Allows r unconstrained scaling up or down
User Color	Choose a color from the palette for vector.
Arrow Size	Choose any one size out of three.
Nodal Position As	Set nodal position as either start point or end point
Reverse	Change the direction of vector
Filter…	Allows users to filter the nodes using zone radius and nodesets.

The derived vectors are based on the type of result selected.

Result type	Available Derived Vectors
Scalar	Normals (Nodal or Elemental)
Vector	Translational (Default)
Six DOF	Translational (Default) Rotational Both
Tensor	Normals (Default) Minimum Principal Direction Middle Principal Direction Maximum Principal Direction Full Tensor

Vector Plot Filter Panel

User Filter	Lists the availabel Filter Options.
Zone Radius	Allows users to define a zone radius. Only one vector is considered for displaying vector.
Nodesets	Allows user to select user defined nodesets for displaying vectors. User can select multiple nodesets.
Apply	Applies filtered nodes for vector plot.
Close	Closes the dialog.

None	No filtering. All the vectors will be displayed.
Zone Radius	Vectors are filtered and there will be only one vector is considered for displaying in the zone of given radius.
Nodesets	Vectors at the nodes of selected nodesets will be displayed.