Results CreatingGraphResultsLecture CreatingGraphResults.

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Creating Graph Results

You use the Graph display type to display graphs of a selected quantity.
You can create graphs for:

Most quantities along one or more curves or beams. Predefined or user-defined measures. Shear and moment on a curve or beam. A study that did not converge using MPA convergence.

Graph of Stress (Measure) Against Thickness (Design Variable)

The Measures Dialog Box

LectureNotes

Graph Results You use the Graph display type to display graphs of your selected quantity. You can create graphs for:

Most quantities along one or more curves or beams. Predefined or user-defined measures. In this case, the graph shows the result quantity as a function of: o The p-loop pass iteration number in a multi-pass analysis. o The optimization pass number in an optimization design study. o The value of a design variable in a global or local design study. o Time or frequency in a dynamic analysis. Shear and moment on a curve or beam.

Defining a Graph Result Window When you select Graph from the Display Type option menu, the Display Options tab and the Display Location tab become unavailable. You select the quantities (for the X and Y axes) you want to graph from the Quantity tab. When graphing a Measure, the

system displays the Measures dialog box from which you can select predefined or user-defined measures. Select an option from the Graph Location drop down list. After you click OK or OK And Show, you can control the appearance of your graph from the Results user interface. Controlling the Graphs Appearance When you click Format > Graph, the system displays the Graph Window Options dialog box.

The Graph Window Options dialog box enables you to control the Y and X Axes display, the Data Series display, and the main graph display, which includes the label text and background color. CreatingGraphResultsDemonstration CreatingGraphResults_demo.mp4 CreatingGraphResultsProcedure

Procedure: Creating Graph Results

Scenario
Create a graph result window to review a model parameter versus a result measurement for a sensitivity study. graph rod_graph.prt

Task 1. Select a design study for use in the result window.

1. Click Applications > Mechanica. 2. Click Results

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3. Click Result Window

If rod_ls is not listed, select Working Directory from the Common Folders list.

4. Select rod_ls and click Open.

Task 2. Define a graph result window.

1. Type thickness_stress as the window name. 2. Type Rod Thickness Stress as the title. 3. Ensure the Display type is set to Graph. 4. Ensure the Quantity is set to Measure. 5. Click Define Measure

to display the Measures dialog box.

Select max_stress_vm and click OK. The measure and design variable were established in the design study.

6. Select rod_thickness:ROD_GRAPH from the list of parameters from the second drop-down menu in the Graph Location section of the dialog box. 7. Click OK and Show.

Task 3. Format the graph window.

1. Click Format > Graph. 2. Format the Y-Axis.

Select the Y Axis tab if necessary.

Edit the Axis Label to read Maximum von Mises. Type 20 for the Y Axis Maximum Range. Type 19.75 for the Y Axis Minimum Range. Select the X Axis tab. Edit the Axis Label to read Rod Thickness. Leave the X Axis Maximum Range as 1.01. Type .98 for the X Axis Minimum Range to make the start point more clearly visible. Select the Data Series tab. Select Rectangle Filled from the Point Display drop down list.

3. Format the X-Axis.

4. Format the data series.

5. Click OK.

As you can see, you have a great deal of control over how the result window appears.

6. Click File > Exit Results > No to close the result window without saving it. This completes the procedure.