5.16.4. Contour

This tool enables the contour display for contact pressure, sliding velocity and PV(Pressure Velocity) that occurs to the rigid body.

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Figure 5.134 Contour Display

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Figure 5.135 Contour dialog box

  • Contour Type: Selects the type of contour to display. There are 3 types.(contact pressure, sliding velocity and PV(pressure velocity))

    • Contact Pressure, Sliding Velocity and PV (Pressure Velocity).

  • Contour List: The list of contour the user can display.

    • Show: The user can draw contour for the checked list. And Min/Max is also calculated for the checked list.

    • Name: The name of the patch to draw the contour. If the user clicks it, the patch is highlighted on Working Window.

    • Data: The name of the entity which generated the contour data.

  • Use Frame Min Max: If this option is on, contour display uses the minimum and maximum values for each frame, not total.

  • Min/Max: The calculated total minimum or maximum values can be displayed at first edit box, and the user can choose the appropriate value at second edit box.

  • Calculation: Calculates the total minimum and maximum values.

  • Show Min Value/Show Max Value: If this option is on, the position which has the minimum or maximum values is displayed on Working Window.

  • Show Legend: If this option is on, the legend of this contour is displayed on Working Window.

  • Option: Opens the Legend Option dialog, and the user can modify the legend options with it.

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    Figure 5.136 Legend Option Dialog box

    • Min Color: Sets the color for min value.

    • Max Color: Sets the color for max value.

    • Text Color: Sets the color for text.

    • Color Style: Selects a type to full colors in the contours. The default is Spectrum. In the Gray Scale type, only gray colors are used.

    • Location: Indicates the position of legend. The default is Bottom.

  • Show Node ID: If this option is on, the object’s node id is displayed with patch when the name column of it is clicked.

  • Export: Export the data in contour file of objects checked ‘Show’ button with csv file format.

  • Enable Contour View: If this option is on, the contour is displayed.