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Fit View

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Fit View

Select Center,

Current window
Original center
Select
Center

Fit View

New window
New center
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 ()
Select Corners

Current window

Select
Corners

New window

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 ANGLES

View
Model

Screen

Absolute

Relative

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Screen axes

Model axes

Default view

Top view

Z
X

Typical icon

Side view

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Arbitrary Clipping,,,

direction/location, vector, plane

( 6
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Display
:

Entity ( ,
)

Group ( , bracket
)

()

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ENTITY

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Shade Color

GROUP

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onoff

PLOT / ERASE

Toolbar, plot/erase

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Erase Delete

: PLOT / ERASE

Hidden line FEM

()

Hidden line
()

Select Display, then Plot/Erase

Click on

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: PLOT / ERASE

File/New
Enter plot_erase for the file

name and click OK

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: PLOT / ERASE
1x1x1
Click on Geomtery
Set Action/Object/Method to Create/Solid/XYZ
Enter <1 1 1> for the Vector Coordinates List.
Click Apply.
Click on the Iso 1 View, then Fit view icon.

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: PLOT / ERASE

Set the Action/Object/Method to

Edit/Solid/Edge Blend
Set the Radius to 0.25
Select all the solid edges by dragging
a box over the solid, and click Apply.

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: PLOT / ERASE
TetMesh
Set the Action/Object/Type to Create/Mesh/Solid
Make sure Tet, TetMesh, and Tet10 are all

selected
Select the solid, Solid 1
Remove check for Automatic Calculation, and
enter 0.2 for Global Edge Length Value, and click
Apply

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: PLOT / ERASE

Click on the Smooth Shaded icon.

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: PLOT / ERASE
Plot/Erase

Click on the Plot/Erase icon.

Under Geometry, click Erase.

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: PLOT / ERASE
FEM
Click on the Plot/Erase icon again
Under FEM, click Erase and under Geometry, click Plot

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( Element 32)

Tools/List/Create
Highlight Preferences/Graphics
Preference/Picking

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( display lines,
chordal tolerance,
parametric directions,
entity colors and labels)

Display
Lines

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Point
Size

Labels

Before

After
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: Finite Elements

Number of line segments per edge

Element shrink
Show only free
Edges
Faces

Node size
Colors and labels
Coordinate frames

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: Finite Elements

Element shrink

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: Finite Elements

Show only free

Faces

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: Load/BC/Elem. Props

LBC display toggles

Colors
Show on FEM only
Vector attributes
Beam display
Pin DOFs
Spring DOFs
Coordinate frames

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: Load/BC/Elem. Props

Show on FEM only

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: Load/BC/Elem. Props

Beam display

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162.5

162.5

158.1

158.1

153.6

153.6

Transient - Thermal Analysis of a

Simple Plate Model

149.1
144.7
140.2

135.7
131.3
100 < T(t)
T(t) < 162.5
126.8

131.3
100 F
(Constant)

126.8

122.3

122.3

Linear
Variation

117.9

108.9

108.9

Before

Adiabatic BottomEdge

104.5

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After

100.0

117.9
113.4

113.4

144.7
140.2

Adiabatic Top Edge

135.7

149.1

Target Title
Title Color Font Size
Create

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100.0

( 2 = )

,
,

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EXERCISE
: Workshop 10 Views of a Space Satellite

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