Copyright ® 2000 MSC.Software Results S6-1 PAT328 Section 6, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation SECTION 6 PLOT SET

Copyright ® 2000 MSC.Software Results S6-2 PAT328 Section 6, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation

Copyright ® 2000 MSC.Software Results S6-3 PAT328 Section 6, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation CUSTOMIZING THE RESULTS POST PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT PLOT SET A plot set is a list of instructions for processing several result cases and types of results, i.e. deformation, stress fringe, etc. Result cases Result types Derived value, i.e. von Mises, X Component How response components are to be combined, i.e. max, min Target entities (for display of results), i.e. set of nodes, set of elements Specify (display) attributes results templates View ports Views of model Spectrums Ranges

Copyright ® 2000 MSC.Software Results S6-4 PAT328 Section 6, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation CUSTOMIZING THE RESULTS POST PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT PLOT SET (Cont.) Easily create many plots from possible combinations of plot set instructions Greatly reduce the time to post-process large complex engineering data sets Provide accurate repeatability for post-processing

Copyright ® 2000 MSC.Software Results S6-5 PAT328 Section 6, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation CUSTOMIZING THE RESULTS POST PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT PLOT SET (Cont.) Example Two result cases Two result types Several stress components Two results templates One spectrum and one range Several sets of target entities

Copyright ® 2000 MSC.Software Results S6-6 PAT328 Section 6, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation CUSTOMIZING THE RESULTS POST PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT PLOT SET (Cont.)

Copyright ® 2000 MSC.Software Results S6-7 PAT328 Section 6, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation CUSTOMIZING THE RESULTS POST PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT PLOT SET (Cont.)

Copyright ® 2000 MSC.Software Results S6-8 PAT328 Section 6, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation CUSTOMIZING THE RESULTS POST PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT PLOT SET (Cont.)

Copyright ® 2000 MSC.Software Results S6-9 PAT328 Section 6, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation CUSTOMIZING THE RESULTS POST PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT PLOT SET (Cont.)

Copyright ® 2000 MSC.Software Results S6-10 PAT328 Section 6, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation CUSTOMIZING THE RESULTS POST PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT PLOT SET (Cont.)

Copyright ® 2000 MSC.Software Results S6-11 PAT328 Section 6, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation CUSTOMIZING THE RESULTS POST PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT PLOT SET (Cont.) Current Viewport;Elements

Copyright ® 2000 MSC.Software Results S6-12 PAT328 Section 6, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation CUSTOMIZING THE RESULTS POST PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT PLOT SET (Cont.) Repeat these steps for the stress data Create first row in Plot Set Spreadsheet for Results Plot Sets, PS_stress Display the results in Patran as follows

Copyright ® 2000 MSC.Software Results S6-13 PAT328 Section 6, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation CUSTOMIZING THE RESULTS POST PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT PLOT SET (Cont.)

Copyright ® 2000 MSC.Software Results S6-14 PAT328 Section 6, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation EXERCISE Perform Workshop 4 Post Processing Using Plot Set in your exercise workbook