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To review and manage FBD load collectors

To review and manage FBD load collectors

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To review and manage FBD load collectors

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1.Select one or more Element sets.

The Entity selection section allows you to select the element set for which to review FBD, Displacement, or Resultant Force and Moment load collector output.

You must choose an existing element set for which you wish to the review the FBD, Displacement, and Resultant Force and Moment load collector output.

The optional Show model checkbox, when checked, displays the entire model in transparency mode and highlights the currently selected element set.

2.Pick the desired Results type.

The Results selection section lets you select the FBD result type to review.  Valid types include FBD Displacements, FBD Forces (All Loads), FBD Forces (Applied Loads), FBD Forces (Reaction Loads), and Resultant Force and Moment.

Selecting an FBD result type scans the HyperMesh database and updates the loadsteps list with available loadsteps for the currently selected element set and result type.

3.Select the desired loadsteps by clicking on them.

Multiple loadsteps can be selected using standard Ctrl/Shift –click functionality.  Filter buttons allow for additional selection control as shown including a name filter that uses standard Engineering Solutions filtering syntax.

For FBD Displacements and Resultant Force and Moment Result types, the Results selection interface is modified to include a Node sets selector.  This selector lists all of the node sets associated with the currently selected element set and loadsteps.  If multiple loadsteps are selected, only the node sets that are common to all of them will be listed.

4.Specify any desired Display options:

The Display options section allows you to decide which force and moment components display in the graphics area for the current selection.

•The Fx, Fy, Fz checkboxes determine which component/resultant vectors display when you click the Accept button.  Grayed-out checkboxes indicate force and moment components or results that can’t display for the currently selected element set/loadstep/node sets.  These checkboxes are disabled for the FBD Displacements Result type.
•The Update load collector color option will recolor the load collectors associated with the current selection to the color selected in the Color option.  Click the Color box to pick a different color, if desired.
5.Click one of the command buttons at the bottom of the tab:

The Accept button displays the selected result vectors on in the graphics area.

The Delete button deletes the load collectors associated with the current selection.  A popup warning tells you what will be deleted and requires you to confirm the deletion.

The Reset button clears the graphics area of all result vectors and resets all of the FBD Results Manager entry fields.

The Close button closes the FBD Results Manager, removing it from the tab area without displaying any results in the graphics area.