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"Combined" plots

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Hello everybody,

I want to evaluate some results. I have a 3D-Model in which I use symmetry. Now I would like to create a plot, where the model is cut in the middle. I want it to look like, if you you cut a cake in the middle. You can see what is inside, at the position where the knife has been, but you can also see what is on the surface of the remaining half. I did not find a hint in the help. I tried to to use a volumeplot with a filter, but then I get the problem, that I can't cut the model at any position.

2 Replies Last Post 2012年6月11日 GMT-4 02:24

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Posted: 1 decade ago 2012年6月9日 GMT-4 13:31
Hi

I wanted to make a plot like this too but the postprocessing tools did not work for me either.
Tried to play with cut surfaces and filters but without success.

How I did it in the end:

- create all surfaces that descibe your piece of cake in the geometry modeller. also new inner ones inside your cake.
- you don't assign boundary conditions to the new inner surfaces but you have to mesh them too.
- in the postprocessing you only display the surfaces that describe your cake.
- plot your result data on these surfaces


It's not nice to rebuild the model just for postproc. but it works.

Maybe theres someone with a better idea.

\Flanell



Hi I wanted to make a plot like this too but the postprocessing tools did not work for me either. Tried to play with cut surfaces and filters but without success. How I did it in the end: - create all surfaces that descibe your piece of cake in the geometry modeller. also new inner ones inside your cake. - you don't assign boundary conditions to the new inner surfaces but you have to mesh them too. - in the postprocessing you only display the surfaces that describe your cake. - plot your result data on these surfaces It's not nice to rebuild the model just for postproc. but it works. Maybe theres someone with a better idea. \Flanell

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Posted: 1 decade ago 2012年6月11日 GMT-4 02:24
Hi

you can define a 3D plot with volume and define your cut plane inside plot definition.
For example: if(y>0,solid.mises,NaN)
This will plot only elements with y>0. See attached example.

Ralf
Hi you can define a 3D plot with volume and define your cut plane inside plot definition. For example: if(y>0,solid.mises,NaN) This will plot only elements with y>0. See attached example. Ralf

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