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1. Preface 1 Introduction amp Overview 2 MSC Patran Plot Set Installation 3 Current Operational Features 4 Editing Plot Sets with the Plot Set Spread Sheet 5 Manual Creation and Modification of Plot Sets 6 Problems and Resolutions CONTENTS PATRAN User Manual Part 2 Basic Functions Technical Support 4 www mscsoftware com 6 Introduction 8 u What This Guide Contains 8 Plot Set Access 10 u MSC Patran V2004r1 10 XXXXX plb 10 Plot Set User Interface 10 Current Operational Features of MSC Patran Plot Sets r1 1 12 Release 1 1 Features 12 Editing a Plot Set Using the Plot Set Spread Sheet 16 Displaying the Contents of the Plot Set Spread Sheet 24 Discussion of a Few Specific Plot Set Capabilities 27 Plot Set Definition 30 a Sample Plot Set Example 30 Known Problems and Resolutions 38 Sample Plot Set Example B Plot Set BuiltinFunctions and Plot Set lterators Simple Plot Set Containing a Deformed Fringe Plot 40 Function Descriptions 44 Session file commands 44 m Iterator Descriptions 48 Preface H Technical Support H www mscsoftware com i Technical Support Phone and Fax Email For help regarding the use of MSC Patran Plot Sets that is not covered in this Opera tion Manual please contact the following MSC Software technical support individual during t2. Secondary Result 1 Demo Result1 Layer Location 1 Derived Quantity 1 ZZ Target 1 FreeFaces 0 Template 1 fringe_template Save As 1 9 Filename 1 Title 1 Range 1 CHAPTER 41 Sample Plot Set Example Spectrum 1 Viewport 1 0 res create plot set row row id plot_set_name 3 Deformed Plot 14 Loadcase 1 Derived Results Subcase 2 Q Demo DemoElem Primary Result 1 Nodal Vector Secondary Result 1 Demo Result1 Layer Location 1 Show As 4 Resultant x Component on off off Component off on off Component off off on Target 2 Elements 0 Nodes 0 Template 1 def_tmpl Save As 1 Filename 1 Title 2 Use_Default_Title MSC Patran Plot Sets Operations Guide 42 E V Options 4 H Close APPENDIX B Plot Set BuiltinFunctions and Plot Set Iterators H Function Descriptions H Iterator Descriptions B 1 Function Descriptions Session file commands res plot set create over plot set id overwrite plot set name desc Description This function creates a new Plot Set and persists it in the MSC Patran database An overwrite
3. In this case stride is the size of the first dimension It should be at least the largest of the num values 2 The second dimension should be at least the number of columns in the row MSC Patran Plot Sets Operations Guide 5 V Options 4 gt H Close The arguments of res_create_plot_set_row for the fringe plot specification are as follows row_id Output variable that returns the id of the new Plot Set row plot_set_name The Plot Set name the row belongs to 2 The row index within the Plot Set Fringe Plot The row type Options are Fringe Plot Deformed Plot Vector Plot Tensor Plot Image Data Default Values Column Order Combined Plot and Saved Plot 14 The number of data columns that are needed to support the row type Fringe Plot Data Columns The data column syntax is defined to be column_type_name num_values value1 value2 valueN Since these are labeled data entries they can be entered in any order Appendix B shows the data necessary to support the various row types Loadcase Column specification used to identify the analysis results data set 1 Number of load cases Combine Load case name Subcase Column specification used to identify the analysis results data set 1 Number of subcases Subcase 3 Subcase name Used to identify the analysis results data MSC Patran Plot Sets Operations Guide 5 Primary Result 1
4. Nodal Vector Secondary Result 1 Demo Result1 Layer Location Derived Quantity ZZ Target 1 FreeFaces 0 V Options lt gt H Close Column specification used to identify the primary results type name Number of primary results types Primary specification of results to be rendered Typical options are Displacement Stress Strain Constraint Forces Strain Energy etc Column specification used to identify the secondary results type name Number of secondary results types Secondary specification of results to be rendered Typical options are Translational 77 Energy Moment Resultant Energy Density etc Column specification used to identify the data layer location Number of layer ids specified for the plot Nonlayered data Typical options are Z2 Layer 1 At Middle etc Column specification used to identify the derivation to be applied to the analysis data Number of derivations specified Extract the ZZ component Typical options are von Mises tresca Min Principal Magnitude etc Column specification used to identify the of entities to render the plot upon Number of target specifications Render on the nodes posted in the view port that lie on the element s free faces Typical options are Elements 0 Nodes 0 etc MSC Patran Plot Sets Operations Guide 5 35 Template 1 fring
5. Spread Sheet will appear The Edit Spread Sheet is discussed in detail in Chapter 4 Export The form shows the Plot Sets that exist in the MSC Patran database The form allows you to choose one or more existing Plot Sets to export You may use the Files button to select or enter the name and path to the file that will receive the exported Plot Sets You can also just enter this information directly in the File Name data box e An option is present to allow over writing an existing Plot Set file Import The form allows you to enter the name of the Plot Set file you would like to import located in your current working directory or allows you to select the Files submenu to specify the complete path to the file you would like to import Anoption is present to allow the over writing of a Plot Set that exists in the MSC Patran database This toggle has higher precedence than any overwrite flags specified in the imported file CHAPTER 3 13 Current Operational Features Tut Desrwrltis Flag Fiber 2 2 Fille Hare Jie ta Fila Plot S tz Pale Import Filex File jUwerurite Db Flot Set 14 Delete The form shows the Plot Sets that exist in the MSC Patran database To delete either EP or multiple Plot Sets first select the Plot Set s and then press the Apply button Print The form shows the Plot Sets that exist in the MSC Patr
6. The Print Filename edit box allows you to assign the path to and name of the image files that will be produced when you run the completed spread sheet The final step to complete the definition of the fringe plot row is to enter the plot target definition Shown below is the Target Row Control sub form that appears when you select the Target cell in the row MSC Nastran V5 Translator Installation and Operations Guide 4 19 V Options 4 gt H Close remp rm Edit Fringe Dye Kem pee Frings Plok frente large CT ENE Target ed es li The Row Control form shown above allows you select multiple target definitions for your plot row thus allowing you to create multiple plots from a single row relative to the number of target definitions you have chosen To create a target definition select the Create Target Definition button The following definition form will then appear risas Edis Crinye Bene 2l Fringe Flot Commie Jai scd Targat Hal L4 1 fru ha fer fa fe LIII i MSC Nastran V5 Translator Installation and Operations Guide 4 20 V Options 4 gt H Close Your choice of plot target types that you can create are those that are used within the Patran post processor e g Current Viewport Elements Groups Properties and Elem
7. ET DOES NOT EXIST MSG RES PLOT SET LONG NAME MSG RES PLOT SET NULL NAME MSG RES PLOT SET EMPTY NAME MSG RES PLOT SET BLANK NAME MSG RES PLOT INVALID NAME DbErrorNotFound DbOtherFailure DbNotADatabase DbOutOfMemory Remarks If old name is not blank it will be used to look up the existing Plot Set and the old id will be ignored Otherwise old id will be used to lookup the existing Plot Set in the database res create plot set row row id plot set name row index row type name num cols a col vals stride Description This function creates a plots set s row definition Input STRING plot set name max 79 Plot Set name the row is associated to 46 INTEGER row_index STRING row type name INTEGER num cols STRING a col vals INTEGER stride Output INTEGER row id Error Conditions MSG RES PLOT SET DOES NOT EX 5 RES PLOT SET LONG NAME MSG RES PLOT INVALID NAME MSG RES PLOT SET NULL NAME MSG RES PLOT SET EMPTY NAME MSG RES PLOT SET BLANK NAME DbInstanceNotFound DbOutOfMemory DbNotA Database DbOtherFailure Position of row within the Plot Set definition Specification of the rows purpose The options are Fringe Plot Deformed Plot Vector Plot Tensor Plot Image Data Default Values Column Order Combined Plot and Saved Plot Number of data column sets that are required to support the row type Data required to suppo
8. Set Example Appendix B Plot Set Builtin Functions and Plot Set Iterators see Plot Set BuiltinFunctions and Plot Set Iterators on page 43 2 MSC Patran Plot Set Installation H Plot Set Access 1 2 1 Plot Set Access Completion of the following three steps are all that is needed to allow access to Plot Sets within your MSC Patran session MSC Patran V2004r1 Since the core elements that allow Plot Sets to be controlled and persisted within the MSC Patran database are included in the new V2004 r1 release of MSC Patran You are required to install this new version on you system XXXXX plb To activate the Plot Set user interface it is required that you place the xxxxx plb files listed below either in your local directory for your personal use or in the MSC Patran s p3 home directory to allow access to all users plot set plb util pIb These files can be down loaded from the MSC ftp site You will also need to create a p3midilog pcl file in your working directory that contains the following two lines library full path to the plb file plot set plIb library full path to the plb file util plb Plot Set User Interface Access to the Plot Set user interface can be found in the main MSC Patran tool bar under the Tools pick Choose Results Plot Sets to open its main action form 3 Current Operational Features H Current Operational Features o
9. a row to the plot set simply press the Add Row button Once the Row Control sub form 7 appears change the Action to Add Row enter a i row name of your choice select Row Type and Re free rm finally press the Apply button HereaFringePlt row type is being added to the spread sheet After tee creating a second row of type Deform Plot the spread sheet should appear as shown below CHAPTER 4 17 Editing Plot Sets with the Plot Set Spread Sheet The plot set now contains two Plot Type rows but the definition of these rows are incomplete Plot Type rows contain columns that represent the plot s Results data graphic Attributes and Target entities To define the contents of a column cell just click on that cell Shown below is an example of editing the Results cell within the Fringe Plot row Here a Result Case Result Type and Derived Value have been selected within the Result Control submenu that appeared Clicking the Apply button will accept the selected values and close the Result Control form nci Bn a Risa liga Pisi imi Goer i pi ie Mem em 30 Eurer emt d Bs n ri _ s p E i FEE VV p 1 EL te ie 18 Similarly by selecting the Attributes cell within the Fringe Plot row t
10. an database that you can print to a JPEG file The Preview Only toggle allows you to preview the plots contained in a Plot Set s within MSC Patran s graphics viewport s before printing them to JPEG files The Save Plots To Db toggle also allows you to persist the plot definitions within the MSC Patran database Editing Plot Sets with the Plot Set 4 Spread Sheet H Editing a Plot Set Using the Plot Set Spread Sheet B Displaying the Contents of the Plot Set Spread Sheet E Discussion of a Few Specific Plot Set Capabilities 4 1 Editing a Plot Set Using the Plot Set Spread Sheet This section describes the steps that are performed to create or modify an existing plot set definition As was mentioned above in Section 3 1 if in Plot Set Edit sub form you select an existing plot set definition then press the Edit button near the bottom of the form the Plot Set Spread Sheet will appear Fist Sek fuant Tue Fist Set amr mama ri fer Tun ike Lil pa fe Tet In the example shown above the Tee Model Static Analysis plot set is empty When plot sets are created using the Create user interface the user is allowed to enter the plot set name and a text description of the plot set but not the contents of the plot set The Edit user interface has been provided to allow you to define the contents of your plot set To add
11. at 800 732 7211 or visit www mscsoftware com 6 www mscsoftware com This site is the center for corporate information and the gateway to the various MSC division web sites and online communities www mechsolutions com The MSC Mechanical Solutions division provides information on our products and services including the MSC visualNastran product family Professional Services online technical support knowledge base software updates online documentation discussion forums and training www engineering e com Online marketplace for engineering products services and information www msclinux com Find out how the MSC Linux division can support your Linux development through application porting tuning and optimization distributed parallel solutions and support for migration from UNIX to Linux www workingmodel com The MSC Working Knowledge division provides competitively priced products that leverage MSC Software s expertise in high end engineering analysis technology www studentengineer com An online community that provides easy access to the tools and skills that engineering students need including affordable cutting edge engineering software an online resume center and an online project gallery 1 Introduction amp Overview H Introduction H What This Guide Contains 1 1 Introduction This Plot Sets extend the current capability found in Results Templates A Plot Set is a groupi
12. ated Combination Methods list box then the selected data sets will be used to form a single data set whose entries are the point by point maximum of the data contained within the selected data sets In the Result Row Control form shown to Edit Results Data the right multiple Result Cases have Row Te Fringe Plot been selected When multiple Result Cases are selected the Result Type entries that appear are the intersection of the results types contained in the data sets identified by the selected Result Cases for a selected Output Type Likewise the Layer Location entries that appear are an intersection of the layer locations contained within the data sets identified by the selected Result Types and Cases 5 Manual Creation and Modification of Plot Sets H Plot Set Definition i 5 1 Plot Set Definition This section describes the MSC Patran s Plot Set syntax An experienced MSC Patran user can easily understand how a Plot Set is defined by visualizing a spread sheet that holds the typical data that can be found in the PCL commands that create and post an analysis plot in MSC Patran The Plot Set rows typically represent plot definitions and the row s columns hold the data that support the plot s definition For example the columns for a fringe plot definition row would contain information describing the analysis data keys that are needed to identify the analysis data set to be rende
13. ator will successfully create 16 plots by selecting from each plot type a different varying value to define the plot In the second example the Tuple iterator will fail since it does not have 3 viewport selections to pair with the 3 title selections For individual plots not part of a combination Plot Set definition there is no difference between the Outer Product Iterator and the Tuple Iterator MSC Patran Plot Sets Operations Guide H 50 i V Options 4 gt H Close I N D E X PATRAN User Manual Part 2 Basic Functions L lems 37 P file 10 T troubleshooting 37 INDEA
14. e_template Save As uu Filename Title uu Range Hu Spectrum Options a lt gt H Close Column specification used to identify the associated plot template that is to be retrieved to provide the plots graphics attributes and numerical operation options Number of templates that are specified Template name to retrieve Column specification used to allow the plot to be persisted with a name Number of plot names specified Blank specifier implies the defaultname will be used e g default_Fringe Column specification used to allow the user to provide a print file name for the plot Number of print file names that are provided If left blank as it is here the Plot Set name will be used as the default print file name Column specification that allows user to enter a plot title Number of title specifiers Since a blank title has been specified the title that is specified in the template file will be used Titles are limited to 159 characters Column specification of the range name that will be used for the plot Number of range specifiers Since a blank range name has been specified the plot will use the range tool s default range e g Fri_default_Fringe Vec_default_Vector etc Specification of the spectrum name that will be used for the plot Number of spectrum specifiers MSC Patran Plot Sets Operations Guide 5 36 V Options 4 4 H Close Hu Since a bla
15. ent Types First select a target type using the Target pull down menu Next select various choices that appear in the target types subordinate list boxes Shown below is an example where the user has created three target definitions using the Current Viewport Groups and Elements options OIT N PI Pim Gon is r Tes feel banie Pimi um Giese Balesi 0 0 Friese basa gt Eee Fringe Fim Peeti Fe in LEE ferm ra d i annem SEHE de chr arum ad mural ri zn Qum Bri irak karm 3 E numm uu masanne Ismael MSC Nastran V5 Translator Installation and Operations Guide 2 4 V Options 44 4 gt H Close Once you press the OK button in the Row Input sub form the target definitions will appear in the Row Control form To complete the Plot Row s target definition you must select one or more of the target definitions you have created and then press the Apply button as shown in the example below kL SS male Fios Rar mess Tam admi bimde S aipuka Wed MILL Vh Fringe Dama reais Target Vmwikabrimm Terak Bef You must now perform similar operations for the Deform Plot row to complete its definition To create a combination plot all y
16. f MSC Patran Plot Sets r1 1 sl 3 1 If you did not enter a Plot Set description a warnin Current Operational Features of MSC Patran Plot Sets r1 1 This section describes the features of MSC Patran Plot Sets that are supported in release 1 1 Release 1 1 Features Create The form shows the Plot Sets that exist in the MSC Patran database The form allows you enter a new Plot Set name description and toggle the overwrite button The Plot Set names are limited to 79 characters but there is no limit to the size of the description the user can enter Ho Plet Sel Fare frimum Plat Get Deae Dgtlan j i DE Flot Sat E UNS SUNT PITE Copy ths ces Fars i The form shows the Plot Sets that exist in the ei Homer ari MSC Patran database The form allows you enter a new Plot Set name and its description If the name you have es ee is equal to an existing name the new Plot Set will replace it if the overwrite option has been selected e When the apply button is pressed a new Plot Set will be um pru generated and the contents of the selected set willbe py copied to it E B i message will appear The warning does not effect the creation of the Plot Set re ETE Edit The form shows the Plot Sets that exist in the MSC Patran database e To edit a Plot Set select it from the list and press the Edit button When the Edit button is pressed the Plot Set Edit
17. he Plot Set row definitions will be exercised to provide the content of the Plot Set definition CHAPTER 5 31 Manual Creation and Modification of Plot Sets The arguments of the res_plot_set_create_over function are as follows plot_set_id FALSE or TRUE plot_set_name Deformed fringe plot An output variable the returns the id of the new Plot Set A logical that specifies if the command is allowed to over write an existing Plot Set definition if the Plot Set names are identical TRUE over write allowed The new Plot Set name to be created The Plot Set s text description 3 Within this samples Plot Set s IF block are placed res_create_plot_set_row commands These commands provide the combination plot s specification and the fringe and deform plots that define the combo plot Described below are the rows specifying the combination plot and its fringe plot The specification for the deformed plot is similar to the fringe plot and therefore will not be described The arguments of res create plot set row function for the combination plot specification are as follows row id plot set name 1 Combined Plot Output variable that returns the id of the new Plot Set row The Plot Set name that the row belongs to The row index within the Plot Set The row type Options are Fringe Plot Deformed Plot Vector Plot Tensor Plot Image Data Default Values Column Order Combi
18. he following Attributes Control sub form will appear Sey T 70 Ee SSS Acc cma s r Tum Model gids buime Bin mitasi Bua Pris Fica PEH Baiil Vordi d ipm ras E pem E HEEL NL T Frisi 909149 ee 1 A fringe plot s graphical attributes are defined by selecting an existing Fringe Result Template that has been previously persisted in the Patran database Any viewports views spectrums or ranges that also currently exist in the Patran database are shown in the various list boxes You are allowed to choose one or more selections from each list box These selections will over ride the definition that is contained in the selected Fringe Result Template Multiple selections from any of the list boxes will influence the number of plots that will be created when you use the Plot Set Print functionality to preview or print the contents of the Plot Set Spread Sheet See Appendix B for a detailed discussion of the two types of Plot Iterators that cause multiple plots to be rendered when multiple definitions of a plot attribute have been selected The Attributes Row Control form also allows you to add a plot name to the row s plot definition By saving the plot with a name you are able to post or modify this plot when using the Patran post processor
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20. ned Plot and Saved Plot The number of data columns that are needed to support the row type 32 Combined Plot Data Columns The data column syntax is defined to be column_type_name num_values value1 value2 valueN Appendix B shows the data necessary to support the various row types Num Combo Plots Num Combo Rows Iterator Type 1 2 2 product These are the column type name selection for the combo plot row columns They must be used in the order shown Number of data specifications to follow The first value represents the number of plots that define the combination plot The second value represents the number of total rows that are used to define the combination plot The number of plots and the number of rows might be different since extra rows can be interspersed between the plot definition rows to alter global parameters that effect all plot types In the first release interspersed rows are not supported and the number of plots and rows should be the same The final value product represents the iterator type used to generate the combined plots Iterator types are described in detail in Appendix B The stride specifies how column data must be indexed If the stride value is less than or equal to 0 then data indexing is assumed to be num values 2 strings If stride is greater than 0 then the stride value represents the index jump size This allows the data to be given ina two dimensional array
21. ng of result plot definitions and special commands that alter global settings effecting the plots These exist as rows of the Plot Set The rows that represent the plot definitions include the information that is required to generate an analysis results plot with MSC Patran For example a typical plot definition would include the plot type e g fringe deformation combination plot etc analysis data definition e g result case subcase and result type plot target entities the plot s graphic attributes and a view specification Once a Plot Set is created and persisted in the MSC Patran database it can be edited printed deleted or previewed Since the official release of Plot Sets will be included in the Patran 2004 r2 you will be required to install several XXX plb files to allow operation of Plot Sets with the Patran 2004 r1 release You will find detailed instructions about how to obtain these plb files and where to install them in Chapter 2 of this document What This Guide Contains This guide contains all information you will need to install and configure the MSC Patran Plot Set system The Guide is organized into the following chapters e Plot Set Installation in Chapter 2 Current Operational Featues in Chapter 3 e Editing Plot Sets with the Plot Set Spread Sheet in Chapter 4 Manual Creation and Modification of Plot Sets in Chapter 5 Problems and Resolutions in Chapter 6 Appendix A Sample Plot
22. nk spectrum name has been specified the plot will use the default spectrum i e standard spectrum Viewport Column specification of the viewport the plot will be rendered within 1 Number of viewport specifiers uu Since a blank viewport name has been specified the plot will be rendered in the current viewport 6 Problems and Resolutions H Known Problems and Resolutions 6 1 Known Problems Resolutions This section lists the known problems and resolutions within the MSC Patran Plot Set system Problem 1 Resolution 1 Problem 2 Resolution2 Problem 3 Resolution3 Problem 4 Resolution4 Problem 5 Resolution5 APPENDIX A Sample Plot Set Example B Simple Plot Set Containing a Combination Plot A 1 Simple Plot Set Containing a Deformed Fringe Plot INTEGER plot_set_id status INTEGER row_id STRING plot_set_name 79 plot set name combo plot 1 status res plot set create over plot set id FALSE plot set name Deformed fringe plot IF status 0 THEN res create plot set row row id plot set name 1 Combined Plot 3 Column Index 1 9 2 Column Index 1 0 2 Column Index 1 product 1 0 res_create_plot_set_row row_id plot_set_name 2 Fringe Plot 14 Loadcase 1 Combine Subcase 1 Subcase 3 Primary Result 1 Nodal Vector
23. nslator Installation and Operations Guide 4 6 Options 4 gt H Close LS T Pes E e P a er 2 Piri Beh Beni EET EET iip semana X Our final edit will be to change the default Tuple iterator to the Product Iterator This is done by selecting the Edit Combined Plot Dota Data cell of the Combine Plot row to cause the Combine Plot Row Control sub form to appear The Iterator Type Munber of Rous la option is used to change to the desired Product Iterator type See Appendix for a detailed discussion of the different Iterator Types The changes we have just made will cause 14 combination plots to be rendered The Product Iterator forms the combination plots from the single displacement plot with the 14 possible fringe plots Apply Cancel MSC Nastran V5 Translator Installation and Operations Guide 2 4 V Options 4 gt H Close 4 3 Discussion of a Few Specific Plot Set Capabilities In Section 4 2 above it was mentioned that by choosing multiple selections within the list boxes of the Result Row Control form you could cause multiple plots to be generated from very few Plot Set Rows A feature that was not discussed was that as you select multiple entries from either the Result Cases or Layer Locations list boxes you will see the Row Control form reformat to incl
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25. ou need to do is add a new Plot Sheet row that is of type Combination and place that row above the plot type rows you desire to combine To do this press the Add Row button set the Row Type to Combined Plot within the Row Control sub form that appears and then press the Apply button to cause the Combined Plot row to appear in the spread sheet MSC Nastran V5 Translator Installation and Operations Guide 4 22 V Options 4 gt E Close IIT alot Floz Sat Mau Wadal triir Malis Plot beset mare iu lt a m eem l TEN isl imeem er ay Deom eye oan amas 9 i M JP Piei Soto Bul iui toe 5 ZEV j il Aki 1 bre ine Rost Codi bef ere Wes Tara gt tae tomcat When you create the Combined Plot row it will be added as the last row in the spread sheet You now must move the row above the plot type rows you want to combine e g to row 1 position in our current example and then edit the Combined Plot row s data setting the number of rows that you will combine to 2 To move the row first select the Combined Plot row s Row Name cell This will cause the selection of option buttons to change at the bottom of the spread sheet Select the Move Row option button The Row Control sub form that contains the various move options
26. plots Currently there are two iteration methods available They are outer product iterator abbreviated product and tuple iterator abbreviated tuple Outer Product Iterator The outer product iterator will provide individual plots for every possible combination that can be generated by Plot Set s row s column data For example if your Plot Set contains a single combination plot of a fringe and deform plot where you have specified the required data for each plot as single valued except for Fringe Plot 2 Titles Deform Plot 2 Subcases 4 Show As 2 Targets 2 Titles 4 Viewports the Plot Set system would then produce 256 plots Tuple Iterator default The tuple iterator will produce individual plots for each possible pairing of the data values needed to describe each plot included in the Plot Set For the tuple iterator to function properly it is required that each plot have an equal number of data values that vary and that the variance be equal The following examples show a correct and an incorrect Plot Set definition relative to the successful operation of the tuple iterator Example 1 correct Fringe Plot 2 Loadcases 4 Targets 2 Viewports Deform Plot 2 Subcases 4 Show As 2 Titles Example 2 incorrect Fringe Plot 2 Loadcases 4 Targets 2 Viewports Deform Plot 2 Subcases 4 Show As 3 Titles MSC Patran Plot Sets Operations Guide B 49 V Options 4 gt H Close In the first example the Tuple iter
27. red the plot s target definition graphic attributes of the plot numerical operations that will transform the input data to its final state range and spectrum names to specify the plot s colored regions with respect to the analysis data numeric intervals Sample Plot Set Example Shown in Appendix A is a simple Plot Set that contains two plots We will use exerts from the sample in this section to describe the elements of a Plot Set its syntax and the options that exist for each element Appendix B contains complete descriptions of all current Plot Set row types and their supporting data entries Take a moment to review the Plot Set example in Appendix A before reading the following steps that describe its contents 1 top of the example Plot Set you will see the following PCL declarations for the variables used in the file As you can see the plot names are limited to 79 characters INTEGER plot set id status INTEGER row id STRING plot set 79 2 Atthe start of each Plot Set definition you must specify the Plot Set name and call the function that creates the new Plot Set within MSC Patran s database plot set name combo plot 1 status res plot set create over plot set id FALSE plot set name Deformed fringe plot IF status 0 THEN lines that represent the Plot Set definition go here gt END IF If the create function returns a successful status then as we will describe in the next point t
28. rt the row type Each data column must have the following data within the column column_type_name num values valuel value2 valueN For example Iterator Type 1 product The stride specifies how column data must be indexed If the stride value is less than or equal to 0 then data indexing is assumed to be num_values 2 strings If stride is greater than 0 then the stride value represents the index jump size This allows the data to be given in two dimensional array In this case stride is the size of the first dimension It should be at least the largest of the num_values 2 The second dimension should be at least the number of columns in the row Internal database id of the newly created Plot Set row IST CHAPTER B 47 Plot Set BuiltinFunctions and Plot Set Iterators Remarks a col vals is either a one dimensional array with data packed sequentially stride lt 0 or the equivalent of a two dimensional array dimensioned num cols stride k B 2 Iterator Descriptions When you define your Plot Set rows with the res_create_plot_set_row command you must provide one or more a_col_vals which represents the data required to support the row type The syntax fora col vals is column type name num values value1 value2 valueN If you specify num values greater than land provide the corresponding number of data values the Plot Set system iterate across these values to produce the Plot Set s analysis
29. s shown below F Preview Only Jam Plots To Ob Bppl Chose F MSC Nastran V5 Translator Installation and Operations Guide 4 25 V Options lt gt H Close If your Plot Set definition defines more than one plot press the Advance Image button to advance to the next plot Pressing the RESUME button will cause Patran to quickly render the remaining plots defined by your Plot Set When you have finished reviewing the last Plot Set image the Print Preview sub form will close and the Print function will try to return Patran s display back to its initial state before you started the Plot Set preview as shown in the example below Wee FRAO E E mn rrm bee Z rerne PER i o c n E i un p pep le dme lad fides Pribk In the example we have been following above we defined a plot set that contained a single combined fringe and deformed shape plot With very few changes we can modify this example to produce several plots with out adding another plot set row In the example shown below the Plot Set is edited by selecting Fringe Plot Results cell to cause the Results Row Control form to reappear In addition to our initial selection of the von Mises Derived Result all six stress components of the symmetric stress tensor have been selected at both the Z1 and Z2 positions MSC Nastran V5 Tra
30. specifier is included to allow the command to overwrite an existing Plot Set if it uses the same name as the new name provided with this command Input LOGICAL overwrite plot set TRUE forces overwriting FALSE causes the copy to fail if an existing Plot Set already uses the input new name STRING name max 79 New Plot Set name STRING desc VIRTUAL Plot Set description Output INTEGER plot_set_id Internal database id of the newly created Plot Set Error Conditions MSG_RES_PLOT_SET_DOES_NOT_EXIST DbErrorNotFound DbOtherFailure Remarks None res_plot_set_copy_over new_id overwrite_plot_set new_name new_desc old_id old_name Description This function copies an existing Plot Set and persists it in the MSC Patran database An overwrite specifier is included to allow the command to overwrite an existing Plot Set if it uses the same name as the new name provided with this command Input CHAPTER 45 Plot Set BuiltinFunctions and Plot Set Iterators LOGICAL overwrite plot set TRUE forces overwriting FALSE causes the copy to fail if an existing Plot Set uses the input new name STRING new name max 79 New Plot Set name STRING new desc VIRTUAL Plot Set description INTEGER old id Internal database id of the Plot Set to be copied STRING old name max 79 Plot Set name to be copied Output INTEGER new id Internal database id of the newly created Plot Set Error Conditions MSG RES PLOT S
31. ude Result Case Combination Methods and or Layer Combination Methods list boxes The options that appear in these list boxes allow you to control how combinations of result cases or layer locations but not both simultaneously are formed for a specific plot At this time the interface allows you to pick multiple selections in both list boxes If this is done it will result ina failure to generate plots that would be defined by using the PlotSet row that contained the multiple selection from both Result Case and Layer Locations list boxes Examples that contain correct selection methods are described below Fe mer S Si alimi Pisi i bas pee Geel Limi Bidii maiba Baba Bys ded T 4 Hem Pueri Fringe Fisi mas E fumi Piaam r TNI bait Basain tier Example 1 If you select multiple entries in either the Result Cases or Layer Locations list box and then select the NONE option from the associated Combination Methods list box multiple plots for the different selections will be generated relative to the Iterator type you have defined in the Combination Plot row s Data cell MSC Nastran V5 Translator Installation and Operations Guide 7 V Options 4 4 H Close 4 28 Example 2 If youselect multiple entries in either the Result Cases or Layer Locations list box and then select the NONE option from the associ
32. will appear Select Beginning from the Position option pull down menu as shown below MSC Nastran V5 Translator Installation and Operations Guide 4 23 V Options 44 4 gt E Close Peer else Cms omm _ cant Pressing the Apply button will cause the Combined Plot row to move to the row 1 position and the Fringe and Deform plot rows to shift down one position Next select the Data cell in the Combined Plot row When the Row Control sub form appears enter 2 in the Number of Rows list box This causes the following two plot type rows to be used to form the combined plot MSC Nastran V5 Translator Installation and Operations Guide 4 4 2 V Options gt H Close Displaying the Contents of the Plot Set Spread Sheet When you are finished configuring your plot set the EMIT anm Plot Set Print function gives you the capability to Retion Prim preview your images before they are written to image files To preview the contents of your plot set close the PlotSet spread sheet by selecting the Done button then change the Action option on the main Results Plot Sets form to Print Select the Plot Set Definition to preview and the Preview Only radio button Existing Flot Sete Definitions When the Apply button is pressed the Print Control TNES submenu and the first image defined by the Plot Set contents will appear a
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