Selecting section point data

If your model contains shells, beams, or composite layups, you can view data from selected section points when you are displaying a contour, symbol, or material orientation plot.

You can select section points, by category or ply, that will apply across linked viewports. The linking also applies to envelope plots. For more information, see Linking viewports.

You can choose either of the following selection methods:

By category

For each section of your model, you first choose the active location of a section point (bottom, top, or both). You then choose from a list of available section points for this category. For example, you can choose to display data from the midpoint of each section. The available section points are related to the section points that you requested when you created the field output request in the Step module. You can also display a plot of the section point containing the critical value (maximum or minimum) of the field output variable across all of the section points. For more information, see Selecting section point data by category.

By ply

For a model containing a composite layup, you first choose a ply, and you then choose a location from which to display the field output variable. You can specify one of the following as the section point location in the selected ply: the bottommost section point, the middle or only section point, the topmost section point, or both the topmost and bottommost section points. For more information, see Selecting section point data by ply.


In this section:

Selecting section point data by category
Selecting section point data by ply