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.