Context: Deformed plots show the shape of your model based on the values of a nodal variable (such as displacement) at a specified step and frame of your analysis. The variable whose values are shown is called the deformed field output variable. Symbol plots show the magnitude and directions of a particular vector or tensor variable at a specified step and frame of the analysis. A symbol plot can also the magnitude and direction of a selected load or predefined field in a model from the current model database. The variable whose values are shown is called the symbol field output variable. You can specify result-based criteria for element failure for a selected field output variable and remove elements that meet the failure criteria from model plots. The variable for which you define the failure criteria is called the status field output variable. You can specify velocity or vorticity data for stream display. The variable for which you display these data is called the stream field output variable. You can choose to display contour and symbol plots on either the undeformed or deformed model shape. When you use the deformed model shape, the contours or symbols represent the values of the primary field output variable or symbol field output variable, respectively, while the shape of the underlying model is determined by the values of the deformed field output variable.
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