CONTOURPLOT

The CONTOURPLOT command combines result data to a fringe plot later referenced in a postprocessing report (REPORT command).

ID_NAME

= <id_name_of_contourplot>

 

TITLE

= <title>

 

DESCRIPTION

= <description for vtfx>

 

TYPE_PROPERTY

= <type of result properties for vtfx case>

Values for this item must be one from the following list:

This parameter is required in every contour plot described in the parameter file.

 

= MODEL

Model

 

= MODEL_SET

Model with groups

 

= ELEMENT_FILL_FILTER

Relative material value

 

= ELEMENT_CONTINUOUS_FILTER

Continuous value for elements

 

= ELEMENT_THICKNESS

Shell element thickness

 

= ELEMENT_DELTA_THICKNESS

Shell thickness change

 

= NODAL_CONTINUOUS

Continuous nodal value

 

= NODAL_DISPLACEMENT

Displacement for nodes

FRINGE_RESULT

= <name of fringe results>

Defines fringe plot on model, refers to result data available in ONF result files. If no result is specified, only model will be shown.

DISP_RESULT

= <displacement result name>

Defines node based displacement results shown as displacements on model.

FILTER

= <min>

= <max>

Minimum and maximum filter value applies to fringe result. If this parameter is skipped filtering will be disabled.

FRINGE

= <min>

= <max>

Default: AUTO

Minimum and maximum value for the fringe visualizations.

GROUP_FILE

= <name of group file>

More than one entry is allowed.

Group file(s) containing the groups referenced in GROUP parameter.

GROUP

= <name of group>

Only this group will be written to vtfx – if this parameter is not specified, all group information from group file will be available in vtfx file and can be selected later in the viewer.

ITERATION

= <sequence of numbers in TOSCA numbering style>

e.g. 3,4-9:2,17

Custom iteration indices (if an ONF file for some iteration is missing, this iteration is skipped).

 

= ALL

All available iterations.

 

= ORIGINAL

Iteration of the first available ONF file.

 

= LAST

Iteration of the last available ONF file.

LEGEND_TITLE

= <name of legend>

Title of the legend.

REVERT_LEGEND_COLORING

=YES

=NO

Upturning of the legend colors.

ADD_UNDEFORMED_MODEL

=YES

=NO

Displaying of the undeformed model superimposed to the specified contourplot of TYPE_PROPERTY = NODAL_CONTINUOUS or TYPE_PROPERTY = NODAL_DISPLACEMENT.

Examples

For topology optimization:

CONTOURPLOT
 ID_NAME = TOPO_MAT
 TYPE_PROPERTY = ELEMENT_FILL_FILTER
 TITLE = "Relative Material Distribution, soft elements filtered"
 DESCRIPTION = "Tosca Structure.topology Optimization Result"
 FRINGE_RESULT = MAT_PROP_NORMALIZED
 FILTER = 0.05,1
 ITERATION = ALL
 GROUP_FILE = SAVE.onf/GROUPS.onf
END_

For sizing optimization: shell thickness will be mapped as fringe plot:

CONTOURPLOT
 ID_NAME = SIZING_THICKNESS
 TYPE_PROPERTY = ELEMENT_THICKNESS
 TITLE = Thickness from Sizing Optimization
 DESCRIPTION = Tosca Structure.sizing Optimization Result
 FRINGE_RESULT = THICKNESS
 ITERATION = ALL
 GROUP_FILE = SAVE.onf\GROUPS.onf
END_