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Plot results on the deformed model and show the shape of the undeformed model

Plot results on the undeformed model

Plot results on the deformed model

Activate the vector plot mode

 

This option will be functional only in case of plotting the principal stresses. That is, vector plot utility is useful so as to figure out directions and sizes of these principal stresses, besides they are only plotted on nodes.

 

The next image pretends to clarify this subject:

 

 

Loads have been plotted on nodes and it is noticeable that they tend to a specific direction. Moreover, loads from the left, from top and bottom nodes, are bigger than the rest of loads, so the user may  suppose how the stresses distribution is.

Plot results on thin elements

Plot results on elements with their real thickness