The user can see contour of particle set like Contact Force or Velocity or etc. of particle set.
Figure 1 Particle Contour icon in the Post-Process group in the External SPI tab
Figure 2 Particle Contour dialog box
Contour Option
•Show: By checking the Show check box for particle set, user can select which contour should be displayed.
•Result Type: Selects a contour type component by choosing one of in the pull-down menu.
•Enable Contour View: Displays the contour data in the working window.
Min/Max Option
•Use Frame Min Max: If this option is checked, the min / max values of each animation frame is used.
•Calculation: Calculates the min / max values of the selected particle sets at the all frames for the selected Result Type.
•Min / Max: The left values are the values that are calculated for the selected Result Type. And the right values are the values applied to contour and you can modify it.
•Show Min / Max Value: Displays the position that have the min / max values for the simulation time.
Style Option
•Show Legend: If this option is checked, a legend bar will be displayed.
•Option: Opens the Legend Option dialog.
Figure 3 Legend Option dialog box
•Min Color: Selects a color for minimum value.
•Max Color: Selects a color for maximum value.
•Text Color: Selects a color for text.
•Colors Style: Selects a type to full colors in the contours. (The default is Spectrum.)
•Location: Selects the position of legend. (The default is Left)
Step to view Contour Animation
Figure 4 Particle Contour example
1. Perform the dynamic analysis of a particle model.
2. Click the Particle Contour icon in Post Process group. The dialog box shown in Figure 4 appears.
① Check arbitrary Particle Set to be shown.
② Select the Result Type of particle contour.
③ Click the Calculation button to find Min/Max value for selected particle set and if you would like to set the minimum and maximum values to be used, modify the Min/Max value.
④ Set the style option of Legend if you want.
⑤ Check Enable Contour View to activate the particle contour.
⑥ Click OK button