Creating Display Groups by Values

You can create a display group from element or node values.

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About Display Groups
  1. Open the Display Groups context toolbar using one of the following methods:
    • Click the model, and select from the context toolbar that appears.
    • From the Display section of the action bar, click Display Groups .
  2. Click from the Display Groups context toolbar.
    The Display Groups dialog box appears and opens to the Select tab .
  3. From the Item options, select Values.
  4. From the Method options, choose Element results or Node results as your filter criteria.
    The Selection pane displays the field values you used to create your plot.
  5. In the Field section, make any required changes to the field plot.

    The available fields vary according to the content of your simulation. For a complete description of available field plot options, see Displaying Contour, Isocontour, and Symbol Plots.

  6. In the Range section, select a method to refine your results:
    1. Select Above, Below, Between, or Outside to specify the boundaries of your range.
    2. Fill in the required value for Min, Max, or both, to set the boundaries.
    The combination you choose determines the range of results included in the display group. For example, if you choose:
    • Above and Min = 0.925, only those values greater than 0.925 are eligible for display group assignment.
    • Below and Max = 1.783, only those values less than 1.783 are eligible for display group assignment.
    • Between, Min = 0.578, and Max = 0.987, only those values greater than or equal to 0.578 and values less than or equal to 0.987 are eligible for display group assignment.
    • Outside, Min = 25, and Max = 75, only those values less than 25 and values greater than 75 are eligible for display group assignment.
  7. Optional: Select Include entities without value to include elements with no results data in your display group.

    There are two reasons elements might not have results data:

    • Data was not requested for a region of the model. For example, output requests might specify certain element types that are not present in all regions.
    • Data is not valid for that region. For example, output requests for a fluid domain are not valid for a structural domain.
    Note: To ensure that your display group uses only elements that contain results data, leave this option cleared. This is helpful in large models to exclude the elements that have no results data. In these simulations, only part of the model displays data while other parts, grayed out in the legend, have none.

  8. Optional: Select Tighter selection (only if entirely within range) to restrict the results to only those elements with values entirely within the specified range.

    For example, a single element might contain values that span the cutoff. Suppose that there are four nodes with values of 125, 125, 175, and 175, with intermediate values between the nodes. If your range cutoff is 150, this element would be excluded because it is not wholly within the specified range.

    If this option is cleared, the element remains visible in the results as part of the element is within range (the max value).

  9. Select Highlight to highlight the results in the model.
  10. Use the Boolean operators at the bottom of the dialog box to customize the selected items. The following options are available:
    OptionDescription
    Replace your display group and display all entities in the current viewport.
    Note: Replace All works for model parts and elements only. It does not show or hide the display of coordinate systems.
    Hide all the model components that are displayed in the current display group and display all the model components that were hidden.
    Note: The Invert display operator works for model parts and elements only. It does not show or hide the display of coordinate systems.
    The elements displayed change according to your selection.
  11. Use the Boolean operators at the top of the dialog box to customize the selected items. The following options are available:
    OptionDescription
    Replace the current viewport contents with your selection.
    Add your selection to the current viewport contents.
    Remove your selection from the current viewport contents. If your selection includes one or more elements or surfaces, the nodes connected to those items are also removed, provided that you have not specifically operated to include those nodes in the display group.
    Display only those items common to your selection and the display in the current viewport.
    Display only model components that are either in your selection or in the current viewport but not in both.
    The elements displayed change according to your selection.
  12. If you have node sets or internal node sets, select With Associated Parts, With Associated Elements, or Without Associations to view the node or node set with or without associations.

    For example, if you select With Associated Parts, the display of node sets is now expanded to show each part that these node sets belong to. Similarly, if you select With Associated Elements, the display of node sets is now expanded to also show the elements that these node sets belong to.

  13. In the Entity display section, select a method to statically or dynamically filter your results:
    1. Select Static: Display entities using values from current frame to statically filter your results.
    2. Select Dynamic: Re-calculate displayed entities as frame changes to dynamically filter your results as you move from one frame to another.
    Note: You cannot create value filters for normalized results. Clear Normalize displacements for frequency to create a value filter in this case.
  14. Optional: Click the Summary tab to review your selections.
  15. Click Close.