Distortion Checker

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Distortion Checker Basics

Related Guides and Resources

Distortion Checker Access to Content

Content Categories

Access Roles

Content Lifecycle

Predefined Queries

User Interface: Action Bar

Standard Area

Flyout for Undo Options

Flyout for Feature Manager Options

Setup Section

Flyout for Material Palette

Procedures Section

Additive Manufacturing Section

Mesh Section

Simulate Section

Flyout for Viewing Options

Flyout for Simulate

Display Section

Customizing Preferences

Offline Mode

Introductory Concepts

About Additive Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing Scenario Creation

Pattern-based Thermal-Mechanical Simulation of a Powder Bed Process

Thermal-Mechanical Simulation of FDM and LDED Processes

Controlling the Scale of the Simulation and the Solution Fidelity in a Thermal-Mechanical Simulation

About Machine Documents

Library Objects

Activation Objects

Machine Document Example

Workflow

Procedures

About Steps and Analysis Procedures

Step Types

Analysis Procedures

Step Sequencing

Feature Propagation

Working with Steps

Editing Steps

Static Steps

About Static Steps

Time Period

Nonlinear Static Analysis

Local Instabilities

Incrementation

Defining Static Steps

Define Static Steps Using Automatic Time Incrementation

Define Static Steps Using Fixed Time Incrementation

Adding Automatic Step Stabilization

Add Damping Stabilization

Add Energy Fraction Stabilization

Add Propagated Stabilization

Additive Manufacturing Machines

About Additive Manufacturing Machines

Creating an Additive Manufacturing Machine

Mesh

Defining the Global Mesh

Defining a Local Mesh

Generating the Mesh and Controlling Its Display

Results

The Postprocessing Context Toolbar

Distortion Checker Results

Contour and Symbol Plots

About Contour and Symbol Plots

Displaying Contour Plots

Modifying Legend Display Options

Min/Max Values

About Min/Max Values

Controlling the Display of Maxima and Minima

Plot Options

Changing the Deformation and Entity Labels of Plots

Changing Thresholds for Displaying Extrema

Customizing the Visibility and Style of a Plot

Display Groups

About Display Groups

Keeping Parts in the Display

Keep Parts by Selecting from a List

Keep Parts by Selecting from the Model

Removing Parts from the Display

Remove Parts by Selecting from a List

Remove Parts by Selecting from the Model

Restoring Parts to the Display

Restore Parts by Selecting from a List

Restore Parts by Selecting from the Model

Rendering Associated Geometry

About Rendering Settings

Whole Plot Options

Part Options

Controlling Geometry Rendering

Control Rendering Options from the Context Toolbar

Control Rendering Options from Rendering Settings

View Cuts

About Plot Sectioning

Creating Cutting Surfaces

Creating and Editing Named Cuts

Create Named Cuts

Edit Named Cuts

Activating the Geometry

Changing the Cut Position

Change the Cut Using the Robot

Change the Cut Using a Reference Axis System

Change the Cut by Entering Origin and Normal Values

Changing the Cut Levels and Spacing

Displaying Free Body Information

Applying Rendering Styles to Cuts

Animation

About Animation

Animation Options

Reports

Report Definition

Creating Reports

Multiview Customization

About Multi-View Customization

General Behavior of Plot Views Within Sectors

Synchronization of Animation, View Manipulation, and Orientation

Use with Multiple Analysis Cases

Displaying Multiple Plot Views Simultaneously

Select the Multiple View Layout

Apply a Common Orientation and Magnification Across Multiple Plot Views

Display a Plot in a Specific Sector

Activate or Deactivate the Plot Displayed in a Sector

Change the Analysis Case Displayed in a Sector

Using B.I. Essentials in Distortion Checker