PLF2D

PLF2D, NCONT, OLAY, ANUM, WIN
Generates a contour line plot of equipotentials.

Valid Products: Pro | Premium | Enterprise | PrepPost | Solver | AS add-on

NCONT

Number of contour lines to display. Issue in multiples of 9 (that is, 9, 18, 27, etc.). Default is 27 contour lines.

OLAY

Overlay:

0

 — 

Overlay edge outlines by material number.

1

 — 

Overlay edge outlines by real constant number.

ANUM

Highest material or real constant attribute number. Command will cycle through ANUM element display overlays. Defaults to 10.

WIN

Window number to which command applies. Defaults to 1.

Notes

PLF2D invokes a Mechanical APDL macro which plots equipotentials of the degree of freedom AZ. The equipotential lines are parallel to flux lines and thus give a good representation of flux patterns.

In the axisymmetric case, the display is actually r * AZ where r is the node radius.

The macro overlays (OLAY) edge outlines by material number or real constant number (ANUM) and enables you to control the number of contour lines to display (NCONT).

Menu Paths

Main Menu>General Postproc>Plot Results>Contour Plot>2D Flux Lines
Utility Menu>Plot>Results>Flux Lines