/VSCALE

/VSCALE, WN, VRATIO, KEY
Scales the length of displayed vectors.

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

WN

Window number (or ALL) to which command applies (defaults to 1).

VRATIO

Ratio value applied to the automatically calculated scale factor (defaults to 1.0, that is, use scale factor as automatically calculated).

KEY

Relative scaling key:

0

 — 

Use relative length scaling among vectors based on magnitudes.

1

 — 

Use uniform length scaling for all vector lengths.

Command Default

Automatic vector scaling.

Notes

Allows scaling of the vector length displayed with the PLVECT command of POST1 and the /PBC and /PSF commands. Also allows the scaling of the element (that is, /PSYMB,ESYS) and the nodal (that is, /PSYMB,NDIR) coordinate system symbols.

This command is valid in any processor.

Menu Paths

Main Menu>General Postproc>Plot Results>Vector Plot>Predefined
Utility Menu>Plot>Results>Vector Plot
Utility Menu>PlotCtrls>Multi-Plot Contrls
Utility Menu>PlotCtrls>Style>Vector Arrow Scaling