7.2. Qualitative Displays of Variables

The display of graphic objects (locations and qualitative displays) occurs in the 3D Viewer and the Chart Viewer.

CFD-Post provides a wide range of control over the 3D Viewer, such as:

  • How the graphical object is to be colored; either prescribed color or by variable. If colored by variable, how the color is mapped over the range of the selected variable.

  • Rendering, including transparency, shading, lighting, specularity, and texture.

  • Display of lines and faces as well as geometric transformations including rotation, translation, scaling, reflection and instancing.

  • Up to four viewports where the orientation of the objects in these miniature viewers can be controlled independently.

The Chart Viewer can display data as lines or as symbols.