Results Display

The differences between Explore and Refine for displaying results are as follows. All structural result variables are also available in structural thermal, and all fluid result variables in fluid thermal.

Functionality	Explore	Refine
Contours	✓, Surface display priority: Inner, Outer, Highest Value or Lowest Value, Probe results	✓, Surface display priority: Outer, Highest Value or Lowest Value, Probe results
Deformation	Available only for surface contours of the displacement variable	✓ ⃰ Available for iso-surfaces and vectors
Directional field	Available only for velocity magnitude, Probe results	✓⁑
Iso-surface	✓, Probe results	✓, Probe results
Mesh, show		✓
Optimized body, add	✓
Particle tracks	✓, Probe results	✓⁑
Reset	✓
Streamlines	✓ ⁂, Probe results	✓⁑ ⁂, Ribbon
Vectors	✓, Probe results	✓⁑
Show mesh		✓
Clip to user-defined range		✓
⃰ Available for all variables and plots except contours of highest value, lowest value and body plots. Not available for Fluids.
⁑ Available for all components of any vector quantity in the direction of flow.
⁂ In Explore, streamlines will always run from emitter to outlet using a single emitter.