Part control the appearance and behavior of parts. Much of the power of EnSight derives from the broad range of available and the ease with which they can be changed are grouped into several classes:
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Creation |
Creation are unique for each (non-model) part type (for example, the isovalue of an isosurface). The creation for a part are accessible in the Feature Panel after double-clicking the part in the main Parts list, or by the main menu structure Create → Isosurfaces (for example). However, model parts have a consistent set of in this dialog including ability to remesh the model part, scaling and translating the model part, filtering the elements of a model part or resetting the I/J/K ranges of a structured model part. |
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General |
Visibility Susceptibility to auxiliary clipping Reference Frame Response to change in time (active or frozen) Symmetry options Viewport visibility Coloration (by variable or constant color) Hidden surface toggle Hidden line toggle Shading type (flat, Gouraud, smooth) Transparency Lighting (diffuse, shininess, highlight intensity) Visual symmetry Volume Rendering |
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Node, Element, and Line |
Node, line, element visibility toggles Node type (dot, cross, sphere) Node scale (constant or variable) Node detail (for spheres) Node and element label toggle Element-line width Element-line style (solid, dotted, or dot-dash) Element representation on client (full, border, 3D border/2D full, 3D feature/2D full, 3D nonvisual/2d full, feature angle, bounding box, nonvisual) Element shrink factor Polygon reduction factor |
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Displacement |
Displacement variable Displacement scaling factor |
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IJK Axis Display |
IJK Axis visibility IJK Axis scale value |
The Creation for non-model parts can be edited in the Feature Panel by double-clicking on the part in the Parts list. Most display (such as color and visibility) can be controlled via the icons on the Quick Action Icon Bar.
Since Creation are specific to each (non-model) part type, they are not covered here. Look in the How To article for the specific part type for details on those particular Creation.
Server side displacement capability is available in the Creation Attribute area for model parts. See Display Displacements for a description of this capability.
This article is divided into the following sections: