Material Plot

Plots a material's property values on your model as contours. You scope the object using geometry selections or by specifying Named Selections. Once your Material Plot object is defined and generated, the Geometry window displays the contours associated with the material properties on the specified geometry/geometries.

Object Properties

Tree Dependencies

Insertion Methods

Right-click Options

API Reference

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Object Properties

The Details Pane for this object includes the following properties.

CategoryProperties/Options/Descriptions

Scope

Scoping, options include:

  • Geometry Selection: Default setting, indicating that you apply the feature to one or more geometric entities that you select using graphical selection tools.

    • Geometry: Visible when the Scoping property is set to Geometry Selection. Geometry scoping supports Body, Face, Edge, and Element selection. Displays the type of geometry (Body, etc.) and the number of geometric entities (for example: 1 Body, 2 Bodies) to which you have scoped the geometry.

  • Named Selection: Indicates that the geometry selection is defined by a Named Selection.

    • Named Selection: Visible when the Scoping property is set to Named Selection. This field provides a drop-down list of the available geometry-based Named Selections. Named selections must be defined by supported scoping: Body, Face, Edge, and Element.

Definition

Material Property: Displays a list of supported material properties based on the materials of your model.

Material Property Component: The options listed for this property include dependent variables associated with the selected material property. Examples include Bulk Modulus, Poisson's Ratio, Shear Modulus, and Young's Modulus.

Suppressed

Tree Dependencies

Insertion Methods

Use any of the following methods after highlighting the Materials object:

  • Click Material Plot option on the Materials Context tab.

  • Right-click the Materials object and select Insert > Material Plot.

  • In the Geometry window, select geometry, and then right-click and select Insert > Material Plot.

Right-click Options

In addition to common right-click options, relevant right-click options for this object include:

  • Generate Material Plot

  • Suppress

  • Clear Generated Data

API Reference

See the Material Plot section of the ACT API Reference Guide for specific scripting information.

Additional Related Information