Display Attributes

	Toggles the form to change display attributes for fringe plots.

Attribute	Description
Show Spectrum	This toggle will remove or display the spectrum bar on the right of the current viewport. If the spectrum does not disappear from the graphics screen when the toggle is OFF, make sure other plots also do not have the spectrum turned ON.
Spectrum	This button will bring up the Spectrums form from which you can set the spectrum for the current viewport or create new spectrums. This form operates independently of the Results application. Therefore you do not need to press the Apply button in the Results application to effect changes in the spectrum. To learn more about changing the spectrum see Display>Spectrums (p. 405) in the Patran Reference Manual.
Range	This button will bring up a subordinate form for reassigning the range to the current spectrum in the current viewport. See Spectrum/Range Control, 34 for details. Also from this form you can invoke the Ranges form for creating and modifying new ranges. To learn more about changing ranges see Display>Ranges (p. 408) in the Patran Reference Manual.
Style	Four fringe styles are available. The default is a Discrete/Smooth plot which will give distinct color bands which begin and end sharply. Continuous style will blend the colors together giving a smoother transition between color bands but no distinctive beginning or end to any particular color band. The Element Fill style will simply color code each element. Discrete/Flat is similar to Discrete/Smooth but may give a better or worse image depending on the graphics device.
Shading	On true color machines, fringe plots may be shaded. On machines that do not support true color, a shaded fringe plot will not look good at all. Best results are with Hardware Rendering on true color machines.
Element Shrink Factor	You can display a fringe plot with the elements shrunk a certain percentage. It is best to experiment with this.
Fringe Edges	The edge color display of the fringe plot can be changed as desired.
Display (Edges)	The edge display is simply the display of the finite element mesh or the display of the free edges of the model. You can choose to display either of these or none at all.
Style (Edges)	The styles of the edge lines plotted on the target entities can be set to a solid line, or variations of dotted lines.
Width (Edges)	The thickness of the edge lines on the target entities is set with this attribute setting.
Title Editor	Selecting this button opens a form that allows the fringe plot title to be edited. See Results Title Editor, 37.
Show Title	If this toggle is ON, then a title for the fringe plot is displayed. Otherwise no title is displayed.
Lock Title	If this toggle is ON, then the title for the fringe plot is not modified by results form selections. Otherwise some results form selections modify the title.
Show Max/Min Label	If this toggle is ON, then the maximum and minimum values of the selected results set are displayed in the viewport. Otherwise they are not displayed.
Show Fringe Label	If this toggle is ON, then the fringe label will be displayed.
Label Style	Label Style controls are used to define the format and color of the range labels. The range labels are now styled independent from the plot's value labels. The range label color, font size, format (i.e. fixed, exponential, integer) and number of significant digits can be controlled.
Show on Deformed	The fringe plot will be displayed on the deformed shape of the model if a deformation plot has also been posted the current viewport. The fringe plot will display on all deformation plots if more than one is posted to the viewport by default. If this is not desired, see Target Entities, 4.

Attribute

Description

Show Spectrum

This toggle will remove or display the spectrum bar on the right of the current viewport. If the spectrum does not disappear from the graphics screen when the toggle is OFF, make sure other plots also do not have the spectrum turned ON.

Spectrum

This button will bring up the Spectrums form from which you can set the spectrum for the current viewport or create new spectrums. This form operates independently of the Results application. Therefore you do not need to press the Apply button in the Results application to effect changes in the spectrum. To learn more about changing the spectrum see Display>Spectrums (p. 405) in the Patran Reference Manual.

Range

This button will bring up a subordinate form for reassigning the range to the current spectrum in the current viewport. See Spectrum/Range Control, 34 for details. Also from this form you can invoke the Ranges form for creating and modifying new ranges. To learn more about changing ranges see Display>Ranges (p. 408) in the Patran Reference Manual.

Style

Four fringe styles are available. The default is a Discrete/Smooth plot which will give distinct color bands which begin and end sharply. Continuous style will blend the colors together giving a smoother transition between color bands but no distinctive beginning or end to any particular color band. The Element Fill style will simply color code each element. Discrete/Flat is similar to Discrete/Smooth but may give a better or worse image depending on the graphics device.

Shading

On true color machines, fringe plots may be shaded. On machines that do not support true color, a shaded fringe plot will not look good at all. Best results are with Hardware Rendering on true color machines.

Element Shrink Factor

You can display a fringe plot with the elements shrunk a certain percentage. It is best to experiment with this.

Fringe Edges

The edge color display of the fringe plot can be changed as desired.

Display (Edges)

The edge display is simply the display of the finite element mesh or the display of the free edges of the model. You can choose to display either of these or none at all.

Style (Edges)

The styles of the edge lines plotted on the target entities can be set to a solid line, or variations of dotted lines.

Width (Edges)

The thickness of the edge lines on the target entities is set with this attribute setting.

Title Editor

Selecting this button opens a form that allows the fringe plot title to be edited. See Results Title Editor, 37.

Show Title

If this toggle is ON, then a title for the fringe plot is displayed. Otherwise no title is displayed.

Lock Title

If this toggle is ON, then the title for the fringe plot is not modified by results form selections. Otherwise some results form selections modify the title.

Show Max/Min Label

If this toggle is ON, then the maximum and minimum values of the selected results set are displayed in the viewport. Otherwise they are not displayed.

Show Fringe Label

If this toggle is ON, then the fringe label will be displayed.

Label Style

Label Style controls are used to define the format and color of the range labels. The range labels are now styled independent from the plot's value labels. The range label color, font size, format (i.e. fixed, exponential, integer) and number of significant digits can be controlled.

Show on Deformed

The fringe plot will be displayed on the deformed shape of the model if a deformation plot has also been posted the current viewport. The fringe plot will display on all deformation plots if more than one is posted to the viewport by default. If this is not desired, see Target Entities, 4.