How this Guide is Organized

Introduction to Results Postprocessing	An overview of the Results application. It is important that first time users read this thoroughly to fully understand how the Results application works. Important definitions are defined to understand how results data are stored in the database and how they are manipulated by the Results application. An overview of the operation of the Results application is also provided to give a basic understanding of how to create and modify result plots and how to post/unpost or delete existing plots and results data.
Quick Plots	Eighty to ninety percent of all postprocessing needs are accessed through the default Results application form. This chapter explains the Results application default form and how to create quick fringe plots of any scalar data and quick structural static deformation plots and modal style animations and combinations thereof.
Deformation Plots	Detailed explanations of how to create and modify deformation plots as well as how to change display attributes, target entities and other options.
Fringe Plots	Detailed explanations of how to create and modify deformation plots as well as how to change display attributes, target entities and other options.
Contour Line Plots	Detailed explanations of how to create and modify contour line plots as well as how to change display attributes, target entities and other options.
Marker Plots	Detailed explanations of how to create and modify marker plots (scalar, vector and tensor plots) as well as how to change display attributes, target entities and other options.
Cursor Plots	Detailed explanations of how to create and modify cursor plots as well as how to change display attributes, target entities and other options. Also instructions on how to create a report from the cursor plot.
Graph (XY) Plots	Detailed explanations of how to create and modify graph (XY) plots (including beam data) as well as how to change display attributes, target entities and other options.
Animation	Detailed explanations of how to create and manipulate animations of most plot types as well as how to change display attributes and other options.
Reports	Detailed explanations of how to create and display reports of results data as well as how to change report formats and other options.
Create Results	Detailed explanations of how to derive, combine and scale results data as well as how to select target entities, define transformation, derivations and other options.
Freebody Plots	Explains the capability to graphically display freebody diagrams and create new loads and boundary conditions from MSC Nastran grid point force balance results.
Numerical Methods	Detailed explanations of the many numerical manipulations that are exercised in the Results application. These include operations such as vector and tensor to scalar calculations, extrapolation methods, coordinate transformations, results derivations and averaging techniques.
Verification and Validation	Verification and Validation problems are presented to validate and verify postprocessing displays using standard and widely accepted engineering problems. This is also a good source of example problems for learning to use the Results application.

Introduction to Results Postprocessing

An overview of the Results application. It is important that first time users read this thoroughly to fully understand how the Results application works. Important definitions are defined to understand how results data are stored in the database and how they are manipulated by the Results application. An overview of the operation of the Results application is also provided to give a basic understanding of how to create and modify result plots and how to post/unpost or delete existing plots and results data.

Quick Plots

Eighty to ninety percent of all postprocessing needs are accessed through the default Results application form. This chapter explains the Results application default form and how to create quick fringe plots of any scalar data and quick structural static deformation plots and modal style animations and combinations thereof.

Deformation Plots

Detailed explanations of how to create and modify deformation plots as well as how to change display attributes, target entities and other options.

Fringe Plots

Detailed explanations of how to create and modify deformation plots as well as how to change display attributes, target entities and other options.

Contour Line Plots

Detailed explanations of how to create and modify contour line plots as well as how to change display attributes, target entities and other options.

Marker Plots

Detailed explanations of how to create and modify marker plots (scalar, vector and tensor plots) as well as how to change display attributes, target entities and other options.

Cursor Plots

Detailed explanations of how to create and modify cursor plots as well as how to change display attributes, target entities and other options. Also instructions on how to create a report from the cursor plot.

Graph (XY) Plots

Detailed explanations of how to create and modify graph (XY) plots (including beam data) as well as how to change display attributes, target entities and other options.

Animation

Detailed explanations of how to create and manipulate animations of most plot types as well as how to change display attributes and other options.

Reports

Detailed explanations of how to create and display reports of results data as well as how to change report formats and other options.

Create Results

Detailed explanations of how to derive, combine and scale results data as well as how to select target entities, define transformation, derivations and other options.

Freebody Plots

Explains the capability to graphically display freebody diagrams and create new loads and boundary conditions from MSC Nastran grid point force balance results.

Numerical Methods

Detailed explanations of the many numerical manipulations that are exercised in the Results application. These include operations such as vector and tensor to scalar calculations, extrapolation methods, coordinate transformations, results derivations and averaging techniques.

Verification and Validation

Verification and Validation problems are presented to validate and verify postprocessing displays using standard and widely accepted engineering problems. This is also a good source of example problems for learning to use the Results application.