This controls whether the marker colors (the vector arrows or other markers) are color coded according to the spectrum bar and value ranges or whether they are simply assigned different constant colors. If Constant is chosen you can select the colors for the resultant or components for vectors and tensors.

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.

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.

This button will bring up a subordinate form for reassigning the range to the current spectrum in the current viewport. See Display>Ranges (p. 408) in the Patran Reference Manual 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.

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

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

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

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.

If this toggle is ON, then the marker label (value) will be displayed at each marker.

You can change the style of the numbers displayed on the marker label from the subordinate form that appears when you press this button. Styles can be integer, fixed, or exponential with specification of the number of significant digits. Also the label color is controlled from this form.

The marker plot will be displayed on the deformed shape of the model if a deformation plot has also been posted to the current viewport. The marker plot will display on all deformation plots if more than one is posted to the viewport. If this is not desired, see Target Entities, 6.

If Constant is selected as the display attribute for the scalars, all markers will be drawn with the same color.

The size of the marker can be constant or relative. Screen Constant scale will keep all markers the same size based on a percentage of the screen size set by the Scale Factor. This means markers will stay the same size no matter whether you zoom in on the model or not. Model Constant scale will keep all markers the same size based on a percentage of the model size set by the Scale Factor. Zooming in on the model will make the markers appear larger. Screen Scaled and Model Scaled will give variable size markers based on the value of the scalar result and scale each relative to the screen size or the model size set by the Scale Factor.

This scale factor scales the size of the marker as described above.

Scale marker styles are: (1) triangle, (2) filled triangle, (3) square, (4) filled square, (5) diamond, (6) filled diamond, (7) hourglass, (8) filled hourglass, (9) cross, (10) filled cross, (11) circle, (12) filled circle, (13) dot, (14) sphere, (15) shaded sphere, (16) brick, (17) shaded brick

If Constant is selected as the display attribute for the vectors you will be presented with color selection icons for the different components or for a single resultant. This is dependent on whether you have chosen to display the individual components or only the resultant from the main Select Results form. Component selection is represented as XX, YY, and ZZ for the three component directions of any coordinate system. These translate into and for cylindrical and spherical coordinate systems respectively.

The length of the vector can be constant or relative. Screen Constant vector length will keep all vector lengths the same size based on a percentage of the screen size set by the Scale Factor. This means vectors will stay the same length no matter whether you zoom in on the model or not. Model Constant vector length will keep all vector length the same size based on a percentage of the model size set by the Scale Factor. Zooming in on the model will make the vectors appear larger. Screen Scaled and Model Scaled will give variable length vectors based on the magnitude of each component (the actual result associated with each vector) and scale each relative to the screen size or the model size set by the Scale Factor.

This scale factor scales the size of the actual vector length as described above.

The vectors can be anchored either at the tip of the head or at the base of the arrow.

One, two or no head can be placed on the end of a vector.

Line styles can be either a line or a cylinder.

If Constant is selected as the display attribute for the tensor vectors you will be presented with color selection icons for the different components or for the principals. This is dependent on whether you have chosen to display the individual components or only the principals from the main Select Results form. Component selection is represented as XX, YY, ZZ, XY, YZ, and ZX for the six component directions of any coordinate system. These translate into and for cylindrical and spherical coordinate systems respectively. For 2D components, only XX, YY, and XY are presented and for 2D principals on the maximum and minimum principals are presented. For 3D display all components or principals are presented.

See Scalar Display Attributes, 9 description of vector length.

See Scalar Display Attributes, 9 description of scale factor.

See Scalar Display Attributes, 9 description of head style.

See Scalar Display Attributes, 9 description of line style.

This toggle allows for the display of the tensor box around which are shown the components of the tensor. The color of this box is controllable.

The box can appear as either wireframe (see through) or filled (opaque).

The same description for the length of the vectors applies for the size of the box as displayed on the model. See Scalar Display Attributes, 9 description of Vector Length.

This scale factor controls the size of the tensor box.