Postprocessing—visualizing the results

In the Model Tree, click mouse button 3 on the job named Lug and select Results to enter the Visualization module and automatically open the output database (.odb) file created by this job. Alternatively, from the Module list located in the context bar, select Visualization to enter the Visualization module; open the .odb file by selecting FileOpen from the main menu bar and double-clicking on the appropriate file.

• Plotting the deformed shape
• Changing the view
• Visible edges
• Render style
• Contour plots
• Displaying contour results on interior surfaces
• Maximum and minimum values
• Displaying a subset of the model
• Displaying a free body cut
• Generating tabular data reports for subsets of the model