You will now display the deformed model shape and use the plot
options to change the deformation scale factor.
You will also superimpose the undeformed model shape on the
deformed model shape.
From the main menu bar, select
PlotDeformed
Shape; or use the
tool in the toolbox.
Abaqus/CAE
displays the deformed model shape, as shown in
Figure 1.
Figure 1. Deformed model shape.
For small-displacement analyses (the default formulation in
Abaqus/Standard)
the displacements are scaled automatically to ensure that they are clearly
visible. The scale factor is displayed in the state block. In this case the
displacements have been scaled by a factor of 42.83.
Change the deformation scale factor
From the main menu bar, selectOptionsCommon;
or use the
tool in the toolbox.
From the Common Plot Options dialog box, click
the Basic tab if it is not already selected.
From the Deformation Scale Factor area, toggle on
Uniform and enter 10.0 in
the Value field.
Click Apply to redisplay the deformed shape.
The state block displays the new scale factor.
To return to automatic scaling of the displacements, repeat the above
procedure and, in the Deformation Scale Factor field,
toggle on Auto-compute.
Click OK to close the Common Plot
Options dialog box.
Superimpose the undeformed model shape on the deformed model
shape
Click the Allow Multiple Plot States tool in the toolbox to allow multiple plot states in the
viewport; then click the
tool or select
PlotUndeformed
Shape to add the undeformed shape plot to the
existing deformed plot in the viewport.
By default,
Abaqus/CAE
plots the deformed model shape in green and the (superimposed) undeformed model
shape in a translucent white.
The plot options for the superimposed image are controlled separately
from those of the primary image.
From the main menu bar, selectOptionsSuperimpose;
or use the
tool in the toolbox to change the edge style of the superimposed
(i.e., undeformed) image.
From the Superimpose Plot Options dialog box,
click the Color & Style tab.
In the Color & Style tabbed page, select the
dashed edge style.
Click OK to close the Superimpose Plot
Options dialog box and to apply the change.
The plot is shown in
Figure 2.
The undeformed model shape appears with a dashed edge style.
tool in the toolbox.
tool in the toolbox.
Abaqus/CAE
displays the deformed model shape, as shown in
Figure 1.
tool in the toolbox to allow multiple plot states in the
viewport; then click the
tool or select
to add the undeformed shape plot to the
existing deformed plot in the viewport.
tool in the toolbox to change the edge style of the superimposed
(i.e., undeformed) image.
