Load Visualization: Relative Scale

AM_20700
AM_20700 Altair Community Member
edited February 2023 in Community Q&A

Is there a way to apply a display scale per load or per load collector? When I change the size of one load, all the loads scale accordingly.

In the image below, the horizontal load is a 6 kN force, the vertical (down) load is a 34 kN force, and the vertical (up) load is a 50 kN-m torque.

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I'm using a [t, mm, N, MPa] unit system so the 50 kN-m torque is a 5*10^7 kN-mm torque, and the displayed arrow is too large to properly view all the applied loads. If I scale the torque display scale down, the other loads scale down too and I can't see them. If I scale the small force, the other loads scale up too.
I want to either scale the loads individually, or display the all the loads with the same sized arrow. Is that possible?

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  • Adriano_Koga
    Adriano_Koga
    Altair Employee
    edited February 2023 Answer ✓

    The scale, if set to percentage, will be applied the same to all loads.

    The only workaround here is to define a uniform sizing for all your loads (non-proportional)

     

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  • cfree
    cfree
    Altair Employee
    edited February 2023

    Another thing that might be useful here is pixel based scaling with min/max, in the preferences:

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  • AM_20700
    AM_20700 Altair Community Member
    edited February 2023

    The scale, if set to percentage, will be applied the same to all loads.

    The only workaround here is to define a uniform sizing for all your loads (non-proportional)

     

    image

    Thank you. This is helpful.

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