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Shear stress size in tensor plot

User: "Altair Forum User"
Altair Employee
Updated by Altair Forum User

Hi,

 

I just want to show the shear stress of specific elements in a tensor plot. For the sake of better visualisation I want these arrows to be bigger than the corresponding elements. 

I can create the tensor plot for shear stress in the XY plane without a problem. The problem is I can't seem to scale the shear stress since it seems to be limited to the element size. Even if I use tcl and the 'poITensorCtrl SetShearComponentScale ' command, I can only use values between 0 and 1. Is it possible to circumvent this problem?

 

Thanks in advance!

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    User: "Altair Forum User"
    Altair Employee
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    Updated by Altair Forum User

    Hi niwi,

     

    You can increase the scale as shown below

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>image.thumb.png.e9348ec3926fc5abbca67b6e22307486.png

     

    Thank you

    User: "Altair Forum User"
    Altair Employee
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    Updated by Altair Forum User

    Hi,

     

    Did you test this? Because that is exactly what I tried before and it didn't work then. Doesn't work now either.

    In your example you selected Principal Stresses. I want to use the shear stress. So the tensor format needs to be changed and only XY (for example) should be ticked.

     

    Thank you

    User: "Altair Forum User"
    Altair Employee
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    Updated by Altair Forum User

    Hi niwi,

     

    You are right. For shear stress you cannot scale the tensors. It is limited to element size.

     

     

    Thank you

    User: "Altair Forum User"
    Altair Employee
    OP
    Updated by Altair Forum User

    Hi,

     

    Did you test this? Because that is exactly what I tried before and it didn't work then. Doesn't work now either.

    In your example you selected Principal Stresses. I want to use the shear stress. So the tensor format needs to be changed and only XY (for example) should be ticked.

     

    Thank you

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    How about these settings, instead of arrows try CrowsFoot. I will check why the arrows are not displayed.

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>Tensor.png