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Chapter 2. Keywords
Visualization and animation
To adjust the default settings of SPAVISUAL the user can type VISUALIZATION after the last
two END commands in the .dat file. All commands after the command VISUALIZATION are
read by SPAVISUAL as an adjustment on the default settings.
Adjusts the height and the width of a beam element.
Adjusts the radius and the length of the hinge element.
Sets the visualization of the truss element on or off.
Adjusts the transparency of the elements.
Selects the vibration modes.
Selects the buckling modes.
Sets the amplitude of the vibration or buckling modes.
Sets recordmovie on or off, the movie is saved as an .avi file
in the workspace.
MOVIENAME
Sets the name of the recorded movie.
UNDEFORMED
Sets the visualization of the undeformed mechanism on or off.
VIBREND
Sets the period of the sine function for the vibration mode.
STEPLINE
Sets the size of the line elements that are used to draw the
elements.
STEPVIBRATION Sets the number of steps in the vibration visualization.
LIGHT
Sets the light on or off.
JOINTS
Sets the joints on or off.
TRAJECTVIS
Sets the trajectory on or off.
TRAJECTNODE
Selects the node for the trajectory.
BEAMVIS
HINGEVIS
TRUSSVIS
TRANSPARENCY
VIBRATIONMODE
BUCKLINGMODE
ENLARGEFACTOR
RECORDMOVIE