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7. Postprocessing Results
7.3 Animations
the component mode numbers (see "Reduction Options tab" in
Section 4.1.4) or the free-free mode numbers for the reduced link,
depending on the selected mode type in the first pull-down list.
— Scale – You can specify a scale factor to exaggerate the shapes
during the animation.
NOTE: The default Scale setting (1.0) implies that the maximum amplitude of the
shape is equal to the length scale used to model the mechanism. Therefore, if the
length-span of the model is not 1.0, it is necessary to adjust the Scale option in
order to obtain an appropriate deformation scale.
2. Frame Generation – These options allow you to set the number of
animation frames and the duration of the animation:
— Frames per cycle – Entering a higher value increases the continuity
of the animated motion.
— Length – You can specify either a Time, No. of cycles, or Until %
damped to limit the duration of the animation. These fields are
available only for System modes. For Component modes of link and
Free-free modes of reduced link, the duration of the animation will
always be equal one full cycle.
NOTE: The Until % Damped option is relevant only if a damped eigenmode
solution was performed (see "Eigenmode tab" in Section 6.5.1).
NOTE: When animating eigenmode shapes, the time that runs in the upper
right corner of the modeler window is in the range [0,n*T] where T is the period
(= 1/eigen frequency) and n is the number of cycles that are animated (usually
n=1 for free vibrations and n>1 for damped vibrations).
7.3.3
Available animation results
The results available for animation depend on the solvers that have been
run and their settings. For an indication of which results that could be
available, use the Result File Browser (see Section 8.2, "Result File Browser").
TIP: The heading of the .frs files (Fedem Result File) is readable and could give valuable
information in some cases.
If an animation is loaded without the contour results in question being
present, the legend text will display a question mark for the max and min
values, and no contour colors will appear.
Most of the results that can be utilized in a contour animation are
produced during stress recovery. All Element Node and Node results
(selected in the Result Class pull-down) are currently produced during
stress recovery. All Element results, however, are produced either directly
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