Step 10: Exploded Views

Graphics and Animations

  The Scene Description dialog box stores each display that you request and allows you to manipulate the displayed items individually. This capability can be used to generate "exploded'' views, in which results are translated or rotated out of the physical domain for enhanced display. As shown in the Scene Description dialog box, you can experiment with this capability by displaying "side-by-side'' velocity vectors and temperature contours on a streamwise plane in the module wake.

1.   Delete the velocity vectors and pathlines from the current display.

Graphics and Animations Scene...

(a)   Select the pathlines (path-8-surface-id) and velocity vectors (vv-0-velocity-magnitude) from the Names selection list.

(b)   Click Delete Geometry.

(c)   Click Apply and close the Scene Description dialog box.

  The Scene Description dialog box should then contain only the two mesh surfaces ( board-top and chip).

2.   Create a plotting surface at $x$=3 inches (named x=3.0in), just downstream of the trailing edge of the module.

Surface $\rightarrow$ Iso-Surface...

Hint:   For details on creating an isosurface, see Step 4: Creating Isosurfaces.

3.   Add the display of filled temperature contours on the x=3.0in surface.

Graphics and Animations Contours Set Up...

(a)   Ensure that Draw Mesh is disabled in the Options group box.

(b)   Deselect all surfaces by clicking on the unshaded icon to the right of Surfaces.

(c)   Select x=3.0in from the Surfaces selection list.

(d)   Click Display and close the Contours dialog box.

  The filled temperature contours will be displayed on the $x$=3.0 in. surface.

4.   Add the velocity vectors on the x=3.0in plotting surface.

Graphics and Animations Vectors Set Up...

(a)   Enable the Draw Mesh option in the Options group box to open the Mesh Display dialog box.

i.   Retain the default settings.

ii.   Close the Mesh Display dialog box.

(b)   Enter 1.9 for Scale.

(c)   Set Skip to 2.

(d)   Deselect all surfaces by clicking on the unshaded icon to the right of Surfaces.

(e)   Select x=3.0in from the Surfaces selection list.

(f)   Click Display and close the Vectors dialog box.

  The display will show the vectors superimposed on the contours of temperature at $x$=3.0 in.

5.   Create the exploded view by translating the contour display, placing it above the vectors (Figure  24.19).

Graphics and Animations Scene...

(a)   Select contour-9-temperature from the Names selection list.

(b)   Click the Transform... button to open the Transformations dialog box.

i.   Enter 1 inch for Y in the Translate group box.

ii.   Click Apply and close the Transformations dialog box.

  The exploded view allows you to see the contours and vectors as distinct displays in the final scene (Figure  24.19).

(c)   Deselect Overlays.

(d)   Click Apply and close the Scene Description dialog box.

Figure 24.19: Exploded Scene Display of Temperature and Velocity