Control the FE Model#
Use the tab 
in the vertical toolbar to adjust the rendering settings for the FE model.
The FE model settings are divided into three main section:
Beams and quads render modes#
Beam and quad elements have several render mode.
Beam render modes#
A rendered beam is composed of three distinct visual components:
The beam centreline as a line (left)
The beam volume, connecting the sections together with a surface (middle)
The beam start/inner/end sections as a surface (right)
Use the three toggle switches Centreline of beams/trusses/cables, Volume of beams/trusses/cables/quads and Section of beams/trusses/cables to show or hide the corresponding beam visual component.
Note
This also applies for truss and cable elements.
Quad render modes#
A quad can be renderer flat or with volume:
Use the toggle switch Volume of beams/trusses/cables/quads to switch between flat and volume quad rendering.
Element-wise control table#
Using the element-wise control table, you can customize the following settings for each FE element type:
Visibility
Size
System color
Note
FE element types that are not present in the model will appear greyed out om the element-wise control table.
Advanced options#
Beam#
Hinge: Show or hide the beam hinge.
Hinge types:
Orange disc: Represents a pinned connection where only My and/or Mz are released.
Orange diamond: Represents any other explicit beam hinge.
Green diamond: Represents any implicit beam hinge.
Non-effective width: Show or hide the non-effective width/area of beam sections. Set the non-effective color with
.Eccentricity: Use the toggle switch Eccentricity line to show or hide the help lines representing beam eccentricities.
The eccentricity rendering settings apply separately to the different beam render mode:
Centreline eccentricity: Use these controls to specify which eccentricity types shall be considered for the beam centreline:
Global: Eccentricity defined globally at the beam start/end.
Sectional: Eccentricity resulting from the section eccentricity, applicable only to beams defined with the section at origin and not at barycentre.
T-beam: Eccentricity resulting from the T-beam philosophy.
Volume eccentricity: Use these controls to specify which eccentricity types shall be considered for the beam volume and sections:
T-beam: Eccentricity resulting from the T-beam philosophy.
Quad#
Inspect orientation of faces: Activate this option to color the quad faces based on the local z-axis orientation (positive or negative). This feature allows for quick visualization and control of the orientation of quad elements.
Spring#
Spring support with relative size: Activate this option to scale the rendered spring supports relative to their axial spring constant values. This feature allows for quick visualization and control of the axial constant value of spring support elements.
Tendons#
Control the ducts and tendons in the model, if present.
See also
For more information, see Control Tendons.