How to Use Display Options for Individual Parts

In the Superview IV Results environment, options are available for controlling the display settings of individual parts to enhance the evaluation and presentation of analysis results. By right clicking on parts in the tree view, you will receive a pop-up menu of display options including:

• Show - display the selected part(s).



• Hide - do not display the selected part(s).



• Suppress Mesh - do not display the mesh on the selected part(s).



• Suppress Faces - do not display faces for the selected part(s).



• Suppress Results - do not display results for the selected part(s).



• Draw Transparently - display the selected part(s) as transparent (translucent).



• Transparency Level... - set the degree of transparency for all transparent parts.

As an example, consider the model shown in Figure 1, a nickel hydrogen hybrid fuel cell where the results of interest are on parts within the casing. One way to view the interior parts would be to select the casing parts and use the "Hide" option to hide the casing. However, for presentation purposes, it is desired to retain the display of the casing.

Figure 1: The transient heat transfer analysis results for a nickel hydrogen hybrid fuel cell are shown. However, the casing obscures the interior parts.

The "Suppress Mesh" and "Draw Transparently" options are activated for the casing parts as shown in Figure 2. Then, the "Transparency Level..." command is used to easily set the degree of transparency for all casing parts with a slider so that the interior parts can be seen within the transparent casing (see Figure 3).

Figure 2: The "Draw Transparently" option is activated to make the selected casing parts transparent. Additionally, the "Suppress Mesh" option is activated to display the casing without the mesh.

Figure 3: The transparency level is conveniently set for the casing parts so that the interior parts can be seen.

As another example, consider a lead acid battery model where it is desired to display analysis results on the interior parts within the casing. As shown in Figure 4, the casing parts are displayed as transparent without the mesh and without results. Thus, the temperature distribution on the interior parts can be seen.

Figure 4: In this display of a lead acid battery model, the casing is made transparent with the mesh and results suppressed, allowing the temperature distribution on the interior parts to be clearly seen.

These display capabilities for individual parts provide valuable options for viewing and presenting results, particularly for complex assemblies. For more information about display options for individual parts, see the ALGOR User’s Guide.