Information

Information can be returned on one or more images you generated.

 

This task shows how to get this information.

 

You can use the sample15.CATAnalysis document from the samples directory for this task.

Before You Begin:
Compute the solution. For this, click the Compute icon  .
Right-click on the Static case solution feature in the specification tree and select the Generate image option from the displayed contextual menu. Then select the Stress full tensor component (nodal values) image from the Image choice dialog box.

 

 

1. Click the Information icon .

2. Select the Stress full tensor component (nodal values) image from the specification tree.

The Information box now appears with information on the selected image.

Note that you can add more information on another generated image by selecting this image from the specification tree. The information on this secondly selected image will appear in the box following the information on the image first selected.

 

 
The information displayed in the Information box depends on the type of the image selected:

 

Type of Information

Type of Image

Deformed Mesh Estimated Local Error Any Other Type of Image
Object Name
Display (On Boundary or all elements ; Over Local Selections or all the Model)  
Mesh Statistics (nodes and elements)    
Extrema Values (Min and Max)  
Surface elements vs Volume elements   
Process List (component, name, position)  
Used Materials (and Yield Strength)  
Precision Location    
Estimated Precision    
Strain Energy    
Global Estimated Error Rate    

 
For Frequency cases or Buckling cases, in addition, you are informed on the Mode Number and Mode Value.

 

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