GGU-ELASTIC: "Normal contours" menu item

Using this menu item it is possible to visualise the lines of equal state variables.

In the example dialog box for displacement wy, the program shows you the existing smallest and largest values and the spacing of the contour lines. If you want the visualisation to begin at a different value, the initial value can be entered here. You can also vary the spacing, for example, in order to reduce the number of contour lines drawn.

When you select this menu item the settings displayed here are always those automatically selected by the program. Using the "Old values" button, the preferences used for the previous contour line diagram are adopted. This information is saved with the record.

For the smoothing out method, you can choose between "Do not smooth", "Method 1" and "Method 2", and then define a smoothing intensity to be used for each method.

There is no optimum method. The method suitability depends on the type of values.

Using the "Dash preferences" button, you can achieve a clearer visualisation of a large number of contour lines, for example by defining different dashes for selected lines. The following dialog box shows an example in which a continuous contour line and a dashed contour line are alternately drawn.

The "Further preferences" button opens a dialog box in which you can additionally define the contour visualisation, among other things, the type of labelling.

Using the "Material colour background" button, you simultaneously activate the system colour display.