Visualizing the Velocity Vectors

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Visualizing the Velocity Vectors

This section describes how to examine velocity vectors.

Right-click on the Scenes node. Selecting New Scene > Vector causes a new Vector Scene 1 display to appear.

Open the Regions > Fluid > Boundaries node, and then drag the Symmetry node into the display.

When your mouse pointer arrives on the display, a pop-up menu will appear letting you decide which of the part displayers should receive the new part.

Select Add to Vector 1.

At this point the part will be in the scene, though it will be difficult to see from the default view.

For a clearer view of the model, click the

(Save-Restore-Select Views) button on the toolbar to activate the Save-Restore-Select Views menu.

In that menu, select Look Down > +Y > Up -Z. You can also zoom and pan the view as needed.

The results will appear in the Vector Scene 1 display.

Velocity is the default selection for vector displays. However, if you do not see any vectors after adding a part to the scene, right-click on the vector bar in the display. In the pop-up menu that appears, select Velocity.

The vector arrows in this scene are too long. To make them shorter:

Select the Scenes > Vector Scene 1 > Displayers > Vector 1 > Relative Length node.

In the Properties window, set the Glyph Length (%) to 0.2.

The arrows now appear shorter.

Save the simulation.

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