The Define Acceleration Plot PropertyManager allows you to plot acceleration results for linear and nonlinear dynamic studies.
To display this PropertyManager, run a dynamic study. Right-click Results 
and select Define Acceleration Plot.
Display
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Component |
Select an acceleration component
- AX: X Acceleration
- AY: Y Acceleration
- AZ: Z Acceleration
- ARES: Resultant Acceleration
- BX: X Angular Acceleration (shell studies only)
- BY: Y Angular Acceleration (shell studies only)
- BZ: Z Angular Acceleration (shell studies only)
Directions are based on the global coordinate system.
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Units |
Select a unit for the acceleration plot. |
Advanced Options
| Show as vector plot |
Generates a vector plot where a vector is plotted at each node to show the magnitude and direction of the selected component. You can control the size and density of the vectors in a vector plot using the Vector Plot Options PropertyManager.
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| Show PSD value |
When checked, the PSD values are shown for a particular solution step. Otherwise, the RMS values across the whole frequency range are shown. |
Plot Step
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Plot for Single Step |
Select this option to plot the results at the selected solution step.
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Displays the time corresponding to the selected solution step.
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Displays the frequency corresponding to the selected plot step. Available for harmonic and random vibration studies.
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Plot Step |
Sets the solution step number for the plot. |
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Plot Bounds across All Steps |
Select this option to plot extreme values regardless of the solution step they occur at.
Select one of the following:
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Maximum
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Displays the maximum algebraic values (envelope plot) across all solution steps.
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Minimum
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Displays the minimum algebraic values (envelope plot) across all solution steps.
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Absolute maximum
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Displays the absolute maximum values (envelope plot ) across all solution steps.
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Acceleration results are available for nodes only.
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Deformed Shape
If checked, the selected acceleration component is plotted on the deformed shape of the model.
| Automatic |
Displays the default Scale Factor  that the program uses to scale the largest deformation to 10% of the largest dimension of the smallest box that surrounds the model.
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| True scale |
Displays the actual deformed shape of the model (Scale Factor is 1.0).
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| User defined |
Allows you to enter your own Scale Factor . In most cases, a larger scale factor helps to appreciate the deflection.
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Property
| Include title text |
Type a custom title for the plot.
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| Associate plot with name view orientation |
Associate a predefined view orientation with the active plot. |