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Mirrored Results About Planes of Symmetry

For models where you apply planar symmetry or cyclic symmetry restraints to leverage the geometric and loading symmetry conditions, you can view results on the full model. The display of results on the full model, instead of only a section of the model, gives you better insight on the model behavior and helps you identify potential modeling errors.

In the PropertyManager of the desired result quantity, under Advanced Options, select Display symmetric results.

The results are mirrored about the planes of symmetry for models where you analyze half, a quarter, or one-eighth of the actual geometry. For circular symmetry, results are repeated cyclically about the defined axis of revolution.

For circular symmetry, the angle between the selected faces must be evenly divisible into 360. The axis of symmetry must lie at the intersection of the two selected planes where you apply the cyclic symmetry.

The new option for displaying results on the full model is available for stress, displacement, strain, design insight, and factor of safety plots and for all study types that support the planar and cyclic symmetry restraints.

You can save the plots that display the results on the full model to eDrawings files. The load symbols, mesh, and restraint symbols applied to the model are visible only to the geometry sections that are analyzed, and they are not mirrored about the planes of symmetry.

wn_quarter_model_symmetry.gif wn_pressure_vessel_symmetry.gif

One quarter of the pressure vessel is analyzed by applying symmetry restraints to a set of orthogonal faces

Results shown on the full model geometry



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