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Results 1- Results legend

In the results window, you can find the results legend (1), the By left clicking on the top of the results legend, and then left
simulation status (2), axes view (3), the animation toolbar (4) and clicking on the corresponding result type, you can select between
other options (5). the standard results available.

Right mouse click on the legend box to access the result

visualization options. By left mouse clicking on the options, you can
access the color legend settings, switch the legend type from
continuous to discrete colors, swap the legend colors and show the
complete model.

In Simufact additive, the surface results are shown by default at

the end of each stage (e.g. Support Removal). These results
have been automatically exported from the voxel mesh into the
surface mesh. To be able to visualize intermediate results, left
mouse click on and select show intermediate results.

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To change the color legend used (e.g. Grayscales), the number For example, left clicking on the Z axis will rotate the model 90
format (e.g. scientific), an explore other options left mouse click on counterclockwise.
Open color legend settings. Also, a new dialog containing
different units available will be shown by left mouse clicking on the
units beside the limit range. After making your selection, click on
Apply and then OK.

Other options are available by right mouse clicking on an axis.

Click on to reset the zoom, on to show the home view or on
The units selected using the color settings will be only shown as
long as a new result is not selected. to zoom on a region. Also, to move the model only parallel to an
axis use the bottom lock transformation on an axis. A line
2- Simulation status indicating the axis selected will be shown on the screen.
The simulation status is shown by default in the screen. The name
of the stage, the total time and the simulation name are shown in
this window.

3- Axes view
Use the axes view, to visualize the location of the model with
respect the coordinate system. Also, use this option to rotate the
part.

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4- Animation toolbar On the right side of the toolbar, you can select the result to be
shown. The time and the name of the stage is displayed.
The animation toolbar is located at the bottom of the results screen
dialog. In the left side of the animation toolbar you can play ,
rewind the video to the first image , rewind to the previous image
, fast forward to the next image and fast forward to the last
image .

To record a video of the simulation click on . A new dialog will pop

with video formats and specifications (resolution, time delay).

View settings
In the view settings, you can select if the initial shape is displayed
in the results (show initial shape). Also, you can select to show
show intermediate results.

Only videos with extension *.avi can be recorded. Use the timing
option to select the first and last image to be shown in the video. To
save an image, left mouse click besides the record option.

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The scale displacement is a powerful visualization tool, that can
be used to compare the initial shape with an scaled result (e.g.
20x). This scaling factor is based on the total distortion.
You can also select the animation speed, and other visualization
options (endless animation and center automatically).
5- Other options
Use this dialog, to display the results in voxel mesh or mapped into
the surface mesh. The surface mesh can only be used at the end
of the each stage. Otherwise, the results will be shown in the voxel
mesh.
Export a result
To export a result, left click on the icon . You can either select to
export a voxel mesh result (into a file with extension *.arc) or a
surface result (into a file with extension *.stl or *.arc).
Click on Result representation, to either select a voxel mesh
result or a surface result. The voxel mesh result is available at
each increment. The surface result is only available at the end of
the each stage, with the possibility to use the displacement scale
factor.
After a selection has been made, click on Apply and then Export.
Proceed to select the directory where you wish to save the
exported file and the extension of the file (*.arc or *.stl). Finally,
click on save.
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Active Cutting Active measuring

To use active measuring, left click on . Proceed, to left mouse
To use active cutting, left mouse click on the results view and click
click on two locations of the model, the dialog will be updated. The
on . A new dialog will pop-up, click on to add, or on to rows show the coordinates in X, Y and Z of the first and second
selected points. The displacements are shown at the bottom of the
remove a plane.
dialog (dx, dy, dz) . Change the units accordingly.

Query results
To use the query results, left click on . This option can be very
useful to measure the results on a certain location (e.g. to measure
the distortion in a section of the part). Select as many points as
wished, those will be pinned to the geometry.

Other options are also available: Click on to visualize the initial

shape, on to show the slicing box, on to show only the sliced
plane or to invert the cutting direction. Use the middle bar to
slice thru the part.

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