User Data

With the User Data option, the user is not limited to viewing principal stresses and displacements only, but can create contour plots of:

• Any stress tensor component

• Any displacement component

• Write a mathematical expression containing these components, and view the results of this function

Creating and Plotting User Data

To view contours of User Data:

1. You must first use the Define User Data option, available in the toolbar or the Data menu, to define the desired User Data. See the Defining User Data topic for details.

2. Once User Data has been defined, it will appear at the END of the drop-down data list in the Interpret toolbar. It can then be selected like any other data type (e.g. Sigma 1, Strength Factor etc), and a contour plot of the selected User Data will be generated.

NOTE:

• When you first install Phase2, a few User Data definitions have already been created for you. These will appear in the Interpret toolbar data list, and in the Define User Data dialog.

• User Data contour plots may take longer to generate than other Phase2 data (e.g. Sigma 1, Displacement, etc.), because extra calculation is required to generate the User Data. When you see the "hourglass" icon, just be patient while Phase2 prepares your User Data for plotting.