Use the Shell (
) 3D data set to visualize the top and bottom surfaces of a shell using, for example, surface and arrow plots.
Select the Solution data set to use for the shell postprocessing from the Data set list. Only 3D Solution data sets that contain one or more surfaces are available.
Under Top parameters, enter the following parameters that control the evaluation of the top surface:
Under Orientation, enter the
X component,
Y component, and
Z component for the components of the displacement direction vector, such as the global normal vector components
nx,
ny, and
nz or the shell normal components, such as
shell.nlX,
shell.nlY, and
shell.nlZ.
Under Distance, enter a value for the displacement magnitude in the
Distance field. For example,
shell.z_offset+0.5*shell.z*shell.d, which is an offset, if using, plus half the shell thickness.
