{"id":159936,"date":"2022-09-26T09:59:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T09:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/discovery-aim-scaling-deformation-contour-results\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T06:33:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T06:33:14","slug":"discovery-aim-scaling-deformation-contour-results","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/discovery-aim-scaling-deformation-contour-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery AIM &#8211; Scaling deformation contour results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During\u00a0the evaluation of contour plots, you may want to scale the deformation of model to get a better visualization of the deflection. This scaling feature is available under\u00a0<strong>Results task &#8211; Settings &#8211; Graphics Control &#8211; Deformation scaling<\/strong>. See below image showing this option.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Auto scale<\/strong>\u00a0gives you the best scaling\u00a0where the true deformation cannot be easily visualized. You can use other predefined scaling factors (0.5x Auto,\u00a02x Auto, and\u00a05x Auto) to change the magnitude of the scaling.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Custom\u00a0<\/strong>option will help you to specify a scaling factor of your choice.<\/li>\n<li>To display the true deformation of a physics region, set this option to\u00a0<strong>Actual<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>To ignore the deformation, set this option to\u00a0<strong>None<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-157792\" src=\"\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/1-5.png\" alt=\" width=\"422\" height=\"521\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-159936","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-aim","topic-tag-aim-how-to","topic-tag-discovery","topic-tag-faq","topic-tag-structures"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_wp_page_template":["default"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["09-13-2022  20:20:26"],"_bbp_forum_id":["159552"],"_btv_view_count":["8462"],"family":[""],"application_name":[""],"product_version":[""],"_bbp_likes_count":["1"]},"test":"solution"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/159936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/159936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}