User Guide

Tutorial 4 – Solving & Results
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Graphic Results
Since we've solved the model, we now have several more plotting options.
First select Single View from the Window menu and the spreadsheets will be
closed. Then turn off the joint labels by clicking . Finally, close the Results
toolbar by clicking the close button.
Plotting Deflected Shapes
Click to open the Plot Options and select the Deflection Diagrams tab.
Now select the option labeled “Load Combination” which will plot the
combination we have solved. Select Include Undeflected Shadow and click
OK.
This is a fairly nice representation of how the model deflects under these loads,
but now let's use some of RISA-3D's more advanced graphics features.
Click on the Render
button on the Window toolbar.
It takes a second or two to create this image because of all the calculations RISA-
3D has to do to produce it, but now you can really see what's happening with the
model!
Animation
Let's go a step further and animate this deflected shape plot.
Click and then click
A progress bar indicates that the animation is building. Depending on the speed
of your computer, it may take a few seconds to build the animation since it is
rendered. Behind the Set Plot Options dialog a new window is created with the
animation.