You can define an anchor plane to indicate where part deflection is measured from.
At the beginning of a Warp analysis, the analysed part is automatically constrained to a plane where part deflection is measured from. This plane is defined as the anchor plane. During post processing, the warpage deflection results can be displayed relative to any arbitrary anchor plane.
- Under the Warp results in the Study Tasks pane, select a Warpage result.
- Ensure the model is at a suitable rotation for setting three nodes that define an anchor plane. The three nodes must not be co-linear.
- Click
(). The Warpage Visualization Tools dialog appears. - Optional: Click New and enter an Anchor Plane Name. Click OK.
- Choose the three nodes on your model you want to specify the anchor plane. You can enter the node values manually, or click on the model.
- The first node picked is the anchor point. This node is constrained in all directions
(X, Y, Z). - The second node picked is constrained to move only in the
X direction. - The third node picked is constrained to move in both the
(X and Y ) direction.
- The first node picked is the anchor point. This node is constrained in all directions
- Click Apply if you have entered the node values manually.
Note: You should carefully consider the position of the anchor plane when viewing warpage results. In areas that are distant from the anchor plane, the calculated deflections may comprise an in-plane shrinkage component as well as out-of-plane shrinkage.
Tip: You can drag the anchor plane nodes about the part to update the anchor plane in the warpage result display.
Tip: Click and hold down the Shift key while dragging your mouse cursor either up or down to increase or decrease the size of the anchor icons ().
). Tip: To display the anchor plane for Midplane or Dual Domain models, in the Deflection tab of the Plot Properties dialog, select Show Anchor Plane. This option is not supported for 3D models.
Tip: The most recent anchor plane translation amount is displayed in the Warpage Visualization Tools dialog. Click Apply again to increase the translation amount by the specified displacement distance.