When you press the Preferences button in the stress linearization toolbars, the Preferences dialog will appear. Using this dialog you can customize the display area.
You can specify between thin, medium and thick mesh lines on your model.
You can choose where in the window you want the XYZ axes display to be. You will have to activate the Display MiniAxes check box for this control to be effective.
You can choose where in the window you want the NTH axes display to be. These axes are based on the SCL that you define. See Linearization Controls for details on how these axes are oriented.
You can choose where you want the legend of the ranges of the stress results for the current view displayed. You will have to activate the Display Legend check box for this to control to be effective.
This drop-down box controls how the mode is displayed as it is moved or rotated in the display area. The Entire Model option will render both the surface and solid mesh as it is moved. The Surface Only option will only render the surface mesh. The Bounding Box option will show a rectangular prism that encloses the entire model. You may want to choose one of the latter options if it takes a considerable amount of time to move the model due to your graphics card.
Enabling this option will allow the program to use and accelerated graphics capabilities during the dynamic viewing operations.
This option is used to show or hide the miniaxes in the display area. The location of the miniaxes can be controlled using the XYZ Axes Location drop-down box.
This option is used to show or hide the legend ranges of the stress results for the current view in the display area. The location of the legend can be controlled using the Legend Location drop-down box.
If this option is active, the elements in the display area will be scaled down so that you can see each element separately. The magnitude of the scaling will be controlled by the Shrink Factor slider bar.
You can press this button to view the current OpenGL information for your system.