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Show Pathlines
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You can view all pathlines from all injection locations, or limit them to only certain pathlines from specific injection locations.
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From injection location(s)
This is the default setting and the result that appears when you first select the Pathlines result. This setting shows all pathlines originating from the various injection locations. The injection locations are listed and you can deselect them if you don't want to see all the data.
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Terminating in selected area
Select this option if you would like to see only certain pathlines that are associated with fluid particles in a specific location. Click Select to activate the selection tool, then 'color' the area on the model that you are interested in. Click Display when your selection is complete, and only those pathlines terminating in that location will be displayed. Alternatively, you can enter the ids of specific tetrahedra if you have the information.
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Data
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Pathlines refer to the path a fluid particle took while traveling through the part. They provide a record of the data of a specific fluid particle in time. This historical data does not change with time. Thus the pressure recorded for a specific fluid particle at time t=1 remains constant, even though it may have a different value at time t=2. You can view the following data along the pathlines: - Pressure -this shows the pressure experienced by a specific fluid particle written at the time it traveled along its pathline through the part. This is different from the standard pressure result, where the pressure at a specific location will continue to increase as the melt front moves past.
- Temperature - this shows the temperature experienced by a specific fluid particle written at the time it traveled along its pathline through the part. This is different from the standard temperature result, where the temperature at a specific location will change as the melt moves through.
- Shear rate - this shows the shear rate experienced by a specific fluid particle written at the time it traveled along its pathline through the part. It differs from the standard shear rate result, which will change at a specific location as the melt moves through the part.
- Time - this shows the time at which a specific fluid particle was present at a specific location along its pathline.
- Speed - this shows the speed at which a specific fluid particle was traveling as it passed each point along its pathline. As with the velocity result, data in the part is shown, but not data in the feed system. This differs from the velocity result shows how the velocity of the melt changes with time at any given location.
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Display
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You may find that the default setting provide too much information. This section is where you can modify the settings to display only the information that is important to you. -
Density
This ranges from Sparse to Dense. The number associated with this scale is only important if you have written an API script that needs to know the setting you have selected. The more pathlines you want, the longer the result takes to display.
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Pathline Style
Lines is the default setting. However, you can also select Markers or Tubes. Markers are single points that travel the pathline. Tubes are thicker versions of lines.
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Scaling
This section is at the very bottom of the tab and enables you to change the scale of the plot. All frames scales automatically to include all the data. Specified enables you to zoom in on the values of interest.
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