Approaches for Viewing Deflection Results

There are many ways you can modify or manipulate deflection results to help you understand shrinkage and warpage issues.

Common tools and techniques used to view deflection results are described in the topics in this section.

Topics in this section

Best Fit
Best fit is the default method applied to deflection results.
Anchors
Anchors are commonly used to understand how deflection results are related to warpage tolerances.
Examine
Use the Examine command to determine the deflection at specific locations on the model.
Scaling
Deflection plots are often scaled to aid in the interpretation of the result.
Layers
Layers are used to automatically scale deflection results to visible layers.
Path plots
Use path plots to show the deflection of many nodes at the same time.
Cylindrical Coordinate Systems
Cylindrical coordinate systems are used to measure round features.
Local Coordinate Systems
Local coordinate systems are used with deflection plots to define a deflection plot that is not orthogonal to the global planes.
Scripts
Use API scripts to determine the flatness or roundness of features.

Parent topic: Deflection result