Use this dialog to visualize the loads generation progress, manage the pressure display, and to generate the loads manually.
Access
- Click Loads
Wind and Snow
Wind Simulation, and then start the simulation.
Dialog Elements
- Display
- Click Pressure on elements to display the pressure scale on the faces of the model.
- Click Pressure scale to change the color palette of the scale.
- Resultant forces
- Displays the resultant forces acting on the structure in the three main directions, and their changes in the simulation time.
- Wind compatible: in the wind direction.
- Perpendicular: perpendicular to the wind direction.
- Vertical in the vertical direction, according to the global 'Z' coordinate.
- Convergence process
- Displays the maximum resultant force value against the reference value of the deviation factor.
- Forces above the reference value are shown in red, and forces below the reference value are shown in green.
Note: If the automatic generation is enabled, loads are generated when all resultant forces are inferior to the reference value of the deviation factor.
- Generate loads now
- Stops the simulation and creates the calculated wind loads on elements.
Note: It is possible to stop the simulation in the manual mode as well as in the automatic mode. If you selected several wind directions, then clicking this option generates a load case for the current wind direction, and a new simulation starts for the next wind direction.