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Viewing Results

LUSAS results screenA whole host of facilities and wizards are available to help you evaluate your results.

  • Results can be viewed using separate layers for diagram, contour, vector and discrete value data.
  • Plot bending moments, shear forces, and deflections.
  • Contour ranges and vector/diagram scales can be controlled locally in each window or set globally to apply to all windows.
  • Loadcases are selected on a window basis allowing multiple views of the model with each window displaying results for different loadcases.
  • Results can be displayed in global or local directions, in element directions, or at any specified orientation.
  • Results can be plotted on deformed or undefromed fleshed or unfleshed beam sections.
  • Multiple slices may be cut through the model on arbitrary planes and made visible or invisible in any window.

 

Building animationAnimations

Animations of results - particularly useful for animating mode shapes and investigating the spread of yielded material - can be saved as AVI files for display in other Windows applications.

GraphingGraphing

The graphing wizard provides a step by step means of selecting which results are to be plotted. Numerical data used to create the graph is displayed in a grid style alongside the graph.

Reinforced Concrete Slab/Wall Design

An RC Slab/Wall design wizard enables reinforcement requirements to be calculated for slabs and walls. Using design bending moments (Wood Armer) the area of steel required is calculated and contours of steel area, or bar diameter and spacing plotted out to aid the RC detailing process. Crack width contours can also be plotted to specified design codes.

Slab Design Sequence

Printed Results

Views of your LUSAS model may be printed directly to your default printer from page layout or working mode and a printing scale and origin can be defined. Model views can also be saved as high resolution BMP, JPG, or WMF files.

A report wizard allows model and results data to be selected on an element, feature type, group, and loadcase basis for output into an easy- to- read Word report for model checking purposes, quality assurance and for listing of results. 

Output to 3rd Party Software

The contents of a model window can be saved or copied for use in creating reports in applications such as MS Word. All results can be output for use in spreadsheet applications such as MS Excel where additional graphing or calculations can be carried out.

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Any modelling and analysis capabilities described on this page are dependent upon the LUSAS software product and version in use.

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