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Menu: View results->Iso surfaces
With this result visualization a surface, or line, is drawn passing through all the points which have the same result's value inside a volume mesh, or surface mesh. To create isosurfaces there are several options.

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  • Select View results->Iso surfaces->Automatic width->Velocity->|Velocity| throught the menu bar or clicking on Image Modified on the results view icon bar.

After choosing the result, you are asked for a width. This width is used to create as many isosurfaces as are needed between the Minimum and Maximum defined values (these are included).

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  • Enter the value 0.25727 to get the picture below.

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  • Select View->Render->Smooth in order to get a better view.


Several configuration options can be set via the preferences window .


Menu: Utilities-->Preferences
In the Postprocess-->Iso surfaces tree
Display style the style of the iso-surface (similar options to the style of each set), set it to Body.
In order to see the inner zones we will set the transpacency on the iso surfaces.

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  • Select Transparency: Transparent

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  • Move the model to see the inner zones

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  • Restore again Transparency: Opaque


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Other interesting options are:

  • Color mode allows to draw the iso-surfaces with a single colour (Monochrome), according to the results used to create the iso-surface (Result color) or using the color map of the visualized contour fill result (Contour fill color).
  • For instance, select Color mode = Contour Fill Color and
  • Do a contour fill of Pressure:

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  • Show isolines this option allows the user to switch isolines of surfaces on or off. Switch it off.
  • Draw always if this option is selected the iso-surfaces are always drawn even though all the meshes are switched off.

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