Output Settings

All of the settings that specify the content of an Output View can be set either in the Output Settings dialog box or in dialog boxes accessible from this. The Output Settings dialog box can be accessed by giving the “Output | Output Settings” (Ctrl+W) menu command or the “Wizard” command on the Data Options toolbar.

When a new Output View is opened the default view settings are adopted.

Changes to view settings may be undone and redone using the View | Undo View (Ctrl+Alt+Z) and View | Redo View (Ctrl+Alt+Y) menu commands. These commands are also available on the Standard toolbar.

View settings for the current view may be applied to another Output View by clicking the View settings painter on the Standard toolbar to grab the current settings and then clicking in the other Output View. Click the “View settings painter” again or press <Esc> to switch off the option without applying grabbed settings.

View settings may be copied to the clipboard from within the Output Settings dialog box. View settings on the clipboard may be pasted into the view (i.e. applied to the view) either using Edit | Paste (Ctrl+V) or from within the Output Settings dialog box. Note that Edit | Copy copies the actual content of the view (see Interacting with spreadsheets), not the view settings.

There are often other ways of editing the settings, as described below.

Units

By default the units in which data is output are the model units. These may be adjusted for individual Output Views from the Output Settings dialog box or by using the Window | Settings | Units menu command. Units is also available on the Data Options toolbar.

Numeric Output

By default the numeric format in which data is output is as set in the user preferences. This may be adjusted for individual Output Views from the Output Settings dialog box or by using the Window | Settings | Numeric Format menu command. The precision of output can be adjusted using the Window | Settings | Increase Precision and Window | Settings | Decrease Precision menu commands; these increase or decrease the number of significant figures or decimal places, depending on the current Numeric Format setting. Numeric Format, Increase Precision and Decrease Precision are also available on the Data Options toolbar.

Output Axes

By default the axes in which data is output are the default for the data being output. Typically these are global axes though certain data, like 1D element forces and stresses, is in local axes. The output of most data can be transformed to specified axes for individual Output Views from the Output Settings dialog box or by using the Window | Settings | Axes menu command. Axes is also available on the Data Options toolbar.

Refer to the Output Options for details of default axes and of which data can be transformed.