Transient Profile Viewer Dialog Box

Note: This dialog is available in HAMMER only.

This dialog displays the transient profile using the settings on the Transient Results Viewer Profiles Tab.

You can also animate the profile using the time controls along the top of the dialog (if you have set the Generate Animation Data? Calculation Option to True; see Calculation Options for more information).

The dialog consists of the following controls:

Profile Options: Clicking this button opens the Transient Profile Viewer Options Dialog Box, allowing you to specify the transient profile options. Clicking on the arrow on the right side of the button opens a submenu containing the following commands:
- Save As Default Profile Settings: Choose this command to set the current profile options as your new defaults.
- Apply Default Settings: Choose this command to apply your previously saved default settings to the current profile.
- Restore Factory Defaults: Choose this command to reset the default profile settings back to the factory defaults.
Print Preview: Opens a print preview window containing the current view of the profile. You can use the Print Preview dialog box to select a printer and preview the output before you print it. Clicking on the arrow on the right side of the button opens a submenu containing the following commands:
- Fit to Page: Resizes the profile view so that it fits on a single page.
- Scaled: Displays the profile at the scale defined in the Transient Profile Viewer Options Dialog Box.
Export to DXF: Opens an Export to DXF dialog, allowing you to export the current profile as a .dxf file.
Zoom Extents: Zooms out so that the entire profile is displayed.
Zoom Window: Zooms in on a section of the profile. When the tool is toggled on, you can zoom in on any area of the profile by clicking on the chart to the left of the area to be zoomed, holding the mouse button, then dragging the mouse to the right (or the opposite extent of the area to be magnified) and releasing the mouse button when the area to be zoomed has been defined.
To zoom back out, click and hold the mouse button, drag the mouse in the opposite direction (right to left), and release the mouse button.
Zoom In: Increases the magnification of the area that is clicked when this tool is active.
Zoom Out: Decreases the magnification of the profile view.
Go To Start: Sets the currently displayed time step to the beginning of the simulation.
Pause/Stop: Stops the animation at the current time step.
Play: Animates the profile view.
Time Display: Shows the current time step that is displayed in the profile.
Time Slider: Manually moves the slider representing the currently displayed time step along the bar, which represents the full length of time that the transient run encompasses.

Click the Data tab to see the profile data in tabular format.