Stress and Internal Force Contours dialog

Used to display stress or internal force values as surface contours for walls and diaphragms on the model.

Setting	Description
Load Cases	Select the load case for display from the drop-down list.
Walls	Check this option to include the stress or force contours on wall elements.
Diaphragms	Check this option to include the stress or force contours on diaphragm elements.
Stresses / Internal Forces	Select one stress or internal force type to display.
Display on Deformed Shape	Check this option to display the stress contours on the deformed shape. A Scale Factor is available to control the scaling.
Show Mesh	Check this option to display the finite element meshing the program uses.
Stress Averaging	Check this option to to utilize stress averaging across elements.
Show stress contour values	Check this option to display the values.
Show Stresses At	Select which face of the elements for which the stress are shown.
Member	You can control the contour scale by moving the sliding pointers. A Transparency slider is also included to make the contours more or less transparent.