Preparing Scalar Scenes

Prepare two scalar scenes to visualize the contours of fluid temperature and velocity on a plane section as the simulation runs.

To create a plane section through the fluid region:

  1. Activate Mesh Scene 1 by clicking the corresponding tab at the top of the Graphics window.
  2. Within the Derived Parts node, create a new plane section.
  3. In the Create Section dialog, set the following properties:
    Property Setting
    Input Parts Fluid
    origin [0, 0, 0] m
    normal [0, 0, 1] m
    Display No Displayer
  4. Click Create and then Close.
    A node, called Plane Section, appears within the Derived Parts node.
To highlight this part in the active scene:
  1. Expand the Derived Parts node and select Plane Section.


To visualize the velocity magnitude on the plane section:
  1. Create a scalar scene.
  2. Rename the Scalar Scene 1 node to Fluid Velocity.
  3. Select the Fluid Velocity > Outline 1 > Parts node and set Parts to Derived Parts > Plane Section.
  4. Expand the Fluid Velocity > Scalar 1 node and set the following properties:
    Node Property Setting
    Parts Parts Derived Parts > Plane Section
    Scalar Field Function Velocity > Magnitude
  5. Click (Save-Restore-Select views) and select Views > -Z > Up +Y
To visualize the fluid temperature on the plane section:
  1. Copy the Scenes > Fluid Velocity node and paste it onto the Scenes node.
  2. Rename the Fluid Velocity copy node to Fluid Temperature.
  3. Expand the Scenes > Fluid Temperature > Scalar 1 node.
  4. Select the Scalar Field node and set Function to Temperature.
  5. Save the simulation.