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Animations

Animations are created from saved .sres files, The Result Saving Frequency option in the Simulation Panel is set to a small value (say 5 or 10) before running the simulation to obtain better animations. The steps for an animation are shown below:

1. Click Load Results in the Simulation Panel.
2. Select the required result file in the ensuing Load Results dialog box, click Open.

Temperature Distribution

Create a section

An isosurface is created with the following steps.

1. Click Create a Cross-Section in the Geometric Entities Panel. A new section Section 02 is created under Derived Surfaces.
2. Select Section 02 under Derived Surfaces.
3. Select Plane Z for Type in the Geometry Tab of Properties Panel.
4. Enter 0.014 for Position.

5. Select Variable as Temperature from the drop-down list in the Results Panel.

6. Specify Min as 300 K and Max as 302 K in the Results Panel.

7. Select File > Save Animation, to save animation.
8. Select the result files for animation data in the Select Result Files dialog box.
9. Under File name, give a suitable name for the .gif animation in the Select GIF File for Movie, PNG File for Frames dialog box.