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FAQ 000258 | <p>I have a model with surfaces and members. If you display the deformations in the graphic after the calculation, the members remain in their original position.</p><p>However, the members are connected to the surfaces and member deformations are also displayed in the table. Why is that?</p>
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I have a model with surfaces and members. If you display the deformations in the graphic after the calculation, the members remain in their original position.However, the members are connected to the surfaces and member deformations are also displayed in the table. Why is that?
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In order to avoid confusing the display, the member deformations are only displayed as lines in the default setting.
In the Project Navigator - Display, you can adjust the display so that the member deformations are also displayed as rendered cross-sections (Figure 1).
Furthermore, it is possible in the "Display" navigator to hide the undeformed model in order to only consider the deformations (Figure 2).
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