Post Processing

This task explains how to customize Analysis and Simulation post processing image settings.

Save As New Template Folder

You can define the location of the SPMUserTemplateImageDefinition.xml file or manage this file.
This file contains all the generated images that have been saved with the Save As New Template contextual menu.

Output directory

This option lets you choose the directory in which you want to store the .xml file.

By default, this field is empty.

Output file name

This option indicates the name of the associated .xml file. You can rename or remove the stored images.

Images must have been saved with the Save As New Template contextual menu and a .CATAnalysis document must be launched (in the opposite case, the Manage button is not available).

If you click the Manage button, the Available Images dialog box appears.

  • Remove...: lets you remove the selected images (multi-selection is available).
  • Rename...: lets you rename a selected image.
  • Remove All: lets remove all the images that are stored in the xml file.
     

All modifications are updated only if you click OK in the Options dialog box.
For example: if you change the path directory after managing images and without clicking OK in the Options dialog box, your modifications are not preserved.
 

Image Edition

Automatic preview mode

This option lets you preview automatically the changes you done in the Image Edition dialog box.

If this option is deactivated, the Preview button will be available in the Image Edition dialog box: the visualization will be launched only if you click the Preview button.

This option may be useful if you work with large models because some parameters could take time to be taken into account.
In this case, deactivate the Automatic preview mode option.
 

By default, this option is activated.

Text Properties

You can set the text properties in case of:

  • Text images

  • Text displayed when you move pointer over a displayed image.
    For example:

    • over a Fringe image:

    • over a Symbol image:

  • Symbol images with Text option.

Size

This option lets you specify or not the size of the text.

  • Default: lets you visualize the text values with a default size. In this case, the text is not zoom-sensitive.

  • Specify: lets you specify the size of the text values.

    The text size on the screen is arbitrary fixed and cannot exceed a certain limit even if you specified a large size value. Specifying a large size value can be useful if you need to zoom out and keep the text displayed with a large size.

Example with a text image type:

Default size

Specified size (equal to 3)

By default, the Default option is selected.

Stacking

This option lets you specify the stacking of the text.

  • Horizontal: lets you display the text horizontally.

  • Vertical: lets you display the text vertically.

Example with a text image type:

Horizontal stacking (default)

Vertical stacking

By default, the Horizontal option is selected.