Viewing Cross Sections

 Any cross-section through the model may be viewed using the command VIEW XSECTION. The cross section may be specified using the cursor, or by using 3 nodes to define the plane. Note that a plane in FEMVIEW is a geometric plane, and is not a PHOENICS I, J, or K plane, which may not be flat.

To view an I, J, or K plane, the elements in the plane may be placed in a set, and this set can then be viewed with the VIEW MESH (setname) command. An example of how to construct a set of elements in a J=3 layer is given below.

CONSTRUCT SET OPEN setname
cells in block 1 J = 3
CONSTRUCT SET APPEND IJK BLOCK 1 J 3
CONSTRUCT SET CLOSE
VIEW MESH setname

Other visualisation techniques are obtained with the VIEW EDGES, VIEW FACES, and VIEW OPTIONS commands.