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(continued...) The plot scale spans the entire result range by default.
If required the scale limits can be set numerically or on a slider in order to assess specific areas of the component in greater detail.
Additional analyses that can be run after a flow analysis are cooling quality to identify modifications required to part geometry in order to avoid differential cooling that can cause warpage and sink mark analysis to indicate the likely presence and location of sink marks.
The result summary indicates the percentage of the part prone to sinkage and a contour scale of the probable depth.
Since sink marks are often a largely aesthetic issue, a shaded view approximation can be displayed although resolution makes overall part views more useful than detailed area analysis.
Should the additional analyses be required, they can be run unattended after the flow analysis using a sequence analysis batch option.
Air trap and weld line locations can be superimposed onto the result plots.
By saving iterations of model analysis as individual files, multiple result plots of a part can be viewed simultaneously as tiled windows.
Significantly these can be locked together so that the selection of a result type including interactive view manipulation will apply to all.
In this situation the set scaling command shows a table of the range in each file and allows them to be synchronised to show directly comparable plots.