Contains properties that control the field presentation in a FieldWindow.
Details
The FieldPicture object contains properties that control the field presentation in a FieldWindow. You can consider FieldPicture as a
programmatic analog of the Field Picture dialog box. To modify the picture you
have to get a FieldPicture object by PictureSettings
property, set desired values to its properties and than put it back to the FieldWindow
object.
For most of the field presentation methods the FieldPicture object offers two properties:
A switch property that turns the presentation method on or off and tells that field quantity
is displayed.
A scale property sets the appropriate scale for field presentation.
ColorMap property returns or sets the field
quantity presented by the color map as QfQuantity.
If no color map is displayed ColorMap is equal to qfNothing = -1.
ColorGrades property or and returns the
number of color grades used for the color map is integer. ColorGrades value
should be not less the two.
ColorScale (QfMinMax
which) property sets or returns the upper (if which is equal to qfMax)
or lower (if which = qfMin) borders of the displayed value
range as double.
Vectors property returns or sets the field
quantity displayed as the family of vectors. If no vectors are displayed Vectors
is equal to qfNothing = -1.
VectorScale property sets or returns the
scale factor of the vectors family as double.
Cell property sets or returns the cell size for
vector, tensor and shape plot.
Equilines property returns or sets the flag
indicates whether filed lines (lines of equal potential) are displayed as Boolean.
EquScale property sets or returns the scale
value of the field lines family as double.
Mesh property returns or sets the flag indicates
whether the finite element mesh is displayed as Boolean.
For Stress Analysis Problems
Shape property returns or sets the flag indicates
whether deformed shape are displayed for a stress analysis problem as Boolean.
ShapeScale property sets or returns the
dimensionless scale factor of the deformed shape as Double.
Boundary property returns or sets the flag
indicates whether deformed boundary is displayed for a stress analysis problem as Boolean.
Tensors property returns or sets the field
quantity (as QfQuantity) displayed as the family
of tensors (stress or strain). If no vectors are displayed Tensors is equal
to qfNothing = -1.
TensorScale property sets or returns the
scale value of the tensors family as double.
For Time-Harmonic Magnetics Problems
Vectors90 and Equilines90 properties return or set Boolean
flags that switch on and off displaying the alternative set of vectors and
equilines. These are plot by phase value 90 degree (one firth of period later than
the main set).
The following example displays the picture with a color map of the temperature and heat flux
density vectors
Dim resWin As FieldWindow
Set resWin = res.Windows(1)
Dim pict As QuickField.FieldPicture
Set pict = resWin.PictureSettings
With pict
.ColorMap = qfPotential
.ColorGrades = 200
.ColorScale(qfMin) = 0
.ColorScale(qfMax) = 100
.Vectors = qfKGrad
.Cell = 5
.VectorScale = 0.001
End With
resWin.PictureSettings = pict
