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Sphere Vis

Visualization component for Heat Capacitor temperature

  

 

Description

Connections

Parameters

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Description

The Sphere Vis component is provided for visualizing temperature change of Heat Capacitor.
This component has same function as Heat Capacitor when its Show Visualization option is true. The key difference between both components is that Sphere Vis can be treated as multibody component. You can connect each frame of this component to the other frame of multibody component or the other Heat Transfer Library visualization component.

Note: If you use this component, you can visualize temperature change as colored geometry in 3-D Playback Window. To make this function available, you have to enable 3-D Animation option in Multibody Settings.
The quality of the visualization is affected if any open plot windows are behind the 3-D Playback Window. If you are experiencing playback issues, try moving the 3-D Playback Window so that it does not overlap a plot window. Alternatively, minimize or close any open plot windows.

Example of use of visualization component

This is the simple example of visualization component model using Cuboid Vis.
You must connect heat port Tin to port of Heat Capacitor or port_center of each Node component.
Then the following visualized geometry is displayed in the 3-D Playback Window.
        

It is better to match the type of visualization component with that of Node component.
(For example, Heat Capacitor with Sphere Vis, Cuboid with Cuboid Vis, or Cylindrical with Cylindrical Vis.)
But it is not required to match both geometrical property values such as L, W, H, R, and D to run a simulation.

        

Connections

Name

Description

Modelica ID

Tin

Heat port to input temperature

port

frame_left

Multibody frame of left

frame_left

frame_right

Multibody frame of right

frame_right

frame_top

Multibody frame of top

frame_top

frame_bottom

Multibody frame of bottom

frame_bottom

frame_front

Multibody frame of front

frame_front

frame_back

Multibody frame of back

frame_back

Parameters

(For more details about the relation between color and temperature, see Color Blend  help).

Symbol

Default

Units

Description

Modelica ID

R__sphere

0.2

m

Radius of visualized heat capacitor sphere,

Sradius

Transparent

false

If true, node geometry will be transparent.

transparent

T__max

373.15

K

Upper limit of temperature in the color blend.

Tmax

Color of T__max

RGB255,0,0

Color when temperature is over T__max.  Temperature between T__max and T__min are automatically interpolated to a color.

color_Tmax

T__min

273.15

K

Lower limit of temperature in the color blend.

Tmin

Color of T__min

RGB0,0,255

Color when temperature is under T__min. Temperature between T__max and T__min are automatically interpolated to a color.

color_Tmin

See Also

Heat Transfer Library Overview

Visualization Overview