Cylindrical Shape Vis B
Visualization component for Cylindrical Shape B temperature
Description
Connections
Parameters
See Also
The Cylindrical Shape Vis B component is provided for visualizing temperature change of Cylindrical Shape B. This component has same function as Cylindrical Shape B when its Show Visualization option is true. The key difference between both components is that Cylindrical Shape Vis B 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 Shape Vis. You must connect heat port Tin[numNode] to port_center[numNode] of each Shape component and match both total numbers of vectorized ports. Then the following visualized geometry is displayed in the 3-D Playback Window.
It is the best to match the type of visualization component with that of the shape component. (For example, Cuboid Shape with Cuboid Shape Vis, or Cylindrical ShapeA with Cylindrical Shape Vis A.) Although it is not required to match both geometrical property values such as L, W, H, R, and D, you must match both Nodes value.
Name
Modelica ID
Tini
Heat port to input temperature
port[]
frame_fronti
Multibody frame of front
frame_front[]
frame_backi
Multibody frame of back
frame_back[]
frame_inneri
Multibody frame of inner
frame_inner[]
(For more details about the relation between color and temperature, see Color Blend help).
Symbol
Default
Units
R
1
m
Radius of the visualized cylindrical shape.
D
Depth of the visualized cylindrical shape.
Nodes
3,3
Number of nodes. [1]:Number of sectors, [2]:Depth axis
numNode[]
Equal division
true
−
If true, divide a cylinder into equal central angle sectors.
equal_div
Ratio__angle
1,1,1
If Equal division is false, you can input ratio of central angles of divided sectors. You need to match the number of elements with Nodes[1].
ratio_ang[]
Transparent
If true, shape 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
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
Show Sphere element
If true, heat capacitor sphere will be shown.
showCapacitor
R__sphere
0.2
Radius of visualized heat capacitor sphere.
Sradius
Show a Node as cylinder
false
If true, each node geometry will be shown as a cylinder. This parameter is for compatibility with previous versions.
showNode
Show Geometry
If true, shape geometry will be shown. This parameter is for compatibility with previous versions.
showGeom
Color_Geom
RGB0,0,0
Color of transparent cylindrical shape geometry. This parameter is for compatibility with previous versions. Note: This color is not changed by temperature.
color_Geom
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