View

The View menu has the following options:

Model Boundary

Fractures

Acoustic Emission

Principal Stress

Max. Shear Stress

Displacement

Displacement/Stress Symbol

Image

Contours

Clear Image/Contours

Rotate Plot …

Colors

Color Bar

Legend

Smart Cursor

Zoom In

Zoom Out

Full Plot

Magnifier

Plot Setup

Contour Setup

Default screen output

During simulation, the geometry of fractures and tunnels etc. will be automatically shown on the screen. The picture will be updated after each calculation cycle to trace any fracture propagation. In this way the whole process of fracture propagation can be monitored. In the screen plot, fractures are plotted with different colours to show the state of the fractures, i.e. elastic contact, sliding or open. The default fracture colour is:

Blue - elastic fracture

Green - sliding fracture

Red - open fracture.

The colour can be changed by users in view/plots setup.

The magnitudes of far-field stresses are shown in the Legend plot window. Here:

Pxx - normal stress in the horizontal direction of the model

Pyy - normal stress in the vertical direction of the model

Pxy - shear stress

The magnitudes of stresses are in Pa unless specified otherwise.