When NORMAL COLOR is toggled on, PLATE NORMAL from DISPLAY OPTIONS at
the lower right corner of the screen is used to display the color of the finite
element model. The front side is the original color of the part and the reverse
side is gray. When NORMAL COLOR is toggled off, PLATE NORMAL from DISPLAY
OPTIONS at the lower right corner of the screen is used to display the normal
of the finite element model, and an arrow is displayed along the normal of each
element. This option can help the user to check the normal inconsistencies in
finite element mesh. The operations of NORMAL COLOR and PLATE NORMAL are shown
in Figure
7.6.1.
Figure 7.6.1 Parts displayed in different colors in normal directions