[Gmsh] Representation of moment of beam

[Christophe Geuzaine]

Corrado Chisari wrote:
> There's a possibility to plot the real moment of a beam, without linear 
> interpolation? when a distributed load acts on the beam, the 
> representation should be parabolic, not linear. I thought I could use 
> the plugin "evaluate", but it works for nodes, while I need to change 
> the interpolation, not node values.

use 2nd order interpolation (3-node line elements)?


> Thank you for your wonderful program, especially for geometry module 
> which is much much better than everything I saw in commercial FEM programs!
> Corrado Chisari
> 
> Michele Mocciola wrote:
>> / I would like to represent moment of a beam like a
> />/ curve line referred to the beam ( points on the beam
> />/ are zero values and distance between the curve and the
> />/ beam is the moment value ).
> />/ How can I get it?
> /
> In recent nightly builds you can use the "Normal raise" option (in 
> Options->View->Offset)
> 
> 
> 
>> / Thanks.
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