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<a name = "hj-top"> </a><table class = "table1" id = "table11"><tr><td><table class = "DocHeader"><tr><td class = "DocHeader1" colspan = "2"><h1> Visualize Shape Optimization Results</h1></td></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader4" colspan = "2"/></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader3" colspan = "2"><table class = "DocThemeIntro" id = "table12"><tr><td class = "Intro1Only"><p class = "header"><p class = "abstract"><span class = "shortdesc">This task shows you how to visualize shape optimization results.</span>

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    <section><div class = "li step p">There are three variants of shape optimization results saved in <code class = "ph codeph">VTFX</code>
file that are accessible:<ul class = "ul choices"><li class = "li choice">Optimized geometry with the fringe plot of controller input values (items
under <span class = "ph menucascade"><span class = "ph uicontrol">POST-PROCESSING</span><abbr title = "and then"> &gt; </abbr><span class = "ph uicontrol">GENERATE_REPORT_FILE</span></span> when <span class = "ph uicontrol">TYPE_PROPERTY
= NODAL CONTINUOUS (SHAPE)</span> selected at <span class = "ph uicontrol">CONTOUR_PLOT</span>);</li><li class = "li choice">Optimized geometry with the fringe plot of displacements (items under
<span class = "ph menucascade"><span class = "ph uicontrol">POST-PROCESSING</span><abbr title = "and then"> &gt; </abbr><span class = "ph uicontrol">GENERATE_REPORT_FILE</span></span> when <span class = "ph uicontrol">TYPE_PROPERTY
= NODAL DISPLACEMENT (SHAPE)</span> selected at <span class = "ph uicontrol">CONTOUR_PLOT</span>);</li><li class = "li choice">Geometry with test displacements and the fringe plot of displacements
(items under <span class = "ph uicontrol">TEST_SHAPE_CHECK</span> in <span class = "ph uicontrol">CHECK_INPUTS</span>).</li></ul><p><p><br/><img class = "image" src = "../TsoUserImages/prepost_view_shape.png" width = "585"/><br/></p><p>See <a class = "xref" href = "tso-t-usr-post-view-SetFringePlot.htm#tso-t-usr-post-view-SetFringePlot" title = "This task shows you how to change the settings of the fringe plot in Tosca Structure.view.">Changing Settings of the Fringe Plot</a>   to control the
appearance of the fringe plot.
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