{"id":22003,"date":"2018-10-23T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/?p=22003"},"modified":"2018-10-23T10:43:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T14:43:31","slug":"showing-global-min-and-max-values-of-results-in-flow-simulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2018\/10\/showing-global-min-and-max-values-of-results-in-flow-simulation.html","title":{"rendered":"Showing Global Min and Max Values of Results in Flow Simulation"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week a customer asked me a simple question about Flow Simulation:<\/p>\n

\u201cHow do I know where the minimum and maximum values are on my model?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a good question as it can be very useful to see exactly where the extreme values are located.<\/p>\n

For instance, the max temperature hot spot in a heated electronic enclosure or the max velocity point of a liquid through a valve would be useful to know.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take the example of a racing car front wing \u2026<\/p>\n

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We can see that there are a range of possible max and min pressure locations, but where are the extremes?<\/p>\n

You could right mouse button click on the Results folder and pick \u2018Min\/Max Table\u2019 but that does not show where the extremes occur \u2013 just the numerical values.<\/p>\n

The trick is to use the drop-down menus and navigate to \u2026<\/p>\n

Tools > Flow Simulation > Results > Display, and then pick the \u2018Global Min\/Max\u2019 option<\/strong><\/p>\n

This creates 2 small graphical spheres and a new Legend with the numerical values:<\/p>\n