.. _auto_curves_generate_part_contours_animation:

*CONTOUR PARTS BASED ON CURVE DATA*
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Maps scalar curve data onto LS-DYNA part geometry to produce animated part-contour (heatmap) visualizations, output as a rendered image sequence or Peacock3D animation. Use this worker when you need to visualize how a per-part metric (e.g., intrusion, force, thickness) evolves over time as a color-fringe animation.

When to use
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Classification: **process**.

Tagged: ``animation``, ``contour``, ``curve_mapping``, ``fringe``, ``heatmap``, ``keyword``, ``ls-dyna``, ``mp4``.

Inputs
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   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Default
     - Required
     - Description
   * - Values To Map
     - valuestomap
     - vector
     - —
     - 
     - One or more curves whose Y-values are the per-part scalar quantities to colormap onto geometry at each animation state (e.g., intrusion [mm] or force [kN] vs. time).
   * - Generation Type
     - generation_type
     - scalar
     - image
     - 
     - Output renderer: 'image' produces a static PNG/image sequence; 'peacock3d' produces an interactive Peacock3D 3-D contour animation. Default is 'image'.
   * - Keyword Data
     - keyword_data
     - textarea
     - —
     - 
     - Valid LS-DYNA keyword text (or a filename path) defining the part geometry onto which values are mapped; must contain at least *PART and *NODE/*ELEMENT sections.
   * - Values To Map
     - mapping_table
     - textarea
     - —
     - 
     - Tabular text (CSV-style) that associates each part name or part ID to a curve key-value name, telling the worker which curve drives each part's color.
   * - Map Table Order
     - map_table_order
     - keyvalue
     - as_provided
     - 
     - Controls the ordering of entries in the mapping table when resolving part-to-curve associations; default 'as_provided' preserves the table's original row order.
   * - Fringe Min Color
     - fringe_min_color
     - scalar
     - 0.0
     - 
     - Numeric scalar that sets the lower bound of the fringe color scale (maps to the cold/minimum color); default 0.0.
   * - Fringe Max Color
     - fringe_max_color
     - scalar
     - 1.0
     - 
     - Numeric scalar that sets the upper bound of the fringe color scale (maps to the hot/maximum color); default 1.0.
   * - Fringe Min Value
     - fringe_min_value
     - scalar
     - 0.1
     - 
     - 
   * - Fringe Max Value
     - fringe_max_value
     - scalar
     - 0.8
     - 
     - 
   * - View Orientation
     - view_orientation
     - text
     - top
     - 
     - Camera/view orientation string (e.g., 'top', 'front', 'iso') defining the angle from which the contour image or animation frame is rendered.
   * - Number of States
     - numberof_states
     - scalar
     - 10
     - 
     - 
   * - Title
     - title
     - scalar
     - Part heatmap
     - 
     - Title string displayed on the rendered heatmap or animation legend; default 'Part Heatmap'.
   * - Fringe Levels
     - fringe_levels
     - scalar
     - 4
     - 
     - 
   * - Fringe Average
     - fringe_average
     - scalar
     - none
     - 
     - 
   * - Fringe Reverse Colors
     - fringe_reverse_colors
     - scalar
     - on
     - 
     - 
   * - Rotations
     - rotations
     - scalar
     - rz 90
     - 
     - Optional list of rotation angles (degrees) applied to the model view during animation to produce a rotating-view effect; leave null to keep a fixed camera.
   * - Movie type
     - movietype
     - scalar
     - mp4
     - 
     - 

Outputs
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   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Description
   * - curves_generate_part_contours_animation_output_1
     - curves_generate_part_contours_animation_output_1
     - view
     - Rendered contour animation view — either an image/PNG sequence or an MP4 video (depending on generation_type) showing per-part scalar values color-mapped onto the LS-DYNA geometry across all requested states.

Disciplines
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- cae.postprocessing.extraction
- cae.postprocessing.visualization
- cae.preprocessing.deck_authoring
- data.curve.pair

Runnable example
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A runnable example is registered for this worker. Open the example workflow on the d3VIEW canvas: `/api/workflow/example?id=curves_generate_part_contours_animation <https://www.d3view.com/api/workflow/example?id=curves_generate_part_contours_animation>`_

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