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# Displacement Point Map

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  <Card title="Static Structural Result, Integer" href="#static-structural-result-integer" />

  <Card title="Time Dependent Structural Result, Integer" href="#time-dependent-structural-result-integer" />
</CardGroup>

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## About this Block

**What it does:** The **Displacement Point Map** block generates a Vector Point Map of nodal displacements from the static structural simulation results.

**Common uses:**

* Can visualize structural results.

**Tips:**

* The point map consists of all the nodal points from the Static Structural Analysis, and the displacement values associated with each of those points. These points and values are \* accessible in the properties of the Point Map.
* The HUD can be used to change the Scale, Weight, Lower bound, Upper bound, color palette and units as required.
* The point map can be exported with the **Export Point Map** block.

## Example File

Download Example: [Displacement Point Map](https://storage.googleapis.com/files-learn/static/ExtendedBlockDocs/Displacement_Point_Map.ntop)
![Displacement Point Map](https://storage.googleapis.com/files-learn/static/ExtendedBlockDocs/Displacement_Point_Map.gif)

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<h2 id="static-structural-result-integer">
  Static Structural Result, Integer
</h2>

Create a Vector Point Map from nodal displacements of a Static or Explicit Analysis result.

### Inputs

| Name            | Type                                                                                       | Description                                                                                |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Analysis result | [Static Structural Result](../../../../block-documentation/types/static-structural-result) | Displacement point map for this result                                                     |
| Step number     | [Integer](../../../../block-documentation/types/integer)                                   | The step number for which the point map will be created. The last step is used by default. |

### Outputs

| Type                                                                       |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Vector Point Map](../../../../block-documentation/types/vector-point-map) |

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<h2 id="time-dependent-structural-result-integer">
  Time Dependent Structural Result, Integer
</h2>

Create a Vector Point Map from nodal displacements of a Static or Explicit Analysis result.

### Inputs

| Name            | Type                                                                                                       | Description                                                                                |
| --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Analysis result | [Time Dependent Structural Result](../../../../block-documentation/types/time-dependent-structural-result) | Displacement point map for this result                                                     |
| Step number     | [Integer](../../../../block-documentation/types/integer)                                                   | The step number for which the point map will be created. The last step is used by default. |

### Outputs

| Type                                                                       |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Vector Point Map](../../../../block-documentation/types/vector-point-map) |