The Deflection slider provides an interactive mechanism for visualizing the magnified deflection the geometry experiences under the specified loads and restraints. In addition to the slider method of entry, a numeric value may be entered in the edit box. The deflected shape is the result of a linear extrapolation of the static displacement and should not be construed as the actual deflected shape.
The following is an example of a solid that has been deflected. The wireframe shape represents the original view of the solid, the rendered shape is the deflected view.