Attach the anchors to the deformed mesh, not to the undeformed one

[PascalGosset]

Sometimes to define an anchor plane, I display the part deformation with a scale factor.

Then I look how the part is warped and choose a reference tacking it into account.

The problem is Moldflow does not attach the anchors to the deformed mesh but to the original.

So it is difficult to select the nodes you want.

And each time you try to change an anchor, you face the same trouble.

That is why I propose to do the contrary: attach the anchors to the deformed meshing.

Currently Moldflow attaches the anchors to the undeformed mesh:

[rick.schneider]

Another inconvenience is that if you have the "Overlay with undeformed part" turned off you cannot make any changes to the anchors at all.  And if you make the mesh opaque so that you can see the geometry easier, the deformed mesh makes it more difficult to see what you are picking on the undeformed mesh.  Usually I set the scale factor to zero then select the anchor points, and then turn the scale factor back on and turn off the overlay if needed.  I agree that it would be much easier if the anchors were picked on the deformed mesh instead.