How can I scale the results plot in mechanical using mechdpf?

Question

I would like to generate results using a python result and am trying to scale the visualized results. From the developer I have a link to the documentation, but am struggling to figure out how it works. 
https://github.com/ansys/pydpf-core/blob/5638ab885f73fd47ed61d4756be318007e701241/src/ansys/dpf/core/meshed_region.py#L527

Mechanical has a 'scale' button in the results tab, which will scale a non python result. That is the mechdpf functionality I am looking for.

For some reason, the definition of 'scale' in dpf is numerical scaling which is very misleading for users expecting the mechanical scale functionality.

M · Answer

Hi Mike, that doesn't seem to work. Can you provide a bit of code so I can test.

my first attempts are here:

https://discuss.ansys.com/discussion/comment/11575#Comment_11575

Mike.Thompson · Answer

Add this to your lines:

dpf_workflow.SetOutputWarpField(u)

This is to tell the workflow what to use as the data to warp the mesh entities to show displacement.  Without it there is no warping, and thus the scaling is not active.  In this case (u) is the displacement operator or fields container.