Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide

Results mapped on to a surface do not account for discontinuities (e.g., material discontinuities) but are based on the currentl ...

! with the currently selected elements sucreate,surf2,cplane susel,s,surf1! select surface 'surf1' sumap,psurf1,pres! map pressu ...

7.2.4. Listing Results in Tabular Form An effective way of documenting analysis results (for reports, presentations, etc.) is to ...

26 -128.20 31.023 .00000E+00 68.191 .00000E+00 .00000E+00 27 41.558 51.533 .00000E+00 66.997 .00000E+00 .00000E+00 28 -80.975 9. ...

MY = .0000000E+00 MZ = 39.82639 SUMMATION POINT= .00000E+00 .00000E+00 .00000E+00 The NFORCE command provides the force and mome ...

Sample PRETAB and SSUM Output ***** POST1 ELEMENT TABLE LISTING ***** STAT CURRENT CURRENT CURRENT ELEM SBYTI SBYBI MFORYI 1 .95 ...

7.2.4.5. Sorting Nodes and Elements By default, all tabular listings usually progress in ascending order of node numbers or elem ...

7.2.5. Mapping Results onto a Path One of the most powerful and useful features of POST1 is its ability to map virtually any res ...

When using the "By Location" option, a separat e dialog box appears for defining path points (PPATH command). Enter the Global ...

7.2.5.3. Interpolating Data Along the Path The following commands are available for this purpose: Command(s):PDEF GUI: Main Menu ...

TTX, TTY, and TTZ are user-defined names assigned to the X,Y, and Z components of the vector. You can use these vector quantitie ...

To retrieve path information from a file and store the data as the currently active path data, use the following: Command(s):PAR ...

finish /post1 *get,npts,parm,radpts,dim,x! Retrieve number of points from array "radpts" *get,ndat,parm,raddat,dim,x! Retrieve n ...

7.2.6. Estimating Solution Error One of the main concerns in a finite element analysis is the adequacy of the finite element mes ...

Figure 7.14: The Results Viewer The Results Viewer is a compact toolbar for viewing your analysis results. Selecting the Results ...

Edit -- You can select subsets of the model based on model attributes (material, element type, real ID, and element component). ...

Animate Results You can create animations based on the information you have included in the results file. Because this informati ...

Substep Each individual load substep number is displayed. You can enter a valid substep number here and that substep will be dis ...

Replot - Replots the screen and integrates any changes you have made. Display WP - Toggles the Working Plane display (triad, gri ...

other miscellaneous functions. Clicking on the contour legend area provides a complete set of menus to customize your contour le ...