GUI: Main Menu> General Postproc> Options for Outp
Utility Menu> List> Results> Options
Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> Style> Size and Shape
The more facets you specify, the smoother the representation of the element surface for PowerGraphics
plots.
The subgrid approach affects both the display of geometric curvature and the display and printout of
results quantities (displacements, stresses, etc.). However, when you use PowerGraphics in POST1 for
derived quantities on solid elements, the maximum value on the plot and the maximum value in the
printout may not agree. PowerGraphics displays do not average at geometric discontinuities. The printouts
in PowerGraphics will, however, provide averaging information at geometric discontinuities if the
models do not contain shell elements. Carefully inspect the data you obtain at geometric discontinuities.
12.5.2. Printing and Plotting Node and Element Results
You can list displacements, stresses, and strains at all node locations (both corner and midside nodes),
using the PRNSOL command (Utility Menu> List> Results> Nodal Solution). For shell elements, you
can list results and plot them at the top/bottom and middle layer locations. Likewise, these nodal values
can be contoured for display purposes using the PLNSOL command (Utility Menu> Plot> Results>
Contour Plot> Nodal Solution). The number of facets per element edge that you specify determines
contour resolutions.
Note that results values for shell elements are displayed simultaneously for the top and bottom layers.
When viewing nodal results using PowerGraphics (PRNSOL,PLNSOL, or the GUI Query function), you
can average results in various ways. To choose how results are averaged, use the AVRES command
(Main Menu> General Postproc> Options for Outp or Utility Menu> List> Results> Options).(AVRES
has no effect on the Degree of Freedom solution values (UX, UY, TEMP, etc.). You can average results
at all boundaries (default), or at all boundaries except where real constant and/or material discontinuities
exist.Results are not averaged at geometric discontinuities.
NoteIn Full Graphics mode, it is possible to deselect an individual node, select all elements (in-
cluding the element that contains that node), and then perform postprocessing calculations
on those elements and have that unselected node not be considered in those calculations.
However, if PowerGraphics is active postprocessing always displays based on selected ele-
ments.The minimum and maximum results values reported for your PowerGraphics plot will be based on the
surface data. For stresses and strains, these values will usually be acceptable. Some thermal results,
however, will have internal minimum or maximum values, and erroneous values will be reported. You
may need to switch to full model graphics.
Plotting and printing of element results are similar to that for the Full Model graphics method; you use
the PLESOL or PRESOL command, or one of the following GUI paths:
Command(s):PLESOL,PRESOL
GUI: Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot Results> Contour Plot> Element Solu
Utility Menu> Plot> Results> Contour Plot> Elem Solution
Main Menu> General Postproc> List Results> Element Solution
Utility Menu> List> Results> Element Solution
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