14.2. Options for Creating Geometric Results Displays
The following commands create geometric results displays in POST1:
Table 14.1: Commands for Creating Geometric Results Displays
Com- GUI Menu Path Purpose
mand
PLDISP Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot Display displaced shapes
Results> Deformed Shape
Utility Menu> Plot> Results> Deformed
Shape
Display contours of results, dis-
continuous across element
boundariesPLESOL Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot
Results> Contour Plot> Element Solu
Utility Menu> Plot> Results> Contour
Plot> Elem Solution
Display contours of element
table dataPLETAB Main Menu> General Postproc> Element
Table> Plot Elem Table
Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot
Results> Contour Plot> Elem Table
Utility Menu> Plot> Results> Contour
Plot> Elem Table Data
Display element table items
along line elements and 2-D
axisymmetric shell elementsPLLS Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot
Results> Contour Plot> Line Elem ResDisplay continuous results con-
toursPLNSOL Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot
Results> Contour Plot> Nodal Solu
Utility Menu> Plot> Results> Contour
Plot> Nodal Solution
Display particle flow or charged
particle tracePLTRAC Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot
Results> Flow Tra
Utility Menu> Plot> Results> Flow Trace
Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot
Results> Particle Trace
Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> Animate>
Particle Flow
Display solution results as vec-
torsPLVECT Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot
Results> Vector Plot> Predefined
Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot
Results> Vector Plot> User-defined
Utility Menu> Plot> Results> Vector Plot
Re-executes the last display ac-
tion that executed/REPLOT Utility Menu> Plot> ReplotIn Figure 14.2: A Typical ANSYS Results Plot (p. 271), a typical geometric results display (in this example,
created with a PLNSOL command) illustrat es the kinds of information included in such displays.
Release 15.0 - © SAS IP, Inc. All rights reserved. - Contains proprietary and confidential informationCreating Geometric Results Displays