Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide

If you select the Custom Table option, specify the table size (that is, the number of columns and

rows) via the Custom Table Size field.

4. Click on the OK button.

Result:The report generat or saves your captured table data. However, if you have selected the Custom

Table option, see Creating a Custom Table (p. 307).

19.4.1.1. Creating a Custom Table

If you are creating a custom table, the Custom Table Definition dialog appears after you click on the
Table Capture dialog's OK button. The dialog contains an empty table of the dimensions that you
specified. For example, assuming that you specified a table of three columns and four rows, the dialog
looks like this:

Figure 19.2: Custom Table Definition

Type your custom information, which can include the following valid entries, into each cell:

Valid entry type Example

Text Maximum Deflection

Text with HTML tags Maximum Stress [Kg/mm<SUP>2</SUP>]

An ANSYS *GET command *get,,node,10,u,y

{<B><I>} {*get,,node,10,u,y} {</I></B>}

Important:The “{” and “}” characters are necessary for

parsing purposes.

An ANSYS *GET command

with HTML tags

After typing entries into each cell, click on the Write button to save your custom table.

19.4.2. Batch

The following line must appear near the beginning of your batch code before any report commands:

~eui,'package require ansys'

To capture a data table via a batch run, insert this report command at the point in the run where you
want to capture the table:

~eui,'ansys::report::tablecapture tableID "caption" materialID'

The tableID value is a table identifier representing one of the following predefined table types:

Table ID Description

1 Creates a table of the finite element entities used in the analysis

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Capturing a Data Table