Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide

Command GUI Menu Paths Purpose

Main Menu> Solution> Load Step Opts>

Nonlinear> Convergence Crit

Main Menu> Solution> Unabridged Menu>

Nonlinear> Convergence Crit

Provides options for ter-

minating analyses

NCNV Main Menu> Preprocessor> Loads> Load

Step Opts> Nonlinear> Criteria to Stop

Main Menu> Solution> Sol'n Control ( : Ad-

vanced NL Tab)

Main Menu> Solution> Load Step Opts>

Nonlinear> Criteria to Stop

Main Menu> Solution> Unabridged Menu>

Nonlinear> Criteria to Stop

2.6.4. Setting Output Controls

Output controls, as their name indicates, control the amount and nature of output from an analysis.
There are two primary output controls:

Table 2.15: Output Controls Commands

Command GUI Menu Paths Purpose

Controls what the pro-

gram writes to the data-

OUTRES Main Menu> Preprocessor> Loads> Load

Step Opts> Output Ctrls> DB/Results File

base and results file and

how often it is written.

Main Menu> Solution> Load Step Opts>

Sol'n Control ( : Basic Tab)

Main Menu> Solution> Load Step Opts>

Output Ctrls> DB/Results File

Main Menu> Solution> Load Step Opts>

Output Ctrls> DB/Results File

Controls what is printed

(written to the solution

OUTPR Main Menu> Preprocessor> Loads> Load

Step Opts> Output Ctrls> Solu Printout

Main Menu> Solution> Load Step Opts> output file,Job-

Output Ctrls> Solu Printout name.OUT) and how of-

Main Menu> Solution> Load Step Opts> ten it is written.

Output Ctrls> Solu Printout

The example below illustrat es using OUTRES and OUTPR:

OUTRES,ALL,5! Writes all data every 5th substep

OUTPR,NSOL,LAST! Prints nodal solution for last substep only

You can issue a series of OUTPR and OUTRES commands (up to 50 of them combined) to meticulously
control the solution output, but be aware that the order in which they are issued is important. For ex-
ample, the commands shown below write all data to the database and results file every 10th substep
and nodal solution data every fifth substep.

OUTRES,ALL,10

OUTRES,NSOL,5

However, if you reverse the order of the commands (as shown below), the second command essentially
overrides the first, resulting in all data being written every 10th substep and nothing every 5th substep.

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Specifying Load Step Options