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thread569-314156 I am using ANSY

thread569-314156 I am using ANSY

thread569-314156 I am using ANSY

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thread569-314156: POST commands on Workbench, items not stored

I am using ANSYS Workbench Mechanical for Static Structural analysis.
I need to compute the total strain energy of all the elements.
I can insert a Strain Energy item in Solution that shows me a contour plot of SE.
Before solving, I inserted an Identifier "my_SE" in the Details view of Strain Energy.
My question is how can I add the SE of all the elements into a new identifier (parameter).
I can add them by exporting the SE to a .txt file, then adding them in Excel, but it is too much trouble.
Besides, I need to make the total SE into a parameter for optimization later.
The thread cited at the top had a somewhat a similar question but it is closed.

I try to add a Command Object like this into Solution:
ETABLE, ,my_SE
SSUM
*GET,my_energy,SSUM,,ITEM,my_SE
but it does not work.

I try to add a Command Object like this into Solution:
ETABLE, ,SENE
SSUM
*GET,my_energy,SSUM,,ITEM,SENE
but it does not work.

I even try to add a CM like this in Static Structural:
/solu
outres,all,all
but it does not work.

What can I do?

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