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How to get reults of all the components in a file 1

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aminjamali

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Hi
I need to compare the results (sum of nodal forces) of my "Components". I utilize a very basic procedure:
1) "Select" the component nodes
2) Using "Nodal Calcs>Total Force Sum" (GUI Postprocessor), get the results i.e. Fx and Fy

Since I have many components, the above procedure is not really easy to utilize, actually I takes a lot of time and I make mistakes very often! Is there a better way to do this?

Thanks for your help
Amin
 
Yes, there is a way: write a routine in APDL and use the "*GET,..." command.
If the routine has to be used with various different geometries, with various different "components" names, etc, you can also include some "*ASK,..." commands in order for Ansys to prompt a message box where you can type values in.
Then "read input from..." the text file containing your routine, and you're done. You can even make it a "macro" and assign a "shortcut" to it, if you use it very very often.
This topic is well covered in the Help, these are only some ideas...

Regards
 
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