Illustrate varying pressure 1

[Pingen]

Hi,

I have applied a varying pressure on my structure. I would like to illustrate the variations in the pressure by colors. How do I do that? Currently the pressure is just displayed in red.

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[cbrn]

Hi,
after issueing a SBCTRAN command, the variable Surface Load field should display as follows:
- if it is defined by simple gradient, then it displays as colored contours (check that under "plot controls" -> symbols, the plot of surface loads is set to "pressures")
- if it is defined by table or function, then it displays in uniform gray, in preprocessor. In order to see it "processed", you have to enter POST1 and replot after having enabled "plot controls -> symbols -> surface loads -> pressures".

Regards

 

[Pingen]

Hi cbrn,

I apprechiate your reply, but I don't really understand it. What do you mean by "enter POST1"?

I'm using a table btw.

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[Pingen]

Hmm.. I just changed some values in the table and then changed them back again, and now I can see the color pattern. I think my problem was caused by ANSYS not using the whole table, and now it does. I guess I must have corrected something without knowing.

Cheers,
Pingen

 

[cbrn]

Hi,
POST1 is one of the modules of Ansys: it's the General Database Results Postprocessor.
Other examples of modules are SOLU (the solver), PREP7 (the preprocessor), POST16 (the Time-Variant Results Postprocessor...
You access all them either via the GUI, or by prefixing their name with a "/", ex. if you type /POST1 you leave the current module you are in and you enter the General Postprocessor.

Regards