Viewing results inside a volume

[CNAMITMA]

Hello,

In my model I have 2 cylinders glued and made of different materials and I would like to postprocess :
1. Only the results in the cylinder n°2 (contour plot and the values)
2. The nodal results inside this cylinder (the values) for example the value of NLHPRES in the center of the cylinder

Somebody knows how I can do these 2 points ?
Thanks

Regards

 

[Stringmaker]

I'm a little unclear on what you're asking in your first question Cnamitma. But, to view the results interior to a model here's the general procedure:

1) Create a coordinate system where the X-Y plane is that which you wish to view the results for. This is where you want to "slice" your model and evaluate at. Be sure that this coordinate system is set to be the work plane.

2) Change the hidden line options to Q-Slice. This can be done by:

Utility Menu->PlotCtrls->Style->Hidden Line Options and choose type to be Q-Slice.

or

/TYPE,1,8

 

[CNAMITMA]

For my first question, I meant that I wish to select the second cylinder in order to see the results (the values) only in this cylinder. Because as the 1st cylinder is in a rigid metal and the 2nd in rubber, the stresses vary between very low and very high values and the contour plot are not good enough to appreciate the results.
In a nut shell, i want the results only in a part of my model.

For the second question, it's all wright, thanks but what I would like now are the values of the nodes in the section obtained with your method.

Thanks
Best regards

 

[Lirock]

For the first question, you can do it as following GUI menu:
'Select entities' ---- to select the 2nd cylinder.
then, 'select---->everything below selected volumes'

 

[Drej]

If the 2nd cylinder is made of a different material, you can easily see this by using the following (based on selection by material):

Let's assume the material number you want to select is number 2:

esel,s,mat,,2

to select just the nodes for this material, then use:

nsle,s

The HPRES results for nodal solution has to be the nodal-element solution values:

plnsol,nl,hpres


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