I'm trying to get the centroid of a named selection using APDL. The named selection can have arbitrary shape, and needs to be found for the deformed shape (at least when large deflection is activated).
I've tried the following code:
CODE --> APDL
cmsel,s,NamedSelection
asum
*get,CentroidX,area,0,cent,x
*get,CentroidY,area,0,cent,y
*get,CentroidZ,area,0,cent,z
Unfortunately it doesn't work, as post.out states that: "ASUM is not a recognized POST1 command, abbreviation, or macro..."
Is it possible to find the centroid of an arbitrary area with APDL?
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RE: Centroid of named selection (face) with APDL
Remove the ASUM command in above code and may be it can work with *get commands.