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Subject: Re: Missing Stresses
Author: Joe Metrisin
Date: 1999-08-23 13:10:00This is an annoying feature of Powergraphics. The powergraphics database
contains only the exterior nodal data which speeds up calculations for
plotting. It also affects listings. If you want all data available, simply
switch to full graphics.
Joseph T. Metrisin
Structural Methods
Pratt & Whitney/United Technologies
M/S: 714-03
P.O. Box 109600
West Palm Beach, FL. 33410-9600
Phone: (561) 796-5967
Fax: (561) 796-8993
> From: George R
> Cunnington[SMTP:rcunnington@n...]
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 12:55 PM
> To: xansys@o...
> Subject: [xansys] Missing Stresses
> From: "George R Cunnington"
> Got a model with about 30,000 nodes, and 8 load steps worth of results.
> All
> brick and tet elements. Contour plots plot just fine for any load step.
> Everything in the model is selected.
> Listing nodal DOF results shows DOFs present for all nodes all the time,
> irrespective of whether or nor PowerGraphics is on. Listing nodal stress
> results (comp or principal) has big gaps in the listing (i.e. lots of
> missing
> nodes) if PowerGraphics is ON. With PowerGraphics OFF listing the nodal
> stress
> results lists all nodal values (i.e. no missing nodes). The *get command
> gets
> any and all DOF all the time. However, irrespective of whether or not
> PowerGraphics is ON or OFF the *get command won't get any stress results
> for the
> nodes corresponding to those missing in the nodal stress result listing
> with
> PowerGraphics ON.
> Any idea how I could have screwed this up? Any idea how to *get the
> "missing"
> node stresses?
> Thanks
> Rick Cunnington