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Subject: Re: QUERY-
Author: Roberto Porto
Date: 2002-10-17 06:55:00

Just other ways to perform the operation:

1 - write the kp coordinates to a file, separeted by commas
set an array parameter with 3 columns and number of rows = number of kps
*vread the file into the array parameter
using a *do loop, create the kps
*do,i,1,"number of keypoints"
k,,parm(1,i),parm(2,i),parm(3,i)
*enddo

2 - create nodes at the keypoints location ( nread )
create keypoints on nodes ( knode)
delete the nodes
compress node numbers

Regards,

Roberto Porto
DSC Engenharia

----- Original Message -----
To:
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 4:51 AM

> Conversion of data can just as easily be performed by reading data file
into
> Excel (or similar spreadsheet)
> and saving file as comma separated format (just insert columns and fill
with
> 'K' and sequential kp numbers).

> Simon English
> Principal Engineer
> Inbis Ltd (Sunderland)
> England
> Tel 0191 516 7956
> Fax 0191 516 7979

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bhruguraj zala [SMTP:zalaansys@y...]
> > Sent: 17-Oct-2002 08:28
> > To: xansys@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [xansys] QUERY-

> > Bhusan,
> > What Terence and Frankland say is correct. You can write a small C or
> > fortran program which will read the heights and than out put it in
> > k,1,x1,y1,z1
> > k,2,x2,y2,z2

> > This format. Store this in a file with .mac extension and read this
macro
> > from "execute macro" command
> > B.ZALA
> > Indian Register Of Shipping,
> > Powai, Mumbai.
> > Phone : 91-022-5703627
> > email:zala@i...

> > Terence Frankland wrote:
> > What Fern says about APDL is good but as an alternative you can produce
an
> > input
> > file with the keypoint locations as a series of "k" commands (look it
up).
> > The
> > file contents will be something like:
> > k,1,x1,y1,z1
> > k,2,x2,y2,z2

> > where x1,y1,z1 can be either your numerical coordinate values (most
> > likely) or
> > parametric values. This is the easy way but sooner or later you are
going
> > to
> > have to familiarize yourself with APDL, so don't ignore it!

> > BTW, please use more informative titles in any future emails to this
group
> > (don't change it for the current thread).

> > Terry Frankland
> > Elliott Company

> > "Fernand A. Thomassy" on 10/16/2002 07:20:43 PM

> > To: xansys@yahoogroups.com
> > cc: (bcc: Terence Frankland/elliott)
> > Subject: Re: [xansys] QUERY-

> > I'm in a good mood today so I'll not say RTFM. I will say that this is
> > really
> > easy for a user with modest experience in using APDL (which is well
> > documented
> > in the manual if you would care to read it). Look into using tables (you
> > can
> > read about them in the manual . . . hint, *DIM, *TREAD and maybe the
Index
> > or
> > Subject search . . . in, you guessed it, the maunal).

> > Happy studying . . . Fern

> > Fernand A. Thomassy, P.E.
> > Principal Engineer
> > Southwest Research Institute
> > Engine Design Section

> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: gaurav
> > Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 6:06 pm
> > Subject: [xansys] QUERY-

> > > I am beginning to model generalised roughness on a surface.
> > > For that I have values of the z-coordinates or the heights if i
> > > may say so,
> > > of about 3000 points representing a rough surface. I am thinking
> > > of making
> > > those different heights as key points in ANSYS so that I can join
> > > them to
> > > generate a surface in the ANSYS.
> > > First of all how is it possible to enter such a large number of
> > > data points
> > > directly in ANSYS so that I don't have to enter each point
> > > manually (if
> > > possible). I have currently a data file having all the z-
> > > coordinates of the
> > > 3000+ data points. I am using ANSYS 6.1 on windows XP.
> > > please reply.
> > > thanks

> > > Gaurav Bhushan Agrawal
> > > Graduate Research Associate,
> > > Department of Mechanical Engineering,
> > > 2153,Robinson Laboratory,
> > > 206, W. 18th avenue,
> > > The Ohio State University.
> > > 614-292-4825 (O)
> > > 614-294-7949 (r)
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