Hello,
I am trying to find the Rotation of an 3-D body with varying temperature with sub-steps. For that case, I need the coordinates of a Node (Say, at Node 44125) after each sub-steps. How can I get that data using GUI/Code?
I have another question, How can I give multiple temperature (as a table) and get the results for each temperature in GUI?
Thanks in advance.
Besides Claudio's Answer, I wanted to suggest another approach in Mechanical. Please follow these steps.
1) Make sure that this setting is done in Mechanical that Enables exporting nodes location. Click "Tools" and then click "Options...". Under "Mechanical" click "Export". Make sure that the "Include Node Location" option is set to "Yes".
2) Click On "Model" and insert "Named Selection". While "Selection" is selected, from the list view change the "Scoping Method" to "Worksheet". Hover the mouse on "Action" and right click. Then select "Add Row". Select "Mesh Node" under "Entity Type". Select "Node ID" under "Criterion". Type the node number that you are interested in under "Value" and finally click "Generate".
3) Right click on the named selection you just created and select "Export" and Export to Text File". If you open the text file you will see the node coordinated are extracted from model.
4) After you solve the model, either you can insert a total deformation contour or directional deformation in all X, Y and Z directions. After "Validating" the result right click on the contour and extract them into text file.
If you want to extract the result at specific time steps you can do this by changing the "Display Time" from the list view and then extracting the result.
As Claudio mention it doesn't really mater that you use total deformation or directional deformation. The result will be the same at the end.
Hope this infromation helps.
Besides Claudio's Answer, I wanted to suggest another approach in Mechanical. Please follow these steps.
1) Make sure that this setting is done in Mechanical that Enables exporting nodes location. Click "Tools" and then click "Options...". Under "Mechanical" click "Export". Make sure that the "Include Node Location" option is set to "Yes".
2) Click On "Model" and insert "Named Selection". While "Selection" is selected, from the list view change the "Scoping Method" to "Worksheet". Hover the mouse on "Action" and right click. Then select "Add Row". Select "Mesh Node" under "Entity Type". Select "Node ID" under "Criterion". Type the node number that you are interested in under "Value" and finally click "Generate".
3) Right click on the named selection you just created and select "Export" and Export to Text File". If you open the text file you will see the node coordinated are extracted from model.
4) After you solve the model, either you can insert a total deformation contour or directional deformation in all X, Y and Z directions. After "Validating" the result right click on the contour and extract them into text file.
If you want to extract the result at specific time steps you can do this by changing the "Display Time" from the list view and then extracting the result.
As Claudio mention it doesn't really mater that you use total deformation or directional deformation. The result will be the same at the end.
Hope this infromation helps.
Thanks a lot @Claudio Pedrazzi and @Moghaddam for sharing the valuable information, I have tried with them and they have worked.
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