Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide - Ansys

Figure 5.2 PGR File Options
From this panel, you can designate the location and the name of your PGR file, the type of data you wish
to include in the file, the type of averaging scheme(s) for the data, and whether or not to include data from
the interior portions of your model. You can change any of the items you wish to include in your PGR file
up until the first solution. After you solve (even just one load step) you cannot make changes. See Appending
to an Existing PGR File in POST1 (p. 170) for information on how to append your file after solution.
The options available from the PGR File Options panel correspond to the PGWRITE and POUTRES commands,
and to some extent, the AVRES command.
You can access the following operations from the PGR File Options Panel :
Write PGR file during solution - Checking this box creates the PGR file. If you are restarting a solution, you
will overwrite the existing PGR file.
PGR filename - From this location, you can provide a specific name for your PGR file and designate an alternate
directory location to create it in. The default file name is Jobname.pgr, and the default location
is the working directory of the current analysis.
Select PGR result items - You use this list box to select the items you want to include in your PGR file. You
can hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple items individually, drag your mouse across multiple select
items, or use the Shift key to select the boundaries of inclusive lists. The following items can be included in
a PGR file (the available items will change according to the context of your analysis):
• Nodal Solution Data
• Stress
• Structural nonlinear data
• Contact data (3-D only)
• Total Strain
• Elastic Strain
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5.5.2. Selecting Information for the PGR File
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