Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide - Ansys
Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide - Ansys
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Chapter 7:The General Postprocessor (POST1)<br />
Surface operations are available both interactively (from the GUI), and via batch (command line operations).<br />
Each of the commands is referenced below; each process is found in the Main Menu> General Postproc><br />
Surface Operations area of the GUI. A full complement of surface commands are provided to perform surface<br />
operations.<br />
Table 7.1 Surface Operations<br />
These POST1 commands are used to define an arbitrary surface and to develop results information<br />
for that surface.<br />
SUCALC<br />
SUCR<br />
SUDEL<br />
SUEVAL<br />
SUGET<br />
SUMAP<br />
SUPL<br />
SUPR<br />
SURESU<br />
SUSAVE<br />
SUSEL<br />
SUVECT<br />
Note<br />
Create new result data by operating on two existing result datasets on a given<br />
surface.<br />
Create a surface.<br />
Delete geometry information as well as any mapped results for specified surface<br />
or for all selected surfaces.<br />
Perform operations on a mapped item and store result in a scalar parameter.<br />
Move surface geometry and mapped results to an array parameter.<br />
Map results onto selected surface(s).<br />
Plot specified result data on all selected surfaces or on the specified surface.<br />
Print surface information.<br />
Resume surface definitions from a specified file.<br />
Save surface definitions and result items to a file.<br />
Select a subset of surfaces<br />
Perform Operations between two mapped result vectors.<br />
You can define surfaces only in models containing 3-D solid elements. Shells, beams and 2-D<br />
element types are not supported. Surface creation will operate on selected, valid 3-D solid elements<br />
only and ignore other element types if they are present in your model.<br />
The basic steps for surface operations are as follows:<br />
• Define the surfaces using the SUCR command.<br />
• Map the results data on the selected surfaces using the SUSEL and SUMAP commands.<br />
• Operate on the results using the SUEVAL, SUCALC and SUVECT commands.<br />
Once your data is mapped on the surface, you can review the results using the graphical display and tabular<br />
listing capabilities found in the SUPL and SUPR commands.<br />
Additional capabilities include archiving the surface data you create to a file or an array parameter, and recalling<br />
stored surface data. The following topics relate primarily to surface definition and usage.<br />
7.2.2.1. Defining the Surface<br />
You define your surface using the SUCR command. This command creates your named surface (containing<br />
no more than eight characters), according to a specified category (plane, cylinder, or sphere), at a defined<br />
refinement level.<br />
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