Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide - Ansys

1. Click on the Add Data button.
Result: The “Add Time-History Variable” data selection dialog appears. Use the result item tree provided
in the “Result Item” frame of this dialog to select the type of result you wish to add. Result items are
presented in a hierarchical tree fashion from which you can select many standard result items (only
result items available in your analysis will be displayed). A “favorites” section is provided to allow you
to access previously selected data items. The last fifty entries are stored here.
2. Specify a name for the result item and provide additional information. The “Variable Name” field in
the “Result Item Properties” area will display an ANSYS-assigned name, however, this field can be edited
to use any name you choose. You will be asked to overwrite existing data if the name chosen is not
unique. Depending on the type of result chosen from the “Result Item” area above, you may provide
additional information about the item, such as the appropriate shell surface, force component or layer
number information.
3. Click on the OK button.
Result: If entity information is required, a picking window will appear, and you can choose the appropriate
node and/or element from your model. The “Add Time-History Variable” window then closes
and the appropriate variable appears in the variable viewer's variable list area.
If you wish to enter more than one variable definition, click Apply, and the results data will be defined
and entered into the variable list area, while still keeping the “Add Time-History Variable” window
open.
4. (optional) Add or modify properties information.
Notes:
You may, depending on the type of results variable, wish to supply additional time-history properties
information. Time History Properties include specific variable information, X- axis definition data and
list definition data. This information can be edited at any time via the Data Properties button.
• You can see all of your defined variables in the Variable List area. Specific element and node information,
along with the appropriate range of values are all displayed here.
• When you define your variable information with the variable viewer, you can easily modify and change
various properties by clicking on the variable and using the Data Properties button. The subsequent
“Time History Properties” tabbed dialog box allows you to modify or add specific (Variable) results data
properties and also to modify global properties (X-Axis and List).
• The variable names TIME and FREQ, as well as the reference number 1, are reserved.
• In interactive mode, the NUMVAR command is automatically set to 200 variables; the variable viewer
uses the last 10 of these variables for data manipulation, resulting in 190 variables available for the user.
• All time points of your results file are automatically stored and made available in interactive mode.
• If your variables are complex values (e.g. amplitude/phase angle), the MIN and MAX values displayed
in the lister window will always be the “REAL” values.
8.3.2. Batch
In Interactive Mode (above), your data is automatically stored when you define it. From the command line,
this process is accomplished in two separate parts, Defining and Storing.
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