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Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide - Ansys

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14.5. Isosurface Techniques<br />

Isosurface displays are surfaces of constant values (for example, stress). To obtain an isosurface display of<br />

von Mises stress, perform these steps:<br />

1. Issue the command /CTYPE,1 (Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> Style> Contours> Contour Style).<br />

2. Issue the command PLNSOL,S,EQV (Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot Results> Contour Plot><br />

Nodal Solu).<br />

You can animate isosurfaces. To do so, either invoke the ANISOS macro (Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> Animate><br />

Isosurfaces).<br />

14.6. Controlling Particle Flow or Charged Particle Trace Displays<br />

You can produce graphic displays of how a particle travels in a flowing fluid or how a charged particle travels<br />

in an electric or magnetic field. See The General Postprocessor (POST1) for more information on graphic<br />

displays and see Animation (p. 267) for information on particle trace animation. See the Theory Reference for<br />

the <strong>Mechanical</strong> <strong>APDL</strong> and <strong>Mechanical</strong> Applications for simplifying assumptions on electromagnetic particle<br />

tracing.<br />

To produce particle flow or charged particle trace displays, use either of the following:<br />

Command(s): PLTRAC<br />

GUI: Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot Results> Plot Flow Tra<br />

Utility Menu> Plot> Results> Flow Trace<br />

Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot Results> Particle Trace<br />

Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> Animate> Particle Flow<br />

Such displays require you to select the trace points by number or by picking. To select points, use either<br />

method shown below:<br />

Command(s): TRPOIN<br />

GUI: Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot Results> Flow Trace> Defi Trace Pt<br />

You can list or delete these points using the commands shown below:<br />

14.6. Controlling Particle Flow or Charged Particle Trace Displays<br />

Command(s): TRPLIS<br />

GUI: Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot Results> Flow Trace> List Trace Pt<br />

Command(s): TRPDEL<br />

GUI: Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot Results> Flow Trace> Dele Trace Pt<br />

Use either of the following to animate the particle flow or charged particle trace to a specified elapsed time.<br />

Command(s): TRTIME<br />

GUI: Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot Results> Flow Trace> Time Interval<br />

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