ANSYS input file command to get mass or volume

[lopessilva]

Hello,

I´m running ANSYS input files. I want to know the ANSYS 13 APDL (mechanical) commands for getting the mass from the model and writing it to an external .txt file. If mass is not possible, I want to get and write the volume.

Regards,
Hugo

 

[IanME]

To obtain properties of a volume, element or node you use the *get command.

To write values to a .txt. file, you use *CFOPEN and *CFWRITE. Note that these commands are best used in apdl macros.

Search these commands in the following link to gain a better understanding of how they work:

http://www1.ansys.com/customer/content/documentation/120/ans_apdl.pdf

I hope this is of some help to you.

-Ian