Plotting displacement for a 3D body

[maxmg]

Hi all,

I would like to know if it is possible to plot x-y-z displacement for one coordinate of a 3D body (e.g. centroid). If yes, can the coordinate be inputted instead of visually selected?

Thanks for any help,
max

 

[rstupplebeen]

There might be a better way but I would section the solid geometry with planes so that there was a point in the sectioned geometry at the CG. I would then put the point in a group for ease of selection after the analysis or output into the DAT file. I hope this helps.


Rob Stupplebeen

 

[maxmg]

Thanks for the reply Rob. I was thinking I could create node sets for the CG's and then use a history output request to obtain the necessary data.

In terms of editing the inp. file to create new sets, is it possible to identify the node-of-interest with x-y-z coordinates or does is it have to be the node number? If only node numbers can be used, how do I correlate that to my CG coordinate?

Thanks,
max