Scaling the ETABLEs

[andreamordini]

Hi everybody,

I would like to scale the results saved in the ETABLEs by using a factor in order to obtain the results in different units.
I tried to use the command SMULT as follows
SMULT, var, var, , factor
The problem is that the scaled values of var are saved for all the SET in the analysis overwriting all the values in the other SETs...
Idea?

Andrea




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Dr. Andrea Mordini
Civil Engineer
Ph.D. in Structural Mechanics

http://www.andreamordini.com

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[Drej]

Hi Andrea,

If you need to scale specific values within an element table, I would personally *VGET the ETAB values you need and store them in a defined (dimensioned) array. You can do this by using the *VGET command:

*VGET, ParR, Entity, ENTNUM, Item1, IT1NUM, Item2, IT2NUM, KLOOP

where "Item1" above can be used to get the ETAB values and store in array "ParR". From here you can scale individually.

Cheers.


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[andreamordini]

Hallo Drej, thanks for your reply.

Yes, in your way I can manage the output as I want, but I would like to visualize it on the structure using PLLS...

andrea

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Dr. Andrea Mordini
Civil Engineer
Ph.D. in Structural Mechanics

http://www.andreamordini.com

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