Hi. I'm running a simulation of a cylindrical part and I'd like to be able to extract the max (and min and average...) along the center axis. That is, at each axial location I'd like to have the value of the stress and/or strain. Ulitmately, I'd like a plot of the value vs the axial position.
Is this easily possible? If so, how?
Thanks,
Kelly
easiest would be to use list selected, select the axis and then you'll get all that information in the summary in the property manager. the thing is, it requires an edge for selection. so you'd need to split your part before running the analysis.
without that, your best bet is a section view, probe a bunch of places along the center and then output the data to excel to find min, max, average. some information will be shown in the property manager.
Thanks Jared. I wasn't clear about what I was after. I'd like to get a max/min/avg at each axial location (say every 0.1 inch) When I probe or list selected I'm still having to select a face rather than the axis. My part isn't entirely cylindrical. It's a crankshaft with a couple of eccentrics and so there's not a single edge I can probe or list on. Any more ideas?
you can't choose an axis it has to be a model edge. so to do that you need to split your model into multiple bodies so there is an edge to select. try with a cube and select the edge, you'll see what i mean. the spacing will not be perfect, it will be wherever the closest node is.
you can't choose an axis it has to be a model edge. so to do that you need to split your model into multiple bodies so there is an edge to select. try with a cube and select the edge, you'll see what i mean. the spacing will not be perfect, it will be wherever the closest node is.