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Ansys Commands and Acronyms

This document contains summaries of common commands and acronyms used in ANSYS for finite element analysis. It lists commands for plotting results like deformed shapes, contours, and time histories. It also lists commands for selecting entities like nodes, elements, areas and viewing listing outputs. The document provides guidance on using ANSYS processors for pre/post-processing and solutions and explains how to select entities using various criteria.

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Ansys Commands and Acronyms

This document contains summaries of common commands and acronyms used in ANSYS for finite element analysis. It lists commands for plotting results like deformed shapes, contours, and time histories. It also lists commands for selecting entities like nodes, elements, areas and viewing listing outputs. The document provides guidance on using ANSYS processors for pre/post-processing and solutions and explains how to select entities using various criteria.

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Fall 2011, MET 415/425

Prof. Dave Johnson, [email protected], Penn State - Erie, The


Behrend College

ANSYS COMMANDS and Acronyms


ACRONYMS:
Definition

Menu Path

maximum deflection

General
Postproc >
Plot Results >
Deformed
Shape - or Contour Plot
(look in the
legend)

Structural % Error in Energy Norm

General
Postproc >
Plot Results >
Deformed
Shape (look in
the legend)

Structural Error Energy

General
Postproc >
Plot Results >
Contour Plot >
Element Solu
> Error
Estimation >
Structural
Error Energy

SMN

minimum result value on plot

General
Postproc >
Plot Results >
Contour Plot
(legend)

SMNB

General
Postproc >
result value, minimum bound estimate Plot Results >
Contour Plot
(legend)

DMX

SEPC

SERR

SMX

SMXB

maximum result value on plot

General
Postproc >
Plot Results >
Contour Plot
(legend)

result value, maximum bound


estimate

General
Postproc >
Plot Results >
Contour Plot
(legend)

Plotting Commands:
kplot
lplot
aplot
vplot

!
!
!
!

nplot
eplot
/rep

! all selected nodes


! all selected elements
! replot (= refresh)

gplot

all
all
all
all

selected
selected
selected
selected

keypoints
lines
areas
volumes

! does a multi-plot

These plot commands can also do a


"range" of entities:
VPLOT,3,7 ! plots volumes 3 thru 7
APLOT,4 ! plots only area no. 4
LPLOT,11,21,10 ! plots lines 11 and
21
nplot,1 ! plots all nodes with node
no. shown
multi-plot settings (under PlotCtrls)
determine which entities you see

pldi
pldi,2
plns,s,eqv
plns,s,x
plns,temp
ples,serr

ONLY in POST1 (the general


postproc.):
PLDI
! deformed shape plot
PLDI,2 ! deform. shape +
undeform. edge
PLNS,xx,yy ! contour nodal solution
results
PLES,SERR ! elem. solution plot of
SERR

plvar,2

ONLY in POST26 (the time-history


postproc)
PLVAR,m,n,o ! graphs variables m,
n, o

Listing Commands:
nlist
elist
klist
llist
alist
vlist

!
!
!
!
!
!

all
all
all
all
all
all

selected
selected
selected
selected
selected
selected

nodes
elements
keypoints
lines
areas
volumes

These list commands can include


a "range" of entities:
VLIST,3,7 ! lists volumes 3 thru 7
ALIST,4
! lists only area no. 4
LLIST,11,21,10 ! lists lines 11 and
21

all
all
all
all

These list commands can include


element types
"range"
material properties MPLIST,1 ! lists only material 1
real constants
props
coordinate systems RLIST,3,5 ! lists real const. 3, 4,
and 5

etlis
mplis
rlist
cslis

!
!
!
!

prrs

! reaction solution

prvar,2 ! time-hist. variable 2

ONLY in POST1 (the general


postprocessor)
ONLY in POST26 (the time-history
postprocessor)
PRVAR,m,n,o ! lists variables m,
n, o

Enter different "processors"


/prep7
/solu
/post1
/post26

!
!
!
!

finish ! exit from any


preprocessor
processor
solution processor
/exit
! leave ANSYS, saves DB
general postproc.
/exit,nosav ! quit ANSYS, no DB
time-history postpr
is saved

Selecting
ALLSEL
! select everything
VSEL,S,P ! select from all volumes by picking
ASEL,S,TYPE,,1 ! select areas elem type (1)
LSEL,S,LENG,,0.5,0.7 ! select lines by len
KSEL,S,loc, ! select keypoints by picking
NSEL,S,loc,x,0,4 ! select nodes by location
ESEL,S,MAT,,1 ! select elements by material
ASLV,S, ! select areas on selected volumes
NSLL,S,1 ! select nodes on lines (incl. ends)
ASEL,S,EXT ! select areas on exterior of vols
ESLN,S,0 ! select elements w/any node selected

xSEL,n,....
where n is:
S = "from full"
R = "from
current set"
U = "unselect"
A = "also
select"

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