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ANSYS ANIMATION problem: how can I animate the results of a loop (of element death over time)?
I previously posted asking for help with writing command line code to model melting via element death over time. Biswajit kindly helped me write a loop to kill off any "melted" elements. Now I would like to animate the results. I would be very grateful for any suggestions on how to save results from the loop calculations and then animate them. My aim is to get an animation that shows temperature contours evolving as well as elements disappearing as they achieve a specified temperature. I am a new user and would find detailed suggestions most helpful.
The code I have so far (up to the animation step) is below. Thanks...
/title, Convection Example
/prep7 ! Enter the preprocessor
! define geometry
k,1,0,0 ! Define keypoints
k,2,0.03,0
k,3,0.03,0.03
k,4,0,0.03
a,1,2,3,4 ! Connect the keypoints to form area
! mesh 2D areas
ET,1,Plane55 ! Element type
MP,Dens,1,2262e9 ! Define density
mp,c,1,0.001604 ! Define specific heat
mp,kxx,1,1.8 ! Define heat transfer coefficient
esize,0.0025 ! Mesh size
amesh,all ! Mesh area
finish
/solu ! Enter solution phase
antype,4 ! Transient analysis
tot_time = 1e6
t_steps = 50
time_inc = tot_time/t_steps
time,1e6 ! Time at end of analysis
nropt,full ! Newton Raphson - full
lumpm,0 ! Lumped mass off
nsubst,20 ! Number of substeps, 20
neqit,10 ! Max no. of iterations
autots,off ! Auto time search off
lnsrch,on ! Line search on
TUNIF,200,
IC,all,temp,200 ! Initial conditions, temp = 200
*do, i,1 ,t_steps, 1
/solu
time=i*time_inc
nsub, 1
outres,all,all ! Output data for all substeps
!... any stuff about boundary conditions ...
! fixed temp BC's
nsel,s,ext ! Node select all exterior nodes
sf,all,conv,1,600
NSEL,ALL ! Reselect all nodes
kbc,1 ! Load applied in steps, not ramped
/gst,off ! Turn off graphical convergence monitor
solve
finish
/post1
set, last
etable,melty,temp, ! Create an element table
esel,s,etab,melty,900 ! Select all elements from table above 500
finish
/solu ! Re-enter solution phase
antype,,rest ! Restart analysis
ekill,all ! Kill all selected elements
esel,all
finish
/post1
*enddo
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ANSYS ANIMATION problem: how can I animate loop results?
I previously posted asking for help with writing command line code to
model melting via element death over time. Biswajit kindly helped me
write a loop to kill off any "melted" elements. Now I would like to
animate the results. I would be very grateful for any suggestions on
how to save results from the loop calculations and then animate them.
My aim is to get an animation that shows temperature contours evolving
as well as elements disappearing as they achieve a specified
temperature. I am a new user and would find detailed suggestions most
helpful.
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