Spring 2010, MET 415, 425, etc. - FEA Applications

Prof. Dave Johnson, psuprof@psu.edu, Penn State - Erie, The Behrend College

Below is a useful Command Object for Workbench, Simulation, Solution

 

/SHOW,PNG         ! send plots to PNG file
/GFILE,500        ! plot file resolution
/RGB,INDEX,100,100,100,0     ! switch the
/RGB,INDEX,0,0,0,15          ! B/W colors
/VIEW,1,0,0,1     ! set the viewing direction (this is FRONT view)
 ! /VIEW,1,1,1,1    ! set the viewing direction (this is ISOMETRIC)

prerr          ! print error for entire model

esel,s,mat,,1  ! select one body by material ID number
nsle,s         ! select the nodes attached to those elements
prerr          ! print error for that body of model
pldisp,2       ! plot the deformed shape of that body

esel,s,mat,,2  ! select one body by material ID number
nsle,s         ! select the nodes attached to those elements
prerr          ! print error for that body of model
pldisp,2       ! plot the deformed shape of that body

esel,s,mat,,3  ! select one body by material ID number
nsle,s         ! select the nodes attached to those elements
prerr          ! print error for that body of model
pldisp,2       ! plot the deformed shape of that body

ALLSEL         ! select everything

/SHOW,TERM     ! direct plots back to the screen