6A. Deformed Shape Plot and Extracting Nodal Values

The first step in analyzing your results should be getting a plot of the deformed shape. This will give you some feedback on the accuracy of the displacement boundary conditions and loads you have applied to your model.


MAIN MENU -> General Postproc

      GENERAL POSTPROC -> Plot Results

             PLOT RESULTS -> Deformed shape

                   PLOT DEFORMED SHAPE -> Def + undeformed


The screen should now have an outline of the undeformed shape overlapped by the deformed shape as the figure below

You can now query stress, strain or displacement values directly off of your deformed mesh plot.


MAIN MENU -> General Postproc

      GENERAL POSTPROC -> Query Results

             QUERY RESULTS -> Subgrid Solution

                   QUERY NODAL SOLUTION DATA -> Stress X-direction

You may now select a point on the plot and the value for sigmaxx will be given at that point. This is the bending stress.