Reply To: Mode-superposition harmonic analysis using APDL macros

[marius_aachen]

/solu
allsel
antype,modal
modopt,modeExtrMethod,maxNumModes,modStartFreq,modStopFreq
resvec,resvKey						
outres,erase			
outres,all,none
outres,nsol,all
outpr,erase
outpr,all,none
save
/output,'modal','txt'
solve
/output,'%jobname%_2',txt,,append
finish

save,modRes
parsav,all

*do,exInd,1,exNum,1

  *do,sliceInd,1,numSlices,1
     
     parsav,all
     resume,modRes
     parres
	
     modeOrder 	= exMat(1,exInd)
     radTan	= exMat(2,exInd)
     cosSin	= exMat(3,exInd)

     ATOFORCIT !Macro creating load vector

     /solu
     antype,modal,restart
     allsel,all
     solve
     finish

     minMode = 1 	  
     maxMode = numModes
     modeInd = '%minMode% through %maxMode%'

     /solu
     allsel

     antype,harmic						
     hropt,msup,maxMode,minMode,mCout
     harfrq,harStartFreq,harStopFreq			
     hrout,reImKy,clust,mCont			
     lvscale,1 				!! Scale Down Any Loads/acel Because They Are Already Applied From LVSCALE
     kbc,1							
     nsubst,nsbstp				

     dmprat,dampRatio					
     resvec,resvKey						 
     outres,erase						
     outres,all,none															!! SVAR: State variables; LOCI: Integration point locations
     outres,nsol,all						
         
     outpr,erase
     outpr,all,none					
  
     save
     solve
     finish

     MCFCTRL.MAC !! Modal coordinates store
	
  *enddo
*enddo
         

I should additionally mention that this code works with ANSYS version 14.5. However, this code should run with ANSYS 18 and at the moment this is not the case.