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Export .txt file with element ID and corresponding elastic modulus

- October 23, 2024 at 11:25 am
  
  camilla.gironi4
  Subscriber
  
  Hello everyone,
  i'm working on a Static Structural simulation. I have a named selection scoped with some elements of the mesh. I would like to export a .txt file containing the element ID of these elements and their corresponding elastic modulus. Any suggestion? I tried with some scripts but nothing working at the moment.
  Moreover, a doubt that I have is, if I create a second simulation consecutive to this one, with the same model, is it possible to read the previously saved .txt file and assign the specific elastic modulus indicated in that file to the elements included in the named selection?
  Thank you!
- October 23, 2024 at 12:54 pm
  
  Erik Kostson
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hi
  Assuming it is Workbench mech. you are using.
  One way of doing this (get Young’s mod. for mesh/elements) using ACT mechanical scripting is shown here:
  https://discuss.ansys.com/discussion/4481/how-to-get-youngs-modulus-for-each-element-in-the-mesh
  
  If in APDL then looping over elements and using as below can do the same:
  enow = elnext(enow)
  *GET,mpid,ELEM,enow,ATTR,MAT ! get MP MAT number of el.
  
  *GET, mpex(ii, 1), EX, mpid ! Store it in array
  
  For the second part, that would need APDL.
  
  All the best
  Erik

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